Jones, Spencer could start week 2.......Do we need depth?

Several blogs and beat writers alike are posting the news, Jim Mora announced today during his 25 minute press conference, as "good news". The positives in question here are; Walter Jones and Chris Spencer could return for the week 2 match-up against the San Francisco 49ers. You can link to the story here.

The guys over at Seahawkaddicts published a post linking to the article regarding the Seahawks working out 3 Offensive Linemen.

There are a couple of question marks regarding this news that has me wondering. What state of health is this line actually in? Are the Hawks working out linemen because the status of Spencer and Walt is not what they say it is? Is this workout just for depth? Is there a correlation between the two news breaks? Let's take a look at a couple of scenarios...

Scenario 1: Insurance
There is a sense of urgency for insurance with these workouts. I know we have T, Kyle Williams  and C/G Blake Schlueter on the Practice Squad but other than that our depth is thin. The backups on the O-line are as follows: OT Brandon Frye and G Mansfield Wrotto, that's it. Not very many guys to back up 5 across the front. So, as many teams do right after roster cuts, the Seahawks are looking for depth at O-line. Instead of going after big fish Free Agents like Levi Jones the Seahawks opted to work out some PS cast-aways to see if there is a quality player among them.

In addition, the offensive line has a new system to work out "together" and cohesiveness has been at the forefront of questioning regarding this unit since the beginning of camp. Is it a benefit to have several new guys learning to gel with each other, as opposed to a couple of Free Agent veterans? Does that really matter when learning a new system? I would say yes to both, however, it does help that there is a new system in place so everyone has a learning curve, to some degree.

Scenario 2: Health
These are just a couple of questions running through my head distracting me from my everyday work. I wonder if the statement Mora made is just a ploy to side-step the questions from the press about Walter Jones and Chris Spencer's health. Why is there not more reports of them practicing, at least on a limited basis, from anywhere? No news of workouts of any kind and these guys, might play?

"I don't want to look ahead because I'm talking about focusing on this game, but just for your knowledge: there is a chance that both of those guys could be ready to come back next week,"

Maybe I am being paranoid but I think it's definitely food for thought. If, in fact, Walt and Chris' health is worse off than Mora is letting on, then there is a sense of need and not insurance. The need would be to get some healthy players to back up the back-ups and starters. With Wrotto losing out to Max Unger and Steve Vallos starting at center we have Wrotto backing up both Unger and Sims at the guard positions. Not much depth if both those guys go down with injury.

I hope scenario 2 is just my paranoid mind running on all cylinders, but the fact that both of the situations we are reading about are very closely related has me a bit worried. Only time will tell what really is going to happen. Guess we'll just have to wait and see....END.