Wednesday 29 August 2018 22:02, UK
The Green Bay Packers have traded back-up quarterback Brett Hundley to the Seattle Seahawks for a 2019 sixth-round pick.
Hundley had been competing with DeShone Kizer to be the back-up to Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay.
The 25-year-old, who was a fifth-round draft pick in 2015, will now back up Russell Wilson in Seattle instead.
The Seahawks allowed rookie seventh-round pick Alex McGough and last year's back-up Austin Davis to compete in training camp.
Signs the team was dissatisfied with Wilson's understudy emerged when reports leaked that the team was chasing Colts back-up quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
Speaking about the deal for Hundley, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told the Seattle Times: "It his fourth year now, he's played quite a bit and started a bunch of games last year.
"We have been able to see him and really see how he has developed and we liked him coming out of college as well.
"He is big, he runs well, he has got a good arm, he has got good vision on the field and he has made a lot of big throws and big plays.
"He really gives you the thought that he could come in the game and keep it moving so we just thought it was too good of an opportunity to pass up."
Hundley received his first extended playing time in the NFL last season with Rodgers injured, making nine starts. He had a 70.6 passer rating with 12 interceptions, two fumbles and nine touchdown passes in 2017.
His biggest issue was the inability to push the ball downfield. Hundley averaged a pedestrian 5.8 yards per passing attempt.
The Packers landed Kizer in a trade with the Browns for defensive back Damarious Randall, a former first-round pick.
Kizer went 0-15 and led the NFL with 22 interceptions in 2017 with the Browns.
