I like the haynesworth and faneca suggestions. But if it’s at all possible that getting the calls right on the line and physically dominating from the center position, I think a young, smart, powerful center like Jamaal Jackson (from a system similar to Seattle’s) could make a huge difference. I’m up for other center suggestions, but I think this might be an underrated place to upgrade.

Not faneca, I meant I like the Landry suggestion

As much as I wanted to go with mah boy Larry Fitzgerald, Brandon Marshall makes too much sense here. A tall, strong wide receiver who’s not only a threat as a possession guy but a deep threat as well is something Seattle’s been missing for a long time. He can go up and grab jump balls as well, so he’d be a nightmare for opposing teams.

My runner up would have been Adrian Wilson. I think the guy’s a dynamic safety who can do it all back there. Landry would be nice, but in the name of originality I’d take Wilson as a nice consolation prize. Anything’s better than Russell.

BTW, I’m new to these parts but have been reading now for a while. Keep churning out the good stuff everyone, it’s interesting and pretty funny.

He held his own in his rookie year last year in Cleveland and was a major cog in a good offense. I’m not sure whether he’s taken a step back so far this year or if the guys around him have. I’d stick him next to Walter at LG and move Wahle over to the right side until Walter was ready to retire. We all know the value of having a dominating offense line and a guy like Thomas would go a long way towards having that.

Taylor Mays

would really change our offense. Teams have been jamming the heck out of us for years, taking away all our slants and short stuff.

then I’d go with Umenyiora or…yeah, Brandon Marshall or Jennings. Generic Great Deep Threat.

Maybe a RT, but I can’t imagine anyone else. I agree with Nate, in theory our roster’s pretty good.

assuming cost isn’t part of this mental exercise.

God I think he’d be a monster in this offense if he just stayed healthy.

LaRon Landry or Bob Sanders? Hell we could replace Russell with a poorly trained monkey back there and coverage would improve. Is the dog from Air Bud still available?

Take the weakest position on the team and add the best young player. Makes sense.

You said ‘from an NFL team’ so that would exclude Taylor Mays, who was mentioned above. I really like the idea of bringing in Mays. He is a high character Seattle kid with a freakish size/athleticism combination and HE CAN PLAY. He would have to fall out of the top 10 where most people have him, or the hawks would have to suck enough to pick that highly. I don’t think either will happen but trading one of our first rounders and Babineaux or something might do it. I plan to watch him very closely in the USC vs. Oregon State game tonight and ponder this further.

No way on Sanders. WAY WAY WAY too injury prone and already on or near the downturn of his career.

On the offensive side I would say Joe Thomas. Kind of redundant right now since we don’t need a starting tackle, he would be a bit of an upgrade over Locklear, but more importantly, a replacement for Walt in the near future. QB would be the other spot I would want someone to ensure the future of this team, but none of the young QB’s these days really look like the next Tom or Peyton to me, or even the next Matt Hasselbeck.

Great idea. Take the weakest link to our defense and make it a strength. He would be perfect! What are the chances he hits FA and we can bid on him? Do the ’Skins have other players they would franchise-tag before him, do you think?

Anyone think Phillips would have been a better 1st rounder than LoJack? I don’t, but I’ve heard some praise for Kenny’s play with the Giants. Anyone know more about how he’s developing for them; what type of player he projects to be long-term?