Seahawks DB Trade Predicted by K.J. Wright
The Seattle Seahawks are vigorously working in the preseason and training camp and the start of the regular season is right around the corner. Teams are trying hard to upgrade their rosters and make whatever improvements they can.
Former Seattle Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright had some thoughts about the current roster and how to make it better. Wright presented his case during the return of his podcast, The K.J. Wright Show on Seattle Sports.
“I was asking you, I said ‘what is the bold/biggest move that (Seahawks general manager) John Schneider is going to make when it comes closer to cut time between now and the beginning of the season?'” Wright said.
Being a former defensive player himself, Wright looked in that direction.
“He has an overcrowded DB room. He has no depth when it comes to the interior defensive line. Someone has to go,” Wright said. Unfortunately, everyone can’t stay. There’s going to be too many really good football players on the bench in the DB room. I just got done talking about Coby Bryant. Coby Bryant has to be on this football field this 2023 season. If he’s on the bench and just running down on kickoffs, running down on punts, that will not be a good look. So who is going to be the guy that is going to leave when it comes down to cut time?”
Co-host Brock Huard reminded Wright that if you're going to get something of value, you need to give something of value in return.
“If you’re going to make a bold move, you’ve got to give up something of value to bring value back,” Huard said. “Mike Jackson is a starter in this league. He started every game last year and played very, very well. If you’re going to bring back a difference-maker in your depth on your defensive line, to me, I think he’d be the name that you’d have to consider.”
Wright liked the idea of Jackson as trade bait.
“When you look at Mike Jack, he played well last year, was a guy that surprised a lot of people,” Wright said. “But when you look at Mike Jack, he didn’t get drafted here. He’s not one of ‘those guys’ that John Schneider and Pete Carroll invested in. They invested in Tre Brown, they invested in Witherspoon, they invested in Coby Bryant. Like ‘These are our guys that we drafted. These are guys that we pay. These are the guys that we are going to put on this football field and take this new era (to the next level).'”
If the Seahawks are going to improve from their unexpectedly impressive 2022 season, they could use some help on defense. But not just any move. One that makes sense for both parties involved.
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