Fred Jackson Agrees To 1-year Deal With Seahawks!!!

The 34-year-old free-agent running back Fred Jackson Agrees To 1-year Deal With Seahawks after he was released earlier this week by the Buffalo Bills.

Jackson has found a new home in Seattle with the Seahawks for the 2015/2016 season, so hopefully he can turn his career-low 3.7 yards per carry last season around. He did have a career high with 66 catches during the 2014/2015 season.

CelebNMusic247.com has this report via ESPN:

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked earlier this week what he liked about Jackson, who had scheduled a visit with the team.

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Carroll said:

“He’s been a very good pass-catcher and [an] adept pass protector,”

“He’s always been a good runner. He’s got great feel and sense. Had a big run in the game last week (a preseason win against the Pittsburgh Steelers). Had a 40-yard run in the game last week (against the Steelers) and scored a touchdown. But he’s been a very adept pass-receiver, and I think that’s something that maybe he could fit in.”

According to Pro Football Focus, Seahawks starter Marshawn Lynch played the sixth-most snaps of any running back in the NFL in 2014. Lynch, 29, has had 280 carries or more in four straight seasons. Jackson will probably be used to spell Lynch in obvious passing situations.

The two running backs have had a close relationship since 2007, when both broke into the NFL with the Bills. Lynch was Buffalo’s first-round pick, and Jackson made the Bills’ roster after spending the previous year on their practice squad.

But Carroll said that wasn’t why the Seahawks had brought in Jackson to visit.

Carroll added:

“Only in that I know that Marshawn and he are very good friends, and they get along, and that’s always a good thing.”

“But other than that, that didn’t feed into this.”

Adding Jackson became more urgent after Robert Turbin suffered what Carroll termed a “significant” high ankle sprain in the Seahawks’ third preseason game.