I have to keep reminding myself he was a seventh-round pick. Impressive stat to know: Had a missed tackle forced rate of 36.1% in his three seasons at UAB Schmitz never looks uncomfortable or awkward blocking for the run or pass, and if he's beaten, he calmly recovers. He was the best pure center in the class thanks to his combination of first-step quickness, power, and balance. If the Giants picked Schmitz in the first round, the complaints would've been minimal. Impressive stat to know: Played nearly 2,500 snaps in his Minnesota career Ron Rivera must be giddy thinking about how he can deploy Martin on his defense as a rookie. On film, Martin is a do-everything, cover-the-slot, make-a-circus-interception-downfield type, and he'll gel quickly with the likes of Kamren Curl and Darrick Forrest, who also pride themselves on their legitimate versatility. He's only the 12th prospect since 2000 at the combine to hit the 44-inch vertical and 130-inch broad jump marks. To jump as high and far as he did is extraordinarily rare. There's explosive, then there's Martin-level explosiveness. It's time to really get acclimated with the non-Round 1 selections who have the talent - and situation - to flourish in their debut season in the NFL.

And you, NFL fan starved for football, know all about your favorite team's first-round pick in the 2023 draft. In 2019, Deebo Samuel, Miles Sanders, Elgton Jenkins, DK Metcalf and Terry McLaurin headlined those outstanding value selections. In 2020, Antoine Winfield Jr., Jeremy Chinn, and Antonio Gibson were NFC rookies not selected on Day 1 of the draft who sure as heck played like Day 1 selections as rookies. Now, his reach is far wider than the greater Detroit area after an 88-catch eruption in Year 1 as a professional. Brown was just an easy-to-miss, unsuspecting rookie picked after the first round, waiting for his chance in the Lions' offense. Seattle certainly fast-tracked his developmental process. Fast forward to his rookie season - the former UTSA star led the NFL in interceptions with six and defended 16 more passes. In fact, they remained undefeated, winning the NFC West championship and divisional playoffs.One short year ago, Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen was a widely viewed as a super-athletic project-y outside corner. We welcomed and blessed the mask at a one-of-a-kind press event on November 18, 2014-which just happens to be the turning point in the Seattle Seahawks season. “We are filling in the gaps in the mask’s history.” Ernst lived in Sedona, Arizona, in the 1940s-suggesting an opportunity for his acquisition of the mask. “We knew it was made at the north end of Vancouver Island in the 19th century, but we didn’t know anything else until it came in to the Max Ernst collection,” said Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Director of the Burke Museum’s Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art. They also collected objects from Plains and Alaskan tribes, which offers a possible explanation for how the mask came to be part of the Company collection. The Company’s collectors traveled throughout the Southwest, California and along the Colorado River buying art for the marketplaces. in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The mask bore an undeniable resemblance to the 1976 logo the Seahawks later unearthed a 1975 Seattle PI article in their archives, in which Seahawks General Manager John Thompson identified the mask as THE definitive inspiration for the Hawks’ logo.Ī tag in the mask dated 1910 includes a catalog number from the Fred Harvey Company, which operated hotels, restaurants, and Indian marketplaces throughout the southwestern U.S. When Wright broached the subject with Curator Emeritus Bill Holm, he pointed her to a photograph of a Kwakwaka’wakw (pronounced: KWA-kwuh-kyuh-wakw) eagle mask in Robert Bruce Inverarity’s 1950 survey, Art of the Northwest Coast Indians. Wright’s art history students were curious about the design influence for the Seattle Seahawks’ original logo. In the lead-up to last year’s Super Bowl, Burke Museum Curator of Native American Art Robin K. What a year it has been! Now, as the Seahawks prepare to 're-Pete' their visit to the Super Bowl, here’s what we’ve learned so far about the mask that inspired the logo. It’s been one year since we first explored the connection between a Native mask from the Pacific Northwest and the original Seattle Seahawks logo.

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