What I predicted earlier today has come to pass:  T.J. Houshmandzadeh has chosen the Seattle Seahawks over the Vikings and Bengals.  Michael Smith says the contract is five years, $40 million (more years than I expected, less money).  Hope T.J. enjoys playing with Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace.  Yeah.  Great QB situation there. Way better than the Vikings.  Oh, and look at those terrific running backs Seattle has.  Um…what are their names again?

(Editor’s Note: I spent a good hour making that picture – that’s supposed to be confetti by the way – and didn’t want to waste it.)

This is where the Vikings come in, at least from a wild, unfounded offseason speculation stand-point.  The argument is simple:  Hasselbeck is a West Coast guy who’s been to a Super Bowl and is still only 33 and could give the Vikings 2 or 3 good years which is perfect because that would seem to be our window with the team we have right now.  The other argument is also simple:  Did you look at the season he had last year?  He’s always hurt.  The counter-argument to this is that it’s worth taking a shot at him, even if he’s physically questionable, because he’s a good, confident player and he’d presumably be cheaper than Matt Cassel.  And you’re going to keep Tarvaris Jackson as the backup so at least you’re sort of covered if it turns out he can’t make it through the season.  All quite intriguing.