"It's just one sentence. Seventeen little words that don't even identify who with the Seahawks talked to quarterback Matt Leinart. Nor does it specify when that may have occurred -- something the NFL presumably could be quite interested in.

It's not the first time that Leinart has been linked to the Seahawks nor will it be the last given all the uncertainty at the position and the history with that specific player. Leinart played for coach Pete Carroll at USC, won a Heisman Trophy for him in fact, so it's not a stretch to think that both sides might be interested to see if a reunion might rekindle some magic.

Two things to note, though:

1) NFL teams can't have contacted free agents from other teams in 2011

At least not if they're following the rules. Leinart was under contract with the Houston Texans in 2010, and while that contract expired and Leinart is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent, the new league year has not begun. On April 29 -- the one-day window in the lockout -- teams could contact their own free agents, according to an NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. That meant the floodgates weren't open to begin free-agent courtship."