Might you think about, if just for one second, the Seattle Seahawks having star huge receivers DK Metcalf and Deebo Samuel on the identical crew? Properly it nearly occurred, not less than in accordance with ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
When you recall, the 49ers drafted Samuel with the No. 36 total choose within the 2019 NFL Draft. The Seahawks had the following choose, which they traded all the way down to get the Carolina Panthers’ No. 47 and No. 77 total picks. Seattle took security Marquise Blair at No. 47, and finally used No. 77 to commerce again into the second spherical to get Metcalf at No. 64.
Let’s discover the alternate universe the place the Seahawks really landed Deebo. Right here’s Schefter’s reporting on this story:
Through the first spherical, the Seahawks traded choose No. 30 to the New York Giants for Nos. 37, 132, and 142 with the concept — the following night time — they’d commerce again up from No. 37 to No. 35 to pick out Samuel.
Shortly earlier than the second spherical the next night time, Seattle had a commerce labored out with the Las Vegas Raiders to maneuver as much as No. 35, with Samuel because the goal.
However earlier than that commerce was finalized, the Raiders as a substitute determined to commerce the thirty fifth choose to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who chosen offensive sort out Jawaan Taylor. To at the present time, the Seahawks nonetheless don’t perceive or know why the Raiders reneged on the deal, in accordance with sources.
When you recall, the Seahawks had two first-round picks following the choice to commerce Frank Clark to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Seattle stored the Kansas Metropolis choose at No. 29 to take LJ Collier, then used its native choose to commerce down from No. 21 to No. 30 and finally into the highest of the second spherical.
We now proceed with the “what might’ve been” situation…
However the Seahawks’ grand plan within the second spherical was to get Samuel close to the highest of the spherical and Metcalf later within the spherical, which they wound up doing after they once more traded again as much as the final choose within the spherical — No. 64 total — to draft Metcalf. Seattle traded third- and fourth-round picks to the New England Patriots for the sixty fourth total choice.
Remember the fact that Doug Baldwin was set to retire, so the Seahawks knew they wanted to rebuild the receiver group. Whereas the plan to get Deebo and DK backfired, they did get DK and chosen two different receivers within the draft: Gary Jennings Jr within the fourth spherical and John Ursua within the seventh. Jennings by no means performed a down for Seattle and Ursua’s solely catch was a yard wanting the top zone, fittingly, towards the 49ers in Week 17 of the 2019 season.
Metcalf and Samuel have respectively had very profitable careers, albeit with Samuel much more susceptible to harm than Metcalf. It certain would’ve been cool to have a Tyler Lockett/Deebo Samuel/DK Metcalf trio, wouldn’t it?
That is the second story relating to a star 49ers participant nearly changing into a Seahawk. The extra well-known one is John Schneider instantly admitting that the Seahawks meant to take tight finish George Kittle however juuuuuust missed out. They ended up with Tedric Thompson within the fourth spherical and by no means traded again into the fifth for Kittle.
Seahawks GM John Schneider says on Seahawks pre-game radio present Seattle actually wished George Kittle within the draft and “missed him by a minute.”
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) December 2, 2018
One way or the other each of those tales have a typical theme of the Seahawks finally taking a security who didn’t work out (Blair and Thompson), which can or might not have led to the ill-fated resolution to commerce for Jamal Adams in 2020.
Why this significantly story is popping out now after we’re 5 years faraway from the draft (with a number of Seahawks-49ers matchups alongside the best way) is past me, however I suppose it’s a factor to taunt Seahawks followers some extra on the eve of one other Seahawks-49ers showdown.
