Hawks add a LB

As the 9 pm deadline past, the Seahawks watched their 17th pick overall in draft in 2001 pack his bags and go to Minnesota. Who is he blocking for? They don't have a running game and not a decent quarterback. Why did he leave, well I think he has 49 million reasons. Do you blame the guy, no. He went to where the money is and hey if it's out there...why not take it. As long as he realizes that he won't be anywhere close to sniffin' a playoff or Super Bowl ever again, or at least in Minnesota, unless they get Jeff George back behind center. To answer my comments, the Vikings leading rusher was Mewelde Moore, and Brad Johnson was their leading passer. Moore had about 660 yards for the year. That is like three or four games for Alexander. Good Luck Hutch...you are goin' to need it!

Back to the reason I decided to write this post. The Seahawks sign Julian Peterson to a 7 year deal worth $55 million. 15+ million is in incentives. All I can say is wow!!! This was the one guy that I actually knew from the Niners and now, who do they have? Peterson is a year removed from Achilles surgery, so he wasn't full strength this past year but his stats break down like this: 57 tackles, 25 assists, 3 sacks and 1 Fumble recovery, (Thanks NFL.com) You have to figure his numbers will be a little better now that he will be full strength with the Hawks. In 79 games, Peterson has 399 tackles, 21½ sacks, five interceptions, 33 passes defensed, seven forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. Getting out my calculator: that is 79.8 tackles, 4.3 sacks, 1 int, about 6 pass defensed and just over 1 forced fumble, and under 1 fumble recovery for his career. I guess the hype is he is a good rusher on the QB and can defend the pass.

The Hawks are clearly trying to improve their defense which ranked 16th in the League. To the defenses credit, they led the league in sacks.

The Seahawks are still in the hunt for John Abraham from the Jets. I guess from what I have read the Jets have sured up a trade but the contract is another story.

So I'm curious, any thought out of the Lodge? I didn't think the Niners could get worse, but we'll see. I thought for a Seattle Defense, they were pretty good, and they have added some pressure on the opposing QB. Safety is still a question mark but perhaps they will fix that issue in the coming weeks.

One more thing, the curse of Bosworth continues and 55 will be put to rest because of the departure of Sharper. One more thing...Go Hawks! Along with SeatownShawn...I have signed on for next season, so it should be one hell of a ride. Bringing back the AFC West to the Northwest. I can't wait....when the Hawks left, they were bird do-do...and now things have changed. We are the pride of the NFC.