Rashid Shaheed is Seahawks' 'winner' at trade deadline, but who is their 'loser'?

All the talk surrounding the Seattle Seahawks this week revolves around a player that arrived. But there's also a curious angle about the one that never left.

General manager John Schneider pulled off one of the biggest trades before Tuesday's deadline, acquiring deep-threat receiver Rashid Shaheed from the New Orleans Saints. Added to a corps that includes NFL leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, rookie Tory Horton and emerging tight ends AJ Barner and Elijah Arroyo, Shaheed gives MVP-candidate quarterback Sam Darnold yet another weapon.

The general consensus: the 6-2 Seahawks' offense is strong, and getting stronger.

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But then there's a defensive player that was repeatedly highlighted as one of the players most likely to change teams at the deadline. Lo and behold, Riq Woolen remains a part of the Seahawks' secondary.

In its post-deadline analysis, Bleacher Report considered the opposite trajectories of the players. B/R labeled Shaheed as the Seahawks' biggest "winner" and Woolen, not surprisingly, as its "loser."

"Seattle is a legitimate Super Bowl contender, while the Saints are rebuilding—and quite possibly tanking," B/R writes of Shaheed. "It should be a welcome change of scenery for Shaheed, who gets to finish out his contract year with one of the better teams in the NFC."

Woolen was torched early this season in a couple of games, but improved his level of play while the Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon and Julian Love missed time with injuries.

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"Cornerback Riq Woolen gets to play the rest of his contract year for a contender, but he still comes out of the trade deadline as a loser," B/R writes. "That's because the Seahawks reportedly don't view him as a building block."

Both players are expected to be in uniform Sunday at Lumen Field with the surging Seahawks host new starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett and the Arizona Cardinals.

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