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News: After a breakout season in 2010, Williams reverted back to his "old lazy habits" when it came to conditioning and staying in shape in 2011, Dan Pompei of the National Football Post reports.
Impact: Williams has a history of not staying in shape during the offseason and battling weight issues, so this shouldn't be a surprise. That doesn't bode well for a guy who is going to have to put in a lot of work to get himself ready for the 2012 season, after undergoing ankle surgery in December.

News: Winslow "should be a big factor on third downs and in the red zone" this season, coach Pete Carroll told the Seattle Times after Thursday's OTA practice.
Impact: "We added a guy that we know can make things happen," Carroll said. Perhaps this means the Seahawks will start targeting the tight end in the passing game, but Carroll said similar (nearly word-for-word) things last season about Zach Miller and the year before that about John Carlson. Yet, Miller had 44 targets (six red zone) last year and Carlson 58 (eight red zone) in 2010. Watch the exhibition games carefully to see whether the Seahawks actually target Winslow, who also will be limited throughout the year in practice to manage a chronic knee injury.

News: Tate did not practice in Thursday's organized team activity after injuring his hand the day before, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: Tate fell and injured his hand in Wednesday's session, which was closed to the media. He wore a cast Thursday and did not practice. The report is a little vague as to the seriousness of the injury. Tate, who stepped into the starting lineup late last season because of injuries to Sidney Rice and Mike Williams, will get a shot at earning more playing time this season. Entering his third year, he still has much to prove.

News: Wilson was effective rolling out and scrambling despite a couple of miscues in Thursday's organized team activity, but coach Pete Carroll said a decision won't be made on a starting quarterback until after at least a couple exhibition games this preseason, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: According to the report, neither Wilson nor competitors Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson were sensational, but Flynn avoided turnovers and miscues that tormented the other two. Carroll said he's equally dividing repetitions and time each quarterback gets to work with the starters.

News: Jackson "zipped passes all over the field" despite a couple of miscues in Thursday's organized team activity, but coach Pete Carroll said a decision won't be made on a starting quarterback until after at least a couple exhibition games this preseason, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: According to the report, neither Jackson nor competitors Matt Flynn and Russell Wilson were sensational, but Flynn avoided turnovers and miscues that tormented the other two. Carroll said he's equally dividing repetitions and time each quarterback gets to work with the starters.

News: Flynn threw the ball well in Thursday's organized team activity, but coach Pete Carroll said a decision won't be made on a starting quarterback until after at least a couple exhibition games this preseason, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: According to the report, neither Flynn nor competitors Tarvaris Jackson and Russell Wilson were sensational, but Flynn avoided turnovers and miscues that tormented the other two. Carroll said he's equally dividing repetitions and time each quarterback gets to work with the starters.

News: Barbre was suspended for the first four regular-season games by the NFL on Wednesday for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.
Impact: Barbre is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games. Barbre played for Green Bay from 2007-09, and appeared in three games for Seattle in 2010 and four last season. The 6-foot-4, 305-pounds former Missouri Southern State lineman also spent time with Miami in 2010, but didn't play.

News: Miller, who already had little upside in Seattle's tight-end wasteland, gets a further downgrade after the Seahawks traded for Kellen Winslow on Monday.
Impact: Miller led all Seattle tight ends with 44 targets last season as the Seahawks all but ignored the position in the passing game. Miller was more often used as a blocker thanks to an uninspiring offensive line. Unfortunately for him, he's a better blocker than Winslow, so if the team suddenly remembers that tight ends are allowed to catch passes, it's likely that Winslow will be the primary beneficiary.

News: Winslow was traded to the Seahawks late Monday night for a seventh-round draft pick, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: Tampa Bay wasted little time dumping Winslow after he got into a dispute with new coach Greg Schiano over offseason workouts. The pick could be upgraded to a sixth-round selection, though that's still little price for the Seahawks to pay for a Pro Bowl tight end. Even though it's an easy move for the Seahawks, who lost John Carlson in free agency, it's still a little curious because the team used its tight ends so infrequently last year. Seattle targeted its tight ends just 81 times last season, with Zach Miller receiving a team-high 44. The good news for Winslow is Miller is a better blocker, so if the Seahawks suddenly involve the tight end more, Winslow is likely to get the majority of targets.

News: Winslow says he been told that he no longer fits in Tampa Bay's plans for next season.
Impact: The ninth-year pro told SiriusXM radio on Monday that first-year coach Greg Schiano was "kind of upset" that Winslow has not been working out with the team this offseason and told the player over the weekend that he will facilitate a trade to another club.

News: The Bears could pursue Winslow either in a trade, or in free agency if the Bucs chose to release him, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Impact: It remains to be seen if the Bucs can find a trade partner -- like the Bears -- for Winslow, or it they will simply release the tight end. Either way, it's clear that his days as a Buc are numbered, with the team expected to sign Dallas Clark to replace him.

News: Winslow says the team is looking to trade him, Stephen Holder of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Impact: Winslow has said that first-year coach Greg Schiano has told him the team is planning on moving on without him. The Buccaneers have indicated they will pursue free agent Dallas Clark this week, who would presumably become the starter at tight end. Despite the pedigree of a top 10 draft pick and having a Hall of Fame father, Winslow has not been the consistently dominating force many envisioned when he came out of the University of Miami. At this point, he's not likely to net much of a return for the Bucs in a trade.

News: Carpenter (knee) has been making incremental progress in his recovery from an ACL tear, the Seattle News Tribune reports.
Impact: Carpenter had surgery six months ago and has begun to put pressure on his knees in workouts. A first-round selection last season, the Seahawks are counting on him to stabilize the Seattle offensive line.

News: Wilson will compete for the starting quarterback job in training camp with Tarvaris Jackson and Matt Flynn, the Seattle Times reports.
Impact: Coach Pete Carroll made the announcement after Seattle's three-day rookie minicamp this weekend. "He did an excellent job of demonstrating that he is prepared for this," Carroll said. " ... He left really no question that he needs to be involved in the competition." It would be highly surprising if Wilson won the starting job, or even the backup job. Carroll is a big believer in camp competition at every position, and this appears to be little more than ramping up the QB competition. Then again, Jackson is likely only a fall-back option, so if Flynn doesn't pan out, Wilson could get a serious look at the job.