Poll: Few Seahawks fan dislike draft strategy to trade down

In a poll I put out on Twitter on Saturday with over 2,000 votes, 90% of respondents said that they think the Seahawks strategy to trade down each year is either good or not bad. That included 61% saying it was good at 29% saying that it was neither good nor bad. Only 10% said it was bad.

Since 2012, Seattle general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll have traded down or out of the first round entirely in each year:

2012, they traded down from 12 to 15 to take Bruce Irvin. They added picks used on Jeremy Lane and Jaye Howard.

2014, they traded down from 32 to 40 and added a pick used on Cassius Marsh, then from 40 to 45, where they selected Paul Richardson. The picks acquired…