The Seattle Seahawks weren’t in need of presents to maneuver down from their No. 16 spot within the 2024 NFL Draft. ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported final month that the Seahawks mentioned trade-down presents with 5 groups, however maybe there might’ve been a sixth in the event that they made the telephone name.
The Carolina Panthers just lately launched the second episode of “Panthers Blueprint ‘24,” which takes a behind the scenes have a look at Carolina’s offseason. With no first-round decide as a result of commerce that landed them Bryce Younger, the Panthers had been in spectator mode, ready to pounce on any alternative to commerce into the primary spherical.
If you happen to’re lower than pace on the Panthers, they’re principally Seahawks East. Former Pete Carroll assistant Dave Canales is the pinnacle coach, a number of former Seahawks assistants had been employed to Canales’ workers, and Carolina’s new common supervisor is longtime Seahawks govt Dan Morgan.
Within the video (which begins on the related timestamp), Morgan might be seen on the telephone and speaking to “John.” The one different GM named John is the San Francisco 49ers’ John Lynch, and since this name was made with the New England Patriots on the clock, we will safely assume that it was Schneider he was on the telephone with.
“What’s up, John?” Morgan mentioned. “Ah, not a lot. Good, the way you doing? Oh yeah, sitting right here simply watching all these guys fly off the board.”
The video transitions to Brandt Tilis, govt vp of soccer operations, who says, “We’re going to attend and see what the primary a number of picks regarded like and simply take pleasure in watching the method unfold. When it was time to behave, we might act if it was crucial.”
Now the enjoyable half begins. Tilis talks to Morgan a few commerce supply, however the staff is just not specified.
“To start with, they’re on the clock,” Tilis mentioned. “So we must always both supply this or not.”
“I don’t assume we must always,” Morgan replied. “I simply really feel like any individual’s going to fall.”
Morgan rips up the sheet of paper in his hand, and the subsequent scene is the Seahawks deciding on Texas defensive deal with Byron Murphy II at No. 16. The Panthers draft room then reacts to the Minnesota Vikings buying and selling as much as No. 17.
“We’re coming as much as the hazard zone,” Morgan mentioned.
Tilis emphasised that, “A lot of the draft depends upon when the quarterbacks go.”
“As soon as six quarterbacks went within the first 12 picks, we thought, ‘Okay, there’s an opportunity that we could have a possibility to commerce up right here.’”
Carolina did ultimately commerce into the back-end of Spherical 1 to take Xavier Legette from South Carolina at No. 32 total. They moved up one spot in a cope with the Buffalo Bills to get that fifth-year possibility on the speedy large receiver.
Piecing the video collectively, it looks like the Panthers had been contemplating an enormous transfer means as much as No. 16, though I doubt it could’ve been for Legette, who wasn’t projected to go that prime. They may’ve been a defensive participant like Dallas Turner to switch Brian Burns, who was traded to the New York Giants earlier within the offseason.
Carolina had its native second-rounder and No. 39 total from the Giants as a part of the Burns commerce, so if the Panthers had been eager about sending a proposal to the Seahawks, it very properly might’ve concerned each of their seconds and given Seattle substantial Day 2 draft capital.
Alas, the supply was by no means despatched, so we’ll by no means know what the consequence would’ve been.
In addition to, it’s extra enjoyable to know that what truly occurred ended up making Sean McVay a bit perturbed.
