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He was in Minnesota for 3 seasons before Favre was brought in. In 2008 he was handed the keys to the car and crashed it into a pole. Then Favre came in the next year with pretty much the same team and dominated. Childress wanted Favre because TJack sucks. He played much better last year than I ever expected though.

Matt H. had been a great QB for the Hawks, but it was time for both of them to move on, sad reality of the NFL. Everyone in Seattle loves Matt and roots for him with the Titans, but knew it was time.

Cam Newton and Jake Locker were long gone in the draft. Maybe the Hawks should have gone with Andy Dalton, but they grabbed an OT, a glaring need.

The hottest free agent QB was Kolb. Yikes.

So they punted. A two year deal for a relatively small, in NFL terms, amount of money for a guy who could be a placeholder for a year.

Now here they are with 2 QBs who could be good, neither of whom cost very much money, in NFL terms. You think they paid alot for Flynn? Look at what the Cards paid for Kolb.

And yes, Pete said positive things about T-Jack. Was he supposed to say “We don’t really want him, but we figure he’ll do the least amount of harm of anyone out there.”

Good luck to you kid. Take care of the money you already earned and you should be OK. Enjoy your health in private life.

It was such an obvious lie I couldn’t believe anyone fell for it. How many other healthy veteran QBs were being held out of the preseason games because their coaches felt they had seen enough from them?

And this isn’t hindsight, I posted yesterday that TJack was gone and that Carroll’s story made no sense.

He’d definitely be one of the best back-ups in the league.

At some point during the preseason, it’s likely that a team will suffer an injury to their starting QB, and not be very happy with the prospect of starting the guy they have on the bench for half (or all) the entire season.

Or, maybe they will go with the backup, but want some insurance in case 1) the backup stinks on ice or 2) they need someone to back up the backup.

Either way, a pick in rounds 5-7 for a guy who can step in and play QB right away is a bargain. On a team with a good running game and defense, Tavaris can manage and win games.

Just don’t expect him to win many on his own. He had the ball with two minutes left in the half (or the game) nine times last season. On those drives, he threw four interceptions, took nine sacks, and the team scored zero points. At least Flynn/Wilson offer hope for improvement in this area.

As a backup, he’s probably an upgrade for 20 or so of the 32 teams. If Seattle had only acquired Flynn or Wilson (not both), I’d be more than happy to keep him around in that role, but with both Flynn and Wilson on the roster, and Josh Portis as an emergency #3/practice squad guy, Jackson simply isn’t needed in Seattle anymore.

Tarvaris didn’t take advantage of his opportunities and that’s all there is to the argument.

I laugh at all the Pete haters out there because he’s truly building a great defense and changed the culture of the team.

I’ve been to several Seahawks training camps.

Tarvaris was given PLENTY of opportunities to show he’s the best QB on the team.

He’s failed to do so. Matt Flynn and Russel Wilson have both been better at camp. Tarvaris’ biggest weaknesses as a QB are his indecision and hesitation and that hasn’t improved.

Should they keep Tarvaris around out of Pity or something?

Pete did exactly what he said he would do and opened up the competition. Tarvaris has been outplayed by a free agent and a rookie. That’s just how it is.

Now the hawks just want to get a conditional late round pick for a veteran backup. What’s the big deal?

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That’s a whole lot of delusion you’re peddling. Carroll never put a mantle like that on Jackson, and the contract given to Jackson by the team backs that up (2 years, $8 million). It was a “show us something” type of contract.

Now, Carroll did make the “jerking around” comment, and that was a mistake. He might have wanted to put a better spin on why he gave Jackson the starting job, but that was the wrong way to go about it.

The truth is that Jackson was handed the starting job out of convenience. The team hoped Charlie Whitehurst would show some leadership during the lockout and organize the players, but he never did. Hasselbeck was gone, and so the team needed to bring in someone who knew Bevell’s offense (and more importantly, could teach it to the rest of the team). Jackson was available, and was handed the starting job for that reason alone.

Problem is, Carroll couldn’t say to the media that Jackson was given the job just because he was convenient and cheap, and Whitehurst had the heart of a gopher.

As for now, yeah, Carroll is jerking Jackson around just as much as he accused Minnesota of doing. He’s protecting the team by making sure Jackson doesn’t get injured in a preseason game, putting Seattle on the hook for the remaining $4 million of his contract, but he’s still giving him reps to try and drive up his trade value (which, imo, is nonexistent). Good for the team, but crappy for Jackson.