Jeremy Brener#64 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 12, 2026
Brener writes that Coby Bryant's season-ending knee surgery will drop the compensatory pick Seattle receives for them from a projected sixth-rounder to a seventh-rounder (or none at all), while projecting Seattle to land a fourth-round comp pick for Boye Mafe and a pair of fifth-rounders for Kenneth Walker III and Riq Woolen in the 2027 draft.
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What Jeremy Brener said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromBryant's injury, which will keep him out for the season, likely means that his value will slip into the seventh round or possibly be erased altogether.
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- How Bears' Coby Bryant Injury Affects Seahawks
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- 1Seattle Seahawks to pick “fourth-round pick” (picks 97–140)“Boye Mafe, who signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, will likely fetch a fourth-round pick”
- 2Seattle Seahawks to pick “seventh round” (picks 193–236)“Bryant's injury, which will keep him out for the season, likely means that his value will slip into the seventh round or possibly be erased altogether.”
- 3Seattle Seahawks to pick “a pair of fifth-round picks” (picks 129–172)“while Kenneth Walker III and Riq Woolen could help the Seahawks land a pair of fifth-round picks”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks to pick “fourth-round pick” (picks 97–140)1 | Team Draft Slot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Seattle Seahawks to pick “seventh round” (picks 193–236)2 | Team Draft Slot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Seattle Seahawks to pick “a pair of fifth-round picks” (picks 129–172)3 | Team Draft Slot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 3 team draft slot calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Team Draft Slot CallsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to pick “fourth-round pick” (picks 97–140)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Team Draft Slot CallsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to pick “seventh round” (picks 193–236)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Team Draft Slot CallsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to pick “a pair of fifth-round picks” (picks 129–172)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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