Discipline Gulls readers have been (im)patiently awaiting the outcomes of the 2026 Armchair GM Problem, and now the time has come for these followers to be underwhelmed with the outcomes of what could have been the least thrilling Armchair GM Problem in historical past.
Issues obtained off to an insanely scorching begin, with greater than three quarters of the 199 entrants guessing Jadarian Value, and immediately making a logjam on the high of the standings instantly. Entrants continued their sturdy efficiency by way of the primary 4 picks, with sturdy proof of a want to alter at proper guard all through the entries. The variety of followers who projected every of the primary 4 Seattle alternatives had been as follows:
Jadarian Value: 150Bud Clark: 54Julian Neal: 28Beau Stephens: 71
On an attention-grabbing word, although, Stephens was not probably the most projected choice at guard, as College of Oregon guard Emmanuel Pregnon was on 95 of 199 (47.7%) of submissions, simply exceeding even Stephens. These followers who had hoped to see Pregnon inserted into the offensive line are unlikely to ever be taught precisely why John Schneider and the Seahawks entrance workplace didn’t make the strikes mandatory so as to add the Duck to the roster, nevertheless it’s potential that age could have performed a task.
Particularly, as famous lately right here on Discipline Gulls, a part of the attract of extending Derick Corridor this present day is that he stays younger at simply 25 years of age, and due to this fact nonetheless has time so as to add data and method whereas growing bodily earlier than probably reaching his peak efficiency in his late twenties. In distinction, after beginning his faculty profession at Wyoming earlier than transferring to USC after which to Oregon, Pregnon is at the moment 24 years outdated and shall be 25 in October. That makes him six months older than 2025 Seahawks first spherical decide Gray Zabel, and for seven and a half weeks in October and November Pregnon and 2022 first spherical decide Charles Cross will each be 25 years outdated till Cross lastly reaches 26 the day earlier than Thanksgiving.
Coming again to the Armchair GM Problem, although, it was after the number of Stephens that issues went off the rails, with not a single entrant accurately predicting any of the ultimate 4 alternatives the Hawks added within the draft. That reality, nevertheless, is extra resulting from whoever put collectively the occasion this yr than the entrants, as not one of the remaining 4 gamers chosen by the Seahawks had been even accessible for entrants to pick out.
For these curious, the rationale why not one of the remaining 4 gamers had been accessible fell into two classes.
Emannuel Henderson and Michael Dansby had been left off deliberately as a result of solely the highest 350 gamers from the 2026 Consensus Large Board had been to be included within the listing, and so they landed at 357 and 613, respectively.Deven Jap and Andre Fuller ought to have been included, however weren’t, in order that’s getting chalked as much as designer and programmer incompetence.
With all that laid out, right here is how the highest ten of the 2026 Armchair GM Problem completed:
8T: Chancellor_HUN (69 factors)8T: gochaw82 (69 factors)8T: MattyBPhweee (69 factors)5T: The System Is Rigged! (70 factors)5T: Austin H (70 factors)5T: Wait!!What?? (70 factors)
As an attention-grabbing aspect word, entrant Wait!!What?? submitted a pair of entries, and scored 75 factors on the primary entry, however that entry was cancelled out by the submission of a second, decrease scoring entry, thus Wait!!What?? completed in a three-way tie for fifth as an alternative of claiming sole possession of fifth place.4: Rolls26 (81 factors)
After which within the underwhelming remaining end result nobody noticed coming, the highest three completed out like this:
1T: Moackus (84 factors)1T: McMooper (84 factors)1T: OhioHawk4372 (84 factors)
And that’s that. A 3-way with no tiebreaker as a result of the incompetent designer and programmer not solely left a bunch of gamers off of the choice lists, but in addition forgot to incorporate the tiebreakers which were included prior to now. It’s form of like a cut up championship, just like the 1991 Washington Huskies, for Moackus, McMooper and OhioHawk4372, and now it’s on to coaching camp.
