Holes That Need Some Plaster In Seattle

The Seahawks did a phenomenal job this offseason filling some noticeable gaps with some necessary free agent plaster. 

Any 4-12 team needs some remodeling done, and instead of tearing apart the kitchen, the Seahawks replaced the wires, and got a shiny new fridge.

It was a stark about face from the “plan” entering free agency. Here is an intriguing quote to chew on spoken by GM Tim Ruskell:

"We're not going to be big players in free agency."

Well, he got everyone to believe they actually wanted to draft USC QB Mark Sanchez. So kudos for this b^%$&*t smokescreen that fooled most of us.

Five days after that comment the Seahawks were announcing the signing of that shiny new fridge. They locked up top free agent WR TJ Houshmandzadeh to a five-year, $40 million dollar deal. The irony was well, ironic.

The rest, they say, is history.

They went out and signed a needed run-stuffer in Green Bay's NT Colin Cole. He fills the void left by former starter Rocky Bernard. Cole is massive, weighing in at 6”1, 330 lbs. He commands consistent double-teams and opens up the rest of the DL while keeping bodies off of Seattle’s play-making LB’s.

They traded Pro Bowl LB Julian Peterson to Detroit for DE Cory Redding, effectively filling another DL need. Redding will take over for disappointing DE Lawrence Jackson, who only tallied two sacks in 14 starts during his rookie year.

With WR checked off and the DL restocked, they re-signed one of their own—locking up promising T Ray Willis to a two-year, $6 million dollar deal. Willis could have landed a starters job on the open market; they were wise to retain him.

And did they ever steal the show in this year’s draft.

With their first, second, third, (2010) third, fourth, and fifth picks, they got a nice haul of impact players.

They got the top prospect by nabbing Wake Forest LB Aaron Curry with the No. 4 pick. Drafting him was the full circle completion of the Julian Peterson trade.

They got one of the best interior OL available in this years class by trading up to snag Oregon C/G Max Unger in the second&

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