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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2346)	9/9/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Respond to of 45644

Hi Thomas, >> Don't get too enamored with Sean Dawkins. << I'm looking at the starting 3 WRs for Seattle and that's probably the 2nd weakness outside of CB. Dawkins, Mayes, and Jordan all have underachiever reputations. I'm betting in the case of Dawkins that the change of scenery in playing under Holmgren is going to help him out. I would think that a 6'4" guy like Dawkins wouldn't necessarily need to gain separation on a lot of corners - he'd just have to win a "jump ball." With all of these tall receivers coming into the league you'd think that in the near future there might be some tall DBs coming up through the college ranks. Who is the tallest DB in the NFL today? As for Galloway, I think he blew it when he didn't show up for camp. It looks to me like Holmgren wants him in Seattle, but Holmgren told him right out one of the first times he met him that he "wanted him to be a big-time receiver, and that he was going to play him every down. Reportedly Galloway chuckled at that. I wonder if that moment was the start of the controversy: Gallowy perhaps realized that he wouldn't be able to remove himself from games whenever he felt like it, the way he'd apparently done at will under Erickson. Perhaps as well Galloway doesn't want to run slants and you know Holmgren likes slants here and there. The whole thing is most peculiar. Galloway screwed up by not reporting to camp and Holmgren's screwing up by not trading the guy. I would say Galloway is an "unproven" player with tons of speed potential. On the other hand I have to say that I envy teams who have guys like T. Owens, McCaffery, Moss, etc. I think McCaffery might be the best. He and TE Sharpe both have blazing speed with LB-type arms. Shifting gears, so much of this season will depend upon injuries, and as always, turnovers. If the Seahawks can avoid turnovers, control the ball, and stay healthy at CB and WR, they have a shot at creating decent havoc in the league. I'm hoping that this will be the best front 7 they've ever had, and if they can get good pressure up front it will help out their secondary. As I've said, Bellamy and Williams at the Safeties and Springs at corner makes for a decent front line secondary as well. Willie Williams at RCB is the question mark. Hopefully he's improved in the off-season. If you go back and look at last season, most opposing aerial yardage was gained in the deep defensive left, over toward the center. Springs' side didn't get picked apart much. I think Keyshon may have had a good day against him but I can't remember any others. On the injury thing, so many teams lack depth at certain positions so they've got to stay healthy in those areas of their rosters while they make their runs. That's why it's difficult to predict any of the games more than one week into the future. This week, I think the 'Hawks open with a win and the Broncos open with a loss so we'll be out in front in the division... at least for a week. FWIW Andy