Seattle Seahawks: Charlie Whitehurst, Vincent Jackson Won’t Start vs. San Diego

September 23, 2010   ·   Chris Cluff   ·   Jump to comments

As the Seahawks prepare to play the San Diego Chargers this weekend, some Seattle fans would like to see the Seahawks start a couple of guys who were Chargers last season.
But Charlie Whitehurst will not be replacing Matt Hasselbeck and Vincent Jackson will not be donning a Seahawk uniform to catch passes from either quarterback.
Jackson remains an unsigned Charger after he wasn’t traded by a soft deadline Wednesday. He still might be traded by the Oct. 19 deadline, but it apparently won’t be to Seattle.
According to John Clayton, the Seahawks were still pursuing Jackson until Jets receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested for DUI earlier this week. At that point, per Clayton, owner Paul Allen told his front office to forget Jackson.
Left unsaid is the reason, but one can surmise that Allen was suddenly reminded that two-time DUI offender Jackson would be a bad gamble – both from a PR standpoint and from an availability angle, if he were to get suspend...

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