![]() Fantastic Friday: Looking back at how the Seahawks won the 2012 NFL draft.Personnel executive Terry Bradway implored the Jets to draft Wilson in the second or third round - he was so pro-Wilson that co-workers called him "Russell Bradway" - but the team ignored his wishes. Hill's career lasted 23 games and Wagner, picked four spots after Hill, probably will wind up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.ĭitto for quarterback Russell Wilson, one of the best third-round picks in history. In the second round, the Jets were so smitten with a speedy, but raw wide receiver named Stephen Hill that they traded up a few spots and bypassed linebacker Bobby Wagner. One decision can create a ripple that lasts a decade. ![]() That's the beauty - and torture - of the NFL draft. No team has gotten more value out of the NFL draft over the past decade than the Seattle Seahawks - thanks to an elite 2012 class - and no team has drafted less value than the New York Jets, according to our study of the last 10 drafts.įunny thing about the Seahawks and Jets: There were a few moments during the 2012 NFL draft where it could've gone the other way, as the Jets came oh-so-close to stealing the players that changed the course of Seahawks history. ![]()
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