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Seahawks' top pick Collier: 'Big shoes to fill' with Frank Clark gone
By Ben Arthur, Seattle PI
Entering this offseason, the pass rush was already one of the Seahawks' big weaknesses. It needed a big boost for 2019. Then, amid the skyrocketing market value of top-tier defensive ends, Seattle traded Frank Clark: its top sack man, the player that kept its pass-rush threat honest.
The plan was to add help for Clark, not to lose him.
So that's why there will be so much focus in the coming season on L.J. Collier, the Seahawks' first-round pick in April's draft. The expectation is that the former TCU defensive end will be an instant-impact player as a rookie.
Collier is fully aware of that.
Read more at https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/se...p-pick-Collier-Big-shoes-to-fill-14015542.php
