ouch! so much for a new contract. And now say failure to #1 pick!

Too bad for Tubbs, guess we’ll never really know what he could have been. Now Engram’s out too. Holy smokes are we even going to have 53 players for the season opener? I know injuries are part of the game but damn!

So appearently Spencer is not back yet either. Great. Lets ignore WR, this is what happens. Red Bryant better get back soon. courtney taylor better stay healthy. Burleson better learn how to run routes finallly.

What exactly are the rules regarding release of a player who fails a physical. Shaun Alexander could not be released until he passed a physical, I've heard this in other cases as well. And then occasionally you hear about a guy like Tubbs who is released without passing a physical. Does this type of release require an injury settlement?

Tubs can re-sign but he is a free agent.
We will be alright Branch should be back by week 1 or two and we play Buffalo week 1.

trade for bolden now!

stop messin around!

When do we hit the panic button with Spencer?

Aren't Terry Glenn and Joe Horn free agents right now? Why not sign one of them?

some free agents

david givens
troy brown
tim dwight
chris henry
keenen mcardell
eric moulds

Just remember, all you "sign so-and-so-ers," Engram and Branch count against the 53 man roster. So we have four or five WR's working, 2 more inactive - who do you drop in the meantime? RB? DL? forget it. We don't need some other team's rejects. Our young guys will be just fine, thank you. In fact, we'll hide some useful new guys on the practice squad, just like last year.
It also looks like we found two jewels in undrafted rookies, Hawthorne, and Jamar Adams.
We are goiong 13-3 enroute to the SB. You could probably get 10 to 1 or higher odds from Las Vegas - a sure thing in my mind.

Well this is horrible news. Engram is always the rock that provides the tempo on the first hawks drive of each game. He is usually a piece that helps us to 3-7 points. Deion probably won't even be a factor this whole season, he has never had consistent play so how can he know our offense?

The young guys at WR would do fine, but the tempo might be bad. Hasselbeck needs to heal up too. He really is a guy that doesn't really need to see any preseason games as long as he is practicing.

This is bad news for the Seahawks. Last time I heard "cracked bone" it never even healed, so blah.

Branch could go on the PUP list, which would make him inactive for, I believe, four weeks. Then you could bring him back to the active roster, at which time SOME injury will sort it all out.

Roster moves are going to start getting dicey.

Looks like Taylor, Obamanu, Kent and Payne may all get a shot now. Add Carlson into the mix and the Hawks may have the youngest receiving corps in the league until Branch and Engram come back. Let's hope all that "potential" we've been hearing about at training camp turns into production in the regular season.

Bum Bum Bum Bumpus needs to step up now. The slot is his position, played it for four years in college, and this is his opportunity. He played well against Minny, now lets see how he does against 1st team defenses. Worst case is Week 5, and before that we're @ Buffalo, then have SF and STL at home, so I think our young WR corps can step up until Bobby comes back. All three of those games can be won by our D, assuming THEY stay healthy!

Tubbs is the poster child for drafting need over best player available. But that is life... I love our young recievers, Bumpus is goin to be the next Engram. Kent is exactly what the seahawks have been missing, a reciever that can stretch the field and climb the ladder to catch the ball.

At this moment, I miss DJ Hackett a little bit, but not much.

Burleson, Obumanu, Taylor are all solid. The other guys all look good too.

Hmmm,

Good thing management let DJ Hackett walk. Sure couldn't use him right about now. I'm sure Jordan Kent or Joe Filani will be as good as he is. Well done, Ruskell.

At least the vaunted defense carry the Hawks until the WRs get back. The same defense that made Tarvaris Jackson look like Dan Marino last Friday.

Unfortunate situation for Engram. He is the quintessential WR in blue, and its always a little difficult not seeing him on the field.

However, I am happy there is a chance for BUMP-BUMP-BUMPUS!

Look, injuries are a part of football. Look at our first three game. @ Buffalo, vs. San Francisco, vs. Rams, BYE Week. Can you say 3-0. Engram and Branch back after the bye week.

At the very least, all the youngsters have to step up. Burleson can earn some of that ridiculous contract too. I am looking at this as a positive. Anyone else feel me here?

"Good thing management let DJ Hackett walk. I'm sure Jordan Kent or Joe Filani will be as good as he is. Well done, Ruskell."

Ironically, I bet the very people who are saying this today were saying the same thing about Hackett himself when we let D-Jack go.

Glad to see Tubbs gone, too bad it took so long, as he should have been jettisoned two years ago.

Hopefully Engram's able to make it back, but he's old, and the team can rally and march forward. Not like Engram hasn't been out before, and there's young talent that can catch & run.

I think it's time to put Seneca at WR.

I'll bet anyone fifty U.S.bucks Branch comes back he won't last the season, I think he's just a skinny Tubbs!! If his so good why did New England let him go....you don't dump gold...fraguel.
It was New England, right?

Branch didn't have any injuries with New England. Also, NE has a philosophy of not breaking the bank and being held hostage by their top players-- they simply let them walk. Tom Brady is the only top player that they've re-signed to a big deal, and even then Brady got less than he would have elsewhere.
NE simply drafts new players and signs aging veterans at a discount and milks the last bit of performance out of them.

Branch didn't have injuries in NE, guess he saved them for us?

I agree with shane!
Go after Anquan Boldin he's not happy and we could use him. If he is affordable. I've watched that guy the last two hawks games here in AZ and he hurts us.

Just like Hackett & Engram saved their injuries for us, too.

Go after Boldin "if he's affordable." Boldin's not happy because he want Larry Fitzgerald money, or what D-Jack called "D.B." money. I don't thing Boldin would be affordable be either the measure of salary demand or compensation demanded by Arizona. Nothing's impossible, though.

D-Jack really shined after we jettisoned his jilted ego.