Sidney Rice

[ClumsyLurk]

Kybowen = kbowen, true?

 

[Primo]

Watching the games I have of Seattle, it doesn't look like Wilson has much of a chemistry with Sidney Rice.

He has much better chemistry with Golden Tate and I think he'll love Harvin.

 

[Starrman44]

Watching the games I have of Seattle, it doesn't look like Wilson has much of a chemistry with Sidney Rice.

He has much better chemistry with Golden Tate and I think he'll love Harvin.

Personally, I think Wilson has great chemistry with Rice. The pass vs the Pats last year comes to mind, then you have the Bears, and there are quite a few others (sideline catches, TD's on scramble drills, the one between a couple defenders vs Jacksonville where he and Russell were right on it, etc.). Rice has a huge catch radius, too, which is useful for RW.

Not that Rice can't be replaced. It totally depends on who else we can get, his health, and his sticker price. I just think that he is undervalued as a Hawk.

 

[Primo]

Watching the games I have of Seattle, it doesn't look like Wilson has much of a chemistry with Sidney Rice.

He has much better chemistry with Golden Tate and I think he'll love Harvin.

Personally, I think Wilson has great chemistry with Rice. The pass vs the Pats last year comes to mind, then you have the Bears, and there are quite a few others (sideline catches, TD's on scramble drills, the one between a couple defenders vs Jacksonville where he and Russell were right on it, etc.). Rice has a huge catch radius, too, which is useful for RW.

Not that Rice can't be replaced. It totally depends on who else we can get, his health, and his sticker price. I just think that he is undervalued as a Hawk.

Maybe so...

By the way who was the WR that Tarvaris Jackson kept throwing beautiful deep passes to in the Preseason? I don't recognize his name on your roster. He was kind of a tall kid, once the season hit I never seen him again but he was having a stud preseason.

 

[Starrman44]

Watching the games I have of Seattle, it doesn't look like Wilson has much of a chemistry with Sidney Rice.

He has much better chemistry with Golden Tate and I think he'll love Harvin.

Personally, I think Wilson has great chemistry with Rice. The pass vs the Pats last year comes to mind, then you have the Bears, and there are quite a few others (sideline catches, TD's on scramble drills, the one between a couple defenders vs Jacksonville where he and Russell were right on it, etc.). Rice has a huge catch radius, too, which is useful for RW.

Not that Rice can't be replaced. It totally depends on who else we can get, his health, and his sticker price. I just think that he is undervalued as a Hawk.

Maybe so...

By the way who was the WR that Tarvaris Jackson kept throwing beautiful deep passes to in the Preseason? I don't recognize his name on your roster. He was kind of a tall kid, once the season hit I never seen him again but he was having a stud preseason.

That was Stephen Williams. Last I seen he was on the Jaguars roster.

 

[Primo]

Yea I don't understand why he wasn't kept around or did they try to slip him through waivers and onto the practice squad?

 

[Starrman44]

Yea I don't understand why he wasn't kept around or did they try to slip him through waivers and onto the practice squad?

I think it had more to do with just managing the roster. We had a lot of injuries on the OLine this year. IMO, he was kind of a one trick pony (run deep and jump high). Jermaine Kearse has kind of taken over the Rice role and he is more diverse as a receiver than Williams was.

Honestly, I don't know a ton about Stephen Williams and his situation (not sure that he had practice squad eligibility). Regardless, it likely would have been a situation where Jacksonville would have signed him anyway due to their lack of roster talent.

Harvin, Tate, Baldwin, Rice, and Kearse were a pretty strong group. Now we have Ricardo Lockette as our fast receiver and he plays special teams as well. It may have made a difference for Williams if he was a special teams player, but he wasn't.

 

[PlinytheCenter]

Squirrels eating asparagus. Move along...

 

[olyfan63]

Yea I don't understand why he wasn't kept around or did they try to slip him through waivers and onto the practice squad?

I think it had more to do with just managing the roster. We had a lot of injuries on the OLine this year. IMO, he was kind of a one trick pony (run deep and jump high). Jermaine Kearse has kind of taken over the Rice role and he is more diverse as a receiver than Williams was.

Honestly, I don't know a ton about Stephen Williams and his situation (not sure that he had practice squad eligibility). Regardless, it likely would have been a situation where Jacksonville would have signed him anyway due to their lack of roster talent.

Harvin, Tate, Baldwin, Rice, and Kearse were a pretty strong group. Now we have Ricardo Lockette as our fast receiver and he plays special teams as well. It may have made a difference for Williams if he was a special teams player, but he wasn't.

That was my take on how Stephen Williams got away. Pete decided there was more value in a special teams beast like Lockette. Carroll really, really prioritizes special teams in his personnel decisions more than people generally realize. Carroll's approach makes sense, from a Moneyball/math standpoint. Williams is in maybe 10 plays on the offense, but is one-dimensional, easily taken away, and not such a great run blocker either. Lockette is in maybe 5 plays on offense, but 10-15 on special teams, and is a beast on those ST plays. Lockette has the size and power to run-block the crap out of DBs on the offensive snaps he's in. Add in a couple go routes per game the opponent D has to pay attention to, and Lockette has more overall value to the team, each and every game.

 

[Exittium]

For me I'd rather see as many guys stay as long as possible and develop create a dynasty rather then build guys up and trade'em off..

 

[olyfan63]

Rice has been a burst in Seattle.

No, Rice has not been a "bust" (not "burst"), but he has underperformed relative to his contract.
He has been a good player who made key, timely plays. We miss him. It's just that he's played more like a $3M player, not an $8M player.
We already miss him badly this year. I hope we restructure and keep him for next year.

 

[KitsapGuy]

Kybowen = kbowen, true?

Thinking the same thing. But probably not. :|

 

[HawKnPeppa]

Rice has been a burst in Seattle.

FF season is over, so can we put a lid on this nonsense?

 

[hawkfannj]

Wish he was heathy . We could surely use his help