On the Internets: Seahawks' Receiver Isaiah Stanback

by Danny Kelly on Jun 10, 2011 8:59 AM PDT

Quick note to those of you that use Twitter - Seahawks' wide receiver Isaiah Stanback has joined the party. I only bring it up because he's said some really endearing things initially that any Seahawk fan would love to see from their players on Twitter (as opposed to the unintelligible chatspeak and strange reply format that most players use, thus is Twitter I guess).

Here are a select few nuggets of greatness from the former Husky:

"I'm gonna be ready to go when ball is back in action. Send prayers this way for no injuries and it's gonna be a hell of a year!"
"Wish I could control injuries but u can't , you can only control the effort you put in to come back from them."
"Ready to get back on the field and show the fans what I was on a mission to do last year for my city."
"We're working hard for y'all this off-season. Staying ready so we don't have to get ready. Go Hawks!!

Just makes you want to see him succeed. If he can bring some of the athleticism and playmaking ability he showcased at Husky Stadium to the CLink he'll be a very good weapon for the Hawks. I'm hoping that his achilles is all healed up and hasn't robbed him of his quickness and agility.

For what it's worth, Pete Carroll seemed to be pretty excited about the acquisition of Stanback last season and they wasted no time in re-signing him for 2011 this winter. I'm not sure if his versatility and ability to fill in at quarterback are what make him most attractive to Pete, but he was quoted last year, "He can offer some help to do some things if we needed it at the quarterback spot to salvage a few situations, (and we're) anxious to see what he offers us."

So it remains a possibility that he could function as a WR and moonlight so to speak as the Hawks 4th QB at camp this season. If he can handle '3rd QB' responsibilities on the 53-man roster you have an open spot for someone else to make the team. Now, I'm not saying that this is very likely (they didn't do this with Michael Robinson last year), but it's something to think about considering JP Losman was our 3rd QB last season, never played a snap, probably got very few snaps in practice, and took up a roster spot throughout most of the season. Just thinking out loud here in this slow time of the offseason/lockout.

The point is though- it will be exciting to see how Stanback develops at camp this year. He's got great speed and strength and has the abilities to let the Hawks offense get creative in certain sets.

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Funny

His passing stats from his last two years at Washington are pretty comparable to Locker’s.
Actually his rushing stats are similar as well over their last two years.

Now I’m sure Locker is leaps and bounds better than a 3rd string/WR convert because the talking heads say he is.
But there isn’t a whole lot of proof in the pudding. I digress.

It would be cool to see Stanback in certain formations at QB. Hell, resign Robinson and be the first team to run out three QBs.

by vertigoman on Jun 10, 2011 9:20 AM PDT reply actions

Mmmm, pudding...

Earl Thomas + Mark Legree = Earl Gree. A new flavor of safety coming to you on Sunday's this Fall. They're gonna wake you up!

by Bobby Cink on Jun 10, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Didn't get Losman get cut in September?

by bewrong on Jun 10, 2011 12:48 PM PDT reply actions

And re-signed in November

by Thomas Beekers on Jun 10, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Losman took up roster spots on gameday?

I thought he was emergency/3rd QB? In fact, checking NFLGSIS, I see he’s listed as “not active” W10, 11, 12, etc etc. In fact, he was even on the inactive list for W17.

So yeah, he ate up a 53-spot, but not a 45-spot

by Thomas Beekers on Jun 10, 2011 3:08 PM PDT reply actions

True. Do you know of any teams that run with only two QBs on their 53 man roster?

I didn’t really dig on that, but can’t think of any off the top of my head.

Proactive-like-Nonstop
FIELDGULLS

by Danny Kelly on Jun 10, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

The 3rd string (emergency QB) dones't take up an active game day spot

Here’s the best description I’ve read:

The league allows each team to have 45 active players each week. If no more than two of those players are quarterbacks, the team may designate a 46th player as its emergency third quarterback. If that player enters the game prior to the fourth quarter, then the first two quarterbacks on the roster are prohibited from returning to the game at any position at any time.

And didn’t the Seahawks only run with Matt and Charlie on the 53 until early November. I think he was brought back after the Oakland game when we knew Matt was out and Charlie was starting against NYG.

by SmartAssCoug on Jun 10, 2011 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Zac Robinson

We had Zac on our practic squad until the Giants game. He was activated because Hass was deactivated. Detroit then claimed him off of waivers when we tried to put him back on our practice squad.

by eohawkfan on Jun 11, 2011 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions

The Colts

I think the Patriots too, at times. Packers, Bears and Saints have done it in the past seasons too.

The pattern is pretty obvious and shows why we can’t really go there. The regular 3-QB pattern is “the guy, veteran, promising rookie”. Only if the guy is really THE GUY with capital letters (and durable) can you drop the veteran. We’re just not in that position. Presuming Palmer is out, I wouldn’t mind two spots being spent on young guys and hoping they develop. But one spot for such a QB (likely UDFA) is a must.

by Thomas Beekers on Jun 10, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions