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The Seattle Seahawks stuck with their gut over the weekend and left with three players from this year’s draft. Along the way, GM John Schneider joked about how they thought of Jamal Adams and other players that were earned by trading away this year’s draft picks.
Some people weren’t having it, however. There were those who took the opportunity to put the Seahawks on blast for last years trade.
Nothing more Seahawks than trading two first-round picks for a safety in a league where no safeties go in round one the next year Eric Eager (@PFF Eric) April 30, 2021
Grading results from Bengals’ Carlos Dunlap and Ryan Finley trades
Unsurprisingly, trading Carlos Dunlap wasn’t a total positive.
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The Bengals finished the 2021 NFL Draft with 10 picks. They added two additional selections thanks to a trade made in the second round, but long before the draft began, they acquired a couple of late Day 3 picks as well. How did they get those picks though?
This all started during the 2020 season. The Bengals got off to a 1-2-1 start, and veteran leader Carlos Dunlap publicly expresses frustration after learning he was demoted in the days leading up to the team’s Week 5 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. This started a multi-week saga where Dunlap was trying to force his way out of Cincinnati, in which he was ultimately successful.
33. Jacksonville Jaguars – CB Tyson Campbell, Georgia
Not a ton of production in terms of turning the ball over for the Bulldogs, but you can t teach sub-4.4 speed or a willingness to tackle. Gives the Jags a nice nickel package with CJ Henderson and newly signed Shaquill Griffin.
34. New York Jets – WR Elijah Moore, Mississippi
The NYJ continue investing in assets to surround new QB Zach Wilson. After bolstering the O-line in Round 1 with OL Alijah Vera-Tucker, GM Joe Douglas gets the explosive receiver from Ole Miss. Moore can operate from the slot, take jet sweeps and turn a hitch into a score. He finished with 86 grabs for 1,193 yards and eight scores in eight games last year. This pick could cast doubt on the future of current slot receiver Jamison Crowder.
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With the 2021 NFL Draft starting tomorrow, Seahawks general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll sat down for an hour-long session with the media that covered a wide range of topics, not just about the upcoming draft, but also about the moves they ve made in free agency, their new offensive coordinator and the future of this year s first-round pick Jamal Adams, and yes, there was a lot of talk about quarterback Russell Wilson.
Here are seven things we learned from Wednesday s press conference, which began with Schneider paying tribute to Ted Thompson, the longtime Packers general manager who was Schneider s mentor when the two worked together in Green Bay. Thompson, who passed away in January, also worked in Seattle s front office under Mike Holmgren and had a big role in the Seahawks acquiring Matt Hasselbeck in a trade with Green Bay, and with drafting future Hall of Fame guard Steve Hutchinson.