7-round Seahawks mock draft: John Schneider trades down, stocks up big
This Seahawks mock draft might be John Schneider’s dream, as Seattle more than doubles its picks with two big trades. What did it cost to do that?
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 11: General manager John Schneider of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates with fans during the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX victory celebration and parade at Lumen Field on February 11, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) | Getty Images One of the first things people tend to do when summing up a draft class is to ask themselves — is this class tall, or is it wide? In other words, is it packed with talent at the top and relatively thin on Day 3, or are there fewer real field-tilters, and the value really happens from Round 3 on down?
As regards the 2026 NFL Draft class, I’d say it’s wider than tall. A lot of evaluators will tell you that they struggle to assign first-round value to more than 12-15 prospects in this class, and that could lead to a lot of teams trying to trade down to get extra picks later in a draft that presents all kinds of opportunities to add foundational roster pieces who may not be future Hall of Famers, but do what they do particularly well. I would bet that Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider sees the width of this class as opposed to the height, and that he’ll do his level best to act accordingly.
Right now, Seattle has exactly four picks: 32, 64, 96, and 188. The team sent its fourth- and fifth-round picks to New Orleans in the Rashid Shaheed trade ( which they’d do again 101 times out of 100 ), their original seventh-round pick went to Cleveland in 2024 along with center Nick Harris, and the Seahawks got a sixth-round pick in return there. Seattle’s original sixth-round pick went to the Jacksonville Jaguars (also in 2024) for defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris .
Given that Schneider has never been averse to trading down, and given that roughly two-thirds of the Seahawks’ picks have come in rounds 4-7 since Schneider became GM in 2010 , this seems like the thing to do. The man wants his draft picks. So, in the Pro Football Network mock draft simulator , I proposed one trade with the Tennessee Titans before the draft began, and was hit with one from the Green Bay Packers just before I was to make Seattle’s 32nd overall selection at the bottom of the first round.
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