What, Jones not franchished for once?

Wow, this was a shock, the Seahawks actually reached a long term deal with All Pro left tackle Walter Jones after what seems like years of annually making him their franchise player. I don't feel too sorry for ol Walter, being franchised means you get paid in the top 5 at your position, which is pretty fair since he is easily one of the top 5 left tackles in the game today. Now the real question in Seattle is who will they use the franchise pick on? QB Matt Hasselback or RB Shaun Alexander. I think it will be Hasselback unless they manage to reach a deal with him first and then can franchise Alexander. Not real likely that we will see a deal that quick, especially when the team still does not have a general manager.

You can read the story here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1393&ncid=1393&e=1&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_seahawks_jones