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Seattle Seahawks team preview before 2020 NFL Draft

By Christopher Reiss

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 25: Head coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks interviews during the first day of the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 25: Head coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks interviews during the first day of the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 29: Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider pats defensive back Jeremy Lane on the helmet before a football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at CenturyLink Field on November 29, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks won the game 39-30. How will he attack the 2020 NFL Draft? (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 29: Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider pats defensive back Jeremy Lane on the helmet before a football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at CenturyLink Field on November 29, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks won the game 39-30. How will he attack the 2020 NFL Draft? (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) /

The Seattle Seahawks are just one of those teams that you look at on paper and say “they is no way that they can make it to playoffs.” Every single year we count Russel Wilson out, why do we even try anymore. They have, however, struggled with their first round picks in the draft; maybe the 2020 NFL Draft will shift their fortunes.

If Lamar Jackson (the Ravens quarterback) did not have such an amazing season last year, Wilson would have been the league M.V.P. All of the Seahawks starting running backs got hurt, they had to bring back Marshawn Lynch for a few weeks.

Since 2012, the Seattle Seahawks have traded down in the draft or have traded their first-round pick away. You can expect the Seahawks to do the same thing in this year’s draft. One GM told Peter King in Football Morning in America, “Only two sure things in this draft: Joe Borrow to the Bengals and John Schneider trades down in the first round.”

Here’s a list of the times that the Seahawks have either traded down or traded away their first-round pick:

In 2019, Seattle traded down from 21 to 30.

In 2018, Seattle traded down from 18 to 27.

In 2017, Seattle traded down from 26 to 31, then down again from 31 to 34, then from 34 to 35.

In 2016, Seattle traded down from 26 to 31.

In 2015, Seattle traded its first-round pick to acquire Jimmy Graham from the Saints.

In 2014, Seattle traded down from 32 to 40, then down again from 40 to 45.

In 2013, Seattle traded its first-round pick to acquire Percy Harvin from the Vikings.

In 2012, Seattle traded down from 12 to 15.

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Head Coach: Pete Carroll

General Manager: John Schneider

2019 Record: (11-5)

2020 Draft Picks

Round 1, Pick 27

Round 2, Pick 59

Round 2, Pick 64

Round 3, Pick 101

Round 4, Pick 133

Round 4, Pick 144

Round 6, Pick 214

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