Imagine, for a second, star tight end George Kittle on the Seattle Seahawks instead of the San Francisco 49ers. Hard to see him on his divisional rival, right?
But it almost came to pass. Kittle told Matt Verderame on the Stacking The Box podcast that the Seahawks gave him a call and said they were attempting to trade up to draft him during the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft:
"It was probably a minute before the Niners called me, my agent said, 'Hey, the Seahawks are calling.