As the Seahawks get ready for the first draft of the post-Pete Carroll era, it’s time for readers to guess what they think John Schneider will do in the draft without Carroll around.
After months of speculation and countless mock drafts from analysts, fans and observers, the week of the 2024 NFL Draft has arrived. For the Seattle Seahawks this will be the first draft since 2009 without Pete Carroll, so all eyes are on how general manager John Schneider handles things on his own.
With the draft having arrived, it’s time for the annual Field Gulls Armchair GM Challenge where readers get to test their predictive powers when it comes to guessing who the Seahawks will select in the draft. Many are familiar with the competition, so there’s little point wasting time discussing the specifics, meaning jumping right to the rules is in order.
The scoring system for the challenge will be the same as in years past: each entrant chooses 20 players they believe the Seahawks may select in the draft. Those 20 players are selected using the entry form in the order in which one believes them likely to be drafted. For example, the player an entrant believes is most likely to be drafted by Seattle is chosen in the “30 point guess”. If that player is then taken by the team in any of the seven rounds of the draft, the entrant gets 30 points. The process then follows for the remaining 19 selections, with each being worth one less possible point down to the player one believes least likely to be selected by the Seahawks worth 11 points.
At the end of the draft, the entrant with the most points wins. If multiple entrants finish with the same number of points, there are two separate tiebreakers that will be used to decide the victor.
This year the players eligible to be selected for the Armchair GM Challenge come from the 647 players in the NFL Mock Draft Database 2024 Consensus Big Board. Simply select one player for each point value, answer the two tiebreakers at the bottom and hit submit, and you are entered. Should one change their mind after submitting a form, simply submit the form a second time and the earlier entry will be replaced.
Entries will be accepted until 7 PM New York time on Day 1 of the draft, which is obviously Thursday, April 25.
To enter the competition, users simply need to complete the Google Form embedded below. Alternatively, for anyone wishing to complete the form in a separate window, the entry form is accessible by clicking this link.
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