Great Weekend

It was certainly a great weekend if you're a Seattle sports fan with wins from Husky football and basketball, the Seahawks win over the Bears and Kevin Durant's game winning shot for the Sonics in double OT on Friday night. Not too often over the last few years that the Huskies and Seahawks both win on the same weekend. Below are some of my thoughts from the weekend.

• Where would the Huskies be if they had anything that resembled a decent defense this season? The Dawgs have developed into one heck of an offense, particularly rushing the ball. The D has been bad, even historically bad, but sometimes it's nice to look at some positives and Tyrone Willingham and Tim Lappano deserve some credit for what has now become a tremendous ground attack. It's also something that they should be able to build on for next year and beyond. Four out of the five starting offensive linemen should be back next year and although Louis Rankin will graduate, Brandon Johnson and Jake Locker are both just freshman.
  

• The Seahawks "new" offense looks great. I'm glad Mike Holmgren decided to start using the team's strengths rather than be stubborn and try to fix their weaknesses. It's also an offense where I don't see a place for Shaun Alexander and it will be interesting to see where he fits in when healthy. Mo Morris and Leonard Weaver are both great fits for the new pass oriented offense, because they can catch the ball and block, both things that Alexander can't do.
  

• Tim Ruskell seems to make all the right moves. I admit I was among those furious when Ruskell traded Darrell Jackson to the 49ers for a 4th round draft pick. Just look at D-Jack now; the Niners probably wouldn't mind their 4th rounder back. How bout signing Patrick Kerney and making room for Darryl Tapp by cutting Bryce Fisher? Against the Bears Kerney had three sacks and a forced fumble and Tapp had a sack and fumble recovery. They have been key parts of the defense all season long. Any chance Ruskell could replace Bill Bavasi as Mariners GM?