Field Gulls
What if John Schneider decides to be aggressive at next week’s draft?
With the NFL Draft less than ten days away, we are seeing mock drafts left and right. It’s an exciting time for fans as hope and opportunity for their teams to strike gold are within reach. For the Seattle Seahawks and their fans, this is no different. In the past week, I have seen tight ends, wide receivers, offensive linemen, heck, even quarterbacks being predicted to go to Seattle with their first round pick. It just shows how unpredictable and exciting this year’s draft is going to be.
In my mock draft this week, I wanted to take a look at a potential avenue that very few have looked at, which is John Schneider being ultra aggressive and making three different trades in the draft, with two being used to go up and get his guy. With that being said, here’s this week’s Seahawks mock draft where Schneider gets to truly cook.
TRADE #1:
Seahawks trade pick #18, #92 and a 2026 3rd round pick to the Miami Dolphins for pick #13 and a 2026 5th round pick
I believe that the Seahawks want to select a TE with their first round pick. This is a deep draft at the position, but there are a clear top two that are easily first round grades, Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland. While Warren definitely has some Rob Gronkowski comparisons, Loveland shows a lot of Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta to his game.
In this mock, Warren went No. 10 to Chicago, and Seattle needed to move up ahead of Indianapolis if they wanted to get their hands on Loveland. In doing this deal with Miami, Seattle is giving up a late third and the potential of whatever next year’s third round picks could look like. In return, Seattle is getting a true blue chip prospect that allows offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak to run his 12 personnel with a dynamic Michigan combo in the TE room.
When healthy, Loveland was the best offensive player on the Wolverines national championship team, and was still productive in a brutal offensive situation at Ann Arbor this year, before injuries ended his season. Expected to be healthy by training camp, a receiving trio of Loveland, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp is one of the more underrated in the league.
In my opinion, the talent is worth the cost. There’s only so many stars in this draft. Go get one of them.
TRADE #2:
Seahawks trade pick #50 and #137 to the Atlanta Falcons for pick #46
Sitting at pick 50, the Seahawks may get lucky and be able to wait for a talented offensive lineman to drop to them. Armed with their war chest of picks, I don’t see how they can afford to take that risk. In their trade with Atlanta...
