TJ Heading West

Bad news for the Bears, good news for the Seahawks.

I bet the happiest man in Seattle right now is Matt Hasselback. According to this TJ Houshmandzadeh article, he has decided to head west and is signing with the Seattle Seahawks. This is a solid pickup for a team that was demolished by injury at wide receiver last year. Lining him up with Deion Branch makes their WR core one that needs to be reckoned with.

This move strengthens the teams biggest weakness from last year, but they still have some holes to fill. They still need some help at D-line as well as some help at running back. As we all know, the NFC West was down last year so Seattle returning to the playoffs doesn’t seem unlikely. Arizona should be just as good as last year, but if they lose Warner they might fall off some going to Leinart. If Warner ends up in San Francisco he could really help a team in need of a QB, but if he doesn’t they will still need one before they become a solid contender. St. Louis is still in rebuilding mode.

Seattle has a new coach in Jim Mora Jr running the show now, and making the playoffs should be a realistic objective for this team. The question marks mentioned above about teams in their division should allow for a few easy wins helping them get a wild card if they can’t get the division outright.

I think this was an excellent pick up for the team and expect them to do well next year.