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Originally Posted by ddthetide
i never saw much of him in seattle. from what i read after he signed that big contract he got comfortable. he didn't like the pass routes they asked him to run. they went from using a fullback or H-back to a 1 back set and he didn't like that. the 1 back set, Made him have to pass block. the FB seattle had at that time was a good receiver so they used him to block and throw too and took SA out of the game in favor of another WR.
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I dont think what you read is accurate. Holmgren is a west coast guru directly that learned it directly from Walsh. West Coast offense, especially the purist version that holmgren uses, is pretty much two back. I watched him often and don't remember much if any single back.
What happened in 2006, after the big contract, was that Hutchinson left for free agency and his fullback mack strong got injured. That led to him getting dinged around a lot and was really the beginning of the end. They would have cut him before 2007 if it wasnt for the hit they would have taken.
he was with the tide while stallings was still there right?