The Seahawks are not this desperate

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Credit: Mark Zerof-US PRESSWIRE

By Travis Duncan
Seahawkshuddle.com writer

Update: ESPN is reporting the Seahawks were impressed with his workout (4.5 40-yd time) Monday and are expected to sign Owens.

Golden Tate is not and will not be a big bust.

Doug Baldwin was a true sleeper in last year's draft and is a quality starting wide receiver in the NFL.

And Sidney Rice was not that overpaid and not so injury prone to actually convince Seahawks GM John Schneider and Pete Carroll that they need to sign Terrell Owens or even think about adding him to the locker room.

So why are the Seahawks giving Owens a workout?

For one it generates buzz about the team. That's not easy to do in the great northwest and in a division where everyone wants to talk about Harbaugh's club. The Seahawks would like some national attention regarding the fine progress they are making albeit buzz via a back-end route by bringing in one of the most controversial players in the sport for a jog on the practice field.

Secondly, bringing in Owens creates goodwill with agents and players. It shows the 'Hawks are the team to go to, not the Raiders, for second chances. Carroll wants those players who just didn't have the right fit or got a label but still have a lot of NFL talent. That's not T.O. at this stage of his career, but there are guys, i.e. Marshawn Lynch in which teams gave up on too early or didn't want the headache. Carroll loves to get talent on the cheap.

But in reality, the 'Hawks aren't that desperate, and should have no intention on the heavy, heavy, heavy risks that an aging Owens would bring.

There is also the argument that Caroll wants to bring in some training camp-only wide outs to give his young defensive backs a run for their money. There may be some truth to that but you don't bring in a Terrell Owens to training camp as a practice squad player, he is there to make the team.

Yes, I know there is a little part of you that says Carroll really is that crazy to actually believe he can change Owens after countless coaches have tried and each failed. There is that fear Carroll might actually do it. That in his mind this will be a crowning social achievement , having been the only man in football to really understand and help T.O.

But rest assured Owens' trip to Hawkville will be more about the actual trip than the result.

No, don't get your Starbucks ready, as they joked on Twitter Sunday night.

Hope for no more lame T.O in Seattle jokes--or even a mention of the talented but troubled receiver in any facet with the Seahawks beyond this week if you care about football in Seattle.

Here's what others are saying about the possibility of T.O. in Seattle:

Mike Sando ESPN.com: "Seattle keeps looking at long-shot receivers. That suggests the team isn't entirely comfortable with its situation at the position.

John Boyle of HeraldNet.com: "Somewhere Mike Williams' agent is cursing Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and GM John Schneider. Since releasing Williams, the team's leading receiver in 2010, the Seahawks have signed Antonio Bryant (who they released Sunday) and Braylon Edwards, and now Sunday night word comes out that the team will bring in 38-year-old receiver Terrell Owens for a tryout. "