Jville":1wcwqnkw said:
This reminds me of the trade for nickle back Marcus Burley a few years ago. They couldn't keep Marcus because of numbers at the final cut down and Cleveland claimed him.
The Justin Coleman acquisition readdresses that style of corner.
joeseahawks":1wcwqnkw said:
When we meet the Pats in the Super Bowl, he will have insider information on the cheaters .... That's his value.
In addition, our "tall" corners have had a hard time matching up with the shifty short receivers from the Pats ... maybe a smaller corner can help ... Remember how Simon struggled to contain the Pats receivers?
I think we are smelling the SB ... and are making sure we can match up well against all types of opponents.
This is forward thinking ...
These two posts FOR THE WIN.
If we had Marcus Burley active on game day of SB 49 (instead of Tharald "Toast" Simon), I think we win. We had NO ANSWER for all those small quick NE receivers. They dinked and dunked us to DEATH when it mattered. Burned Simon repeatedly and then burned him some more. This is a brilliant move to shore up a clear Seattle matchup weakness against some types of teams. Surprised NE made him available.
Love the angle of inside info from a NE player for a potential SB matchup, like former Seahawk LOB member Brandon Browner basically winning SB49 for the Pats by stuffing Kearse's attempted pick, Browner knew what was coming from his time in Seattle, and knew the personnel from matching up against Kearse in practice. And he knew exactly how to toss Kearse aside like a rag doll to stuff the play and lead to the Malcolm Butler interception. I think I read he also told Butler what was coming and how to play it before the play too. (someone please share correct info that Browner-tipping-off-Butler part is incorrect)
Also love this trade as it shows how Pete is thinking and feeling about this group, that it is a special group with a chance to do big stuff, especially now with Sheldon Richardson on the D-Line. Cuts through the public over optimistic BS coach-speak just a bit. Place your Vegas SB bets on Seattle now, fellas...