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Should the Seahawks keep Alexander?

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chrisms

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Even in his best season I had no faith in him during the playoffs. He is inconsistent and gets most of his stats from the fact that he is always given the ball at the 2 yard line and the occasional big game he has. This year he was basically worthless both because of injuries and performance.

I'm not complaining about how he did against Chicago, but is he really worth keeping? Who are the free agent backs the Seahawks may have a chance at this offseason? I see no reason to keep Alexander unless he takes a huge pay cut to allow the team to fill some other holes.
 
What the hell are you talking about? Him and Bureleson were the only two solid players in that game.
 
The entire Seahawks offense, not just Alexander, suffered because of the loss of G Steve Hutchinson and because of injuries.

Alexander has been a workhouse for Seattle so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
The entire Seahawks offense, not just Alexander, suffered because of the loss of G Steve Hutchinson and because of injuries.

Alexander has been a workhouse for Seattle so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.
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The OP is too busy blowing Hasselbeck to realize what Alexander does for the team.

 
alexander still has a few good years left in him. we need to get rid of jackson. that guy drops passes like its his job
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
The entire Seahawks offense, not just Alexander, suffered because of the loss of G Steve Hutchinson and because of injuries.

Alexander has been a workhouse for Seattle so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.
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To be honest I was busy most of the Super Bowl season and kind of caught on late. I heard all the hype surrounding Alexander but have rarely saw his big games. When people talk about how great he is and what a difference he will make in the game, most of the time I see him under perform and the team loses. Or the team wins despite his poor performance. This was definitely the case for much of 2006.

What I'm saying is they could spend that money elsewhere, possibly, on a higher quality running back. Alexander is overrated. I was hoping last year they would keep Hutchinson and let Alexander walk but of course nobody was going to let that happen.
 
It would be the same as Indy getting rid of Edge. It won't make a difference in production and could save big bucks with a star RB from college.
 
Originally posted by: chrisms
Even in his best season I had no faith in him during the playoffs. He is inconsistent and gets most of his stats from the fact that he is always given the ball at the 2 yard line and the occasional big game he has. This year he was basically worthless both because of injuries and performance.

I'm not complaining about how he did against Chicago, but is he really worth keeping? Who are the free agent backs the Seahawks may have a chance at this offseason? I see no reason to keep Alexander unless he takes a huge pay cut to allow the team to fill some other holes.
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Put down the crack and step away from the keyboard. If they'd used Alexander on that third down to get in field goal range, then it never would have gone into overtime. Chicago couldn't stop him even when they tried.

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Originally posted by: chrisms
Originally posted by: Queasy
The entire Seahawks offense, not just Alexander, suffered because of the loss of G Steve Hutchinson and because of injuries.

Alexander has been a workhouse for Seattle so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.
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To be honest I was busy most of the Super Bowl season and kind of caught on late. I heard all the hype surrounding Alexander but have rarely saw his big games. When people talk about how great he is and what a difference he will make in the game, most of the time I see him under perform and the team loses. Or the team wins despite his poor performance. This was definitely the case for much of 2006.

What I'm saying is they could spend that money elsewhere, possibly, on a higher quality running back. Alexander is overrated. I was hoping last year they would keep Hutchinson and let Alexander walk but of course nobody was going to let that happen.
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So your basing your entire judgement off of one season in which Alexander was injured or recovering for most of it?
 
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
It would be the same as Indy getting rid of Edge. It won't make a difference in production and could save big bucks with a star RB from college.
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That's my point. Either that or pick up a free agent if there is a good option there. Good running backs are not the rarest commodity in the NFL and I figure there is probably a better option than Alexander.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: chrisms
Originally posted by: Queasy
The entire Seahawks offense, not just Alexander, suffered because of the loss of G Steve Hutchinson and because of injuries.

Alexander has been a workhouse for Seattle so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.
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To be honest I was busy most of the Super Bowl season and kind of caught on late. I heard all the hype surrounding Alexander but have rarely saw his big games. When people talk about how great he is and what a difference he will make in the game, most of the time I see him under perform and the team loses. Or the team wins despite his poor performance. This was definitely the case for much of 2006.

What I'm saying is they could spend that money elsewhere, possibly, on a higher quality running back. Alexander is overrated. I was hoping last year they would keep Hutchinson and let Alexander walk but of course nobody was going to let that happen.
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So your basing your entire judgement off of one season in which Alexander was injured or recovering for most of it?
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No, last season and half of the Super Bowl season. Also, "recovering" is a bunch of crap. You either play or you don't. Alexander said himself for weeks that his foot felt fine but the doctors didn't want him to play. So that is no excuse.
 
alexander was just suffering from the madden curse. he will be fine next year.

plus seattle has already given him his money. they are not gonna get rid of him.
 
hahah trade him?

that would be a dumb idea. he was the team in the Chi game. Chi could NOT stop him at all. he was getting 1st down after 1st down.

As a huge CHI fan i was impressed with him.
 
They should let him go. Put the money elsewhere. I am of the opinion that offensive lines and offensive schemes make the running back anyway. You take any running back and give him those wide open lanes that Alexander was running through and, guess what, he'll run through them too.
 
Originally posted by: monk3y
You have got to be kidding me. He was one of the only Seahawk players that played well against the Bears.
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You do realize that if the running back is playing well, then probably the entire OL is playing well too including the TE and probably the FB too.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
hahah trade him?

that would be a dumb idea. he was the team in the Chi game. Chi could NOT stop him at all. he was getting 1st down after 1st down.

As a huge CHI fan i was impressed with him.
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This is my point. People give him so much credit but he is either on or he is off. Like I said a consistent back isn't hard to find and Alexander has nowhere to go but down at this point. I said I thought he did really well against Chicago but that is has become the exception more than the rule.
 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
They should let him go. Put the money elsewhere. I am of the opinion that offensive lines and offensive schemes make the running back anyway. You take any running back and give him those wide open lanes that Alexander was running through and, guess what, he'll run through them too.
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With a few exceptions (Sanders, Payton, etc...) I agree.
 
Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: monk3y
You have got to be kidding me. He was one of the only Seahawk players that played well against the Bears.
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You do realize that if the running back is playing well, then probably the entire OL is playing well too including the TE and probably the FB too.
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Sorry I was just trying to make the point that trading him would be a bad thing. Though several of those runs were nice cuts that he made.
 
Funny, I didn't see many wide open lanes for Alexander to run through...looked more like typical Alexander finding the seam and making the defense miss. He remains a top back, and "great" backs are hard to come by.

Seattle doesn't need a new backfield, they need some decent pass blocking to give Hasselback a little more time.
 
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