David Carr has had more interceptions than touchdowns in four of his six NFL seasons. Chris Keane/Icon SMI

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• The near-dormant Redskins are going to get a visit Wednesday from free-agent Seahawks receiver D.J. Hackett, and he makes sense for Washington on a number of fronts. First off, of course, new Redskins head coach Jim Zorn was Seattle's quarterbacks coach and thus is very familiar with Hackett's game.

Secondly, so are the Redskins, thanks to Hackett's six catches for 101 yards and a touchdown in Seattle's 35-14 conquest of Washington in the first round of the NFC playoffs in January.

When you factor in the Redskins' desire to transition to bigger receivers -- Hackett is 6-foot-2, 208 pounds -- it would appear a marriage waiting to happen if the financial end can be worked out.

As I've pointed out before, Hackett is one of the most attractive remaining free agents in a market that is already painfully shallow. He played in only six games last year due to a lingering ankle injury, but caught 32 passes for 384 yards and three touchdowns. Those totals project to a more than serviceable 85 receptions for 1,024 yards and eight touchdowns had he played in all 16 games.

• On the theory that everyone deserves a second and a third chance, the Giants are kicking the tires on signing David Carr as their sought-after upgrade at backup quarterback behind Eli Manning. I know Giants quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer was Carr's offensive coordinator in Houston from 2002 to '05, but I'm not sure there's a bigger reclamation job in the NFL right now than Carr, the No. 1 overall pick in 2002.

Carr made four starts and appeared in six games in Carolina last year, where he started the season as Jake Delhomme's backup. But in the end, he couldn't hold off either 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde or rookie Matt Moore, an undrafted collegiate free agent. Panthers coach John Fox acknowledged that he wouldn't play Carr at home late in the season due to the ferocious booing that the former Fresno State quarterback was subjected to.

Having seen Todd Collins, Cleo Lemon and Trent Green all sign elsewhere after the Giants expressed interest in them, New York is already down to shopping in Carr's market. Kind of a surprising turn of events for the defending Super Bowl champs.

• With Warrick Dunn returning to Tampa Bay, Tatum Bell staying put in Detroit, DeShaun Foster jumping to San Francisco, Michael Turner landing in Atlanta and Justin Fargas re-upping in Oakland, there's not going to be a long list of teams that make sense as a possible suitor of Shaun Alexander once Seattle does the expected and cuts him loose.

With the Seahawks having signed both Julius Jones and T.J. Duckett in free agency the past two weeks, with Maurice Morris still on hand, somebody's leaving Seattle. The obvious choice is Alexander, who has a $6.77 million salary cap number in 2008, and gained an underwhelming 718 yards last season.

Off the top of my head, teams that might have room and/or interest in adding Alexander include Chicago, Houston, Carolina, Denver, Philadelphia and maybe Dallas, if the Cowboys don't draft anyone to replace the departed Jones.

• This is turning out to be the NFL's offseason of reunion. To recap, Warrick Dunn is once again a Buccaneer. Trent Green is wearing Rams horns once more. Jevon Kearse and the Titans got back together. Marty Booker is a Bear again. And Muhsin Muhammad re-signed with Carolina.

Am I missing anyone? So what's it going to be, Takeo Spikes? You re-joining Cincinnati or Buffalo?

• I love it. After almost three years of constant media speculation on the topic, Brett Favre finally announced his retirement last week. About 10 minutes later came a wave of media speculation that he'll never stay retired. Could you blame Favre if he goes absolutely nuts the next time a pundit opens his or her mouth?