GM: Come on down! Seahawks open seeking to deal 1st-round pick in NFL draft
The defending Super Bowl champions own the 32nd and final pick in round one. They are seeking a partner to deal for more than their 4 picks.
John Schneider might as well have worn a sandwich board and walked up and down I-405 advertising it. The Seahawks’ top pick is for sale. The Super Bowl champions’ general manager could not have made that clearer three days before the start of the NFL draft.
“It’s no secret with us, guys,” Schneider said Monday. “I mean, we have four picks (this year). So we’ll be looking to move back.
” He wants the entire league to think of Seattle when considering a trade up into the end of the first round Thursday. As Schneider noted, the league knows his Seahawks for their habit of trading back in drafts to acquire more picks. Schneider has made 74 trades involving draft choices over 16 previous years as the Seahawks GM.
They’ve traded back to get more selections 33 times in those 16 drafts. They traded up less than half that much (15 times). Thirty 30 other draft-pick trades have been to acquire or give up a veteran player.
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