Might you think about, if just for one second, the Seattle Seahawks having star large receivers DK Metcalf and Deebo Samuel on the identical staff? Effectively it nearly occurred, a minimum of based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
In case you recall, the 49ers drafted Samuel with the No. 36 total decide within the 2019 NFL Draft. The Seahawks had the subsequent decide, which they traded right down to get the Carolina Panthers’ No. 47 and No. 77 total picks. Seattle took security Marquise Blair at No. 47, and finally used No. 77 to commerce again into the second spherical to get Metcalf at No. 64.
Let’s discover the alternate universe the place the Seahawks truly landed Deebo. Right here’s Schefter’s reporting on this story:
In the course of the first spherical, the Seahawks traded decide No. 30 to the New York Giants for Nos. 37, 132, and 142 with the concept that — the subsequent night time — they might commerce again up from No. 37 to No. 35 to pick Samuel.
Shortly earlier than the second spherical the next night time, Seattle had a commerce labored out with the Las Vegas Raiders to maneuver as much as No. 35, with Samuel because the goal.
However earlier than that commerce was finalized, the Raiders as a substitute determined to commerce the thirty fifth decide to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who chosen offensive sort out Jawaan Taylor. To this present day, the Seahawks nonetheless don’t perceive or know why the Raiders reneged on the deal, based on sources.
In case you recall, the Seahawks had two first-round picks following the choice to commerce Frank Clark to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Seattle stored the Kansas Metropolis decide at No. 29 to take LJ Collier, then used its native decide to commerce down from No. 21 to No. 30 and finally into the highest of the second spherical.
We now proceed with the “what might’ve been” state of affairs…
However the Seahawks’ grand plan within the second spherical was to get Samuel close to the highest of the spherical and Metcalf later within the spherical, which they wound up doing after they once more traded again as much as the final decide within the spherical — No. 64 total — to draft Metcalf. Seattle traded third- and fourth-round picks to the New England Patriots for the sixty fourth total choice.
Remember that Doug Baldwin was set to retire, so the Seahawks knew they wanted to rebuild the receiver group. Whereas the plan to get Deebo and DK backfired, they did get DK and chosen two different receivers within the draft: Gary Jennings Jr within the fourth spherical and John Ursua within the seventh. Jennings by no means performed a down for Seattle and Ursua’s solely catch was a yard wanting the top zone, fittingly, in opposition to the 49ers in Week 17 of the 2019 season.
Metcalf and Samuel have respectively had very profitable careers, albeit with Samuel much more liable to damage than Metcalf. It positive would’ve been cool to have a Tyler Lockett/Deebo Samuel/DK Metcalf trio, wouldn’t it?
That is the second story concerning a star 49ers participant nearly turning into a Seahawk. The extra well-known one is John Schneider instantly admitting that the Seahawks meant to take tight finish George Kittle however juuuuuust missed out. They ended up with Tedric Thompson within the fourth spherical and by no means traded again into the fifth for Kittle.
Seahawks GM John Schneider says on Seahawks pre-game radio present Seattle actually wished George Kittle within the draft and “missed him by a minute.”
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) December 2, 2018
Someway each of those tales have a typical theme of the Seahawks finally taking a security who didn’t work out (Blair and Thompson), which can or could not have led to the ill-fated choice to commerce for Jamal Adams in 2020.
Why this notably story is popping out now after we’re 5 years faraway from the draft (with a number of Seahawks-49ers matchups alongside the way in which) is past me, however I assume it’s a factor to taunt Seahawks followers some extra on the eve of one other Seahawks-49ers showdown.
