Are you kidding me with that trade ?

Some of you may know that I am a Seahawks fan. There are some fans where everything the team does is great, and ones where every move is a mistake. I tend to be more critical but with a new coach and GM, I'll cut them some slack. The Charlie Whithurst deal, I need to vent. First, I was/am a Charlie Fan. I thought he had good stuff coming out of the draft 4 years ago . Inconsistent, a few flaws, but someone who I thought would have a shot in the NFL. My problem is not that we got him, but what we had to give up. I really don't care about draft picks. They are good for the team, but fans treat them as gold. The reality is look at your favorite team and what good players did they actually draft?

The Saints for example won the Super Bowl with Drew Brees, Darren Sharper, Vilma, Mike Bell and a few others who were not drafted by the Saints.   Now they do have some draft picks on the team, but my point is for every 6 or so picks that a team has, how many really pan out? If you get 50% right, that is great. You need free agents and trades in addition to draft picks to really make up the team. On to the deal. Whitehurst for a swapping of second rounds picks and a third by Seattle in 2011. My problem is the swapping of seconds. Seattle was picking 40th overall. That usually means first round talent that slid into the top 1/3 of the second round for whatever reason.

For a team rebuilding, I believe that pick is more valuable than the 14th pick in the first round since they are already picking 6. The 40th pick could get a great talent without paying the first round money. Now, they are picking 60th, which could end up as a good pick, but the chances are increasing that the talent may not be there. Who were they bidding against? I would have gave the Chargers a 4th rounder this year and a swap third round picks next year. This is Charlie Whithurst, no passes thrown! Charlie better be good they will need him this year as poor Matt Hasselback will never make it thanks to the former GM who never replaced a line that lost two pro bowl starters.

Oh by the way, the hawks signed Quintan Gaither. This regime may be over their head!!