While Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider tried to downplay that Friday marked any sort of deadline in terms of the future of free safety Earl Thomas, a report from the NFL Network Monday adds more evidence that indeed was the case.
According to Ian Rapoport, the Cowboys and Seahawks continued to talk throughout the draft but nothing got done when Dallas would not budge on offering Seattle at least a second-round pick for Thomas.
The report states further that: “Dallas might have pulled it off with their third-round pick “and a lot more,” Rapoport added, but the staunch refusal to part with the No.