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The Seattle Seahawks are in a tough spot for the upcoming NFL Draft. The draft is just over two weeks away, and teams are making their final preparations on their draft boards. The Seahawks had a successful season last year, making the playoffs, and are looking to replenish the talent on their team.
Unfortunately, because of trades they've made, they have very little draft capital with which to do so. The Seahawks are missing their second round pick thanks to the trade they made for tackle Duane Brown, and also gave away picks for quarterback Brett Hundley and safety Shalom Luani.
All told, Seattle has just four picks in this year's draft, the lowest total of any team. Seahawks GM John Schneider said that's “not cool” and indicated he'll explore moving back in the draft to stockpile more picks, per Brady Henderson of ESPN.com.
Henderson seems to expect the Seahawks will make a move for more picks, but Schneider cautioned that it isn't that simple.
“Everybody’s like, ‘Well, they always like to go back.’ You have to find a partner. You have to negotiate within a specific amount of time. So it’s not like an easy thing just to move back,” Schneider cautioned.
Henderson points out that the Seahawks have made 86 selections over the nine drafts Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll have spent together, which ranks second in the league behind only the 49ers in that span. That's in direct contrast to where they stand this year, and makes the position they're in very unusual for the team. It'll be very interesting to see what they do on draft day.
