Seahawks Extend Offer to Charlie Whitehurst

I’m tickled. Sign him up. This story is probably fascinating me more than it should.

Are the Cardinals involved simply as a cock-block? I don’t get the ’he’d have a better chance to start in Arizona’ stuff.

It sure would be nice to have more than bubble-screen, dump-off, and any 5-10 yard route passing attack.

Whitehurst interests me but I don’t know that I like this move.

Whitehurst > Anderson

I’m hungover and full of memes! BOW! How ya like me now!?!
This move does reek. But Schneider likes to collect cheap QB’s and is, or has worked with fairly good judges of talent in that respect so maybe it’s like Kim Chi or Taku wan smells bad tastes good.

Where does one put Seneca and Hasselbeck in this trichotomic shit stew?
might have to use one of these ≪ ≫

See: Craig Terill, Michael Bennett.

I guess a lot comes down to what we would be giving up. If it’s a 4 and another pick this year, then maybe it’s too much to give up when there are so many other needs that could be addressed in the draft. The other side of the coin being, if the trade package is reasonable, then at least we aren’t spending so much draft value and future cap space on a quarterback. Especially since there are no clear-cut franchise QBs in this draft. Might be better to have a quarterback that’s both young(ish) and closer to contributing immediately.

that Seattle:
A) Has no interest in dabbling with Mike Teel?
or that it:
B) Is not anticipating drafting a QB in the 1st or 2nd round?

Personally I would forecast that Teel gets cut in camp, Whitehurst and Tepikefevour duke it out for the backup position and most likely takes over when Matt goes down or gets benched.

Philadelphia said, “Man, hell nah!”

Trading the equivalent of a third rounder for Jason Campbell is too much in my mind. The good thing about Campbell was that he was going to be cheap, once it became clear he wasn’t he was no longer a good idea. Whitehurst’s best case scenario is that he doesn’t suck and becomes a league average QB (as far as I know). But if you want a perpetual winner, you need a Manning/Brees/Brady. That’s the best way to ensure a chance at a Superbowl parade. We arn’t getting that. And taking ourselves out of the running for one means we won’t have one any time soon.

I’m sure John will do a in-depth review of Whitehurst. And maybe my mind will be changed. But this scares me. Because it puts us into a position where we delay getting a QB longer. And if Whitehurst busts, we are left with a team who’s core talent has aged too far to be around when a new QB is groomed. It’s the lack of upside I see in Whitehurst that makes me not like this deal.

in terms of hair. Matt’s will get so jealous.

which is nice because i also don’t think they will be.

so instead we get a big strong passer who can make all the throws, who’s already been in the NFL, who’s young enough to be good for 6-8 years, and can step in and start when hasselbeck’s contract is over.

this move will also allow us to use #6 on a player who can make us better right now, like eric berry, or okung, or one of the DT’s.

…and it’s too early to assume he’ll be the next jason campbell,

when he could also be the next tom brady…

I like the move.

If the Seahawks REALLY REALLY want Clausen then that would be good reason for the Redskins to want to draft him, or someone to trade up ahead of us (I think the Chiefs are likely to move down, if they can). And if we don’t want Clausen, then Whitehurs is as good (or better) than any other available option out there for another QB.

There are plenty of plausible scenarios where the Seahawks don’t take a QB in the 1st two rounds of the draft, even if we don’t acquire Whitehurst.

But he could be an okay backup (with actual potential) should Hass go down or a rookie not pan out, or be already selected above us. Just impossible to tell since he has no real game experience. I don’t know, I get it, there are just are so few options this year, and he’s better at this point then the already knowns (Anderson, Quinn, Delhomme, Campbell, Hass, Wallace).

Instead they’re trading a third for Charlie Whitehurst.

I think I was calling him “Zoltar” or something when we played them in the preseason, because he looks like a sorcerer with the long hair and beard. I think that was him. This is all so bizzare to me, thinking we may be going after a no-name with so little experience to possibly helm our team this season.

Blow it up. Leroy Hill, Trufant, Sims. All could be traded for something decent, no?

Am I crazy for being concerned that Seattle thinks they can win the west in 2010, get older and perhaps lose more talent next year, without sacrificing the future?

Am I overreacting yet again?

The thing I can’t figure out is if QB is no longer a possibility in the 1st, and we had our pick of all the LTs in the draft, how much better for our scheme specifically, would a LT @ #6 be over Charles Brown at #14? Because if it’s not a significant upgrade, then we’re really going to need to try and trade back, because #5 money for a safety seems crazy to me, but I can’t think of any other player besides Berry that we could take that doesn’t have a good chance of dropping out of the top 10 if we don’t pick him (I have a lot of doubt about McCoy falling to #6).

The other players I like are Derrick Morgan and C.J Spiller. Morgan is a top 6 talent, but doesn’t fit in a 3-4 defense, which means the earliest he’d go (assuming nobody trades up) is #8 to Oakland (which is very unlikely) or #12 to Miami (I have no idea how likely this is). And drafting a RB @ 6 seems just as crazy as drafting a safety.

I wonder if Cleveland is likely to target a QB now. Maybe if Clausen or Bradford is still on the board @6, Buffalo could target our pick to jump ahead of Cleveland.

you can only hope to contain him

an exhibition game or something?

but based on his college highlights, stats, and scouting reports, I think I support this move. Especially if the FO has determined either that Clausen is not worthy of, 6 or will not be there. If Whitehurst has continued to develop over the past 4 years (and I have to think that someone on the Seahawks with a voice has information on this), then this could pan out to be a good move. And if it doesn’t, equivalent of a 3rd rounder is not an excessive price tag for a backup QB. I hope he accepts our offer.

I’ve seen a lot of comments from people that they’d much rather spend a (much higher) pick on Kolb than a mid-rounder of Whitehurst. For any people that feel that way, I am curious as to why?

Honestly, I have no idea if one has a better chance than the other. Aside from two games that John has broken down to show that Kolb’s games weren’t as impressive as the statistics would imply, what really makes these two guys any different? Because if they are a similar roll of the dice, I’d much rather keep the three high picks to use on needed positions other than QB if none of them (including Bradford/Clausen) are a “franchise QB”.

Steelers QB Roethlisberger could interest Seattle Seahawks
This is the stuff nightmares are made of.

I’d boo him during the SB victory parade if I had to.

If it is even possible at this point

I’m in.

Can you give us your thoughts on what we would be getting in one versus the other in terms of talent?

Assuming we’d give up the equivalent of a third rounder (which I still doubt, haha) and use our first three picks for non QBs, how much better off is Seattle with one versus the other?