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Seahawks trade up for a punter and Twitter gets mad

Since the draft started on Thursday evening, the Seattle Seahawks have been a box of surprises, taking running back Rashaad Penny in round one and then adding a run blocking tight end in round four. Hawk fans were still on cloud nine in the fifth round after the team had taken linebacker Shaquem Griffin, the twin brother of 2017 Seahawks third round pick Shaquill Griffin, however, that cloud quickly dissipated when Pete Carroll and John Schneider traded up in order to draft a punter.

Yes, you read that correctly, Pete and John used one of their seventh round picks to trade up in order to select punter Michael Dickson out of the University of Texas.