Thank You Seattle!

Let me start by saying that I don’t think there is a single (maybe dozen) moves the Seattle Sea Hawks can make to have an impact on their season. Well, save trading for Peyton Manning. That is about as likely as Terrell Owens going back to the Philadelphia Eagles. However, their trade for the San Diego Chargers quarterback Charlie Whitehurst does have an impact on other teams. In fact, potentially a huge impact. Congratulations Seattle, you have become relevant again… For a minute. Ok, so what do you care about a never has been quarterback?... Two things.

First, The Sea Hawks did give up a third round pick for the guy. They did give him a two year 8 million dollar deal. And oh yeah, they did get a new coach, Pete Carol. Fine a third round pick isn’t huge, but it isn’t chump change. Any good team will tell you how important draft picks are. Second, 4 mill a year isn’t a ton, but it isn’t chump change unless he is the “potential” future. And third, Pete Carol may have not had much success in the NFL in the past, but they guy is SMART. This wasn’t just some random deal they paid too much for.

Second, the mock drafts all just go rewritten! Look there are a lot of teams that are looking for a quarterback this year. It just so happens that there are four or five pretty good ones in this draft. We all assumed that Seattle was going there. Not anymore. Not for the price they paid. Now that means that Bradford or Clausen could keep falling down the board. That means two things, if St. Louis and Washington don’t take quarterback (and with the DT, DE and OL this is possible), these guys could start a trade war!

It’s going to be interesting. Thank you Seattle!