The Seattle Seahawks made an unexpected move at the 2025 trade deadline. The team might have added a right guard or inside linebacker. Maybe another pass rusher would have been nice. Instead, the team added [wide receiver Rashid Shaheed](https://12thmanrising.com/seahawks-sam-darnold-gets-some-simple-advice-new-weapon-rashid-shaheed).
One thing is perfectly clear: Seattle really likes who it has on defense and doesn't want to change it much. General manager John Schneider signed veteran edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence this offseason, but not much else changed. He obviously isn't about to change it during the season.
The question might be whether Seattle and Schneider gave up too much for a wide receiver in the final year of his contract. A fourth-rounder should have been good enough. Maybe even a fifth-rounder. But both? That's a lot.
Where will the Seattle Seahawks choose in the 2026 NFL draft after the Rashid Shaheed trade?
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Schneider has to be awfully confident that Shaheed is going to be a great fit in the offense, and, to be fair, he should. Shaheed played for the New Orleans Saints before being traded to the Seahawks, and that means he played for the current Seattle offensive coordinator when Kubiak held the same role with the Saints last year.
In other words, while the price tag [for a wide receiver](https://12thmanrising.com/jaxon-smith-njigba-sends-message-seattle-seahawks-trade-rashid-shaheed) who has never had more than 719 receiving yards in a season, but has been a one-time All-Pro punt returner, might have seemingly been high, he is also going to be an immediate fit in Kubiak's scheme. That's important.
Moving forward, though, the Seattle Seahawks' 2026 draft looks pretty weak. The team only has four draft picks slated for next April, their fewest since the 2021 draft, a draft that turned out to be awful for the team.
The likelihood is that Schneider will find a way to add picks to his stash. That can't happen via trade anymore this season, of course, but could next offseason before the draft. At least, the team has its picks in the first three rounds. This is where the Seahawks will be selecting currently:
* First-round choice
* Second-round choice
* Third-round choice
* Sixth-round choice
The exact order of the 2026 NFL draft won't be known until after the season. As well as Seattle is playing, their choices will likely come late in each round.