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Seahawks Remain Only Team Eligible to Get Vincent Jackson from Chargers
If San Diego is going to trade top-flight wide receiver Vincent Jackson, it’s going to be to the Seattle Seahawks. The question now is this: Are the Chargers serious about trading Jackson?
Maybe not. The agents for Jackson, Neil Schwartz and Jonathan Feinsod, say they were denied permission by San Diego management to talk to any team other than Seattle. The Seahawks were given permission to talk to Jackson, who has made it clear he does not want to play under the one-year tender offer the Chargers have made to the restricted free agent.
Jackson, who has 168 catches for 2,888 yards and 19 touchdowns the last three seasons for San Diego, would be a huge boost to the Seattle offense. But Schwartz said he doesn’t get the impression that the Chargers are trying to move his client.
“I asked the Chargers if we could talk to the rest of the teams in the NFL,” Schwartz told Yahoo.com “They said there were certain teams they didn’t want to trade him to, and I said, ‘Fine, tell me those teams and we can exclude them.’ Even after that, they said no, so the only conclusion I can come to is they don’t want to trade him.”
The agents are saying about a half dozen teams have indicated some level of interest in obtaining Jackson’s services. If the Chargers want to work the best deal they can, it would seem to make sense that they open the field to other interested parties.
Seahawks Lawyer Milloy Learning Curve
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For the time being Jordan Babineaux remains the starting free safety, all while newly signed Lawyer Milloy scurries to learn the Seahawks way behind head coach Jim Mora.
“Believe me, I tried to hit the alarm clock like 10 times,” Milloyjokes about his 6 AM wakeup. “I had to get up because I have a job now.”
“I’m trying to get in and fit in,” Milloy said. “Get friendships and learn the playbook. Everything else will take care of itself. If I have to be a backup, that’s what I have to do. I’ll accept that role.”
Exactly how Milloy will fit into the equation has yet to be determined since signing with the Seattle Seahawks, but it is doubtful that he filled the role of Brian Russel to become a backup – which he has not been in 13 years, since his rookie year with New England. But as Seattle looks to regain its composure after allowing the most passing yards over any other team in the league, the latest changes to the secondary begin to shed light on just how different things can be.
Lawyer Milloy Fills the Seahawks’ Saftey Void
With safety Lawyer Milloy signed to a one year contract, the 13-year veteran brings his experience in his NFL career including 1,586 tackles, 25 interceptions and 17 sacks.
After having reportedly rejected an offer from the Detroit Lions he had expressed a desire to finish his career with his hometown team. In a move to solidify their secondary the Seahawks wasted little time in completing the deal.
“It’s official… I’m a Seahawk! Let’s Go!!!”
Having played seven seasons with the New Englad Patriots, three with Bufflao and spending the past three with Atlanta, Milloy looks to bring a reputation as a reliable, hard hitting tackler.
An unfortunate happen stance for Russell Lewis, whom was released just a day before the Seahawks announce their deal securing Milloy. A decision which could very well be looked at as a decision based on the relationship Seattle Seahawks coach Mora’s built while both he and Milloy were in Atlanta in 2006. Regardless of the reason, after having started in every game these past three seasons, his release is still a little surprising.
Aaron Curry, Welcome to the Seattle Fans
Aaron Curry, could be made the highest paid non-quarterback rookie in NFL history should the deal for $34 million become official. The number 4 overall draft pick last spring is happy to rejoin the team and looks to be well on his way to earning his position on what is set to be another stellar year.
“I am just as excited to be out here and just to see the emotion from the fans and get back with my team is just an amazing feeling,” he said.
Mora has already made it clear that Curry will start ot strong-side linebacker despite getting burned so bad one fan felt it necessary to voice some welcome of his own, “Welcome to the NFL,” the fan yelled sarcastically.
“He wasn’t in there with the first group just because he’s got so much catching up to do,” Mora said. “I don’t know at what point we’ll make the switch and he’ll start running out there with the first defense, but I think it will be pretty soon.”
Underrated Really?
With a rating of 91 it seems minuscule to throw a fit at your Madden NFL 10 rating but it has Houshmandzadeh’s panties in a bunch enough to publicly suggest that he is boycotting the game of Madden. So much so that Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh will not be among the players in the digital Seahawks team, sad.
“Yeah man, they don’t get my rating right,” he told Cowherd today. “I just look at the game and they had this wrong and that wrong. And I understand I average 10 yards a catch but it’s the (Cincinnati) offense man. It’s not me. Oh yeah, I’m not playing ‘Madden’ no more until they get my rating right. I’m not playing. It might be a little pouting, too. I used to be the best of the world at ‘Madden’ so I’m going to miss not playing but until they do me right, I am not playing,” Houshmandzadeh told ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd.
Roger Goodell 12th Man Climb
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tackles his most “,physical, emotional and probably mental,” challenge yet in his ‘Climb for the Community’.
“It was a battle, a constant battle,” but one he pressed on along with his eight-member charity expedition that included Seattle Seahawks Coach Jim Mora and Chief Executive Tod Leiweke, all of whom raised more than $300,000 for the United Way of King County.
“In the first hour, I was really wondering whether I was going to make it, because we were just coming into the hard part.”
In order to train for the event NFL Commissioner Goodell, pushing 50, had been training in the staircases of NewYork skyscrappers by lugging along weights.
Owen Schmitt Off Course
Saturday night, June 25th Owen Schmitt of the Seattle Seahawks was arrested in Black Diamond of Pierce County Washington on suspicion of DUI after he was seen weaving and following too close with a BAC measuring 0.151 and 0.161, according to records from the Washington State Patrol.
Scheduled to be arraigned on July 8th, Schmitt released a written statement regarding the incident.
“I sincerely apologize to the team, the NFL, the fans and my family and friends for my actions and my poor judgment,” the statement said. “I fully understand the seriousness of this matter, and I am disappointed in myself. I am committed to earning back the trust of everyone affected.”
Holmgren’s Future In Football Remains Hopeful
It appears that in some fashion Holmgren may be looking for a potential return to football, hopefully the Seattle Seahawks. However given the current circumstances it may not be practical with Tim Ruskell still the general manager.
“Right now, it would be pretty hard to say that. However, I will say this. We love Seattle. Seattle is our home. We are always going to have a home there…[it] would be a nice thing if I could come back in some capacity and work for the club, but right now they are pretty much set and they are going to have a good season.”
Holmgren was mostly forced into quiting given his circumstances and lack of control over the roster despite after loosing the general manager duties in 2002 and ultimetly what became control of the Seahawks roster. Looking back Holmgren had stated that he panned on taking the next year off, but never referred to his departure as retirement.
Can Seattle Win With Hasselbeck?
While the Seattle Seahawks did just sign T.J. Houshmandzadeh who said he was eager to play for a team with a quarterback who had Super Bowl potential, from all indications, Hasselbeck isn’t that quarterback. While injured for a significant portion of the year, in 2008 when Hasselbeck was available, he had a terrible passer rating, and overall didn’t look much better than fledgling quarterback Seneca Wallace. In 2005, Hasselbeck had a career year, but overall he’s an above average quarterback that can’t compete with the likes of the newer generation. Hasselbeck doesn’t have the speed or the ability to perform under pressure that is necessary for the modern quarterback. Hasselbeck’s claim to fame seems to be that he studied under Brett Favre, but the problem is, even in the twilight of his career, Favre was a better quarterback than Hasselbeck was in his prime.
The 2009 Draft is coming in just a few weeks, and while the Seattle Seahawks seems poised to choose a needed addition to their offensive line, with Matt Stafford and Mark Sanchez on the market, it might be a better idea to invest in a new quarterback. Hasselbeck doesn’t have a lot of years left in him, and whether he has a good year left is even more in question. Perhaps the new head coach in Seattle won’t have the same obsession with Hasselbeck that Holmgren had (one of the veteran coach’s few faults).
Are the Seahawks making the right moves?
With the 2009 NFL coming up pretty soon I am happy with what the Seattle Seahawks have done so far to improve on the areas they were not very good at last year. I am just not sure who they should draft with the #4 pick.
If you make a mistake your stuck paying that player a lot of money for the next couple years. So they already added a good WR and a DL. Rather they should be looking to draft on the defensive side of the ball, scouting to find solid prospects that are available for defensive positions or even an offensive linemen.
Whatever they choose they need to think about having that player solidifying that position for the next 10 years. I am not the GM for the Seahawks but this upcoming draft is going to say a lot for where this team is going in the future.
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