Mike Macdonald typically<\/a> uses five DBs. To ensure maximum flexibility and create confusion for an offense, he needs a lot of them on his roster. He just lost two pretty good ones in Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen, so he will add another this year. <\/p>\nThere are good ones available, especially in the second half of the first round. I expect Schneider to take one with the 32nd pick. But if he doesn\u2019t see any he likes, he will grab a DB at 64.<\/p>\n
Seattle will not trade back for a team wanting to draft Ty Simpson<\/p>\n
I have seen this scenario put forth by several draft experts. There is zero chance of this happening. Though occasionally a QB prospect will fall as we near draft day, usually, the opposite happens. The top QB prospects tend to rise. That is exactly what is happening with Ty Simpson. <\/p>\n
A month ago, it seemed like a real possibility that he would be on the board at the end of Round One. Now, I would not be the least bit surprised if Simpson goes in the top five. That\u2019s just the nature of ascending quarterbacks. So such a trade involving Seattle will not happen \u2013 not because Schneider wouldn\u2019t do it, but because he will not have the opportunity. <\/p>\n
Seattle is not drafting a running back<\/p>\n
I have seen Arkansas\u2019 Mike Washington Jr mocked to Seattle in several recent projections. Washington is an intriguing player, and I suspect he will be the third back off the board, after the two Notre Dame runners. Some team will be happy to get him in round three. That team will not be Seattle.<\/p>\n
Washington simply doesn\u2019t make sense for the Seahawks. Yes, he has an elite combination of size and speed. But he is not quick. Despite his straight-line speed, he is not likely to cut his way through NFL defenses and reach the point where he can show off that speed. <\/p>\n
Quite frankly, in Zach Charbonnet and Emanuel Wilson, Seattle already has runners like that. They need to replace the explosive quickness they lost with Kenneth Walker and, quite frankly, apart from Jeremiyah Love, that back is not in this draft. <\/p>\n
(Caveat \u2013 if I am wrong and the Seahawks do take Washington \u2013 or any back \u2013 in the first three rounds, I would be very concerned about Charbonnet\u2019s recovery.)<\/p>\n
Seattle could take a quarterback late<\/p>\n
With his sixth round pick, Schneider is likely looking for depth up front, or perhaps a stud special teams prospect. But don\u2019t rule out a quarterback. Last year, I was a little surprised that he took an early flyer on Jalen Milroe. <\/p>\n
Milroe\u2019s virtual invisibility during his rookie campaign has me wondering if a decision has already been made about his future. Milroe needs reps and he will not get them in Seattle. <\/p>\n
So, is it possible Schneider shifts gears and tries for another developmental QB? If Cade Klubnik is on the board, he would be a pretty good value at 188. Or might he go back to the North Dakota State well another time for the very athletic Cole Payton? It would be very tempting.<\/p>\n
John Schneider may trade picks this year for picks in 2027<\/p>\n
I said the Seahawks are not trading back for a deal involving Ty Simpson. That doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t trading back. I think there’s a pretty good chance Schneider will seriously consider offers for each of his first three picks. <\/p>\n
Seattle\u2019s roster, even with its free agency losses, is very good. Obviously, Schneider wants players this year, but if there are no prospects he really covets when his pick comes up, I expect him to stockpile picks for the future. 2027 is shaping up as a stronger draft class than this year, and he will get a premium by waiting. <\/p>\n
That means that moving out of the 32nd pick could get him a day two pick this year and a second \u2013 or maybe even a first-round pick next year. Delaying that reward makes a lot of sense for a team like Seattle, which will be just fine this year regardless of how good their four prospective draft picks turn out to be. <\/p>\n
There you have it. I have a remarkable ability to get exactly half of these things right. So I am wondering which of the above predictions will come half-true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Seattle Seahawks’ 2026 NFL draft draws closer, we are starting to see some consensus form. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,6,238,237,261,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-853883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seahawks","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-seahawks","13":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116348352325665399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}