The Seattle Seahawks will be relying a lot more on Jordyn Brooks in the post-Bobby Wagner era beginning next season. Brooks has been named the team’s new defensive play-caller and will have his hands full trying to live up to the high standard that No. 54 set over the last 10 years.
A new 2020 NFL redraft from Pro Football Focus has Seattle going in a different direction though – one that has a different back-seven defender heading to the Pacific Northwest. Instead of Brooks going to the Seahawks with the No. 27 overall pick in the draft, they had Seattle selecting SIU safety Jeremy Chinn.
“Chinn has also impressed in Carolina, raising his PFF grade from 59.0 as a rookie to 71.4 in his second season last year. He profiles as one of the bigger safeties in the league and is a tremendous athlete. Perhaps most importantly, this draft pick would have likely kept Seattle from sending multiple first-round picks to New York for Jamal Adams — a trade that has looked like a mistake in hindsight.”
Any idea that might have prevented the regrettable Jamal Adams trade is probably a good thing – and even though Brooks also improved a lot in his second season we’d definitely prefer to have Chinn. His athleticism and overall playmaking ability makes us believe he’ll have a better future in the NFL than Brooks, no offense intended.
The Seahawks will get to see Chinn in action live this year. They’re scheduled to host the Carolina Panthers at Lumen Field in Week 14.
