The NFL trade deadline is on Tuesday, November 10, at 1 pm PT. Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider has never been afraid to make a deal, but whether he thinks the team is in a position to do so in 2026 is a different story.
Seattle has already added left guard Quenton Nelson, but Nelson immediately missed games due to a preexisting knee injury. Now, the team needs to extend Nelson to make the move worth it.
Schneider could simply decide to hold on to the rest of its future draft picks and not bring anyone else in. The Seahawks are teetering on the edge of not making the playoffs this season, so any trade would need to almost guarantee immediate positive results.
- Latest Seattle Seahawks trade rumors
- Potential Seahawks trade targets
- Positions of need
- Tradable draft picks
Latest Seattle Seahawks trade rumors
Seahawks may not have real interest in Jonathan Taylor
Seattle was linked to Taylor before the return of Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price. This is logical, as Taylor would eventually reunite with left guard Quenton Nelson, who was traded to Seattle a couple of games ago. But with Charbonnet and Price back from injury, there is no real need for Taylor.
That is especially true at the draft capital price he would cost. The assumption is that the Indianapolis Colts would want multiple picks, including a second-round pick. Taylor is under team control for a couple more seasons, but Seattle needs to keep those draft picks.
Seahawks might chase an edge rusher like Jadeveon Clowney
A former Seahawks player in 2019 and a former player under Mike Macdonald when both were with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023, Clowney would seemingly be a natural fit with Seattle. The issue is that he currently plays for the Houston Texans, and Houston is battling for the playoffs.
Houston is just 3-5, but got off to a bad start last season too before making a run in the postseason. They aren't out of the playoff picture, and keeping Clowney, who has 3.5 sacks and four tackles for loss in six games, rather than trading him, makes sense.
Potential Seahawks trade targets
Khalil Mack, Edge rusher
The good: Mack is on a terrible team, the Los Angeles Chargers, and if he is open to being traded, he might want to move to a team with a playoff chance. LA won'maketo the postseason. Mack doesn't have a no-trade clause, but the Chargers are unlikely to deal him if he doesn't want to go.
Dante Fowler Jr. played better for the Seahawks in Week 9, but Mack would still boost an edge rush group that hasn't performed at the same level as it did last season. Even in his mid-30s, he is still elite against the run and getting pressure on quarterbacks.
The bad: John Schneider still must ask himself whether he wants to give up any draft value for a half-season rental. Schneider prefers to deal for players who can help the team for several years, even if that means extending them after they are traded to the Seahawks.
Tony Pollard, RB
The good: Pollard is like Taylor above. He is not quite as good, but he does offer explosiveness and quality. The Titans probably would like to deal him because Tennessee isn't going to the playoffs and should just be trying to add draft value to build for the future.
The bad: Seattle doesn't need another running back currently. Thankfully, Price and Charbonnet looked solid in Week 9 and, as long as they can stay healthy, should be a pretty good duo moving forward. The team has no need for Pollard.
Dallas Goedert, TE
The good: Goedert is a very good blocker and receiver and would be a natural fit in offensive coordinator Brian Fleury's system. AJ Barner proved against the Arizona Cardinals that when he gets a chance to produce, he will. Goedert would also more than offset the loss of Elijah Arroyo, who will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.
The bad: The tight end, like Khalil Mack, is likely a half-season rental, and that isn't normally the John Schneider way. He would be a nice addition, but giving up draft capital might not make the move worth it.
Positions of need
1. Wide receiver
Cooper Kupp was more involved in Week 9, but the offense is still pedestrian when Jaxon Smith-Njigba isn't getting the ball a lot. The team could use another explosive receiver, and one more consistent than Rashid Shaheed.
The move to add one seems unlikely, though. That would make it the second year in a row that Schneider would make a move for a wideout, and that would be unusual.
2. Cornerback
Play from the group has been a bit better lately, but it's helped that Nehemiah Pritchett is playing unexpectedly well. Josh Jobe has just been meh. Should the team add a high-quality cornerback, that would allow Devon Witherspoon to move back into the slot for the majority of snaps.
The question would be who is available. Former Seahawk Riq Woolen, who is currently with the Philadelphia Eagles, might be, but he's struggled in coverage at times this season. Maybe the Colts would be willing to trade Sauce Gardner or Charvarius Ward.
3. Edge rusher
Derick Hall and DeMarcus Lawrence are almost always good, and so is Uchenna Nwosu, though he has missed the last two games due to an injury. Dante Fowler Jr. has been invisible except for Week 9.
Every team could use another edge rusher, as a team cannot have too many. Khalil Mack would be nice, but he wouldn't be with Seattle long. A trade for Maxx Crosby is probably unrealistic at this point, but something akin to that type of trade would make sense.
Tradable draft picks
2027
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 5
- Round 7 (conditional)
- Round 7
These are the Seahawks' tradable picks. In reality, Seattle could have as many as five comp picks from losing free agents Kenneth Walker, Boye Mafe, and others, as well as a pick from the Minnesota Vikings hiring Nolan Teasley this past offseason (Teasley was a minority hire).
The comp picks are projected, though, so they can't be traded. They can be traded once they are real, but that won't happen until just before the draft next year. In other words, they don't help now.
2028
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3
- Round 4
- Round 6
- Round 7 (pick could transfer to the New York Jets)
Seattle traded its fifth-round pick in 2028 to the Indianapolis Colts as part of the deal that gave Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks. Seattle is also likely to lose the seventh-round choice, which was used to bring special teams ace Irv Charles to the Pacific Northwest.
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