Well, i guess desperation has fully set in....Seattle just signed an old, familiar, and unsettling face...
Seahawks turn to Robinson
Troubled ex-Hawk set for encore
By CLARE FARNSWORTH
P-I REPORTER
RENTON -- The Seahawks' on-going search for a wide receiver has finally led them to a familiar face: Koren Robinson.
The former Seahawks first-round draft choice was at the team's practice facility Monday night and was expected to sign a contract Tuesday after he passes his physical.
The ninth overall selection in the 2001 draft, Robinson was released after the 2004 season when alcohol problems threatened his promising career.
But the Seahawks are desperate for a receiver who knows their system because Nate Burleson, Ben Obomanu and Logan Payne have been lost for the season to injuries and Bobby Engram and Deion Branch are not ready to return from their injuries.
As Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren put it earlier Monday, "Desperate times call for desperate measures."
Robinson, 28, caught 78 passes for 1,240 yards and five touchdowns while starting at split end in 2002, the most productive of his four seasons with the Seahawks.
"I don't know about the football side of it all," quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said earlier in the day when asked about Robinson. "I haven't seen him play in a long time. But I guess what I care about more is that he grew up and really matured and got his life turned around in the right direction."
Hasselbeck saw Robinson during the offseason, when Robinson told him he was married, had one child and another was on the way.
"So I'm really happy for him," Hasselbeck said. "I'm proud of him."
Robinson was suspended for four games in 2004 for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He was arrested for DUI in May 2005, which led to his release by the Seahawks.
He played the 2005 season with the Minnesota Vikings, and was voted to the Pro Bowl as a kick returner. But the Vikings released him after he was arrested on a DUI charge in 2006 and agreed to plead to fleeing police. Robinson also spent 90 days in jail in 2007, stemming from that 2006 incident.
The Green Bay Packers signed Robinson in 2006, but he served a one-year suspension before returning to the Packers last season for the final nine games, in which he caught 21 passes and averaged 23.8 yards returning kickoffs. The Packers released him in May.
The Seahawks talked about signing Robinson last week, but it appeared Holmgren lost that debate to club president Tim Ruskell, who made the decision to release Robinson in 2005.
The Seahawks did not contact Robinson last week, when they instead signed free agent wide receivers Billy McMullen and Samie Parker.
McMullen played Sunday in the 33-30 loss to the 49ers and is still with the team. The Seahawks released Parker on Saturday.
Asked about Robinson on Monday, Holmgren said, "I'll say the same thing -- he is on that list. The value there is he's played. He knows this system. He's played with us before."
And apparently will play with them again.
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