RENTON — Hedging just a bit from his stance last week, Seattle Seahawks team president Tim Ruskell said Thursday that he would listen to offers for the No. 4 overall pick in Saturday’s NFL draft.
Ruskell said that the Seahawks were more than likely to make the pick, but he added that interest has heated up in recent days.
“There’s been a little more talk than (last week),” Ruskell said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a flood. We’ll listen.”
Vice president of player personnel Ruston Webster added that the Seahawks have “had more calls to move up to (No. 37, Seattle’s second-round pick) than we have to (No.) 4.”
The most likely candidates for the No. 4 pick appear to be USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry and Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree.
Two of those players — Sanchez and Crabtree — would likely spend the 2009 season as backups, something that Ruskell said would work as long as the staff has a plan for when they would eventually play.
Ruskell added that the Seahawks could be willing to let a quarterback — he did not specifically name Sanchez — for two years if the circumstances called for it.
“We wouldn’t be the first to do that,” he said.
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