An NFL draft Day 2 for the ages - Revisiting Seattle Seahawks' 2012 picks of Bobby Wagner and Russell Wilson 10 years later

Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider likes to put on reggae music inside the team's draft room. It helps ease the tension that comes with the high-stakes event and can prevent the buzzkill of celebrating a pick, only to hear a draft analyst rip it on national television. So in between selections, the Seahawks will turn down the TV and turn up the Bob Marley.

Don't worry… about a thing… 'cause every little thing… is gonna be all right.

Those words proved especially true for Schneider and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll after Day 2 in 2012.

Still, on that Friday afternoon a decade ago, reassurance might have been needed.

The Seahawks' top pick that year, West Virginia outside linebacker Bruce Irvin, had been jailed for burglary as a teenager and admitted to selling drugs. That helped contribute to a much lower grade from most analysts than where Seattle took him at No. 15 overall. The second-round pick, Bobby Wagner, was a small-school linebacker out of Utah State with a smallish frame, not to mention a medical issue that was discovered during a pre-draft visit. The third-rounder, Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson, was a shade under 5-foot-11. Not exactly the ideal height for the game's most important position.

The pundits had a field day.

But what no one knew then was that Seattle struck gold for the third straight year, adding two likely Hall of Famers — who are currently the top two players in the 2012 NFL draft in terms of approximate value, according to Pro Football Reference — and other key pieces to a roster that would win the Super Bowl a season later.

As difficult as it might have been for Seahawks fans to see the team trade Wilson and release Wagner on the same day last month, there was something