Like last week, today’s early games offer good opportunities to catch ex-Seahawks in action.
Jake Delhomme’s lingering injury gives Seneca Wallace another chance to make a more compelling case for himself as Cleveland’s starting quarterback. He’s got his work cut out for him, playing on the road in Baltimore. Wallace will need fellow Seattle alumnus Pork Chop Womack and the rest of his O-line to protect him from Ray Lewis, ex-Seahawk Cory Redding, and rest of the Ravens defense. Will backup corner Josh Wilson’s familiarity with Wallace help him make a play in the secondary? Grabbing a turnover on defense is likely the only way for the diminutive DB will get his hands on the ball this week. Although Wilson boasts the best average kickoff return yardage in Seahawks history, the Ravens depth chart does not even list him as a possibility on kick returns.
On the other side of the ball, will Joe Flacco even bother to throw at TJ Houshmandzadeh after the Seattle castoff dropped three and caught none of the six balls hurled his way last week?
Meanwhile, in a showdown of the winless, the Detroit Sea Lions travel to Minnesota to face Steve Hutchinson and the Vikings. While Hutch is guaranteed to obliterate whoever lines up in front of him, it will be interesting to see whether Rob Sims can handle Jared Allen and the Williams Wall. Will Nate Burleson show up as Recepticon, or as Receptican't?
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