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GM: Why Seattle Seahawks made draft day trade with Broncos
After taking outdoors linebacker Derick Corridor and operating again Zach Charbonnet within the second spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks had been ready to make their third-round choose at No. 83 total.
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However as an alternative of choosing what would have been their fifth participant of the draft’s first two days, the Seahawks traded down – and never simply with any workforce. They made a take care of the Denver Broncos, who the Seahawks had already acquired an enormous haul from final yr – together with two of the 4 picks that they had already used within the draft – in change for quarterback Russell Wilson.
This draft commerce received’t get practically the identical notoriety because the Wilson deal, however it was one which seems to be fairly lopsided in favor of Seattle because the Seahawks acquired a fourth-round choose (108 total), which they used on LSU guard Anthony Bradford, in addition to a third-round choose within the 2024 NFL Draft.
So why did that commerce come to be? Seahawks common supervisor John Schneider broke it down this week throughout a go to with Seattle Sports activities’ Wyman and Bob.
“We had an upset proper in there,” Schneider mentioned. “We had a participant we had been on the brink of take, and that participant was chosen – and that occurs. That occurred to us a few instances. However, hey, like we talked about earlier than the draft, it’s important to be pliable and be prepared to maneuver.”
The excellent news, although, was Seahawks director of professional personnel Willie Schneider was working the telephones and obtained a deal rolling with the Broncos.
“Fortunately Willie did an ideal job working with the Broncos and we had an possibility to return,” Schneider mentioned. “One among our objectives entering into was to accumulate some picks for subsequent yr’s draft. Subsequent yr’s draft in sheer numbers is meant to be heavier than this yr’s draft, extra much like the 2022 draft. In order that was a purpose of ours, and (Willie Schneider) did an ideal job speaking with these guys and obtained the provide (that we accepted). We went forwards and backwards just a little bit, and it was only a actual good transfer, in my view, to have the ability to get out of there.”
Take heed to the total Wyman and Bob dialog with Schneider within the podcast under.
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