Ask Field Gulls

I asked them the same question….they told me i was crazy.

…and than the moderator sent me a warning, called me a dick, and threatened to ban me.

and I’m the crazy one.

we better show up with our lunch pails on Sunday

You called it big time. I didn’t want McClain. I kinda came around on ET after his combine but you liked him from the jump.

and he’s been a disappointment since he came in. If they can flip him for something of value, then great!

Now everyone knows he’s a useless bust and total liability. I don’t expect to fetch more than a 7th for him, if we don’t cut him outright by next season.

May I remind you we are a very banged up team, this game is not going to be easy,

I don’t expect to win.

Then again…I didn’t think we were going to win against the Saints in the playoffs last year either.

And that is why I love football. Any given Sunday…

slow it down

He’s made a noticeable impact as a blocker, and due to the overall struggles of the offensive line, he’s hasn’t been involved in the passing game that much.

1) He has his supporters and detractors. For the moment, I’d say the vast majority of fans support PC and his ‘rah-rah’ coaching style. He’s fun to watch, his players have bought into it on an individual and team level and the intense competition caused by all that roster churn has given us a few gems. Big Mike Williams (BMW) isn’t a #1 WR but is a very nice #2. Brandon Browner isn’t a great CB, but is a HUGE upgrade over Kelly Jennings (literal and figurative sense, the position went from 5-10 to 6-4 and although he still gets burned, at least he can jam pretty good and absolutely destroys screen passes and flats) and we found a great use for DE Red Bryant as the guy can stuff the run pretty dang well.

2) We grabbed T-Jack because we also stole Minnesota’s top WR and their OC. In the situation we were in, we needed another QB and T-Jack fit the bill and also cost about $8 mill and a stud CB less than Kolb did. The idea was that he was falling into a good situation and he’d be able to make a good transition following the shortened off-season.

All in all, he has been about as good as advertised. No one here in Seattle fooled themselves into thinking he was going to be a Pro-Bowler or anything like that. We wanted a place holder until the 2012 Draft and someone who could hold down the fort for a year or two while we trained the QBotF.

As for the debate over Clipboard Jesus…eh. Believe me it’s been a pretty lively debate over at Field Gulls. I tend to fall on the side of supporting the coaches and if T-Jack gets injured (pretty likely given our O-Line’s inexperience) we’ll be able to continue on without too much drop in talent. I would have liked for PC to have thrown open the QB competition, but concede that he didn’t have a full off-season to do it.

He’s had some trouble with ankle injures but if he continues to stay healthy we’re very comfortable with him manning the blind side.

Earl Thomas looks like a top young DB talent. Great instincts and is effective against both the run and the pass.

Walter Thurmond was initially projected to start at CB but was bothered by an ankle injury in camp that slowed his progress down.

Kam Chancellor succeeded Lawyer Milloy as the starting strong safety and has looked very good, though he missed the last game with a thigh injury.

Burleson was a revenge move against Minnesota for snatching Steve Hutchinson, and he had his contract restructured to something more reasonable soon and was a fairly decent if unspectacular starter.

Branch was a terrible acquisition and wasn’t worth the 1st draft pick or money.

Houshmandzadeh was also a bad addition, considering his age and already limited skillset. He was signed so we could ignore Michael Crabtree and draft Aaron Curry.

Rice has injury issues but he’s already demonstrated he’s a top-flight receiver when he’s on the field, plus I think he is only 25.

The coaches said he would, but it hasn’t happened yet so far.