Seahawks trade proposal adds 316-yard deep threat for Sam Darnold
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The Seattle Seahawks' offense has been cooking through six games and that is in large part due to the success of quarterback Sam Darnold and the passing attack.
While Seattle continues to have issues running the rock, the passing offense has been electric, with the Seahawks ranking fourth in passing yards per contests, which has helped Seattle to a top-five scoring offense.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba has cemented himself as one of the elite wide receivers in the NFL, and Cooper Kupp and Tory Horton has proven to be solid complements as Seattle's No. 2 and No. 3 options.
However, we wouldn't mind seeing Seattle add more help to its biggest strength, and The Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer thinks the Seahawks should do that by acquiring New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed.
"The Seahawks have rookie Tory Horton flashing as a big-play threat, but they could use a little more experience and extra speed to complement Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Klint Kubiak's aggressive downfield passing game. Shaheed broke out for Kubiak when the latter also was in New Orleans," Iyer wrote.
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The Saints stink, plain and simple, and should be looking to sell off some pieces at the trade deadline, which falls on Nov. 4. Shaheed is in the final year of his contract, so pegging him as a trade candidate makes sense.
Despite having a lackluster quarterback situation, Shaheed has tallied 316 yards and a pair of touchdowns in six games and remains on pace for his best season in the league.
Shaheed would offer yet another weapon for Darnold, and more specifically, a deep threat that can take the top off the defense. Horton is supposed to be that guy, but it's clear he might not be ready to take on such a significant role in his rookie season.
Let Shaheed take over that job for the remainder of 2025 and once he leaves in free agency next offseason, it'll clear the way for Horton in 2026.
Why Browns Reportedly Passed on Hiring Dan Campbell As Head Coach in 2019
In the entirety of the Browns' history, there have been plenty of moments that have left fans wondering what could have been. One such moment likely stings even more as the Browns (1–5) inch closer to their fourth missed playoff appearance in the last five years.
Back in 2019, Cleveland, just two years removed from a winless season and in search of its fifth different head coach since 2011, had the chance to hire current Lions coach Dan Campbell. Campbell, then a tight ends coach with the Saints under Sean Payton, interviewed with Cleveland in January '19, and reportedly knocked the interview out of the park.
But Campbell ultimately wasn't hired by the Browns, seemingly due in part to owner Jimmy Haslam, as reported by Tyler Dunne of Go Long.
"It was awesome. I mean it was awesome, " a source told Dunne of Campbell's Browns interview. "But Dan said, 'I want to have a tough team and run the ball.' Because that's what the old football guys would do. That doesn't mean you're not going to pass. But Jimmy was so much—I don't want to say brainwashed—but under the influence of what the analytics say and how passing is so much more important than running, it was almost like he dismissed him after that statement.
"I don't know that he did, but that's what it felt like."
While Dunne's report admittedly hedges pretty heavilty at the end there, it still seems like Haslam had an idea in mind for exactly what kind of coach he was looking for—and Campbell didn't exactly fit that mold philosophically. The Browns eventually promoted Freddie Kitchens, who went from running backs coach to interim offensive coordinator 2018, to become head coach the following year. Kitchens stumbled to a 6–10 record in '19 and was a one-and-done.
The what-if-the-Browns-hired-Campbell scenario is made even more painful by the fact that Baker Mayfield, an MVP candidate for the Buccaneers in 2025, was in just his second season then. One can only imagine what a Campbell-Mayfield combination could have accomplished.
And while current Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, who was hired in 2020, has easily been the most successful coach the team has had since the 2000s began, he hasn't exactly turned the Browns into a perennial winner.
It's hard not to wonder if Campbell, likely en route to his third straight winning season in Detroit, would have done so in Cleveland.
