The Seattle Seahawks had been very busy within the seventh spherical of the 2026 NFL Draft after earlier trades together with the one with the Inexperienced Bay Packers that netted them No. 236 (Andre Fuller) and No. 255 for No. 216. John Schneider made it 50% secondary picks within the draft, selecting his fourth new member of the DB group in cornerback Michael Dansby from Arizona. Dansby doesn’t have a lot by way of testing numbers, however he’s apparently very, very quick…in keeping with himself.
Relative Athletic Rating (RAS)
As I discussed above, we actually don’t have a lot to go on right here with simply top, weight, size, and bench. Of these, Dansby is mild, not very sturdy, and has brief arms. Not very inspiring. There’s no Mockdraftable to talk of both with out testing knowledge.
So, scratch official testing knowledge. Apparently, Dansby ran a really quick 40-yard sprint time whereas coaching.
If true, that will be nice! Nonetheless, “If if’s and but’s were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.” We’ll simply must go together with the RAS comps and use our creativeness a bit. Chase Lucas and Kevon Seymour current constructive eventualities by way of output from a seventh-round decide.
Each Lucas and Seymour are basically dead-ringers by way of dimension and power. Each of them additionally performed numerous particular groups snaps, with Seymour getting some common time on protection early in his profession. Lucas had wonderful explosion and agility scores whereas Seymour was higher by way of velocity. Dansby would’ve blown them each out of the water if he was anyplace close to his self-reported 4.25 40-yard sprint time whereas coaching.
Since we don’t have testing for Dansby, I’m going to skip proper on to the Seahawks comps, purely based mostly on dimension. The primary one was truly within the RAS record.
These are actually some names! Having Kelly Jennings as a comp won’t ever be fashionable, however offsetting that with Jeremy Lane, DJ Reed, and Justin Coleman is sort of neat. I’m somewhat pleased with the Marcus Burley pull too if I’m being trustworthy. Perhaps essentially the most attention-grabbing factor is that in addition to Burley and Coleman, the remainder of the record additionally had poor bench numbers like Dansby.
With out full testing, we will’t go a lot additional than this. Dansby does have related dimension and power to some former Seahawks, which is notable.
Boy, Seattle was actually hitting the CBs arduous within the draft, huh? They want depth after the departure of Riq Woolen, and Nehemiah Pritchett hasn’t essentially lit the world on fireplace. Throw as many darts on the board and see what number of stick. Perhaps the truth that Dansby wasn’t in a position to check helped him slide to the Seahawks? Let’s keep constructive on this one.
I got here into this pondering that Dansby had a really low chance to make the Seahawks preliminary 53-man roster. Perhaps it’s only a intestine feeling, however now I’m not so certain. We’ve received Devon Witherspoon and Josh Jobe 100% locks with fellow rookie third-rounder Julian Neal as a 99.99% lock. After that, will probably be a battle between different fellow rookie Andre Fuller, Dansby, Noah Igbinoghene, Nehemiah Pritchett, and some others. Dansby’s received ball expertise, too.
He additionally has membership management and an affordable contract, which may put him better off over guys like Igbinoghene. Seattle used a draft decide on him possible as a result of they didn’t suppose they might carry him in as a UDFA. Might there be three rookie CBs that make the roster in 2026?
Dansby will lose out on the ultimate roster spot, however his lack of testing and late draft standing will enable him to move via waivers to the Prepared Squad. He’ll earn his follow squad elevations and bide his time whereas he waits for an additional crack on the roster in 2027.
