March 2
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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The Seahawks will have to wait until Monday morning for T.J. Houshmandzadeh's decision on his free-agent destination. As will the Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals and everyone else interested in where the top-rated wide receiver in this year's free-agency class will land. Houshmandzadeh had planned toa team by Sunday night, but the decision was postponed, his agent, Kennard McGuire, said late Sunday. In the meantime, the Seahawks signed their top free-agent priority Sunday: Colin Cole, a 335-pound defensive tackle who played the previous five seasons with the Green Bay Packers. Not the big-name player Houshmandzadeh is, but the big-bodied player the Seahawks needed in the middle of ..."
February 28
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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The opening day of NFL free agency quickly became a you-woo-some/you-lose-some exercise for the Seahawks. Despite warnings of not making an immediate splash in free agency from club president Tim Ruskell, the Seahawks spent Friday hosting T.J. Houshmandzadeh -- the top-rated wide receiver available in this year's pool -- who has averaged 98 receptions, 1,042 receiving yards and eight touchdown catches the past three seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. Houshmandzadeh flew from his home in Southern California to Seattle with his wife and daughters, and they then were taken to the team's headquarters on the shores of Lake Washington in owner Paul Allen's seaplane. Houshmandzadeh, 31, met with ..."