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Here's a possibility to what could happen.
I want the defense to get cheaper, I also want solid investment in the offensive line as well as some day 2 picks.
Here's how we could do it -
First lets look at trades for draft capital -
Earl to Dallas for pick 19 and a 4th rounder
Sherman to someone for a mid second rounder
Michael Bennett to the Patriots for New Englands 3rd rounder (I know NE loves Bennett and feel it would be a good spot for him)
Seattle's draft board now looks wildly different -
round 1 pick 18
round 1 pick 19
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 4
Round 5
Round 5
Round 5
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Seattle trades pick 18 to Cleveland for pick 33, 63 and a 4th rounder. Their draft board now looks as follows -
round 1 pick 19
Round 2
Round 2
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 4
Round 4
Round 5
Round 5
Round 5
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
That gives them serious ammo to move up in other rounds to guarantee players they like. With that sort of capital, you could address serious needs on both sides of the ball. I'd fully expect them to a few of those picks into further 3rd rounders. The roster would look almost unrecognisable whilst still building around the 'new' core of players.
Now lets look at the cap situation.
Per OTC Seattle has a little under $13.75M in cap space (no idea why this has gone down from $19.5M recently?!)
Cut Lane
Cut Avril once he passes his physical
and account for the Earl, Sherm and Bennett trades and the cap now sits at $47.5M
All of a sudden players like Allen Robinson and Andrew Norwell become a real possibility. As well as keeping some upcoming 2018 FA's.
You'd resign McDougald to play FS (the draft is pretty weak at this position)
You'd resign Maxwell and Shead to cover Sherms spot as well as use a mid rounder on a CB for competition
You'd go edge early to replace Avril/Bennett and maybe FA for depth.
These moves seem pretty ridiculous on the surface, but with the coaching moves that have occurred I think big changes to the roster are coming and this just shows what sort of stuff is possible.
I'd struggle to listen to a valid argument where gaining this much draft capital and cap space VS keeping the players listed in trades/cuts is not a good move.
To add to that, the above scenario would give Seattle nearly $100M in cap space in 2019 with the only current starting players needing extensions would be Duane Brown, KJ Wright, Frank Clark and Tyler Lockett.
I want the defense to get cheaper, I also want solid investment in the offensive line as well as some day 2 picks.
Here's how we could do it -
First lets look at trades for draft capital -
Earl to Dallas for pick 19 and a 4th rounder
Sherman to someone for a mid second rounder
Michael Bennett to the Patriots for New Englands 3rd rounder (I know NE loves Bennett and feel it would be a good spot for him)
Seattle's draft board now looks wildly different -
round 1 pick 18
round 1 pick 19
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 4
Round 5
Round 5
Round 5
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Seattle trades pick 18 to Cleveland for pick 33, 63 and a 4th rounder. Their draft board now looks as follows -
round 1 pick 19
Round 2
Round 2
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 4
Round 4
Round 5
Round 5
Round 5
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
Round 7
That gives them serious ammo to move up in other rounds to guarantee players they like. With that sort of capital, you could address serious needs on both sides of the ball. I'd fully expect them to a few of those picks into further 3rd rounders. The roster would look almost unrecognisable whilst still building around the 'new' core of players.
Now lets look at the cap situation.
Per OTC Seattle has a little under $13.75M in cap space (no idea why this has gone down from $19.5M recently?!)
Cut Lane
Cut Avril once he passes his physical
and account for the Earl, Sherm and Bennett trades and the cap now sits at $47.5M
All of a sudden players like Allen Robinson and Andrew Norwell become a real possibility. As well as keeping some upcoming 2018 FA's.
You'd resign McDougald to play FS (the draft is pretty weak at this position)
You'd resign Maxwell and Shead to cover Sherms spot as well as use a mid rounder on a CB for competition
You'd go edge early to replace Avril/Bennett and maybe FA for depth.
These moves seem pretty ridiculous on the surface, but with the coaching moves that have occurred I think big changes to the roster are coming and this just shows what sort of stuff is possible.
I'd struggle to listen to a valid argument where gaining this much draft capital and cap space VS keeping the players listed in trades/cuts is not a good move.
To add to that, the above scenario would give Seattle nearly $100M in cap space in 2019 with the only current starting players needing extensions would be Duane Brown, KJ Wright, Frank Clark and Tyler Lockett.