Sam Howell is headed to Seattle. The Washington Commanders traded the former Tar Heel quarterback to the Seahawks, along with a 2024 fourth-round pick (102 overall) and a 2024 sixth-round pick (179) in exchange for a 2024 third-round pick (78) and a fifth-round pick (152).
Howell moves to the Pacific Northwest and will compete with incumbent starter Geno Smith.
It was a wildly inconsistent 2023-24 in Washington for Howell. He finished the season with 21 touchdown passes against 21 interceptions, and would vacillate between heroic performances (299 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in a Week 2 win at Denver) and complete disasters (four interceptions and nine sacks in a Week 3 loss against Buffalo).