Could the Seahawks really be open to trading star cornerback Richard Sherman?
They very well could be, according to longtime NFL executive Michael Lombardi, who now works for TheRinger.com and made that claim during a podcast posted Thursday — a claim that quickly made the typical rounds of NFL social media.
In the podcast, Lombardi — most recently an assistant to the coaching staff of the Patriots from 2014-16 and before that the general manager of the Browns for two years — says “I truly believe, based on what I hear around the National Football League, that the Seahawks would, in fact, for the right deal, trade Richard Sherman.