Sniff. Sigh.

On a bright note, Julius Jones is a monster in Madden 09 for the Wii.

Frank,

Be careful. You are going to severely sadden a lot of SA haters that don't want to see any positive info on SA. They only want to hear that he is curled up in the fetal position crying his eyes out wondering what happened. They don't want to know that he still has a life - a very good one at that- and successes with or without the NFL.

I think him accepting that "oppurtunity" is a sign that he is curled up in the fetal position crying his eyes out.

Positive? That is about as far a fall as I've ever heard, without being arrested. He just joined Home and Garden TV pro.com! (Whatever that is exactly, I'm not sure.) Not ESPN or FOX Sports or is coaching a high school team, HGTV. That is plain sad.

Wow. A press release to announce the end of relevance? I suppose I'm glad that Alexander finished his career as a Seahawk, but I wish the guy had gone out more on his own terms and at a higher level of performance. That cliff came awfully fast, even for a running back.

Shaun should just anounce his retirement so the team can have a Sunday to bring him back and honor him.

This is a win/win for both Shaun and the organization. It's pretty clear he's not going to land a job in the next week. If he's holding out hope that some team's #1 RB goes down with a season ending injury before the August 30th cut-down to the 53 man roster, then that is just sad.

Face it IDHawnman, it's over. I think everyone but Shaun and, it would appear you, know this. Let's just thank him for all he gave the organization and move one. Can't do that until Shaun is ready to let go.

ahhhh! Finally a job Shaun Can handle!

that would be his best move, chuck - do the one-day contract bit, show up, wave at the crowd, and then sit comfortably on the big pile of money the team gave him.

Hopefully all the SA supporters over the past couple of years understand what the entire NFL did (except the Seahawks until this year): SA is a JOKE!

SA is not a joke. He's the Hawks leading all time rusher & 2005 NFL MVP. With over 100 TD's scored?
Take your negativity and go beat your dog.

SA is/was no joke. His playing career is over, though ... and continuing to play WOULD be a joke. What he did for the 'Hawks up to and including 2005, though, should be remembered with great fondness.

ElPerroGrande ... more like ElCerebroMinúsculo.

Frank - I would love to see the back and forth on SA's place in the Ring of Honor.

League MVP, rushing title, got us to the SB for the 1st time ever? #1 rushing yds in franchise history (24th all-time). Could a case REALLY be made???

I guess if SA gets a spot, so should Ricky Watters (#19 all-time rushing) and John L. Williams (the ORIGINAL 3rd down back).

If one has to "make a case" for a player to be included in the Ring, then it's my feeling they do not belong, IMO. Look who's up there.

I don't see how you exclude the man who got the team to its only SB appearance. Five years of dominance should be enough.

This is exactly the return to football I figured shawn would make.

The Seahawks fans are hilarious. They disparage one of the greatest Seahawks ever and celebrate stiffs like Maurice Morris, Julius Jones, TJ Duckett and Leonard Weaver. Good thing Ruskell stumbled upon the Schmitt/Forsett combination, otherwise it would have been a long year rushing wise.

SA was a complete JOKE of a player in 2006 and 2007 seasons. His weakness and patheticness during those two seasons were fully reflected in his stats during those two seasons, anyone who would argue otherwise has either not looked at his statistics in those two seasons, nor saw any single game that Shaun played in during those two seasons.

How did SA lead us to the SB? He did NOTHING but get a concussion against Washington in the first game and didn't do anything positive. Matt took over and got it done for us. Our smothering defense was huge in the Carolina game. And Steve Hutchinson, you know that worthless "just a guard" guy, was a HUGE reason Shaun was able to lead the NFL in rushing (many other factors offensively, but Hutch was the biggest). The offense around him allowed him to excel. Put Shaun on the Texans that season and do you really think he would have been the MVP of the NFL?

Wow, great insight BobbyK! Are you excited for school to start soon?

By your rationale, then you have to discredit everything Hasselbeck has done too. Behind that offensive line, and in the WCO, his play is inflated. But Hass on the Texans and no way is he this good.

The reality is that Shaun had some amazing years and two really horrible years. He had a great offensive line in front of him. Very few backs don't have a great o-line.

Bottom line: he's the Hawks leading rusher and was an NFL MVP and was a major factor in getting us to the SB. The road to the SB didn't start in the playoffs, it was the monster season he had leading up to it.

Ring of Honor for sure.

I give it two months until he signs with us for a day. Retires and then that game against New England, Sunday Night. Yeah R.O.H for sure.

What the Hell does SA know about "competitive juices"?

Radem

You know what's funny? Ask people about the 2005 season and they forget one key component. The Seahawks threw the ball 120 times less in 2005 Matt still had his average TD year with a few less INTS (9) and who picked up all of that slack?

Shaun Alexander did. He took the punishment, he got beat up pretty good, but it was his ability to cut back without losing any speed that allowed him to beat defenses. Because he usually found the flow of the defense with nine in the box and broke the tackle of the first man. In the Rams game in '05 he broke 9 tackles in the redzone in the entire game for his TDs in that game.

Shaun came back from his foot Injury and Had 733 yards and 6 TDs in 7 games. He Ran well against the Chargers and Packers and the Bears in the playoff game and then in 2007 he just didn't have the speed to hit the edge anymore and since the Line up the middle never created holes he was always trying to keep plays alive so he could make something happen. It's a little unfair to always *Obscene action* Hasselbeck when in his career he's been average in leading comebacks. Hasselbeck won that game in washington, but he lost that playoff game in chicago.