Saints trade WR Shaheed to Seahawks, OT Penning to Chargers

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Saints traded two offensive starters ahead of the NFL trade deadline Tuesday (Nov. 4), sending wide receiver Rashid Shaheed to the Seattle Seahawks and tackle Trevor Penning to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Fox 8 confirms the Saints received a fourth- and fifth-round pick in the 2026 draft as compensation for Shaheed.

The move reunites Shaheed with Klint Kubiak, who serves as the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator. Kubiak held the same position with the Saints last season.

Shaheed is currently on a one-year contract with the Saints and will become a free agent this offseason.

Penning, 26, was the Saints’ first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft, taken 19th overall. New Orleans selected him ahead of such other options as CB Trent McDuffie, LB Devin Lloyd, DE George Karlaftis, WR Christian Watson and RBs Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker III.

NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the Saints will receive the Chargers’ sixth-round pick in 2027.

Penning, an All-American at Northern Iowa, was in the final year of a four-year, $14.1 million rookie contract. He will become an unrestricted free agent next March unless re-signed by the Chargers, who are bringing him in after left tackle Joe Alt was just lost to season-ending ankle surgery.

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