[nfbwatlk] Update on the Seahawks

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

Well, can't remember exactly if this topic and an article about football
is quite coasher on this list, But I'll try anyway.  If it helps,
related to blindness, the movie "Blind side" deals with football.
(Grin.)

 

B. P.

>From Hawk Mail:

 

 

March 26 , 2010

 

Update on the Seahawks Off-Season Acquisitions  

 

We're a couple of weeks into the free-agency period, Pro Day workouts
are ongoing at college campus across the country and the count down is
on until the

first round of the NFL draft on April 22. Here's a quick review of the
Seahawks off-season acquisitions to date: 

 

WR Ruvell Martin

: Martin played for Green Bay from 2005-08, when first-year Seahawks GM
John Schneider also was with the Packers. Martin, 27, was with the St.
Louis Rams

last season. He has good size (6-4, 220) and has been productive when
given opportunities - seven catches for 118 yards in the 2006 season
finale and six

catches for 99 yards in the final seven games last season.

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TE Chris Baker

: Baker, 30, was a third-round draft choice by the New York Jets in 2002
and played last season for the New England Patriots. Baker's blocking
ability is

a good fit with incumbent starter John Carlson in the two-tight end sets
that new offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates likes to use. Bates and
Baker were

together with the Jets in 2005.

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DE Chris Clemons

: Traded DE Darryl Tapp to the Philadelphia Eagles for DE Chris Clemons
and a fourth-round draft pick.  Clemons, 28, is a more explosive pass
rusher and

should figure into the mix for the "elephant" linebacker position that
Carroll has talked about using this season. Clemons collected eight of
his career

20 sacks in 2007 while playing for the Oakland Raiders. 

 

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LB Matt McCoy

: A second-round draft choice by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005, McCoy
played the past two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gus Bradley,
the Seahawks'

defensive coordinator, was McCoy's position coach with the Bucs in 2008.
McCoy, 27, is a good special teams player and has started 12 games at
linebacker

in the league.

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RB Quinton Ganther

: Ganther, 25, was a seventh-round draft choice by the Tennessee Titans
in 2006 and played last season for the Washington Redskins. His coach in
both spots

was Sherman Smith, the former Seahawks running back who now coaches the
position on Pete Carroll's staff. 

ganther

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Whitehurst

QB Charlie Whitehurst

: Acquired restricted free agent Charlie Whitehurst from the San Diego
Chargers for a third-round draft choice next year and a swap of
second-round picks

this year - with the Seahawks moving from No. 40 overall to No. 60.
Whitehurst, from Clemson, was originally a 2006 third-round draft choice
by San Diego

where he spent the last four seasons.