Also sad about Obo.

I like the Kearse move. Good one-on-one matchup guy, can go up and take the ball.

That being said, I'd cut Braylon Edwards right now and grab Greg Salas ( http://www.google.com/search?q=greg+salas ) from the Pat's practice squad. I would cut Edwards and hope a killer slot guy can comPETE his way into the starting lineup after the bye week.

We desperately need depth at WR soon!

I have noticed Lane as a gunner a few times in limited action.I can see him and Maxwell as the 2 gunners moving forward.I expect to see Kearse in the lineup this week.I have a feeling that Edwards will not be ready.Big worry to me is that Obo new all WR positions SE,Flanker and slot.I dont trust Tate with that role and Martin is not good enough and its Kearse first game action

Welcome SeahawkGeoff. Hope you enjoy yourself exchanging posts with fellow Seahawks fans and rivals that visit.

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Hmmm. Sounds like Obo isn't happy about going on IR:

It's possible that the Seahawks are using their 53rd roster spot for a tryout rotation just like they did with their 7th and 8th PS spots earlier in the year. Maybe Kearse gets some looks in real games for a couple weeks and then they try Tuinei, etc.

Whatever ends up happening, I'm glad that Kearse got his name called. He barely played in the preseason because of an injury, but when he did, he looked polished. If he can beat his drop problem from college, I could easily see him making it as an NFL WR. He's good at everything else. Further, Keith Price has really suffered this year in his absence. There are a lot of factors that go into it, but seeing Price roll outside and ALWAYS throw the ball away, I can't help but think that Kearse's savvy presence is being missed at UW.

I say give Kearse a look. He's got to have more upside than Charly Martin.

Interesting points about Kearse, as I don't know much about him.

Tuinei can't be signed as he's with a CFL team now.

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Bring back Deon Butler.

A little guys that is a burner, knows the system, and has good hands.

Butler>Kearse.

FYI, Butler is getting a look from the Texans:



http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/31/texans-tried-out-a-ton-of-wideouts-on-tuesday/

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"I will be thrilled with 10 wins.... If we win 14 games, I will tattoo my nuts green and blue!" --13thMan

Interesting to see Jordan Shipley mentioned as getting a tryout with the Texans. I am blown away that he's not currently with a team. I was highly impressed with him in college and was just certain he'd be on an NFL roster for a long time. The guy just had "3rd down possession receiver for 12 seasons" written all over him. Not huge, but strong, great hands, good quickness (not straight line speed), but a guy who will go get the ball. I guess he really reminded me of a Paul Skansi/Bobby Engram type. I wouldn't be averse to taking a flyer on him for a couple of weeks if he is healthy. I can't imagine him not playing well unless he's just hurt or totally disinterested in playing in the NFL.

The one guy I'd love to have right now is the guy who gave up on football... Jeff Samardzjia (sp?). That kid was a darn good receiver at Notre Dame, and I thought he'd be a Randy Moss type talent in the NFL, without all of the headaches since Jeff seems to have his head screwed on straight. He made the right choice by playing baseball since he'll have a longer career, have less damage to his body, and will have a big fat pension from the MLB players union as long as he gets enough service time in. The guys who cut out on baseball and go back to college football are the ones who realize they aren't going to get their pension years in (See Weeden, Brandon).

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i don't see why you say that, all i saw in the pre season was charlie martin and kearse making plays.. i'm a coug so i didn't see a lot of kearse in college, didn't see all the easy drops... but i did see good catches in pre season, and charlie marting, that little dude's got heart... i say give it a shot...

Bummer about Obo, IMO he contributes more to the team than most people realize and is quite versatile. He has always performed at least adequately (and sometimes very well) when our starters have gone down and we needed him to fill in.

Kearse? I dunno, the dude is just sooo frustrating to watch. Almost Braylon Edwardsesque in his ability to make crazy freak circus catches one minute and then have a perfectly thrown ball bounce right off his hands the next minute. I hope he can fix it, seems like a focus issue to me, but he never fixed it in college.

I'd like to see the team give a look to both Jordan Shipley and Greg Salas. I was pretty high on both of these guys coming out of college, especially Salas.




We lost to SF because of dropped passes, absolutely.

We lost to Detroit because our D had a pretty bad day and our normally very bad 3rd down defense was downright horrible.

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Reading Obo's tweets the other day, I felt for him with the Hawks not waiting a couple weeks to get better. But given the fact that our only healthy wr's this week are Rice, Tate, Martin, and Kearse, YIKES! I understand now.

Well Kearse here's your golden opportunity knocking...Just remember it's not preseason anymore.

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If Pete's pet, the golden child, can somehow become cognizant of the need to block for teamates consistantly, there is plenty of additional yardage built into the existing pass schemes. The golden child has been pulled off the field of play for failure to block. Kearse and others should benefit from better blocking support than what Obomanu experienced.

Teamates blocking for each other is a key theme. It's why Deon Butler is no longer with us and why even the golden child is so closely supervised this year.

This year, reliable blocking is mandatory. It is no longer an option.

Thanks for the warm welcome. Been reading through the posts and getting a lot of great insight.



Now this is something I like to see. I wonder why Salas didn't catch on with the Rams. If memory serves me correct, I think he had some really bad drops early on last year, but then again St. Louis had a lot of that last year. Still Salas or Shipley could be great 3rd down relief value type receivers.

If you want a blocking WR then Lavasier Tuinei is your man. Blocking is more important then catching and scoring TD's for Oregon wide receivers.

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