Report: Seattle Seahawks Signs D.D. Lewis

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 10:00 AM PDT

Aaron Wilson of The National Football is reporting that Seattle has signed D.D. Lewis. Lewis was cut when Seattle reduced its roster to 53. Seattle showcased its linebacker depth yesterday, but what can look like good play to a fan can look like blown assignments and sloppy execution to a coach. Lewis is often been praised for his ability to play multiple linebacker positions. He doesn't have a particular skill-set to excel at any, like David Hawthorne does at middle linebacker or Will Herring does at outside linebacker. Nor does Lewis impress as a backup. What he does do, is cover his assignments and play steady football.

The injuries to Lofa Tatupu and Leroy Hill, described as minor, may have exposed the inexperience of Seattle's backups. Lewis adds experience. Signing him after week one avoids certain contract headaches as well. I would not interpret this move, at least not independently, as indication that Tatupu or Hill are more injured than first believed.

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Any word on who gets cut to make room?

by BrianL on Sep 14, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions

I don't think that will be announced until the signing is official, but

Derek Walker.

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions

That sucks.

He was probably so excited that he made the team, then one week later he gets cut again.

by LantermanC on Sep 14, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

He'll be around for a while

assuming he clear waivers

by timlin45 on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

I think he is still excited

He joined the team almost certain to be cut. Now he has a chance to play his way into the pros.

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't they still have one PS slot open?

by Jo-Jo on Sep 14, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

No

they filled it (with a LB, ironically enough); they’ll have to drop someone.

by The Ancient Mariner on Sep 14, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

I guess I missed that one

by Jo-Jo on Sep 14, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

God I hope you're right, John

regarding your final statement.

The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.

by Nick Andron on Sep 14, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

Good to hear.

I liked DD, though I think 7 LBs is a bit extreme when you have 3 elite LBs though.
I’ll be interested to see who is cut to make room.

by LantermanC on Sep 14, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions

7 LB's doesn't seem too extreme

when they only had 4 able to play by the end of the game yesterday.

by Jo-Jo on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Not too mention more LBs helps special teams

by timlin45 on Sep 14, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

I get my meme back!

De-de-deeee!

by timlin45 on Sep 14, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

Listening to the game on the radio

And hearing the injury updates, I remember thinking that D.D. Lewis was probably sitting in the parking lot in Kirkland waiting for the non-guaranteed veteran minimum-contract to come off the printer.

Linebacker depth is a good thing even if Lewis is somewhat unremarkable.

by busplunger on Sep 14, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions

What I'm curious about is this:

Steven Jackson didn’t do damage in the passing-game. Did we take away something the Rams wanted to do with him, such as screens, flares, wheel-routes, etc., or did they just not have those things in their game-plan. If I were the Rams, I’d be throwing a ton to Jackson, if at all possible. I wonder if we made that impossible with our defensive sets and if that is a testament to our strength at LB.

Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevan Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Sep 14, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, actually..

I was thinking the same thing, since I have him in a ppc league, lol.

Mancrushed. Jake Locker for Heisman 2010.

by Tyler Jorgensen on Sep 14, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I was wondering the same thing.

That’s one of the problems with the first games, it’s hard to tell if the Seahawks did things well, or if the team we played against just did things poorly.

by LantermanC on Sep 14, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Seahawks did things well

the number of blue jerseys that were around every tackle is a good indicator. Even if they could make 1 or 2 more blocks there still would have been people around the ball.

by timlin45 on Sep 14, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but we don't know if we're good at defending the pass to the RB

because we did a good job of preventing it, or if Bulger didn’t make his reads properly and didn’t pass to Jackson to bail himself out, or because they simply didn’t have Jackson in a position to catch a ball.

Kind of like we don’t know if our coverage was good or their receivers were just bad. We know their receivers are bad, but how bad were they, and and much of it was Wilson and Lucas playing well? Same for our pass rush, was it a bit lackadaisical in the first half, or was the Rams’ line just pretty good from their new signings (let’s be honest, the Rams probably would have scored if Incognito didn’t kill two drives, or a least would’ve had a much better shot).

by LantermanC on Sep 14, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Two plays to consider

Tapp read a screen in the first quarter (right after Burleson’s fumble I think) that looked like he was standing in the huddle. That one is self evident, and was the product of good coaching and awareness by Tapp.

Note to Ruskell: Pay the man already. Find Kerney’s contract and a black sharpie. Cross out Kerney’s name (and the little hearts you drew over the “i” in Patrick) and replace it with a big #55.

The second play is a little more subtle, but does more to convince me that we’re going to be pretty good defending the RB pass.

Late in the 3rd Quarter (right after Jones touchdown, 3:40ish?) the Rams run what looks to be a wheel route to Jackson. They align 2WR TE Right – TE or a FB (#46) Left. The TE attacks the safety in the middle with a skinny post or a seam. 46 runs a 6 yard in route right at Curry. Jackson releases into a wheel route. Bulger is sacked by Lawrence Jackson. At the sack, Curry has already made his break on Jackson and is coming downhill 4 yards away from the line of scrimmage. Jackson is still 6 yards back looking like he was expecting the ball to come his way. If Bulger hadn’t gone down and made that throw (needing a touch pass to get it over the line) Curry arrives either with or just a split second behind the throw. Judging by the amount of chatter going on all game between Curry and Jackson 59 was licking his chops on this one.

Watching the film on Curry from his college days, I see play after play of Curry just exploding through guys that have released into the flat. A lot of folks talk about his power, and argue about his pass rush, but I’m jacked up about his ability to read and react to the flat. I think we’re going to see a lot of highlight reel hits on plays just like this one.

by timlin45 on Sep 14, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

It certainly does seem that our situational defensive line rotations are making waay more sense this year.

Lets hope it’s premeditated and not simply dumb luck :)

by fender on Sep 14, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Highlight reels such as his big hit

on the (half?)back on the right flat in I think the 3rd quarter of the Raiders game. Beautiful.

Glenn Beck likes argument, but has a deap-seated hatred for logic.

by Cheddar28 on Sep 14, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Will Herring was awesome yesterday.

Always good dropping back into coverage but he learned to tackle over the summer or something.

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

by Fearless Frog on Sep 14, 2009 11:01 AM PDT reply actions

He's really gotten much better in the past year.

It's Great to be a Florida Gator!

09/05
Terminated contracts
S Brian Russell

by Wayward Llama on Sep 14, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed

While I’m not entirely surprised to see us reacquire D.D. Lewis, I am not sure I agree with this being a move that shores up our inexperience at LB. Herring filled in for Hill and the defenses did not miss a beat. Same goes for Heater.

by Catoblepas on Sep 14, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions