Instead of two-time All-Pro running back Jamaal Charles coming and going from his free-agent visit without a new Seattle contract, instead of the visits of free-agent linebackers Ricky Jean-Francois and Dekota Watson, all of which actually happened, it was pure conjection that got the most attention concerning the Seahawks on Thursday.
Former NFL general manager Mike Lombardi -- I covered him in the early 2000s when he was Oakland’s general manager under the thumb of Al Davis and I was a Raiders beat writer, by the way -- has a podcast now. I only know that because of the attention it got Thursday and was still getting Friday, for Lombardi saying on it: “I truly believe, based on what I am hearing around the National Football League, that the Seahawks would, in fact, for the right deal trade Richard Sherman.