Seth Olsen Draft Update

Seth Olsen is another Hawkeye who had a pedestrian day from the pure numbers standpoint. His 40 yard dash was recorded at 5.23 ( 3.03 20yd split; 1.75 10yd split). He also posted a 24.5 vertical leap, 7' 06" broad jump, 23 reps of 225 lbs. in the bench press, and a time of 7.59 seconds in the 3 cone drill. Seth is another player who benefited from the luck of the draw of the alphabet. He followed mega-prospect Michael Oher in position drills and was sure to have scouts attention as they were paired together a couple of times. One drill Olsen really stood out on was the one on one mirror drill where he was one of the few to keep behind the line and use his hand punch. Seth looked focused and drew praise from both Mike Mayock and Charles Davis. Davis was very familiar with Olsen having covered him for the Big Ten Network. As I have stated in the other players updates the more important part of this process for many players are the interviews with the individual teams. I really expect Seth to have excelled at this aspect of combine. Seth may have had some medical questions to answer as it seems he was always on the medical report during his career at Iowa, however he played through the injuries most of the time.

Offensive line movement during the free agency period has been relatively quiet as most teams have elected to try to resign their own priority free agents. There are a few veteran guards left unsigned including former Iowa lineman Mike Goff. As I have written previously I see Seth being drafted by a zone blocking type of team. The teams running this type of scheme right now are Atlanta, Carolina, Denver, Green Bay, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, and Tennessee. Of these teams I would eliminate Houston and Green Bay. Both are young at the position and in Green Bay's case have other needs since they are transitioning from 4-3 defense to a 3-4. Tennessee also seems to be relatively deep at the guard position and would be looking more at depth for center or tackle. Denver is a mystery with the new G.M. Xanders and former Patriot O.C. Josh McDaniels in charge. They could use some offensive line depth but they, too, are transitioning to a 3-4 defense. Atlanta and Carolina really make the most sense from a depth, scheme, and need stand point. I see Seth landing in Hotlanta in the fourth round.