Please God, Answer Webster's Prayers

The rotund figure in the picture is none other than child-star Emmanuel Lewis of the hit TV Series Webster.

So what does he have to do with the Seahawks? Nothing really.

But the Tennessee Titans are currently interviewing two Seahawks Executives as candidates for their open GM position, Vice President of Football Operations Mike Reinfeldt, and another Seahawk Vice President named Ruston Webster.

Are you with me now?

Reinfeldt might seem to have the inside edge on the position, as he's got a favorable track record with the Seahawks, and was an All-Pro Safety for the Houston Oilers, which is what the Titans were known as prior to the owner moving them to Tennessee.

Webster, a protege of current Seahawk President and GM Tim Ruskell, signed on with the Seahawks last off-season after leaving the Bucs, but nobody is quite sure what he does.

Reinfeldt on the other had is credited with hammering out the 11th hour contracts prior to the start of free agency, that locked up Matt Hasselbeck and Walter Jones to long term deals, and slapping the franchise tag on Shaun Alexander, assuring that his MVP season would come while wearing Seahawk blue. And for an encore, he was instrumental in working out a very cap-friendly long term deal with Alexander at the end of the 2005 season, most likely assuring that Shaun's retirement party will be hosted at Qwest field as well.

What this means is that the very thing that probably makes Reinfeldt a much more attractive prospect to the Titans is the very thing that makes most Seahawks fans pray that they'll select Webster instead.

And we're not above invoking the image of a ~~1970's~~ 1980s TV icon to help improve our chances that our prayers will be heard.