Tuesday, August 11, 2009

NFL Preview: Seattle Seahawks

QB: B- I'm going to go ahead and pour myself a nice big tall glass of the Matt Hasselbeck Kool-Aid. I'm sure he can stay healthy for a whole year and produce now that he has all his weapons back. Ahhhh, that tastes good.

RB: C Julius Jones and T.J. Duckett. In the worse-than-crap NFC West this is probably good enough to get the job done but I wouldn't expect many big plays.

WR: A Branch, Burleson and Houshmandzadeh and well above average. The only issue is health. Branch hasn't played a game since 1986 and Burleson seems to be becoming more brittle by the year. If, IF, they stay healthy, big fantasy numbers abound.

TE: B John Carlson is a fine TE and should be productive again. Not a TOP 3 fantasy TE but Top 10 for sure.

OL: C+ Walter Jones is a blue chipper but everywhere else is average. This is the most important unit on the team given the frailty of the QB.

DL: C Meh. Patrick Kearney is the big-play sack man, I guess but the rest of the line is a bunch of no names.

LB: B This could be a big time nuit. Lofa Totupu is solid in the middle and Aaron Curry will be trying to justify such a high draft pick. Leroy Hill or D.D. Lewis should be good enough on the other side.

DB: B+ Trufant and Lucas are a little above average at the corners. Seattle is a weird team in that their S's may be better than the corners. Deon Grant and Brian Russell are both pretty good considering the level of safety play in this league.

P/K: C- Oh no. I thought we were done with Olindo Mare. He was a white knuckler in Miami, how can he handle Seattle?

COACHING: B Jim Mora is a good enough coach but you've got to question the idea of resting all your hopes on the back of Matt Hasselbeck. Don't give me any of that Seneca Wallace jive either.

BEST CASE SCENARIO: 11-5, FIRST in the WEST This division sucks enough for his possibly average team to win.

WORST CASE SCENARIO: 6-10, THIRD in the WEST. They could be worse than both San Fran and Arizona but probably not St. Louis. Even if the Beck hurts his back.

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