As a substitute of a mock draft, how a few mock commerce?
The Seattle Seahawks are smack dab in the course of the NFL Draft order at choose 16. They don’t have a second-round choose as a result of Leonard Williams commerce, and gave up one in every of their third-rounders to the Washington Commanders, in order that they’re presently slated to have simply two choices within the prime 100.
It’s been six years because the Seahawks final traded down within the first spherical of the draft. John Schneider moved from No. 18 (the place the Inexperienced Bay Packers chosen Jaire Alexander) to No. 27 to pick working again Rashaad Penny. Since then, Seattle has stood pat with its prime choose.
NFL.com analyst Chad Reuter just lately wrote a column on six logical first-round trades, and the Seahawks are concerned. Reuter suggests a swap between Seattle and the Tremendous Bowl champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, giving Seattle a second-round choose and an additional choose subsequent yr.
Chiefs obtain:
No. 16 general choose (Spherical 1)
Seahawks obtain:
No. 32 general (Spherical 1)
No. 64 general (Spherical 2)
2025 third-round selection
Schneider may welcome this deal as a result of he traded his second-round choose to the Giants for defensive lineman Leonard Williams final fall. Even after shifting down 16 slots, Schneider may nonetheless discover a new beginning offensive lineman (Cooper Beebe or Jackson Powers-Johnson), defensive lineman (Braden Fiske or Jer’Zahn Newton) or linebacker (Edgerrin Cooper, Trevin Wallace or Payton Wilson) late within the first. Schneider could have curiosity within the 2025 third-round choose Kansas Metropolis acquired from Tennessee within the L’Jarius Sneed commerce, having already dealt subsequent yr’s fifth-rounder within the Williams commerce.
I really feel prefer it’s in Seattle’s greatest pursuits to commerce down and discover a route again into the second spherical, though I’d most likely angle for one thing stronger than a 2025 third-rounder (EDIT: Apologies! It’s Tennessee’s 2025 third-rounder, wherein case it’s prone to be higher worth than KC’s, so it’s wonderful!). I’d be stunned if the Chiefs needed to maneuver that prime up within the draft to (presumably) take a large receiver, however something wherein the Seahawks can participate in Spherical 2 is preferable.
If there was ever a yr to return to buying and selling down to achieve additional picks, it’s this one.
