SlammedZero
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While I don't disagree with you, Seattle was able to build a Super Bowl winning D without too much "high value" investment in it:
Draft:
1st Round = Earl Thomas, Bruce Irvin
2nd Round = Bobby Wagner
3rd Round = Cliff Avril, Brandon Mebane
4th Round = Red Bryant, KJ Wright, Walter Thurmond
5th Round = Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman
6th Round = Byron Maxwell
UDFA = Michael Bennett
Trades:
Chris Clemons (and a 4th) for Darryl Trapp (who was a 2nd Round pick by Seattle)
Free Agents:
Tony McDaniel - FA on a 1 year deal (was an UDFA Rookie for his 1st Team)
So you are looking at a LOT of 3rd Day picks on that Defense, with 4 of the 5 "starting" DBs being picked in the 4th, 5th and 6th Rounds.
This is what can happen when coaches / front office people don't get so darn attached to their "pet cats" on draft day.
JMHO
Damn! That was a fantastic draft for them.