Comments on: Pete Carroll declares open competition at quarterback

By: jeffesky

jeffesky — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:17:38 +0000

Tjack with no OTA’s and a new team had his best season lf ever last year. i might add we had no O line in the first of the season so dont tell me its proven he cant get better. if we draft decastro the hawks will have one of the best O lines in the nfl. imagine lynch with an a line like that. if flynn wins out then great but pete us right on. lets see him prove it. tjack is going to be better this year and thats great for a qb competition.

By: captcrunch5019

captcrunch5019 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:07:22 +0000

One little tiny, itsey, bitsey correction. Flynn didn’t spurn Miami…the dolt running the show at the Dolphin facility did not want to pay Flynn what the market demanded. Soooo Flynn went where the grass was and is much, much greener. Can anybody blame him?

By: mrseaballs

mrseaballs — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:55:01 +0000

It’s odd ? What is odd about making the best decision for your football team ? I’m not going into the reasons as they are obvious to the football world. Seems to me you have very little knowledge of coach Carroll or you would give him the respect he has earned as both a football coach and a human being. You Sir, are no where near him as either one.

By: 1historian

1historian — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:49:37 +0000

It never fails – the last 3 weeks leading up to the draft are ALWAYS more fun than the actual draft itself or the talking heads after it’s all done.

By: patsaintsbroncoscheat

patsaintsbroncoscheat — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:49:05 +0000

If Flynn can’t beat out Tjack then Flynn doesn’t deserve all the hype. Honestly Jackson should be out of the league at the end of the summer. Flynn is going to make him look like an ugly 10 dollar hooker after a long hard night!

By: grannyvi4

grannyvi4 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:19:23 +0000

Aw, poor TJack…sounds like he’s being “jerked around” again — by Pete Carroll and the Hawks this time.

Pot, meet kettle.

By: socalseahawker

socalseahawker — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:35:24 +0000

Florio putting Carroll in a negative light? Never seen that before.
T Jack is a back up QB put into a starters role. This was simply because he had a history in the new offense being installed in a strike shortened off season. What else could they do? Whitehurst showed he didn’t want the job when Hasselbeck ended up organizing team activities during the Lockout knowing he was gone. T Jack will now go back to what he does well, being a quality back up.

By: getit28

getit28 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:34:16 +0000

joetoronto shut up ! just shut up !!!!!

By: pacificnw7722

pacificnw7722 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:17:10 +0000

They might have to go through some growing pains with Flynn. However, this is a very young team now and he will grow with them.

Dude will flat out win the competition………Mark it.

By: copack20

copack20 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:23:07 +0000

I wonder which GB backup will be better than Ponder in a few years?.

By: latopia

latopia — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:14:52 +0000

Flynn will be earning significantly more than Jackson, making it easier for the locker room to identify the top dog. Sure about that? According to this site, Jackson will earn $4m in base + $750k roster bonus in 2012 while Flynn pulls in $2m base + $2m signing bonus. If we're talking money, it's still a dawgfight.

By: eegwaybeegway

eegwaybeegway — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:49:34 +0000

Funny how all these Flynn zealots emerge when the guy has only 2 starts to his credit. Too small of a sample size. Tarvaris has improved every time he’s gotten a chance to prove himself and deserves to begin the year as the Hawks’ starting QB. He’ll bust his butt to get the job done and I’m pegging him to succeed.

By: pr0phat69

pr0phat69 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:45:43 +0000

All Flynn has to do is show up and he will get the job

By: mnnightowl

mnnightowl — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:38:04 +0000

Woah, uh careful Pete, this strikes me as possibly “jerking around” Tarvaris Jackson. Lest we forget your quotes from last season:

“He has not been in a good situation,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told Silver regarding Jackson, who was installed as the starter even before he was able to practice with the team. “He’s been jerked around. We wanted to put him in a stable situation.”

By: sea3369

sea3369 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:35:12 +0000

Omg!!!!!! You people amaze me… (hawk fans not included in that comment) we all saw tjack last year? We all know Flynn has an excellent shot at starting job. We all know pete (whether or not any of u think he’s crazy or not) has done a very good job for hawks. And only to this point has improved our team. And the players enjoy playing for him. So all u who know we will dominate this year stand up and be heard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: panthrobro

panthrobro — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:32:08 +0000

“it’s odd that he would have handed the job to Jackson last season. ”

Not odd at all Florio. He gave Jackson the job cuz he had years playing in Bevell’s offense and he was the Seahawks cordinator. I’m not even a Seahawk fan and I knew this. Jackson has proven over years to be mediocre at best in Bevells offense so its no surprise they would declare an open competition considering Flynns upside.

By: chawk12thman

chawk12thman — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:16:50 +0000

Josh Portis wins the job…..TJack is traded and Flynn is relegated to backup………..Okay, how’s that for speculation?

I really don’t think that the Hawks will spend a draft pick to get Tannehill or another QB in the first 4 rounds. They need to get DE and CB and LB with the first 3 rounds. They will likely not take a QB this draft.

By: mattolikesthevikes

mattolikesthevikes — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:57:37 +0000

Poor tjack. Wherever he goes they are always “looking to improve” the quarterback position. He’ll kick flynns butt in jump passing.

By: astrosfan75956

astrosfan75956 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:56:45 +0000

When are NFL teams going to realize Tavaris Jackson is a terrible NFL QB?

By: vahawker

vahawker — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:45:40 +0000

Given Carroll’s proclamation that he’s “always looking to make the quarterback position as competitive as possible,” it’s odd that he would have handed the job to Jackson last season.

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On;y odd if you didn’t see Whitehurst play. Never imagined he was THAT bad

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:38:23 +0000

Its Flynn. Competition over…and for you to imply Tannehill is foolish. Think before you Ink.

By: cuffhimbanano

cuffhimbanano — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:37:31 +0000

The only odd thing would have been not naming the 3rd quarterback the starter when the other two are Chuck Whitehurst and an undrated free agent.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:33:47 +0000

Pete Carroll is a joke and has no credibility.

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:26:36 +0000

I think he came out of college a year or two too early.

By: RavenzGunnerz

RavenzGunnerz — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:26:14 +0000

Correction:

Pete Carroll declares Seattle has no QB.

By: blacknole08

blacknole08 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:24:33 +0000

…. And Matt Flynn wins.

By: seattlerogueburner

seattlerogueburner — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:24:01 +0000

I’m quite excited for the preseason to see who becomes the starter. I doubt Tannehill will still be available, plus Carroll will NOT trade up for him. If he traded up for anyone, it would be Matt Barkley next year.

I have my first son being born in a couple days. I hope we have a franchise QB when he’s old enough to go to the games!

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:23:51 +0000

Hmm… An open competition where Flynn emerges as the starter.
Got it…

By: samapoc

samapoc — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:20:25 +0000

I’m sure Matt is happy he signed with crazy Carroll now…!

By: sbxxix

sbxxix — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:18:07 +0000

They way they ran the ball at the end of last season, they’ll just need a QB to manage games the way Alex Smith did for the 49ers. It seems like they have guys who are capable but you never know in the NFL. Should be interesting.