It’s now officially less than a month until the NFL Draft, and there will be plenty of intrigue surrounding what the Seattle Seahawks do at pick No. 18.

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Whether it’s the offensive line, defense or even wide receiver, there seems to be a handful of players who the Seahawks could end up going with in the first round. But fans in Seattle are well aware that the picks the team enters the draft with aren’t necessarily where they’ll end up selecting. Draft day trades can always happen, and Seahawks general manger John Schneider has made plenty of those over the years.

Schneider is mostly known for trading back in the draft, which he has notably done several times in the first round. But could 2025 be the year where he moves up in the first round?

ESPN draft analyst Field Yates was asked if this year’s draft was one worth trading up in the first round during his conversation with Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk on Monday.

“I think it’s a good year to just pick at 18 for this reason: I just don’t know what the appetite will be to trade up,” Yates said. “I mean, maybe you see, like, 19 or 20 (trade up) to 18, where some team is just making sure they don’t get sniped by a separate team who they think is hot on the trail of the same player.”

Yates also feels that there isn’t the sort of top-tier talent that’s worth moving up for.

“This isn’t a class where it’s like you’ve got so many established, bona fide blue-chippers that you gotta get through first before you can take that second tier of guys,” Yates said. “I think that second tier or that third tier is just much wider than normal.”

Huard weighs in

Brock and Salk co-host Brock Huard shared his take on the Seahawks potentially trading up in the first round Tuesday during his Blue 88 segment.

“I don’t see that at all,” said Huard, a FOX analyst and former NFL quarterback.

Co-host Mike Salk asked what if that would mean trading up three to five spots to get someone like star Penn State tight end Tyler Warren, who has the potential to make an instant impact as a receiver and blocker.

“It’s a real dangerous game, and I got to know whether those three offensive lineman that I really love are sitting there still,” said Huard, who noted it would likely cost Seattle one of its second-round picks to move up a few spots in the first round. “If they’re still sitting there, then I cannot possibly do that. As intriguing and as tantalizing as that may be, I cannot do that and then all of a sudden hope that at (pick) 50 or 52 that one of those young studs is still there and available.”

Hear the full conversation with ESPN’s Field Yates here or in the audio player near the top of this story. Listen to Brock and Salk weekdays from 6-10 a.m. on the Seattle Sports app.

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SEATTLE – Get ready for potential record-high temperatures on Tuesday, followed by a stormy Wednesday.

Several consecutive days of snow leading into the weekend, totaling around a foot in our Cascades passes, helped increase our snowpack. Sunday’s atmospheric river increased the snow levels bringing mainly rain to our higher elevations, but we get another round of snow by the end of this week and into the weekend.

What’s next:

After a cool, wet start to the month of March, we will finally see some spring weather. Following some morning fog on Tuesday, skies will clear and turn partly cloudy with highs approaching records by the late afternoon. Tuesday will easily be the warmest day we have seen so far this year.

Spring weather makes as appearance in Western Washington with near record warmth on Tuesday.

Wednesday is shaping up to be a potentially stormy day for us. A strong storm off the coast will lead to an unstable atmosphere with a rare marginal risk for severe storms. Storms will increase into the evening hours and may produce heavy rain, thunder and lightning along with small hail. Some flash flooding is also possible.

A chance for thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, lightning and damaging winds is possible. 

Our record warmth and sunshine will be short-lived as a stormy day sets on Wednesday with more wet and cool weather returning beginning Thursday.

After a nice Tuesday, we return to cooler and wetter conditions later in the week. 

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Despite some glaring needs for offense, the Mariners only ended up tinkering a bit with their lineup after a pretty quiet offseason.

Major League Signings

2025 spending: $11.25MM
Total spending: $11.25MM

Option Decisions

Trades & Claims

Notable Minor League Signings

• Rowdy Tellez, Trevor Gott, Josh Fleming, Adonis Medina, Shintaro Fujinami, Casey Lawrence, Garrett Hill, Jacob Nottingham, Jack Lopez, Jhonathan Diaz, Luis F. Castillo, Neftali Feliz (released), Drew Pomeranz (released), Jesse Hahn (released)

Extensions

Notable Losses

After a few months of scouring the free agent and trade markets for a replacement for second baseman Jorge Polanco, the Mariners ended up signing….third baseman Jorge Polanco, brought back on a one-year deal worth $7.75MM in guaranteed money, and with a vesting option that could guarantee Polanco at least $6MM in 2026.  Polanco has played the vast majority of his nine MLB seasons as a middle infielder, but he does have 24 games of experience as a third baseman, with 15 of those games coming as recently as the 2023 season when he was still a member of the Twins.

Polanco’s defensive metrics as a second baseman were mostly subpar, and his lack of a strong throwing arm raises questions about how well he’ll translate to the hot corner.  However, the bigger issue might be whether or not Polanco can rebound from a rough year at the plate.  The infielder hit only .213/.296/.355 over 469 plate appearances with Seattle in 2024, while also missing a month due to a hamstring strain, and undergoing surgery in October to correct a lingering left knee problem.

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