Seahawks Lance Laury to Become Unrestricted Free Agent
by John Morgan on Feb 25, 2010 2:18 PM PST
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PrintJason La Canfora is reporting that reserve linebacker and special teams contributor Lance Laury will not receive a tender from the Seahawks. Laury will then become an unrestricted free agent. Seattle has been very patient with Laury, but he never developed as a linebacker and was a marginal special teams player. Laury will probably sign to a team that has less linebacker depth, get cut, bounce around for a while and then retire. All in all, not a bad NFL career.
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Good.
I was never quite sure how to pronounce his last name.
Now back to curling..
Yes, unrestricted free agents typically do.
There is not a bit of news in that story. It’s posted because post frequency corresponds with site traffic. Which is why I’ll stop bothering with anything insightful, and just start spamming Field Gulls with stories like:
Carroll Weighs First Round Options: Pete Carroll says Seattle could go many directions with their sixth and fourteenth picks in the 2010 draft.
New Offensive Coordinator Bates Looks to Duplicate Broncos Success: Jeremy Bates learned success under legendary NFL coach Mike Shanahan. In his first season in Seattle, he wants to duplicate that team’s focus on the run game. “This is a talented bunch, but we need to execute better.”
Bradley Thinks Defense Needs to be More Aggressive: After a disappointing first year in Seattle, Gus Bradley is learning from his mistakes.
Hasselbeck Hopes to Rebound to Health: Matt Hasselbeck knows the trials of playing through injury. With the aid of a revamped off-season conditioning program, he hopes to return to his Super Bowl form. “Yeah, I’m really tired of sucking ass. This year, I’m strengthening my core and taking a radical approach to conditioning. Really, I think I’ll head into camp in the best shape of my life.”
Branch Says He’s Happy With Seattle: After saying he would love to return to New England, Deion Branch confirmed he wouldn’t drink Drano if forced to play in Seahawks blue next season. “Yeah, this team really blows, but I guess I’ll accept five million to ride the bench. Sure.”
by John Morgan on Feb 25, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
So why was the Lance Laury story posted on the homepage?
I think the Hawks opting not to re-sign their #2 WR (UFA or not) is more significant than the decision to not tender a near-zero impact backup LB.
(Love the draino comment, by the way. Thought you’d sneak that one past me, did ya?!)
6/14/40. Sweet.
Seattle extended a tag to Lance Laury last season, and could conceivably this season. He is an RFA.
That they will not, is news. Even if Laury is not a very important player, the team could have retained him with a tender, but have chosen not to. It’s news like if Seattle did not extend a tender to Chris Spencer would be news. It’s lesser news, but something happened, news.
Burleson opted out of his contract weeks ago. Nothing since has happened. Sando’s “story” is that because the Seahawks franchised Mare and not Burleson, that Burleson might test the market. That’s not a story. Nothing happened. There is no news.
Seattle franchised Mare
You don’t write a separate story for each player that was not tagged. I am not reporting that, “Cory Redding could test the market” “Kevin Houser could leave through free agency” “Darryl Tapp may or may not receive a second round tender” etc.
Is it bad that...
…I’m trying to figure out ways to convince you to write these stories? I still haven’t adjusted to the off-season’s total lack of news.
It is bad, I think.
Being a fan is not being a completist. I love this team, but there’s a point where Seahawks news is exploitation. If nothing is happening with the Seahawks, then we should all find other things to care about. This 24 news cycle that dredges up every little detail is making us dull and jaded, not more informed.
by John Morgan on Feb 25, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That's the truth
If I want to be lied to about how good the Hawks are, I’ll read some Farnsworth. If I want to be lied to about how decrepit the Hawks are, I’ll read Sando. Or I can just take a dose of Field Gulls Truthiness.
Speaking of truthiness, a Colbert quote that is pertinent to a lot of the frustration I feel about the draft and football coverage in general
Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don’t mean the argument over who came up with the word…
It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that’s not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It’s certainty. People love the President because he’s certain of his choices as a leader, even if the facts that back him up don’t seem to exist. It’s the fact that he’s certain that is very appealing to a certain section of the country. I really feel a dichotomy in the American populace. What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true?…
Truthiness is ‘What I say is right, and [nothing] anyone else says could possibly be true.’ It’s not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true. There’s not only an emotional quality, but there’s a selfish quality.
by John Morgan on Feb 25, 2010 10:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think it's portrayed most eloquently by the next question asked:
Q: You’re saying appearances are more important than objective truth?
A: Absolutely.
Also, I didn’t mean to imply that Field Gulls utilized that negative form of “truthiness”. I was intending to say some synonym of honesty, but truthiness fell out of my fingers instead. I suppose I didn’t realize all that it entailed.
That last blurb pretty much defines self-righteousness.
Truthiness smells like a vogue way of describing self-righteousness.
Not quite.
“In satire, truthiness is a “truth” that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts."
— Wikipedia
Who's kicking whom in this picture??
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
He's the one Seahawk whose Madden rating I agreed with
If Madden ratings are done accurately, they have made this an exact science, his 62 was pretty damn accurate.
Give me an offensive line or give me death!
I'll remember him for forcing the fumble in the home game against the Bengals in 2007 that sealed the win.
It was after Hass tossed a 24-yard (I think) TD to Burleson, and Palmer was going to have 1 minute and 3 timeouts, but Laury forced the ball loose and we recovered to seal the game.
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