It’s Official: The Seattle Seahawks’ Chris Spencer is a first-round bust

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Published: August 25, 2009

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... first-round pick just can’t stay healthy, and it’s time for the Seahawks to move on with Steve Vallos and, eventually, Max Unger.

Spencer is expected to be out at least a month with a torn quadriceps, but the Seahawks should simply cut their losses and put him on injured reserve to avoid having to cut a player who otherwise would have made the team. That way the Seahawks can find another lineman to help the depth of a unit that currently has only six healthy experienced players: LT Sean Locklear, LG Rob Sims, Vallos, Unger, RT Ray Willis, and OG Mansfield Wrotto.

Spencer’s time should be up. Drafted 26th overall in 2005, he spent his first season watching Robbie Tobeck. He was starting by the next year after Tobeck was forced out by an abdominal injury. However, Spencer had a tough time learning the mental side of his position.

In 2007, Spencer started every game but was bothered by a shoulder injury and then dislocated his thumb. He had surgery...

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