The Seattle Seahawks may be the reigning Super Bowl champs, but their offseason has been a bit on the quiet side so far. And when you consider their NFL Draft situation, things are shaping up to stay pretty quiet.
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Seattle owns just four picks in the draft set for April 23-25 in Pittsburgh, as general manager/president of football operations John Schneider seems to be stockpiling for what is expected to be a stronger draft class in 2027.
Schneider has a reputation for wheeling and dealing during drafts, however, and Seattle Sports’ Michael Bumpus expects that Schneider will be up to his old tricks next month, in part because of some big losses the Seahawks have sustained this offseason.
“I don’t see the Seahawks leaving this draft with only four picks,” said Bumpus, a football broadcast analyst and former NFL wide receiver, on Friday’s edition of Bump and Stacy. “… I think that with what has been lost in free agency, they have to be aggressive. You gotta have more bites at it.”
The Seahawks saw running back and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, edge rusher Boye Mafe, and defensive backs Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen all find new teams in free agency earlier this month. A good way to replace them is the same way Schneider acquired them all in the first place, which is with draft picks.
As for those additional bites in the draft that Bumpus talked about, the easiest way to get them is by trading out of the first round, where the Seahawks own the last pick at No. 32 overall, to get multiple picks back in return.
“I think he’s going to flip 32 into two (picks in the 2026 draft),” Bumpus said of Schneider. “So let’s say minimum five (picks in the draft).”
The Seahawks may be coming off of their first 14-win regular season in team history and a championship, but the player losses they’ve sustained have had an impact on Bumpus’ opinion of the team’s roster.
“Right now, I see them as a 10-win team – with potential, though. I’m not saying that that’s the ceiling, that’s the cap – I’m saying that’s where you start,” he said. “Like last year, that’s where you start. And after what, three or four weeks, I’m like, alright, I give them two more wins now, I’ll give them 12 (wins total). Get deeper into the season, I give them 13. It has to be earned. Nothing in this league is given, and I think (Seahawks head coach) Mike Macdonald understands that, John Schneider understands that. But I do not see a scenario where they only walk away with four draft picks. Five minimum.”
Hear the full discussion in Four Down Territory, which is the second segment in the podcast below. Bumpus answers four football questions in Four Down Territory at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. on each edition of Bump and Stacy, which airs weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Seattle Sports.
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