By james art 
Yes, it’s time to look at the 2025 NFL draft order, because even though they’re just one game out of first in the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks are far more likely to miss the playoffs than make it.
Sitting at 4-5, the Seahawks will have to take a lot of losses to get a top 10 pick. The reason for that is because there are a lot of terrible teams in the NFL this year and they aren’t showing any signs of revival. Midway through the regular season, there are nine teams with two wins, aka two less than the Seahawks.
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The Seahawks would pick 14th overall, or two spots higher than in the 2024 draft. Winning the NFC West or making the playoffs as a wild card would mean picking no higher than 19th.
It seems tempting to tank, and I despise the concept (especially in the NFL), but there are too many bad teams for the Seahawks to “overcome” in any likelihood. I don’t think the Seahawks will go 4-13, in which case that would be enough to get them a top-10 pick, but the bar for a top-10 pick is set pretty high by teams that are very low in the rankings.