According to ProFootballCentral:

BrianHPFC ‏@PFCentral
Seahawks To Sign Thigpen: The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms with free agent QB Tyler Thigpen. http://wp.me/pcQbV-3SX

Nooooooooooo......

Nice. Top notch backup.

Now everyone can shut up about not having a backup.

pig pen

I know nothing about him something tells me that's a good thing.

wow, I don't get this.

I like it.

I like it depending on the price.

No opinion until the terms of the deal come out. Prefer him to McCoy (unavailable), Leinert and Young. Just glad the city of Seattle can stop obsessing over the back-up QB now.

Thigpen - http://www.talk-sports.net/nfl/girlfrie ... er_Thigpen
Vince Young -

We had no QB's on the roster other than Wilson. We need a couple of arms for the camp. This is a good pick up. I think Pete is going to make him compete for the backup job. It won't be just handed to him. We should be drafting a QB in the later rounds and hopefully sign Josh Portis as well.

Works for me. They'll be a rookie competing too.

TT4! TT4! TT4!

It's not like he'll ever see any meaningful playing time.

SacHawk2.0 wrote:It's not like he'll ever see any meaningful playing time.

let's hope not

So he signed a three year deal in buffalo so must have been cut since that wa two years ago. So they keep TJack instead....

Hoping RW doesn't get injured would much rather have had Vince Young

Cheap, experienced, and he plays the pistol better than some starters play their schemes. What's not to like?

mikeak wrote:So they keep TJack instead....

We wouldn't have gotten Lynch if we ruled players out because BUF didn't want them.

TheRealDTM wrote:wow, I don't get this.

You don't get the signing of a mobile, veteran QB with starting experience in the pistol offense? OK.

My understanding is he's notable for his ability to run the pistol offense. Signing makes perfect sense.

Is there an echo in here?

He's a backup QB. Gotta have one. Don't care who it is. He's perfect!

JSeahawks wrote:He's a backup QB. Gotta have one. Don't care who it is. He's perfect!

On 2nd thought, i'm not sure he has the standing on the sidelines thing down... gotta keep the head on a swivel!

Feels good to have a franchise qb. Clip board holder is irrelevant now. Who cares who it is.

That sure looks like a super legitimate source!!!

So thats why he isnt a WR!?!?!?!

He fits this offense well so I like it for that. He isn't a great backup, but he can do the job well enough.

Nailed it!

Sorry Kip.

The spaghetti and wall rule applies with that web site.

cacksman wrote:That sure looks like a super legitimate source!!!

Don't think that's a confirmed Source . . . more like the imminent trade of Flynn, don't think it's occured yet?

JSeahawks wrote:

JSeahawks wrote:He's a backup QB. Gotta have one. Don't care who it is. He's perfect!

On 2nd thought, i'm not sure he has the standing on the sidelines thing down... gotta keep the head on a swivel!

Leave Thiggy alone!

Gettin Thiggy wit it! Na na na na na nana

Dave Softy Mahler‏@Softykjr13m
Spoke to someone close to Thigpen. Nothing done yet with Hawks contrary to @PFCentral report. I'll pass along anything if that changes

No Thiggy yet?

SADFKJASLKDFJKL;SDJFKJ :(:(

Softy needs to stop being a moron.

Nothing showing up as confirmed at rotoworld.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4284/tyler-thigpen

The best part of signing Thigpen is it improves Portis' chances of becoming the backup.

These guys are competing for a backup job, with some luck they'll play late in games they are winning or they will develop real skills as a clipboard holder.

Underwhelming!

Coug_Hawk08 wrote:Softy needs to stop being a moron.

Says the coog...

What did he say?

jammerhawk wrote:
...or they will develop real skills as a clipboard holder.

High-n-tight! :cool:

Missing_Clink wrote:Gettin Thiggy wit it! Na na na na na nana

Na na na na na na na na...makin-in-in-in bac-on-on.

It seems to me that VY is a more viable choice than Thigpen, but either one can win games in the NFL.

I'd prefer Vince Young and Josh Portis to be the #2 and #3, but Thigpen would be adequate. Just as long as it's not Leinart.

I think we better draft a RT...Wilson better not get hurt

I would have to think that PCJS are going to draft a QB and let them compete for the backup job with Thigpen and Portis. I think it is to early to worry about who the backup is he may not be on he roster yet.

PFCENTRAL IS NOT A LEGIT SOURCE

It's the second coming of Incarcerated Fraud. Take a look at the back catalogue. They do exactly the same thing as ICB. They pre-empt things. A deal that is speculated by the media is then a 'done deal' on PFC or ICB, they write a few lines of copy and leave it there. They hedge their bets on it coming true. If it does, then they force the link down your throat to prove how they 'got it right'. If it doesn't, then they delete the post.

When Glazer, Mort, Schefter, La Canfora etc report this, we should talk about it. The title of this thread should include the word 'speculation'.

Incarcerated Bob is just some guy who became a 'personality' by ringing up the New York phone-ins every day. He has a thirst for attention. Whoever started PFC clearly felt like they fancied a crack at it too. Don't get duped by these phoney websites.

Winterfell wrote:I'd prefer Vince Young and Josh Portis to be the #2 and #3, but Thigpen would be adequate. Just as long as it's not Leinart.

I'm guessing this is just the start of a QB pile for TC. Hopefully we end up with a decent backup once the competition has weeded most of them out.

Yeah, but what does his girlfriend/wife look like?

Don't we have a "gotta have a hot significant other" rule now?

I think it's great that the Hawks are at finally a place where we are having this much conversation about the backup QB...
and not still trying to figure out who the heck the starter is going to be to lead the Hawks!

Happypuppy wrote:I think we better draft a RT...Wilson better not get hurt

You need to change your name to Grumpypuppy.