T.J. Houshmandzadeh

[gersh71]

5 years 40 mil. to Seattle. What???

[biju]

As I've stated everywhere I can, this is an awesome signing for the Seattle offense. Our plan has always been to throw the ball to open up the running game and with Maurice Morris out in Detroit Julius Jones will likely get the touches he needs to be successful. Housh has been reliable both in terms of staying healthy (5 games missed in the last 5 years) and in catching the ball (something Seattle WRs have obviously had problems with in the past).

Now we just really need to get that LT of the future and have him rock the right side until Walter Jones retires.

Time for a celebration half rack of beer my friends!!!

[slowride]

Dang.....I wanted Crabtree to go to Seattle. Now he's going to end up a Raider!!!!!!!!!

[Cowboys 4 life]

Good pickup by Seattle. They needed a decent WR badly.

[biju]

Dang.....I wanted Crabtree to go to Seattle. Now he's going to end up a Raider!!!!!!!!!

I believe Crabtree is a good player and could possibly be a great player, but if we didn't get Housh and took Crabtree instead it would cause a massive collapse in Seattle in general. It signals that we're in a true rebuilding mode because Crabtree, regardless of talent, is most likely not going to be a strong contributor in 2009. This means players like Walter Jones, who really only is playing for a chance at a ring at this point in his career, retire instead of sticking it out a couple more years. If Jones retires and we didn't use that #4 on a LT (because we picked Crabtree), we don't have any close to a decent offensive line. Suddenly, we can't protect Matt Hasselbeck and he goes down with an injury. Seneca Wallace does ok for us because he can scramble, but we're not winning games at this point and certainly have zero shot at going deep in playoffs--not that we were getting there with all of the O-line problems.

Crabtree, no matter what, would have single-handedly doomed the Seahawks for the next 3 years at the very least.

Unless they go 1, 2, 3 I fully expect Seattle to grab either Jason Smith, Eugene Monroe, or Michael Oher. (My bet is on Oher personally.)

It's a good day to be a Seahawks fan for sure.

[slowride]

Well I went to Tech and am a Huge Crabtree fan. I'd hate to see him end up in Oakland.....

[biju]

Well I went to Tech and am a Huge Crabtree fan. I'd hate to see him end up in Oakland.....

He may very well end up there but now that we have Housh I'm guessing Cincinnati is at least looking at the possibility of grabbing him right before the Raiders grab him.

Now that I think about it though, I'm **hoping** the Raiders feel that pressure and make a deal with us to move up above CIN and grab Crabtree so we can acquire another pick somewhere.

[dblj9911]

Just went for the money, if he had similar offers and wanted to win why would he go to Seattle? I know that they still have some key parts, Hasselback, Branch (both injured most of 08) and Carlson. But there running game is suspect and there o-line is getting old quick. To me I see him being productive, but I don't see Seattle doing much this coming year.

[SameSongNDance]

Seahawks | Houshmandzadeh misses practice Thursday

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:26:44 -0700

Seattle Seahawks WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (back) missed the team's practice Thursday, Sept. 17, and he is doubtful to play in the team's Week 2 game.

http://www.kffl.com/player/412/nfl


I'd reckon Nate Burleson becomes a nice play now.

[mattp987]

Man...my team has certainly had an early injury bug. First the P.Thomas debacle, then A.Gonz hurts himself without even being touched...now Housh is iffy. This doesn't seem like anything major but he needs to establish more chemistry with Hass so he can produce more than 6 for just 48 and this just sets him back a bit further.

Nate does look like a good play...but who to drop