{"id":620277,"date":"2026-04-21T00:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620277\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:41:10","slug":"seahawks-open-to-trading-first-round-pick-for-a-bigger-nfl-draft-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620277\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks open to trading first-round pick for a bigger NFL draft class"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> are open to moving back in the NFL draft and, with just four picks, hope to end up with a few more members of their draft class.<\/p>\n

Three days before the first round of the draft<\/a>, in which the Seahawks hold the final pick due to their status as the defending Super Bowl champions<\/a>, president of football operations John Schneider was not hiding Seattle’s intentions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s no secret with us,” Schneider said Monday. “We have four picks, so we\u2019ll be looking to move back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Including the No. 32 overall pick, Seattle also has picks No. 64 (second round), No. 96 (third round) and No. 188 (sixth round). The Seahawks do not have fourth- or fifth-round picks after trading them for Rashid Shaheed in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Should the Seahawks only make four picks, it would be the second-smallest draft class of Schneider\u2019s tenure. Seattle only made three picks in the 2021 draft.<\/p>\n

Schneider has not viewed the first day as essential since becoming Seattle\u2019s general manager in 2010. The Seahawks did not have a first-round pick from 2013 to 2015 nor in 2017 or 2021.<\/p>\n

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The Seahawks\u2019 roster is deep<\/a>, and Seattle has locked up franchise cornerstone All-Pro wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a>. The team may look to add a running back through the draft to replace Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III<\/a>, who left for the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in free agency.<\/p>\n

Seattle brought aboard Emanuel Wilson<\/a>, who signed in free agency after three seasons with the Green Bay Packers<\/a>, and could turn to Zach Charbonnet<\/a> as the main option once he returns from his injury. Schneider expressed his confidence in the group of running backs already on the scene in Seattle.<\/p>\n

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