Dear Tarvaris,
Hey, it’s Seattle. Looking back at this year, we’ve been through a lot together, haven’t we?
When Pete Carroll brought you in to replace Matt Hasselbeck, fans were unimpressed. You didn’t really do anything worthwhile when you were the starting quarterback in Minnesota, even playing terrible at times. An average NFL fan’s perspective of you was a young, inexperienced QB with a strong arm that most of the time made boneheaded decisions.
Add all that to replacing a Seattle legend in Hasselbeck, and it was predicable how Seahawks fans would react to you: negatively. Fans flooded Seattle talk radio stations calling for your head even before the season started, as backup QB Charlie Whitehurst outperformed you during preseason. But nonetheless, Pete Carroll kept you at starter going into the season opener against the 49ers.
And it was disaster.
The Seahawks offense couldn’t get off its feet during the first three games scoring an average of just 10 points, and much of ...
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