Seahawks Sign Blocking Tight End John Owens

by John Morgan on Mar 5, 2009 4:38 PM PST

Seattle has signed former Lion, Buc, Saint, Brown, Dolphin and Bear tight end John Owens. On the offensive side of the ball, Owens is all block no receive. Owens is built like slimmed down defensive tackle, and functionally isn't much different than an extra offensive tackle. Greg Knapp, like Mike Holmgren before him, doesn't use two-tight end sets very often. Owens won't see the field too much, but when he does, it'll probably be in high leverage situations: goal line, and third and fourth and short.

Owens spent three weeks on the injury report last season. He has the kind of physical style, squatty build, variety of injuries, age and lack of overall athleticism that makes me think he's a favorite to land on the IR. Of course, what do I know? I just spent twenty minutes wrestling with a joke that's punch line reads: veld, ship, firmament, Cleveland, ocean and mountain.

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The joke sounds a lot more interesting than this signing.

by Nate Dogg on Mar 5, 2009 4:47 PM PST reply actions

You should have used the sensationalist headline to shamelessly increase traffic.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Mar 5, 2009 4:49 PM PST reply actions

Interesting little known fact about John Owens:

there are no interesting little known facts about John Owens.

by B.B.Finnegan on Mar 5, 2009 4:52 PM PST reply actions

Why is Will Heller not back?

I think this is the type of signings that act like water. It is neither delicious nor awful but is filling. Plus can he have a more blah name?

by Built2Spill on Mar 5, 2009 5:55 PM PST reply actions

Well, if he's as good at blocking as advertised,

and if we use Beer Truck, TJ Duckett will be unstoppable.

by LantermanC on Mar 5, 2009 6:11 PM PST reply actions

You should rearrange the title to say "Seattle Signs Owens as Blocking Tight End"

by Ezzra on Mar 5, 2009 6:29 PM PST reply actions

Hilarious.

by Misfit74 on Mar 5, 2009 8:30 PM PST up reply actions

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by lemonverbena on Mar 6, 2009 5:26 AM PST up reply actions

A thought on TE's..

We don’t have a real backup TE. Not one who can catch and block like our starter. Carlson for some reason though, gives me that feeling that he will rarely have to sit a game. This is why I sort of like that we are adding a TE who can actually help us on the field as an extra TE in short yardage and max protect situations, vs. a guy who would mostly have his skills wasted on the bench.

Carlson is really the embodiment of a Ruskell pick and what is ‘right’ about our GM. As has been discussed here, he was looked at as good but not great in almost every conceivable category coming into last years draft. He was considered ‘great’ in one category: character. This showed on the field, where he didn’t awe you with his tools, but was consistently there making the play- an important trait at the TE spot, particularly in the Hawks system where we ask the TE to do so much more than in other systems.

by michaelfox99 on Mar 6, 2009 4:49 AM PST reply actions