Seattle Seahawks GM John Schneider did one important thing before Tuesday's trade deadline — the trade for Rashid Shaheed was the second most important thing, and retaining Riq Woolen (at least for this season) was third. Schneider's most important decision of the day was not a roster move, but a team motivation move.
If you thought Jaxon Smith-Njigba is fired up for Rasheed Shaheed's addition to the Hawks' wide receiver core, then Sam Darnold has to be on cloud nine.
The trade for Shaheed is deeper than a simple roster move; it's an injection of confidence into the team as a whole, and, more specifically, it shows that Schneider and the organization in general believe in Darnold taking them deep this season.