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With the 18th pick of the 2018 DBN Community NFL Mock Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select...
Mike Hughes, CB, UCF
The selection and write-up were made by OhioCityBrownsBeliever:
Jon Schneider and Pete Carroll have been known to surprise people with their first-round draft picks. While I think that Seattle desperately wants to trade back from pick 18 and gather more ammunition given their limited draft picks and roster turnover, the Seattle brain trust selects Mike Hughes in this mock. Hughes is a dynamic athlete, tall and quick and high on upside. He possesses great ball skills and good instincts and shadows receivers well in man coverage.
Hughes is a better fit for Seattle than Jaire Alexander or Josh Jackson. Seattle lost Richard Sherman and Jeremy Lane this past offseason. Earl Thomas is questionable to return. Their secondary is depleted and Shaquille Griffin is the only notable player remaining at cornerback. Hometown Vita Vea was a consideration at defensive tackle but was selected one pick ahead by the Chargers. Da’Ron Payne was also considered, as Seattle needs help on the defensive line with the loss of Michael Bennett, but in the end Hughes and the Seahawks were too perfect a pair to pass. Hughes is also a tremendous return man having returned 3 kickoffs for touchdowns this past season with the undefeated Knights, and will help ameliorate the loss of Paul Richardson.
Pokorny: “The Legion of Boom is no more. Because of how unconventional Seattle has shown to be, it would actually seem surprising for them to go with a ‘normal’ pick in Hughes here, but it’s still a fine pick and fills a big void the team has.”
The Dallas Cowboys are up next, led by Topanga Jeff.
2018 DBN Community Mock Draft Results
Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
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Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
1 | Cleveland Browns | Grimflick | QB Lamar Jackson |
2 | New York Giants | Your Friendly Neighborhood Esq. | QB Baker Mayfield |
3 | New York Jets | jclark22 | DE Bradley Chubb |
4 | Cleveland Browns | Keyser Sozze | CB Denzel Ward |
5 | Denver Broncos | poultman | RB Saquon Barkley |
6 | Indianapolis Colts | Browns95 | OG Quenton Nelson |
7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ezweav | DB Minkah Fitzpatrick |
8 | Chicago Bears | Ostate84 | LB Tremaine Edmunds |
9 | San Francisco 49ers | Mudville | DE Marcus Davenport |
10 | Oakland Raiders | makeaplay59 | LB Roquan Smith |
11 | Miami Dolphins | Swagnasty | QB Josh Rosen |
12 | Buffalo Bills | GratefulDawg | QB Sam Darnold |
13 | Washington Redskins | Maul Poleski | S Derwin James |
14 | Green Bay Packers | Darth_Batman | DE/OLB Harold Landry |
15 | Arizona Cardinals | Brocolis154033 | QB Josh Allen |
16 | Baltimore Ravens | Fluke_on_target | WR Calvin Ridley |
17 | Los Angeles Chargers | Crawford_T | DT Vita Vea |
18 | Seattle Seahawks | OhioCityBrownsBeliever | CB Mike Hughes |
19 | Dallas Cowboys | Topanga Jeff | OG Will Hernandez |
20 | Detroit Lions | clefan4lif | DT Taven Bryan |
21 | Cincinnati Bengals | Robo Dawg | OG Isaiah Wynn |
22 | Buffalo Bills | a2342432a | WR Christian Kirk |
23 | New England Patriots | unoservix | OT Kolton Miller |
24 | Carolina Panthers | mrwhitman | WR D.J. Moore |
25 | Tennessee Titans | troy145 | DE/OLB Arden Key |
26 | Atlanta Falcons | BrianB77 | DT Da'Ron Payne |
27 | New Orleans Saints | Legoman0721 | LB Lorenzo Carter |
28 | Pittsburgh Steelers | xfl2001fan | LB Leighton Vander Esch |
29 | Jacksonville Jaguars | kizer america | LB Rashaan Evans |
30 | Minnesota Vikings | pt_999 | OT Mike McGlinchey |
31 | New England Patriots | Matt Wood | TE Mike Gesicki |
32 | Philadelphia Eagles | Adam Rice | OT Connor Williams |
33 | Cleveland Browns | fjblessi | DT Maurice Hurst |
34 | New York Giants | anthszabo | RB Derrius Guice |
35 | Cleveland Browns | tmartin5785 | DE Sam Hubbard |