Seattle Seahawks offered Indianapolis a 2nd round pick for Jacoby Brissett

What were the Seattle Seahawks thinking by offering a high pick here?

Sometimes the biggest trades are the ones not made, and the Seattle Seahawks were reportedly very interested in making a deal with the Indianapolis Colts for a quarterback.

Ben Volin of The Boston Globe reported Saturday that a league source confirmed to him that Seattle offered the Colts a second-round pick for quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who started 15 games in place of Andrew Luck.

As Volin notes, former Colts quarterback coach Brian Schottenheimer is now the offensive coordinator in Seattle. If Schottenheimer loved working with Brissett the idea of trading for him makes sense, but at the price of a second round pick?

That sounds pricey for a quarterback who has started 17 games and is 5-12 with New England and Indianapolis and with Russell Wilson solidified as a Super Bowl-winning quarterback.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – NOVEMBER 26: Jacoby Brissett #7 of the Indianapolis Colts throws a pass against the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium on November 26, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Colts owner Jim Irsay said the team wouldn’t trade Brissett for a first round pick as the team hopes Luck fully recovers from multiple shoulder procedures that cost him a season and a half.

The Patriots originally took Brissett out of NC State with the 91st overall pick in 2016, and as a rookie, Brissett appeared in three games and started two while Tom Brady was suspended for Deflategate and Jimmy Garoppolo was injured.

Brissett was traded to Indianapolis last season for wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, a first round pick in 2015, who had just 12 catches for the Patriots last year. With Luck out for the season and Scott Tolzien looking horrendous, Brissett started for the Colts.