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The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> have found the core players who played a large role in their Super Bowl LX win last season. Nonetheless, general manager John Schneider has to replace key players who left in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, with Schneider\u2019s track record at the NFL<\/a> Draft, he is likely to find the right players to replace Coby Bryant and Kenneth Walker III. During an April 16 appearance on Seattle Sports<\/a>, Schneider offered insight into the team\u2019s draft philosophy, which has allowed them to hit on their picks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt usually ends up being a combination of [drafting for need and taking the best player available],\u201d Schneider said. \u201cThat\u2019s how we grade for our team. We don\u2019t grade for the National Football League. We say, \u2018OK, this is our best player for our team.\u2019 That\u2019s kind of where that comes into play. <\/p>\n \u201cNow, are there times when you just can\u2019t pass up a player we think is going to get drafted higher? He comes along, and we have to take him? You\u2019re just taking the best player, and that\u2019s what it comes down to. But as we build this thing, we\u2019re always building it for our team and not the league and not where the players should go.\u201d<\/p>\n Insider Gives Take on Potential Seattle Draft Target<\/p>\n When it comes to a particular draft prospect, mock drafts and takes suggest that former\u00a0Notre Dame Fighting Irish<\/a>\u00a0star Jadarian Price could be a fit for Seattle. In his mailbag column, Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer explained why he could see Price being a first-round pick.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s possible that Jadarian Price, Jeremiyah Love\u2019s backup at Notre Dame, has an outside shot to sneak in the bottom of the round, on the premise that there is a big dropoff after the two Irish backs go,\u201c\u00a0Breer wrote in his April 15 article<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn other words, if you\u00a0have a need at\u00a0the position, you may view Price as your last chance to get a ready-made starter in this year\u2019s class, so\u00a0you may push him up the board a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n Last season at Notre Dame,\u00a0Price earned a 78.6 overall PFF grade<\/a>. Moreover, his PFF rushing grade of 79.9 ranked 157th among 406 qualified running backs. He carried the ball 113 times for 674 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Price averaged 6.0 yards per attempt on the ground.<\/p>\n Price forced 32 missed tackles as a runner and averaged 3.9 yards after contact per attempt. As a receiver, he caught six passes on seven targets for 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n Seahawks Urged to Go Running Back at No. 32<\/p>\n Seattle\u00a0holds\u00a0the No. 32 pick, and\u00a0NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah believes\u00a0that\u00a0the Seahawks<\/a> should go after a running back, and Price would be the right draft prospect for them.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you don\u2019t get on the Jadarian Price train, I\u2019m not feeling great about you having a running back you think could start next year,\u201c\u00a0Jeremiah said in an April 13 video from \u201c<\/a>The Joel Klatt Show.\u201d \u201cI think this is a two-starting-running-back draft.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, we always will get some guys who will surprise us and be solid players, but to me, it is not a weakness in this draft. I\u2019m looking at him. I will put the ceiling, I\u2019ll go Seattle pick 32. And then the floor, I\u2019ll go Seattle 32. How do they not take him? They don\u2019t have a starting running back.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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