We signed Edge??

[nuke the whales]

http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... _seahawks/
One year for $2 mil?

[Danny Darko]

What the? oh man. I could hear the disappointment in Mora's voice with the running game after the Bronco's but I honestly thought we'd be better off trying to swap a DE + a pick for someone with an upside.

Edgerrin James' signing with the Seahawks, reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter, puts Seattle starter Julius Jones in a familiar and unwelcome position. He now must wonder, again, how many carries he'll share.

Breaking long runs is not James' game, but he showed during the Cardinals' postseason run that he could still help a team.Arizona simply wasn't willing to pay James' salary of $5 million this season, and James was bitter enough about his diminished role to want out. And so the Cardinals released him.

The Seahawks are getting a supremely motivated player from a division rival. James is also smart enough to pass along information the Seahawks might find useful. That angle is often overrated, but he surely has a better feel and understanding of the Cardinals' playbook than anyone on the Seattle staff. That probably helps a little.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-9-705/Thoughts-on-adding--Edge--to-Seahawks-roster.html

[TTown]

Strange. His speed is completely gone, and I'm not sure he can provide anything Jones or Duckett can't. I guess it's an okay depth move. Didn't see it coming. Love to be surprised, though.

[Danny Darko]

supposedly cutting Duckett tomorrow... and it will cost us due to his contract structure not being cut friendly.

[Billy]

I guess at the very least he's likely an upgrade over Ducket. Other than a couple nice goal line plays, he never did much last year.

Hopefully he can rekindle a little bit of the "Edge" of old.

[Ex-hippie]

It seems that Duckett is destined to be one of those players who are more popular with scouts than with coaches. He looks the part of a power back and can perform that job well in short-yardage situations, but he also has impressive speed and can be truly fearsome to a poor defensive back once he gets a head of steam. It's that combination of physical gifts that made him a first-round pick. But he still doesn't make good cuts (forget about him ever making more than one cut) or read blockers well, which has kept him from ever becoming a feature back, and in a zone blocking scheme that's a big problem.

I know there's been some talk about the timing of this move -- the team just allowed Duckett's $2.5 million bonus to vest, which could have been avoided if they had signed Edge and cut Duckett two weeks earlier. Presumably, it happened because they couldn't have gotten the same deal two weeks earlier. Edge was most likely looking for a better deal (more money, more guarantees, a chance to be a feature back) and just now decided to settle for this when he saw that the demand for his services wasn't what he had hoped, and training camps were underway. The team might easily have saved $2.5 million or more on Edge's contract by waiting him out.

[NateMustGo]

Man, shades of Franco Harris. I sure hope not.