He was the second of three backs selected in the opening round, with the New York Giants taking Penn State's Saquon Barkley second, and New England choosing Georgia's Sony Michel 31st.īut Penny certainly has the credentials, having led the nation last season in rushing yards (2,027) and all-purpose yards (2,698). It was somewhat of a surprise the Seahawks used the 27th pick on Norwalk's Penny, if only to draft prognosticators, precious few of whom projected him for the first round.
"We've had catchers, receivers that we had to make blocker. Since Zach Miller we haven't had the factor of a really solid blocking guy," Carroll said of the tight end who last played for Seattle in 2014. "I think (drafting Dissly) is as important as almost anything that's happened. The team also drafted Washington's Will Dissly, the fourth-round pick considered by many to be the top blocking tight end in his class. In the post-Cable era, the Seahawks are getting away from the smaller, quicker offensive linemen, and back to bigger bodies more capable of winning at the point of attack. The team is also better suited to push people off the ball, particularly in the interior of the offensive line.
McKissic all should be playing in the league somewhere this season, if not Seattle. The Seahawks are stocked with running backs beyond Penny and Carson. "They opened things up for Drew Brees, and that's kind of where I see this offense going," said Carson, who showed impressive flashes of promise last season before a leg injury sidelined him for the season in Week 4. They're nearly identical in size - both 5 feet 11, Carson listed at two pounds heavier at 222 - and they envision forming a similar one-two punch to the Mark Ingram-Alvin Kamara tandem in New Orleans last season. Much of that excitement swirls around rookie Rashaad Penny, a first-round pick from San Diego State, and second-year back Chris Carson, a seventh-round find from Oklahoma State. "We've had so many guys get hurt in the last two years, we couldn't get back to it being the kind of factor that we needed. "We've been off the last year-and-a-half in the running game, and it's been the difference in how we've played, it affects everything that we do," said Carroll, leaning against a wall in a quiet corner of team headquarters.
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