The Seattle Seahawks have spent this week looking for someone to carry the football. Rookie Jadarian Price went on injured reserve Saturday with a chest injury, and Seattle worked out Joe Mixon on Monday before deciding not to sign him after a physical. PFF’s Bradley Locker lists Seattle as a possible fit for Tennessee Titans running back Tony Pollard among his 15 trade candidates ahead of the Nov. 10 deadline.
Pollard, 29, is in the final year of his contract on a 0-4 team. He has 54 carries for 221 yards and a touchdown. Locker points out that he has picked up 10 first downs and has yet to fumble, and PFF gives him a 73.6 rushing grade, 11th among 30 running backs with at least 44 carries. ESPN’s Adam Schefter said Sunday that Pollard fits the profile of a player who could be dealt.
Why Pollard’s ball security fits Seattle
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That reliability is what Seattle has been missing. Price, a first-round pick in April, hurt his chest in Week 2, aggravated it in a Sept. 30 practice and must miss at least three more games. Emanuel Wilson has taken the lead role, but he is averaging 3.6 yards on 53 carries and has a 60.6 rushing grade, according to PFF. Seattle’s running backs have fumbled three times in four games. Zach Charbonnet has been designated to return to practice after tearing his ACL in the playoffs but will not play Sunday. “We’re down runners. We need running backs,” coach Mike Macdonald said of the backfield Monday, per Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times.
Pollard would not fix everything. Locker writes that he is below average at gaining yards after contact and breaking long runs, and his longest carry this season is 18 yards.
Pollard’s three-year, $21.75 million deal carries a $6.74 million base salary this season that is not guaranteed, according to Over the Cap. It is paid weekly, so a team trading for him now would owe about $5.2 million, a bill that shrinks by roughly $374,000 each week Tennessee waits. Seattle has $12.8 million in cap space, per Over the Cap, but less to offer in picks.
The Seahawks sent their 2027 fourth-round pick to Cleveland during the draft and a sixth-rounder to the Chargers for cornerback Avery Smith in August, leaving a fifth and a seventh as their own Day 3 picks to offer.
