Monday Rundown: Ty Law, Tasered Players and More

Ty Law signed a 5-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. Now everyone who had not already, can finally move-on. The most interesting item will be the amount of guaranteed money in Law's contract (the terms have not been disclosed). We will find out exactly how much we weren't willing to pay him.

This is not Seahawks related, but it follows my earlier coverage of the bail-posting Bengals. DT Mathias Askew, the Bengals' 2004 fourth-round pick, ignored a request by police to move his illegally parked car and then refused to show identification. Officers tried to arrest and handcuff him, but he broke away before being tasered and charged with resisting arrest. You can't make this stuff up. He joins four other Bengals with recent off-the-field problems, as well as the inherited problems of supplemental draft choice LB Ahmad Brooks. Oddly enough, WR Chris Henry is the only one of the six not on the defensive side of the football. Askew is the oldest of the group at 24-years-old.

Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports gave the Seahawks some praise in his NFC's burning questions when he said Seattle is one of the "NFC teams that could hang with anyone in the AFC." He also says a "12-4 or 13-3 season definitely looks possible," and gives a realistic look at some other teams that will contend. He calls Seattle one of the "the big two" in the NFC along with Carolina.

MSN's FOX Sports NFL Video has been giving increasingly frequent coverage to the Seahawks, probably more than any other team. The latest piece is called Circle of Seahawks, and is about Grant Wistrom and former Seahawk Jerry Wunsch spending time with kids with cancer through the Circle of Friends program. I know we would all like to hear about the team signing a veteran quarterback, but at least we are getting stories like this about our defensive lineman instead of news that he was tasered while resisting arrest.

The Seahawks did get some legal news last week when Sean Locklear opted for a disposition hearing over a jury trial. The details of what actually occurred in the incident with his girlfriend are only known by those involved, but the news is that Locklear will avoid prosecution if he complies with the terms of his 24-month probation which includes performing community service, obtaining an evaluation, and paying court costs. According to his attorney, Locklear did not want to put his girlfriend through a public trial and was concerned that the trial would be a distraction to his team with training camp set to begin. His attorney also said that Locklear stated (presumably in court), "I apologize to all involved for what happened that night. I take full responsibility for my own actions and I look forward to putting this behind me in a positive manner."

Training Camp will open with the first full practice on Saturday, so maybe we will get back to the real football news we have been craving.