Thursday, March 31, 2005

Tobeck and Bannister Back In The Fold

Seahawks.NET Staff - Scout.com
March 30, 2005 at 9:22pm ET
With Tobeck and Bannister back on board, the Seahawks have retained all of their offensive unrestricted free agents save three. Guard Chris Gray has been talking to the San Francisco 49ers and will likely be supplanted in the starting role - whether he stays in Seattle or not - by Floyd “Pork Chop” Womack, who signed his own two-year deal with the team on March 13. FB Heath Evans took his undistinguished resume to Miami, and QB Brock Huard is unlikely to return. The key components – QB Matt Hasselbeck, LT Walter Jones, TE Itula Mili, Tobeck, Bannister and Womack – are all back on board. RB Shaun Alexander was franchised by the team, but has not signed the one-year tender worth $6.3 million.

It's official: there is reason to be optimistic for next season. I still have concerns about the Linebacker position, and Shaun's situation could still go bad, but for the most part, it's the same group of guys as last year. That group of guys looks great on paper. With a nudge here, an addition there, maybe some good luck with their health...

Yeah, next season's looking good.

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