Is This Man Running the Seahawks?

Bill Simmons (a.k.a. "The Sports Guy") of ESPN isn't impressed with the Seahawks' trade for Deion Branch.

We'll take his rant with a grain of salt because Simmons thinks the sun shines out of the assholes of the Patriots front office, but here it is:

Seattle made one of the all-time panic trades, barely beating the Lions in Detroit, then panicking and ponying up an unprotected No. 1 for Deion Branch 24 hours later. Now, I like Deion Branch. Great teammate, great guy, came through in some big playoff games. But he's a possession receiver, rarely makes big plays (only five TDs last year) and dropped a surprising number of balls last year. He's a slightly better, younger version of Bobby Engram ... who's already on the Seahawks. Since when did teams start trading No. 1's for possession receivers? Why would Seattle think it's a good idea to shell out a No. 1 pick, a No. 3 pick and $18 million in guaranteed bonuses to two non-No. 1 receivers (Nate Burleson and Deion Branch) when it could have used that money to re-sign Steve Hutchinson, saved the picks and gone with some patchwork guys? It's like Isiah Thomas took over the team.

Simmons also invokes our local quarterbacking dynasty Puyallup High's Huard's, when describing why he's taking the Jags and the points over the Steelers tonight:

JAGS (+1) over Steelers Fact: Unless you have a really good reason, you always want to back a home team on Monday nights. It's one of the oldest gambling rules we have, right up there with "avoid the most obvious parlay on the board" and "never bet on a Huard brother."