And I bet Hill gets signed long-term.

I don’t know how I feel about redding, but at least his contract had a relatively low amount of guaranteed money. A lot of that has been paid by now, I’m guessing.

YOU FUCKING IDIOT RUSKELL

puts LB back on the board on draft day. It presumably also means DET won’t take Curry, and means there’s a chance he falls to 4 if we want him.

I’m not sold that’s the right move, but I don’t hate this deal… yet. I need to learn more about the DT we got before I judge too harshly.

Good LB’s can be found in the 2nd & 3rd round, too so I don’t think this makes Curry a slam dunk target for us.

Fuck this deal.

Julian was a true athlete, tireless.
But he’s not young forever..we’ll see how this pans out.

BTW, how;s Cory Redding? Never heard of him.

He is actually pretty damn good, I think we could have gotten more then a 5th though.

as far as how to build a great defense. There are different schools of thought on this, and one of them is to build a great defensive line and let everything else fall into place. So far, we’ve been trying to do it with a sick LB corps. Maybe now they want to do it with the line instead? Just some food for thought.

As far as the trade goes, I’ll reserve judgement until I hear something on Redding. But he better be pretty good, because JP, quite simply, was a beast.

I know he doesn’t like the 3-4 but that’s his problem.

courtesy of Wikipedia.

In the 2003 NFL Draft Redding was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (66th overall).

He became the starter at left defensive end prior to the 2004 season. In 2005, he played in all 16 games and set a career high with 42 tackles (29 solo). He emerged in 2006 as one of the best inside pass-rushers in the NFL after moving from defensive end to tackle.

On February 22, 2007, the Lions placed the franchise tag on Redding and he was designated as the team’s non-exclusive franchise player. On July 16, the Lions and Redding agreed to a seven-year, $49 million contract. The deal included over $16 million in guaranteed money. The move came amid a bit of controversy, as it made Redding the highest paid defensive tackle in the league.2

Redding was placed on season-ending injured reserve with injuries to his knee and groin on December 12, 2008.

I’m getting the impression that Frog isn’t a fan of the deal… :) But that aside, I’m philosophically ok with getting younger on defense in general. I’m ok with getting a pretty good DT (which we desperately needed last year to help the LBs).

And this hurts to say because he’s one of my favorites, but I’m ok with letting JP go too early rather than holding on until it’s too late. Good, winning FB teams make this kind of move now rather wait until he has an unproductive, injury-plagued year and then end up cutting him after the ’09 or ’10 season for nothing. He may stay pro bowl caliber for those two years, but the risk keeps climbing while the reward potential will keep sliding.

First we sign that fatass who at least provided a glimmer of hope that Bryant could beat him out in camp, but now this?

now the question is whether or not Redding is a top DT. And though I haven’t looked in dept, his knee injury concerns me. This means Cole is back to rotation. But still, a dominate DL is better then a dominate LB core. We still have two very good linebackers, were really we only had one good tackle. I will miss Peterson, but realisticaly, how much has it helped our defense to have three really good linebackers and nobody in front of them?

Also, my guess is Hill now becomes our passing rushing linebacker in place of Peterson.

Because it would make a lot more sense to trade him than Peterson.

We traded one of our LB’s that were taking up over 20 mil in cap space and gained a pretty good DT that will free up Lofa Hill and whoever replaces JP, we also cleared 4.6 mil in cap space AND we gained a 5th rounder that makes up for the Colbert trade. Hmmmm as much as I liked JP I really can’t find anything too wrong with this deal except for the fact that we WAY overpaid for Cole but that is neither here nor there….Kind of interested to see how this all works our come regular season.

Second: Waiting for the other shoe to drop. Theres no way this just happened.

for better or worse. Adding 7 mil to the payroll unexpectedly certainly was a big contribution to our sudden cap crunch. Without it I’m pretty sure we can afford to keep Peterson and would have.

taking this well.

Ever since two days ago, when I heard that the Seahawks were bringing Curry in for a visit, and you guys were speculating whether it might mean that Hill might be traded, I had felt that Peterson was the guy most likely to be put on the trading block.

I wasn’t against the idea of trading Peterson, but I’m not sure how I feel about what the Seahawks got in return. Cory Redding is a good DT, but he doesn’t force opponents to game plan for him like they do for Julian Peterson. Plus, I think they could have gotten more than a 5th rounder.

I’m not sure this move means that it makes Curry that much more of a distinct possibility, because there are some good LB’s to be had later in the draft, but if the Seahawks have some LB’s on their board in the 2nd round, I do think this move makes Patrick Chung less of a possibility.

But if they are indeed thinking of getting Curry, and if they want him that bad, that they’d be expecting him to fall to the them; we have to consider the possibility of them trading up to get him if that’s the case.

They had better draft Hamlin!!!

I think we’d all agree that Seahawks probably won’t that great next season (maybe 8-8.9-7 if a lot of things break right). I love Peterson buts he gonna be 31, is very expensive and there is a decent chance his play starts to decline.

So, for a team that is somewhat rebuilding, we shed some cap space, gain a 5th round pick and add a very good DT. I don’t think we draft Curry, I think Lewis or Will Herring can fill in for a year or two and we’ll be ok.

This trade does make me hate the Cole deal even more though.

He by and large lived up to his contract.

Not sure if I agree with abender that this move leaves a large gap at LB. The Seahawks still have D.D. Lewis, do they not? Well, they went to the Super Bowl with Hill, Tatupu, and Lewis.

We don’t resign Rocky B? He’s beastly!

I’ll decide whether or not I miss you after this season is over

Peterson, 30, had just five sacks in 2008 and was part of the reason why the Seahawks’ vaunted linebacking crew contributed to an awful season

I’m gonna argue it had more to do with with the rest of our defense than our LB’s

Peterson has shown flashes of being a great rush linebacker, but he’s given the 49ers and Seahawks only 46 sacks in nine seasons.

And 24.5 of those sacks were in the last 3 seasons in Seattle, including 19.5 in 2 seasons.

I know a lot of you have a lot of faith in Will Herring and what not, but I don’t think he’s the answer. I think if Curry falls to us, there is no way we will pass him up. Unless we fill the need in free agency… Derrick Brooks is familiar with Gus Bradley’s system. Also, Angelo Crowell is on the market. He had a great 2007 season, but missed all of last season due to knee surgery. And what about Brian Orakpo from Texas? Can he only play OLB in a 3-4?