T.J. SAYS HE’S GETTING AN MRI

Lost in the three-team jockeying for the services of receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh is the possibility that the 27-year-old trapped in a 31-year-old’s body has an injury of some sort. Houshmandzadeh said on Tuesday’s Dan Patrick Show that he’ll undergo an MRI on an unspecified area of his body. (We wonder why T.J. didn’t mention this during his Thursday night appearance on ESPN.) The specific reason for the MRI isn’t clear. So we picked through the 2008 injury reports (a major pain in the butt, by the way -- please feel free to play your imaginary violins, and then to shove them in their organic carrying cases), and we found that he was on it for four different conditions last year -- hamstring, ankle, hand, and back. Specifically, he was probable in Week One with a hamstring. He was listed as a full participant in practice on Thursday and Friday. In Week Seven, he was questionable with an ankle injury. He didn’t practice on Wednesday, practiced on a limited basis on Thursday, and fully participated on Friday. In Week Eight, he was probable, due to the ankle. He missed practice on Wednesday and fully participated the other two days. In Week Twelve, Week Thirteen, Week Fourteen and Week Seventeen, he was probable with a back injury He missed a couple of Wednesday practices because of it. In Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen, Houshmandzadeh was probable with a hand injury. He missed one Wednesday practice, prior to Week Fifteen. In Week Two through Week Six, Week Nine, Week Ten (bye), and Week Eleven, he wasn’t listed on the injury report at all. Our guess? The back injury, which appeared on the last report of the season, is the reason for the MRI. And, presumably, the Seahawks won’t finalize the contract until everything checks out. Look, we’re not trying to sound any alarms here. But, let’s face it. It’s not like getting a massage; people don’t undergo expensive, high-tech diagnostic tests unless there’s something to diagnose, or to rule out.