D.J. Hackett

freightboy · Post #1 » by **freightboy** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:26 am

According to the WaPo, Hackett is scheduled to visit the Redskins on Wednesday. I doubt that even the 'Skins would throw a lot of money his way, but you never know with them.

MrNate · Post #2 » by **MrNate** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:10 pm

I don't really want to sign hackett for more than like 1 year. He's injury prone and has never shown he can stay healthy. In a deep reciever draft like this one, I think it could be better to improve through the draft.

Ex-hippie · Post #3 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:19 pm

Maybe it's the Jim Zorn connection.

Agree with MrNate. If you extrapolate Hackett's production from 6 games last year to 16, he's about a 1,050-yard receiver, which is pretty solid. Of course, just staying healthy for 16 games is part of the value of such a player, and we haven't seen Hackett be able to do that. And I wonder if he did the team more harm than good when they planned for the season based on him being in the lineup, then had to change things around.

I'd like to re-sign him to a smart, fair deal -- he does bring a different dimension than our other established receivers. But if he leaves, there's a decent chance the Auburn guys, Ben Obomanu and/or Courtney Taylor, might be able to match his production, or at least come close.

Ex-hippie · Post #4 » by **Ex-hippie** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:05 pm

And he's going to Carolina. Two years, $3.5 million. Dang, that's pretty cheap. I would have wanted to match that.

Doe_Doe · Post #5 » by **Doe_Doe** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:23 pm

I liked him a lot. He was such a special player in my opinion. He's a perfect West Coast offense receiver. Too bad he is always injured though.

Post #6 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:03 am

Pisses me off that he got away for that cheap. I wonder if we had the cap room to match...

MrNate · Post #7 » by **MrNate** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:23 pm

hippie wrote:And he's going to Carolina. Two years, $3.5 million. Dang, that's pretty cheap. I would have wanted to match that.

I bet that we probably could have, maybe he just wanted to get out of Seattle?

Ex-hippie · Post #8 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:58 pm

He sure didn't make it sound like that... his agent said Seattle was in the running until the end. Maybe that's just being diplomatic.

Ex-hippie · Post #9 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:44 pm

By the way, from now on, I am expressing all monetary values in a currency called the "Kristen." One Kristen = $4,300. One Millikristen = $4.30. One Kilokristen = $4.3 million. Hackett's deal was for less than a Kilokristen over two years, and that's quite the bargain.

Post #10 » by **Bulltalk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:13 am

I've been completely out of it. Say what? We lost Hackett for that? I guess we weren't that hot for him.