The Seahawks added Leonard Williams at the 2023 trade deadline, and he has since been retained on a three-year deal. While that move has given Seattle an experienced producer along the defensive interior, it has left the team without a second-round selection in next week’s draft. 
As things currently stand, the Seahawks are set to select 16th overall and then not again until the No. 81 slot. In total, Seattle owns seven picks but five of them fall outside the top 100. For that reason, they could represent a trade-down candidate on Day 1 with an eye on adding more draft capital for the second and/or third rounds.
An NFL executive informed the Washington Post’s Jason La Canfora that Seattle is indeed interested in generating extra capital for the 2024 draft. While that objective could be met with a trade involving an established player – an NFL general manager surmised wideout D.K. Metcalf could be dealt – a trade down the order would allow the Seahawks to recoup at least some of the value lost in the Williams trade. GM John Schneider has a well-established reputation for trading down in the first round, having done so on five occasions.
Seattle, like all teams, has been busy over recent days by hosting prospects on local and ‘top 30’ visits. That process has included evaluations of edge rushers Jared Verse and Chop Robinson. Perhaps the most frequently linked prospect in the Seahawks’ case, though, is defensive tackle Byron Murphy II. The Texas product’s floor is seen as Seattle’s current selection in the middle of the first round.
The Seahawks have not only Williams but also Dre’Mont Jones in the fold on lucrative pacts along the defensive interior. That could steer the team in another direction if still on the clock at No. 16, although Murphy and a number of other prospects could help a defense which ranked 31st against the run and 30th in yards allowed per game in 2023. Especially without a second-round pick in hand, though, Schneider could be in position to once again authorize a move down the order; such a move may not come as a surprise around the league if it were to be made.
Green Bay, with 11 picks including two in the second round, might be interested in moving up and dealing with a familiar face in John Schneider.
I agree GB is in the perfect position to make that type of move. The only other team with multiple picks to trade away would be WAS if they wanted to trade back into the 1st round and grab a guy at 16 they have 2 2’s and 3 3’s to deal. ARZ could make the trade up but being in the same division as SEA I doubt that would happen.
I love the comment a gm surmised DK could be dealt for extra capital. I surmise any player could be dealt for the right capital. Brilliant