From Seahawks.com...The Seattle Seahawks announced today that wide receiver Alex Bannister has been placed on injured reserve and have signed cornerback/returner Jimmy Williams to the 53-man roster. Seattle also released practice squad receiver Kendrick Starling and replaced him with receiver Richard Smith.
Click the links in the blub for the NFL.com stats on these new guys.
Click the external link, or Bannister picture, for the full piece on Seahawks.com.
This is from a post on the PI site regarding these moves:
CB Jimmy Williams
5'11", 190
DOB 3/10/79 Baton Rouge, LA
Vanderbilt
01'-04' with Niners
Released by Saints 05'
74 tackles, 1 INT, 55 punt returns for 576 yards in four years in SF.
WR Richard Smith
5'10", 190
DOB 7/16/80 Shreveport, LA
Arkansas, 34 rec, 582 yards, 4 TD as senior.
In 35 starts at Arkansas, 135 rec, 1858 yards, 17 TD's.
All-American track (triple/long jump)
Rookie with 04' Chiefs practice squad.
as an overly-optimistic side note, i would like to point out that this addition may put josh scobee's spot in jeopardy, since he was retained i presume for his returning ability more than his prowess as a running back.
ReplyDeleteso maybe in my perfect little day dream, the new guy has no recurring knee problems and returns opening kickoffs without fumbling and doesn't return punts when they land at the 1 and doesn't lose his shoe when he elects to change direction for the 5th time and we cut skooby to the curb and call urban during his bronco workout and he comes back to the team to be our 4th wideout this weekend and catches a touchdown that saves the team from losing to the stupid cardinals and the newspapers are filled with heartwarming stories of his perseverance, grit and determination that personifies every quality that ruskell ever wanted in a player, and then we win the superbowl and urban shares the mvp award with shawn alexander, and the picture of both of them hugging together with bright, gleaming smiles, and the lombardy trophy is lifted high, and there is hope across the land and even peace in the middle east because hey, if the seahawks can win a superbowl then anything is possible.
arghhhhhh i spent all that time putting this stuff in the flooby!
ReplyDeletelol good looking out though alba...better to have it posted instead
Williams is halfway intriguing
Smith apparently came up with clutch plays against good teams during college...someone posted that at the Sando Site
Posted by adp
Brett....what did my boy Scooby ever do to you??
ReplyDeleteAre you going to pull off a mask and reveal that you're really Old Man Jenkins? Or worse, Mrs. Doubtfire?
I'd like to see Urban come back too, since I'm a sentimental fool, but I like the idea of more help on defense at this point, especially since Trufant is getting burned more than an Albino in Southbeach!
Posted by alba
That is the finest run on no capitalization sentance I have ever had the pleasure to read. Bravo.
ReplyDeletePosted by JoSCh
I was on the .NET forum today and when one of the admins went looking for a pic of the new guy we signed, he found one of him returning a punt for a TD and who should be in the background giving chase? You guessed it...none other than our old pal Collerbone!
ReplyDeletePosted by alba
Here's the linnk to the pic if you don't want to hund for it. Foreshadowing in Background
ReplyDeletePosted by alba