Seattle Seahawks GM Tim Ruskell expressed in an interview Thursday that the team will not be carrying two kickers on their roster for the 2009 season. "You know, we’re thinking about three this year. [Laughs.] No. It just kind of happened that way. We like Brandon [Coutu]. We think he can kick in the National Football League. [Keeping two kickers] won’t happen again this year. We’ll go with one guy and it’ll be a nice battle to watch. They’ve both done well so far. Part of the reason for holding onto him last year is that we were getting interest from other teams, so we thought maybe, at some point, prior to the trade deadline…It just didn’t happen. And then, with the injuries, we had enough room to keep him and it didn’t hurt us. So we just kept him, and said, ‘Okay, we’ll have this competition go for another year.’ He’s a good kicker. He was 7 for 7 last year in the preseason. Teams noticed. There was a lot of chatter. Nothing really manifested itself in terms of a trade, but we’re still getting calls on the guy. So he’s either going to be our kicker or we’ll make a move, but we’re not going to have two kickers this year. I’m going to go on record and say that.†Source: Tacoma News Tribune
