Seahawks Goals for 2010, Part 1: Offensive Line Continuity: Center Chris Spencer

by John Morgan on Jul 2, 2010 2:11 PM PDT

Seattle signed Chris Spencer to an RFA tender. Toss out the rhetorical garbage, Spencer is literally on a one-year contract playing for his future with the Seahawks. It would help tremendously if he could overcome the minor injuries that have haunted him the past few seasons. Along with overcoming minor injuries, Spencer needs to overcome unsightly gaffes. Spencer has 11 false starts in his five-year career. A false start is a pretty minor offense. Losing five yards without losing a down is no more detrimental than one unsuccessful run. But a false start by the center is ugly, sloppy football that sticks with coaches and fans and disproportionately colors their opinions of that center's skill, focus, intelligence and potential.

Goal: Start week one. Start week 17. Start 16 games. Record zero false starts and zero fumbled center-quarterback exchanges. Accomplish those five goals and everything else will take care of itself.

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Even on an oft-injured team, Specner is oft-injured

A full, healthy season is all I need to see from Spencer to know he is worth keeping around (hopefully Q/PM agree). The occasional false start and/or fumble would be a small price to pay to keep a healthy Chris Spencer in Seattle for awhile, in my opinion.

by J.L. White on Jul 2, 2010 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

Man, ton of content to go over this week. I love it.

by Anticitizen_One on Jul 2, 2010 4:02 PM PDT reply actions

What keeps me rooting for this guy?

No question, Spencer has been injured so often and had so many missed games and bad games due to injury that I can’t blame fans for being sick and tired of seeing him trot back on the field. Still, I have to root for Spencer. He still has great tools that flash when he is healthy. His fumbled snaps were more the result of his broken hand and cast than a lack of concentration (at least I hope and pray that is true).

I root for Spencer because he is the guy who never quits. I injured my back recently, and I cannot even describe the pain and disability I suffered. Chris Spencer injures his back, heals it up, and goes back to full-contact football every day. He breaks his hand and refuses to sit on the bench, instead snapping with his opposite hand while protecting the broken one. The Seahawks draft Max Unger and give him Spencer’s job, and at that point some said that Spencer’s time with the Seahawks was over, yet as soon as Spencer’s hand healed WHO was the player who reclaimed his Center position this spring? Chris Spencer.

The guy is tough as nails and he does not quit. If he can avoid injury this year, I still believe he show people something special.

"Football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental." - Doug Plank

by Stevo's on Jul 5, 2010 11:46 PM PDT reply actions