Three recent trades Seattle Seahawks should have never made

The Seahawks are good but would be even better having not made these three trades.

To be sure, the Seahawks under general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll have had quite a bit more recent success with trades and free agency than they have in drafts. Seattle’s starting left tackle Duane Brown, starting cornerback Quinton Dunbar and starting free safety Quandre Diggs have all been acquired via recent trades.

But Schneider and Carroll aren’t perfect. And moves made in the NFL draft and trades have more of Schneider’s mark than Carroll’s. This means Schneider should get a bit more praise or blame for deals that do not work out. And that is not to shed bad light on Schneider. Seattle has made the playoffs in 8 of 10 years since he became GM. Other teams should be so lucky.

But might Seattle be in an even better position heading into the second half of the 2020 NFL season? Probably. NFL moves are like dominoes. Make one move to acquire a star player with draft picks and maybe those draft picks end up being great players and the player leaves free agency?

What if a team makes draft day moves because they aren’t necessarily a team of need and end up setting the franchise back a couple of years financially and overall talent? Maybe that one bad move means the team is forced to make other moves that the team wouldn’t actually otherwise have to make?

Here are three bad trades that the Seahawks should not have made recently.