Hass update -- looks like this will be his fifth straight season being screwed by the NFL:
Q: How has Mike Hass been performing in the minicamps and will this be his year to show the NFL what OSU Beaver fans and the Pac-10 know about his ability to catch the ball? â€" Troy, Philomath, Ore.
A: Unfortunately, Troy, Hass still is recovering from the shoulder injury that ended his 2009 season in the only game in which he was active â€" Dec. 27 at Green Bay. He has been taking part in the individual drills in the most recent practices, but has yet to be cleared for team drills. That likely won't happen until training camp starts in late July.
While Hass has been on the mend, the pile at wide receiver has grown to include second-round draft choice Golden Tate and the free-agent additions of Mike Williams, Ruvell Martin and Sean Morey. Nate Burleson left in free agency, but T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Deion Branch, Deon Butler and Ben Obomanu are back.
That's all another way of saying that Hass is up against it in his hunt for a spot on the 53-man roster. But what else is new? That has been the story of his NFL career. Still, it's difficult to shake the notion that he should be getting a shot on some team's roster, as we explored in this story last season.
Here's a question for you: How many teams have a pair of Biletnikoff Award winners? With the Seahawks, there's Tate, last year's winner; as well as Hass, who won it in 2005.
These now-teammates are in very select company, since the list of past winners also includes the 49ers' Michael Crabtree (the only two-time winner, 2007 and 2008), the Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald (2003), the Patriots' Randy Moss (1997) and Bobby Engram, who won the first award in 1994 and then played seven seasons with the Seahawks.
http://blog.seahawks.com/2010/05/21/a-little-qa-11/
Q: How has Mike Hass been performing in the minicamps and will this be his year to show the NFL what OSU Beaver fans and the Pac-10 know about his ability to catch the ball? â€" Troy, Philomath, Ore.
A: Unfortunately, Troy, Hass still is recovering from the shoulder injury that ended his 2009 season in the only game in which he was active â€" Dec. 27 at Green Bay. He has been taking part in the individual drills in the most recent practices, but has yet to be cleared for team drills. That likely won't happen until training camp starts in late July.
While Hass has been on the mend, the pile at wide receiver has grown to include second-round draft choice Golden Tate and the free-agent additions of Mike Williams, Ruvell Martin and Sean Morey. Nate Burleson left in free agency, but T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Deion Branch, Deon Butler and Ben Obomanu are back.
That's all another way of saying that Hass is up against it in his hunt for a spot on the 53-man roster. But what else is new? That has been the story of his NFL career. Still, it's difficult to shake the notion that he should be getting a shot on some team's roster, as we explored in this story last season.
Here's a question for you: How many teams have a pair of Biletnikoff Award winners? With the Seahawks, there's Tate, last year's winner; as well as Hass, who won it in 2005.
These now-teammates are in very select company, since the list of past winners also includes the 49ers' Michael Crabtree (the only two-time winner, 2007 and 2008), the Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald (2003), the Patriots' Randy Moss (1997) and Bobby Engram, who won the first award in 1994 and then played seven seasons with the Seahawks.
http://blog.seahawks.com/2010/05/21/a-little-qa-11/
