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to the high-powered offenses of the Kansas City Chiefs Russell Wilson Color Rush Jersey , LA Rams, and New Orleans Saints. The reality is that for a long time now it has simply been a loaded defensive class. That’s why many mock drafts are overloaded with defensive players in the first round, specifically centered around defensive linemen on the inside and out. Over at ProFootballFocus, 20 of 32 picks were defenders, including number one pick Nick Bosa, five of the top seven, 14 of the top 19, and 16 of the top 24, leading into the Seattle Seahawks’ projected pick at 25.That’s where PFF has them selecting Notre Dame interior lineman Jerry Tillery as the “Malik McDowell” project they’re still looking for.The senior Tillery has played four years at Notre Dame, including three as a full-time starter. He had 56 tackles, nine for a loss, and 4.5 sacks in 13 games last year. He has 28, 8.5, and seven this season as the Fighting Irish are headed to the College Football Playoff, potentially giving him two more high-profile games to showcase his talents.He’s listed at 305 pounds and he’s notably tall for a 3-tech, as McDowell was at 6’6 and 300 lbs. Take Geno Atkins and Aaron Donald, both “undersized” at tackle, who are both 6’1. Jarran Reed checks in at 6’3. No DT at the combine this year was 6’6 or above, while McDowell and Jarron Jones were the only such players in 2017. It was more of a trend in the early 2000s, when Richard Seymour, Marcus Stroud, Albert Haynesworth, and John Henderson were all first round picks at 6’6 or 6’7. No 6’6 or over defensive tackle has gone in the first round since Haynesworth and Henderson in 2002. I see only nine 6’6 or taller defensive tackles at the combine in the last 16 years, including former Seahawk Alan Branch, a second rounder in 2007. The most recent “success” is Chris Jones, a second rounder of the Chiefs in 2016 who is a certain Pro Bowler with 10.5 sacks this season, albeit as a “defensive end” in a 3-4. Where would Jones play in Seattle? Would he be as successful? Probably, but I’m just throwing those questions out there for everyone to think about.I’m also thinking about him playing next to Poona Ford, the NFL’s shortest defensive lineman.If the Seahawks selected Tillery, would he strictly play inside, or would they have him lining opposite of a very rich Frank Clark? Here’s a preseason write up on him by Chris Trapasso:Some more notes at The Draft Network, which does include some review of his 2018 season (click link for more info Brandon Marshall Color Rush Jersey , this is just a sample):Tillery draw all kinds of praise for his game against Stanford this season, including this one by Rob Rang (I see several outlets list him at 6’5, so take that into account now, I guess we’ll see the official word in February):The Seahawks definitely need defensive line help, including as an interior rusher to pair with Reed. They tried that with the failed Sheldon Richardson experiment and the McDowell selection before it, the injury to him being what triggered the trade for Sheldon. They signed and released Tom Johnson. They probably like what Shamar Stephen is doing but he’s a free agent and his one-year trial run may end. Even re-signing Stephen wouldn’t preclude them from drafting a defensive tackle, which honestly ... probably isn’t even going to be a first rounder.Seattle always trades down, but they’ll be even more inclined to do so because of the trade for Duane Brown that included their 2019 second rounder. The Seahawks could be picking in the 20s now because of their win streak that could get them into the playoffs, so 25 is a fair estimate. At that point, the Seahawks are probably going to be making and receiving calls to move down and maybe add a day two pick. Given the abundance of talented defensive lineman next year, it makes it even more likely that they’ll be comfortable getting “their guy” in the second round, just as they did with Clark, Reed, and they thought, McDowell. If Seattle selects Tillery, I doubt it will be at 25. And given his talent for a productive and successful Notre Dame team, a good combine could make him out of range for the Seahawks eventually. Well that was pretty bad.Yeah I know it’s preseason, games don’t matter, schemes are vanilla, playcalling bland, yadda yadda, they’re usually supposed to be bad to watch. Outside of the opening..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesField Gulls homepageHorizontal - WhiteField Gullsa Seattle Seahawks communityFollow Field Gulls online:Follow Field Gulls on TwitterFollow Field Gulls on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchField Gulls main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsSeahawksOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections VideosCoffee and CigarettesGame AnalysisThe Numbers GameCigar ThoughtsVikings 25 Seahawks 19: Winners and Losers from an ugly preseason defeatNew,73commentsPDTWell that was pretty bad.Yeah I know it’s preseason, games don’t matter, schemes are vanilla, playcalling bland, yadda yadda, they’re usually supposed to be bad to watch. Outside of the opening quarter, this game was just boring and brutal and then it turned into bad news for Seattle with a trio of fourth quarter injuries.So let’s get to Winners and Losers for the Seattle Seahawks’ loss to the Minnesota Vikings, and then we start anew on Monday. This will be a quick and dirty version because... well... I don’t know how much in-depth analysis you want out of that dreck. WinnersPoona FordI just want to point out that this was not ruled a fumble and I believe they called Alexander Mattison down by contact. Whatever. Ford looks like a run-stuffing machine whose lack of size is made up for with ridiculous leverage, quickness, and strength. I cannot wait to see him get an increase in snaps.Tyler Lockett and Jaron BrownLockett didn’t miss a beat. Three catches for 27 yards Cortez Kennedy Color Rush Jersey , including a toe-tapper along the sidelines that was just ridiculously good. Russell Wilson’s only failed target was courtesy of a pass break-up by Harrison Smith. As for Brown, he did have what was sort of a drop on an overthrow by Wilson, but he also had two grabs for 52 yards and was wide open on both occasions.Ugo AmadiUGO SMASH. Don’t know about his prospects as a member of Seattle’s defensive back rotation, but he should at least make the team for his special teams impact. Neiko Thorpe is already a godsend on the punt coverage unit, add Amadi and you’re really hyped up.Jamie MederI was impressed by the Seahawks’ interior run defense, and Meder stood out the most with two tackles for a loss. Seattle is lacking depth in several areas but I don’t think this is one of those trouble spots. Jason MyersHe went 4-for-4 on his field goals. That’s cool.John UrsuaI liked his jet sweep run and he had another slick catch over the middle of the field on a Lynch throw. Cassius MarshIt was Marsh’s initial pressure (followed by Barkevious Mingo) that led to Sean Mannion’s rushed throw and subsequent interception for a touchdown by DeShawn Shead. One of the few bright spots for Seattle’s defensive line.LosersThe second-string offensive lineElijah Nkansah and Marcus Martin shouldn’t be on the 53-man roster. Through two games they’ve been arguably the worst offensive linemen out of the entire depth chart. Nkansah gave up a holding penalty and a sack on consecutive plays when Paxton Lynch entered the game. Martin is just a horrible blocker.Rushing with fourIf it wasn’t a blitz, there basically wasn’t a pass rush. Unsurprising and worrying at the same time, because those blitzes will get picked apart in the regular season if the actual A-team pass rush doesn’t show any sort of pulse.Paxton LynchFirst off, I hope he’s okay after that viciously illegal, suspension-worthy hit by Holton Hill. Now leading up to that point, Lynch looked like the bust from the Denver Broncos. He was wildly inaccurate, particularly when throwing on the run, and was lucky not to have been picked off by Kentrell Brothers on an obvious staredown of John Ursua.Rashaad PennyTo be totally fair to Penny, there were a couple of plays where there was at least one Vikings player ready to destroy him immediately upon handoff. But Penny had 8 touches for 8 yards and I don’t think he broke a single tackle. He is a very choppy, hesitant runner who badly needs open space, which is why he excelled at toss sweeps but running between the tackles remains a problem for him. Preseason isn’t the sole barometer for player measurement but I’m not that enthused about his two games thus far. Travis Homer was also playing against backups and looked better than Penny. Obviously Rashaad will make the team, he just needs to clean up a lot of problems in his game. Rasheem GreenGreen offered virtually nothing as a pass rusher, bit hard on play-action more than once, and with a chance to get the Seahawks offense the ball back for a possible winning touchdown, he failed to set the edge and gave up a first-down to Mike Boone on 3rd and 8. He played a significantly high number of defensive snaps and outside of one run stuff, it looked like another struggle for the second-year player.SecondaryI will not single anyone out in particular, but collectively this group was not good. Akeem King was beaten repeatedly by Laquon Treadwell, Shaquill Griffin was burned by Adam Thielen, Tre Flowers wouldn’t stop holding (called and uncalled, defense or special teams), and even DeShawn Shead’s pick-six was somewhat offset by a few missed open field tackles. The busted coverage on Irv Smith Jr’s touchdown was awful, and Jamar Taylor managed to commit a hands to the face penalty right before giving up the other passing touchdown of the game to Brandon Zylstra. Plenty to work on back on the practice field.InjuriesMarquise Blair had back spasms, Paxton Lynch had the aforementioned concussion, and Demetrius Knox’s knee injury (update: make that quad) probably ended his season, or at least shelved him for a long time. Preseason sucks.Madden NFL 20These whack-ass glitches need to be taken out of the game, EA Sports... wait a minute.I’m told this was a real play. Hahahahahahahaha. Sometimes preseason is good.Subscribe to the Seaside Joe daily Seahawks newsletterListen to the Seaside Reactions podcast following last night’s loss to the VikingsListen to “Goofballs: A Football Podcast” a show where we interview comedians about the NFL