2009 Seahawks: New Faces, Old Numbers

The Seattle Seahawks are now officially in the Jim Mora Jr. era, as we can see by the new players and new jersey numbers. In the Mike Holmgren era, Bobby Engram wore No. 84, Mack Strong wore No. 38, Shaun Alexander wore No. 37, and Chris Gray wore No. 62, and way back when, Ricky Watters wore No. 32. Those five players are some of the best to put on Seahawks blue. And usually in the NFL, after that player either leaves or retires, their number doesn’t get taken. Well this is not good old Mike's team any more, it's Jim Mora Jr's team. The Seahawks have brought in a few players this offseason to shore up the team. A few of those players have been in the league a long time and have been a great player in the league, like TJ Houshmandzadeh. However, there are rookies that have only recently gotten their feet wet in preseason waters. For some reason, I like to give respect to players who have been great and feel that they should be respected by not having their number t...