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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Sports Cardinals Get Kolb, Seahawks Get to Wait Until Next Year?

Posted by Goldy on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:53 PM

The Seattle Seahawks and their NFC West rivals the Arizona Cardinals were both in need of a franchise quarterback, putting both near the top of the rumor mill in the Kevin Kolb sweepstakes. The Cardinal's today closed the deal, obtaining Kolb from the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and a 2012 second round draft pick. And the Seahawks? They ended up with... Tarvaris Jackson. Really?

There are some observers who think the Cardinals got fleeced, giving up way too much for the not quite proven Kolb, but if Kolb proves anywhere near as good as the Eagles expected him to be when they made him their quarterback of the future last year before Michael Vick did his Jesus thing, then this'll be a trade that works out well for both teams. Think of the not quite so heralded Hasselbeck coming from the Packers; that's the sorta upside many see in Kolb.

As for the Seahawks, they didn't give up anything in signing Jackson, but it's hard to see his upside except maybe as a low-cost stopgap until next year's draft when they hope to have a shot at a quality quarterback. But if that's their strategy, it pretty much means the Seahawks are in rebuilding mode, so fans shouldn't expect much beyond mediocrity for the next two or three seasons.

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Tarvaris Jackson career stats 24TD/22INT, 3984 yds, 58.7% completions, 76.6 QB rating

Kolb career stats: 11TD/14INT, 2082 yds, 60.8% completions, 73.2 QB rating.

Tarvaris contract: 2yr/$8M
Kolb contract: 5yr/$63M

The only thing that separates these two, so far, is that media darling Andy Reid once thought Kolb was a better option than a washed up Donovan McNabb and media laughingstock Brad Childress thought Jackson was a good project. Oh, and that salary number.

I'm a homer.

Posted by Bryan T. Bissell on July 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM

The ghost of Carlos Silva (in the form of T-Jack) is coming back to haunt you! At least he's $40 mil cheaper!

Y'all will like Sidney Rice, tho. Solid receiver, good guy. Does this make us even for nabbing Steve Hutchinson from you a few years ago?

Any bets on who will be worse this year between the Hawks & Vikes?

Posted by drewl on July 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM

whoever's behind that o-line this year is gonna get murdered so it might as well be T-Jack

Posted by Reader1 on July 28, 2011 at 8:36 PM

Where are the soccer snobs? Asleep already?

Posted by Joe M on July 28, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Stop gap for sure.. we have a TUFF schedule this year, no way are we winning the division... hopefully we can land a QB in the next draft or trade for one...

Posted by Huggie Hawk on July 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM

Goldy, I love you. Thanks for bringing mainstream sports to Slog.

Posted by Nic in Greenlake on July 28, 2011 at 9:07 PM

We're obviously shooting to pick up Luck next year with the first pick.

Posted by prompt on July 28, 2011 at 10:12 PM

@1 FTW - Goldy, I think you're great on politics, but I think Jerry Brewer at your favorite paper hit the nail on the head with his article regarding the Hawks off-season moves.

Posted by QuakeRugger on July 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM

There's still some other conceivable options out there. Carson Palmer perhaps (though I loathe the idea of signing someone who whined his way out of his previous contract, but whatever.) The point being if they could bring in Jackson for some occasional wildcat formations, or even just give him a chance to prove himself worthy of a starting position, I could see them repeating a playoff run in what's likely to be another sad NFC west.

Posted by mikethehammer on July 28, 2011 at 10:53 PM

The Hawks are delaying the decision. They have given 2 guys backup money and they are going to throw them against the wall. If nothing sticks there is a better draft and free agent class next year. If something does stick then they will run with it. The beauty of this move is that they haven't overpaid for potential (see Kolb). They left that for the Sydney Rice deal.

Posted by tictoc on July 28, 2011 at 11:25 PM

"Hey I have an idea let's spend a shit on of money on a receiver whose quarterback will never get him the ball" - the Seahawks

Posted by Reader1 on July 28, 2011 at 11:41 PM

Goldy you are wrong sure we need to rebuild but it be a season of mediocrity then we start improving. In Pete we Trust

Posted by Democrat1234 on July 29, 2011 at 12:06 AM

If Farve didn't decide to retire come back retire 100 time Jackson would have played more. He was playing okay before Farve ruined it.

Posted by gob22 on July 29, 2011 at 5:59 AM

Andrew Luck in 2012.

Posted by DOUG.

on July 29, 2011 at 9:05 AM

I liked it better when the Stranger ignored sports. Better than having some politics writer pretend he knows anything about football.

Posted by bigyaz on July 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Where's the "I don't care -- ANYONE's better than Hasselbeck" choice?

Posted by Timrrr on July 29, 2011 at 10:57 AM

@9 Whining your way into a trade is acceptable for the Clippers & Bengals, just because of how cheap & horrible those owners are. Otherwise, it's a dickless move.

Posted by Sir Vic on July 29, 2011 at 11:57 AM