Seahawks Offense | Uncertainty clouds receiver spot

Receiver Koren Robinson isn't back with the Seahawks. At least not yet. It appears he's getting closer, though.

By Danny O'Neil

At least not yet.

It appears he's getting closer, though, after injuries to wide receiver Logan Payne and backup quarterback Seneca Wallace resulted in an active dialogue between the team and its former first-round pick on Monday.

When reached by telephone on Monday night, Robinson said nothing had been agreed to yet. He was asked if anything would be agreed to.

"I'm not sure," he said.

Is it possible something could happen?

"It might," he said.

So a whole lot of uncertainty, which is kind of appropriate given the situation at wide receiver where the Seahawks have suffered a rash of injuries so severe that they finished Sunday's game with only three healthy receivers, two of whom had been on the active roster for less than a week.

The Seahawks have lost Payne, Nate Burleson and Ben Obomanu to season-ending injuries. Bobby Engram and Deion Branch are not expected back until October.

Robinson was the team's first-round draft pick in 2001. He played four seasons in Seattle, but in 2004 he was suspended for four games by the NFL for violating the league's substance-abuse policy and benched for a game by coach Mike Holmgren for breaking team rules. The Seahawks released him in 2005 after a DUI arrest, the first of Robinson's two arrests in the span of 18 months.

Robinson was asked in a telephone interview last week if he is sober.

"I'm living that lifestyle," he said.

Holmgren was asked Monday specifically about the possibility of Robinson returning, and he said the former Seahawk was included on the list of options the team would weigh at a personnel meeting on Monday afternoon.

"I should have some idea this afternoon how we're going to approach this thing," Holmgren said. "The value there is he's played here, he knows this system. He's played for us before."

Robinson was chosen No. 9 overall by Seattle in 2001, and his best season came in 2002 when he caught 78 passes for 1,240 yards, both career-highs.

After he was released by Seattle, he signed with Minnesota and made the Pro Bowl as a kick returner in 2005. He was released by Minnesota in 2006 after a DUI arrest after he was chased by police. Robinson was suspended for one year by the NFL. He played with the Packers last season, catching 21 passes.

Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said he couldn't comment on the football side of Robinson's career, but he did talk about other progress his former teammate has made.

"What I care about more is that he grew up and really matured and got his life turned around in the right direction," Hasselbeck said, adding that he saw Robinson this offseason.

"He's married, has a child, has another one on the way, so I'm really happy for him," Hasselbeck said. "I'm proud of him."

The addition of Robinson would be one step toward regrouping at a position already so depleted the Seahawks had taken the step of moving Wallace from backup quarterback to wide receiver and then promptly lost him before he ever played in the game. Wallace injured his calf while warming up for Sunday's game.

"It felt like somebody shot me from out of the stands," Wallace said. "I got shot in the calf. I felt a big pop in my calf muscle."

(to be continued...)