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| 11th February, 2006 - 4:30 pm |  Seattle Times - If Shaun Alexander is the NFL's best running back, Steve Hutchinson might as well be known as the most dominant left guard in the pros. And he, like Alexander, wishes to remain a Seahawk.
"I'd like to stay in Seattle, and we've got a good thing going," Hutchinson said after the NFC's practice at the Ihilani Resort outside of Honolulu. "They drafted me. A bunch of other teams passed up on me. So they had the confidence in using their first-round pick on me. And then we've weathered the storm the first couple of years when we really couldn't put too much together, and now we've really started to see the benefits of hard work."
The Seahawks favor keeping the current team together. It probably won't happen, as at least a couple of the team's 15 potential unrestricted free agents are bound to not be re-signed or accept offers from other teams.
But Hutchinson is a must-have, some say.
"He's a great player and he's a vital part of the locker room and he's a vital part of our offense," center Robbie Tobeck said. "There's a reason he's been in three Pro Bowls ? it's because he's such a great player, and I think it's key to continue our success to have guys like him in the locker room."
Hutchinson, 28, is the leading candidate for the Seahawks' franchise tag, as Alexander's expiring contract stipulates that he cannot be franchised by the team. [READ] |
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