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The Seattle Seahawks were a surprisingly competitive team in 2024. Seattle finished the season with 10 wins and nearly made the NFC playoffs. Now there is reason for optimism after Seattle signed Sam Darnold as their new quarterback.
Darnold had a fantastic 2024 campaign in Minnesota. If he delivers even a fraction of that production with the Seahawks, there’s no telling how far they could go. But that is a big if.
The Seahawks deserve a lot of credit for making multiple bold moves this offseason. They flushed out players on bloated contracts, made some big trades, and added several talented rookies in the 2025 NFL Draft.
NFL training camps open up in just a few weeks. There is no guarantee that every roster is completely settled before camp. Especially a team like the Seahawks that made plenty of changes already this offseason.
Below we will explore three sneaky Seahawks trade candidates entering training camp later in July.
The end of the road for Noah Fant could be coming sooner rather than later.
Fant’s production has decreased ever since being traded to the Seahawks. He had 68 receptions for 670 yards and four touchdowns during his last season with the Broncos. Fant has never had that level of production since.
The 2024 season was a positive sign, with 48 receptions for 500 yards and a touchdown.
But the problem is competition.
The Seahawks added rookie Elijah Arroyo during the 2025 NFL Draft. Arroyo has all of the necessary skills to challenge Fant for a starting job as early as this season.
Fant is in the final year of his contract and has a whopping $13.41 million cap hit in 2025.
He could make sense as a trade candidate around the NFL’s trade deadline. Especially because that would lower his cap hit for any team trading for him.
If Seattle does not trade Fant, he will most likely not be re-signed after the 2025 season. So in my mind, it makes sense to try and get some future assets for him as soon as possible.
Seahawks edge rusher Uchenna Nwosu is not the player he was earlier in his career. But that does not mean he is without a place in the NFL.
Nwosu signed a three-year, $45 million contract with Seattle in 2023. He earned that contract after logging nine-and-a-half sacks and 66 total tackles for the Seahawks in 2022.
At the time, the hope was the Nwosu would become a three-down starter who could post double-digit sacks each season. Unfortunately, he never came close to his 2022 production ever again.
Nwosu has logged just 30 total tackles and three sacks over the past two seasons combined. He does not seem to be a good fit in Mike Macdonald’s defense. Nwosu is also getting older, which could account for some of his production...
