Elliott Sternbergh from Carlisle (Pennsylvania? England? Somewhere else?) asks, “Can you explain Schneider and Carroll’s decision to trade their third-round pick (No. 83) to Denver for a fourth-round pick (No. 108, Anthony Bradford) and a 2024 third-round pick? That’s a big drop and there is a lot of value in that pick.
A: While dropping from No. 83 to 108 is a somewhat substantial move back just about any trade value chart you can find would tell you that getting a 2024 third-round pick back for moving 25 picks back in the third/fourth-round range round represented great value for the Seahawks.
Of course, the Seahawks wouldn’t want to trade back if there was a player they felt like they just had to get at No. 83, but the way the board fell for them, they felt better about moving back where they were still able to get a player they really liked in Bradford.
Additionally, Schneider noted that the 2024 draft is supposed to be a deep one, so he came into the draft hoping to add picks for next year.
@tompage asks, “We added major talent in the secondary during the offseason, namely Julian Love and Devon Witherspoon. Given the holdovers we have in Tariq Woolen, Mike Jackson, Coby Bryant, Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams, who do we think the starters will be?”
A: You are correct in noting that some of Seattle’s most noteworthy additions this offseason have come in the secondary. While you list seven players, and there are only four starting secondary spots in a traditional base defense, I think the Seahawks essentially view it as six starting spots when you factor in how often they want to use three-safety looks, and how often Seattle, like every NFL team, plays nickel defense.
Pro-Bowlers Tariq Woolen and Quandre Diggs are all but locks to be on the field nearly every down, as is Jamal Adams whenever he is back—Carroll has expressed optimism Adams will be ready for training camp. After adding Love, Carroll spoke at the NFL Annual Meeting about what that signing meant and about how much three-safety defense Seattle wants to play, which was also the plan last year before Adams’ Week-1 injury.
Even if there are three safeties on the field quite a bit, the Seahawks will still use a nickel corner frequently, and having held down that role as a rookie, Bryant would appear to be the clear favorite to hold down that role. And while we’re on the topic, three-safety defense doesn’t necessarily mean “big nickel” with a safety on in place of a nickel corner. As we saw early…
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