I regret even writing my small blurb from yesterday.

Yes, it is true, oh my god, the Seahawks made an “exploratory” phone call to Terrell Owens, and yes, it is true, this amazing phone call was confirmed by Steve Wyche.

I’m stunned that something like this has created such a firestorm– it’s not going to happen!

In order to feed their own hope that the guy who works out during an interview will land in Seahawks blue, they completely ignore the most important part of Wyche’s report:

“The nature of all the calls, which came at different points of the offseason, have been very preliminary. The Seahawks’ interest — it wasn’t mentioned when their call or calls were made — was described as such.

The Seahawks, who at one point explored acquiring Brandon Marshall from the Denver Broncos, could be out of the wide receiver market after selecting Notre Dame’s Golden Tate in the second round of last month’s draft.”

This phone call means absolutely squat, it just goes to show how slow the market for Terrell Owens is; Derrick Brooks didn’t find a job either last season, but no firestorm ensued when he was called.

It’s just because it’s T.O.

Teams make exploratory calls all the time, during the draft, for trades, to many, many free agents, hell, even a good majority of the guys they bring in for actual visits never end up signing with said team.

Is it no surprise that this news comes deep into T.O. watch– who knows… Wyche could have just sat on this “juicy info” until he felt the time was right to scribble a report.

The likely scenario behind these mystical phone calls probably broke down something like this.

1) They called him at the beginning of the free agency period like I am sure several teams did.

2) They started pursuing Brandon Marshall.

3) When the price for Brandon Marshall was unappealing, they called Owens back so they would have a potential fall back plan if the price didn’t drop.

4) When they lost out on Marshall, they realized that it is still the off season and they could wait until after the draft to get Owens if they wanted him.

5) Golden Tate falls in their lap during the draft, interest decreases, but there still might be something hovering there– the same could be said about every team in regards to certain unsigned players.

I have stated recently that the Hawks do need to upgrade the receiver position, and I stand by that. If Terrell Owens ends up in Seattle, sure, I will be content. I don’t see an aging veteran receiver in his twilight as anything but a decent stop gap for a rebuilding team. He has no impact on our future when these 5-11 seasons will start flip flopping. We’re going to have a losing record next year with him, or without him.

Am I guilty of speculation? Yes, that was before the draft after we had lost out on Marshall, probably right around the time these talks transpired.

Nothing has developed since then.

At this stage in the off season, a lot of options are possible as teams try to plug up the remaining holes on the roster.

It’s possible Owens could become a Seahawk, just like it’s possible the Seahawks could win the Super Bowl in 2010. The fact is, both should go on the extremely unlikely to happen anytime soon list.

Please, stop reading into things that are not there, please, slow your roll on Owens to Seattle.