Seahawks Position Battle: Wide Receiver

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Published: May 15, 2009

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... Seahawks tallied seven injuries at the WR Position. WR’s Nate Burleson, Logan Payne, Ben Obamanu, all finished the season on IR. The plague got so bad that the Seahawks traded a fifth-round pick to the Denver broncos for WR Keary Colbert. He caught seven passes, and finished the season on the Detroit Lions roster.

They re-signed controversial WR Koren Robinson, whom GM Tim Ruskell had cut after the 2004 because of his poor conduct off the field. WR Billy McMullen was signed was signed during the second week of the season.

An injury to Logan Payne thrust him into the starting lineup just four days later against the San Francisco 49ers. He hauled in three catches for 48 yards, but yielded a costly fumble in the 33-30 point OT loss. Deion Branch missed eight games, 2007 receptions leader (94) Bobby Engram missed three games. 

The top four WR set would appear to be: marquee ...

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