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I’m sorry you had to sit through that Bear fans, but you can rest assured the 2011 season is over for the Monsters of the Midway. Their loss to the Seattle Seahawks may only drop them to a 7-7 record, but their unmistakably terrible quarterback play has clearly taken them out of the playoff picture. The offseason isn’t here yet though, so the Gameday Recaps continue!

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 Gameday Recap: Seahawks 38, Bears 14"

The Chicago Bears have allowed the Seattle Seahawks take a commanding 24-14 lead late in 3rd quarter at Soldier Field.

The Bears are about to be buried for this season.  No Cutlers, No Forte, No Wright, No Johnny Knox, who left the game in an ambulance and was taken to a local hospital.  Unfortunately, Caleb Hanie, who looked so good against the Packers in the NFC game and looked mediocre at best, and simply not-ready-for-prime-time.  He lacks the skills that Cutler has.

Continue reading "Kiss This Season Goobye"

Losers of three straight, the Chicago Bears are trying to get back on the winning horse this afternoon against the rising Seattle Seahawks. Can you believe these two teams are actually still in the playoff hunt? They both need a lot of help to get there, but this game is too significant for either team to lose. Drop one more game… and you likely won’t see January.

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 Gameday Preview: Seahawks at Bears"

Forget about the rest of your work week, Thursday Night Football is on tonight! The NFL Network has a pretty interesting contest for us tonight, as the imploding “Dream Team” travels northwest to far off Seattle to take on a young and “always tough at home” Seahawks squad. Who’s ready for the death of a dream?

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There’s no way around it. This division sucks. Quarterback questions abound for three of its four teams and 9-7 will likely win it all. The final division preview starts now!

Seattle Seahawks

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 NFL Season Preview: The NFC West"

Okay, now that we’ve had some time to digest the draft and some of the immediate ramifications, let’s delve into some of the teams I thought best took advantage of their selections. (Not winners and losers per se, since we can’t actually grade these drafts until three years or so elapse.) Still, what’s the NFL without some premature judging?

Continue reading "The Best and Worst Classes of the 2011 NFL Draft"

With the Draft a few days away, I wanted to get my claims to idiocy behind me. After my AFC grades, I knew I was in for a bit of let-down with the opposing conference. All the surprises (both good and bad) were clustered in the NFC. So let’s get to the self-degradation!

Continue reading "How Much I Effed Up: The NFC Edition"

 So that was a fun weekend, right? After some delicious divisional round fun, the stages are set for Conference Championship Sunday in the NFL. Before that, let's take a look at how this weekend's games went down.

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 NFL Final Drive: Divisional Round"

That was probably the most relaxing Bears playoff game I’ve ever watched. Chicago jumped out early on the over-matched Seattle Seahawks, putting this game out of reach before the first half ended and looking towards the NFC title game.

Continue reading "Joe's GameDay Recap: Bears 35, Seahawks 24"

After a week off, the Chicago bears are set to enter the playoff picture today as they host the Seattle Seahawks. Brimming with confidence after their victory over the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints, the Seahawks head into what will surely be a raucous Soldier Field atmosphere and some particularly low temperatures. Can Chicago fend off the surprise Seahawks? Or will their week off come at their detriment? Here’s the break down.

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After the fantastic endings and upsets from the Wild Card round, the NFL playoffs are back with the Divisional round! We get two division rivalry rematches in the AFC while we get another pair of regular season rematches in the NFC. Let’s delve into some football!

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 NFL Opening Drive: Divisional Round"

The Chicago Bears will face off against the Seattle Seahawks in their Dvisional playoff game next Sunday in Chicago.  The Bears could have faced either New Orleans or the Eagles, but both teams lost.  Seattle beating the Saints, in a thrilling upset yesterday advances to face the Bears.  The Packers defeating Philadelphia in their wild-card game.

Continue reading "Bears Get Seahawks in NFC Playoff Game"

The 2010 NFL Playoffs are upon us! Wildcard Saturday kicks off the action with the reigning NFL champs on the road in Seattle and a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship. Here’s my breakdown of each game, along with my official picks. Last year I went 5-6 against the spread, let’s see if I can improve that mark this season!

Continue reading "Joe's 2011 NFL Opening Drive: Wildcard Saturday"

After their very first drive that ended in a Matt Forte score, the Bears had to feel plenty of confidence that their one-loss record would stay intact when the day ended. The Seattle Seahawks had other ideas, responding immediately with a touchdown drive of their own and holding the Bears off in a 23-20 win.

Continue reading "Joe's Gameday Recap: Seahawks 23, Bears 20"

Returning home from their forgetful win at Carolina, the Bears welcome the Seattle Seahawks to Soldier Field on Sunday. Coming off their bye week, Pete Carroll and his young Seahawks are looking for the upset win in the windy city. Here's my take on today's NFC match-up.

Continue reading "Joe's Gameday Preview: Seahawks at Bears"

As week four in the NFL season ends, turmoil exists across both conferences as no team has established itself as a dominant force. Here are my takes on the stories of week four.

(3-1) Atlanta Falcons 16

Continue reading "Joe's Final Drive: Week 4"

We're another weekend closer to the NFL kicking off for real! After my last look at the AFC South, this time around I'll be examining the teams in the NFC West, a division that is always up for grabs. (Unless you're the Rams.)

Continue reading "Joe's NFL 2010 Season Preview: NFC West"

After all the waiting and anticipation, the start of the 2010 NFL Draft went according to plan. Quarterback Sam Bradford went to the Rams, Ndamukong Suh to the Lions and Gerald McCoy to the Bucs. After the known occurred, there was plenty to discuss. Here's what caught my eye from day one.

Continue reading "Joe's Draft Recap: Day One"

In anticipation of the NFL Draft, each position will be evaluated for the team’s need at that position. Each position will be rated for the Patriots’ need, with 1 not a need and 5 being ugent:

Continue reading "Draft Evaluation: Wide Receivers/Tight Ends"

Because I’ve been immersed in my mock draft and inspired to write a few articles, I haven’t posted for a while. During this time, a lot of news regarding the Patriots crossed the news wire. I should had said a little something about every bit of news, but I was distracted.

Continue reading "Steps Behind"

1.  Ndamakuong Suh should be the number 1 pick in the 2010 NFL draft.  The ability to control the middle is being lost with rush ends and the 3-4.  Pressure up the middle against the run and pass is still the most effective start to an NFL defense.  QB's can step up to avoid the rush on the outside, but there is no substitute for having a C/G pushed back into his lap.

Continue reading "Random Sports Thoughts"

After New York Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez helped lead his team to a 24-14 Wild Card victory over the Bengals in Cincinnati Saturday, the precocious signal-caller found time to tweak his former college coach at the University of Southern California (USC).

Continue reading "Mark Sanchez & Pete Carroll are "going ..."

The Dallas Cowboys have pulled off their first playoff win in years.  Tony Romo is now 1-2 in the playoffs, and Wade Phillips finally has won one himself.  Phillips and Romo had been known as "choke artists" in the past years, Romo fumbling a kicker hold against the Seattle Seahawks and throwing an interception late against the New York Giants.

Continue reading "First Playoff Win in 14 Years For 'Boys"

There were a few games I couldn’t even pretend to drum up a story for. Monday night’s Baltimore v. Cleveland match-up is beyond ugly. Still, there's plenty of drama for the week 10 edition of the Opening Drive! 

Continue reading "Joe's Opening Drive: Week 10"

In a crazy week six in the NFL, we saw both New York teams fall, one squad completely give up, and three teams continue their undefeated ways. The Final Drive of week six starts right now! 

Continue reading "Joe's Final Drive: Week 6"

Good morning fantasy friends!

Today is Saturday September 26, 2009 so you have a little more than 24 hours to get your fantasy act together or you may end up with that crucial week 3 L.  

Continue reading "Welcome to Fantasy Land!"

After winning a game no one expected them to win, the Bears are now widely expected to travel to Seattle and defeat the injury-battling Seahawks. Which Seahawk is injured you ask? Someone pretty important…

Continue reading "Joe's Gameday Preview: Bears at Seahawks"

Week 2 is behind us and it's on to Minnesota next...

We are 2-0...undefeated...I have to say I would love to go further undefeated but, after a while you start thinking about it so much, you can't concentrate on the task at hand...playing the game.

Continue reading "WEEK 2"

Continue reading "Wedge vs. No Wedge"

I was a decent 3-1 last week. Called the Games straight Up and where to take the points. My only lost was the Upset special. Which seems not so special for week 1. The Colts help on for the win, Yet like I said did not cover the spread. The Saints went marching in to the season with 6 touchdowns from Brees. The Dolphins seem to let me down in more then one way, I actual  sipped the Ronnie Brown Kool aid and left a sour taste in fantasy for week 1.

Continue reading "Week 2 NFL Picks"

Unless you've managed to live amongst wolves for the past two years you undoubtedly know about Michael Vick's dog fighting ring. Michael has been out of professional football for two whole seasons and most of that time was spent in prison. Although, an average American cannot return to his or her job after being imprisoned; Michael Vick can and he will, because he is a professional football player.

Continue reading "Michael Vick: Searching for a Home"

I recently had a chance to talk sports, working in sports, and even a little Arod with 710 ESPN Seattle’s Liz Mathews. Liz is “The Professor” John Clayton’s producer on The John Clayton show on 710 ESPN Seattle, an avid Seattle Seahawk fan, and she practices law. Liz was nice enough to take the time to answer every question I had for her, and did a great job in doing so.

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I really love my animals well animals in general.  I understand what Vick did was wrong, with all that hes lost money wise, property wise, image wise and so on plus his prison time served id say

Continue reading "Let Vick Play!"

First of all, welcome to my blog everyone! Today, I will be reviewing the Seahawks schedule and trying to forecast their record.

Week 1: St. Louis Rams

Week 2: @ San Francisco 49ers

Continue reading "Predicting Seattle's Record."

Well, the first wave of free agency has passed, and the Browns didn't jump in. It appears to me that the Browns don't have a lot of room under the cap to sign high-priced free agents.

Leaving: Kellen Winslow, Joe Jurevicius, Jason Wright, Audra Davis. Is Braylon Edwards next? Next year is a contract year, and it appears that Braylon doesn't want to sign with the Browns again. So, why keep him around when we could get something for him this year? I know...we don't have a lot of quality WRs on the roster. But, if we rely on Braylon's potential, we might as well trade him for draft picks. And if I remember correctly, Braylon couldn't even catch a cold last season. Is Donte Stallworth leaving? After his accident, no one knows his future. Lastly, many experts believe that one of the QBs will be traded. Well, stay tuned.

Continue reading "Cleveland Browns: Molding a New Team"

It's been a tough year being a Seattle Seahawks fan, and a Seattle sports fan in general.  We lose the Supersonics to Oklahoma City, the Mariners become the first team to have a $100M payroll and post 100 losses, and the Seahawks miss the playoffs for the first time in 5 years.  But there is still a lot to look forward to.  We have a new MLS team in Seattle FC that looks like it could be competitive from day 1, and the Mariners and Seahawks are not far from being playoff calibur teams.

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So I was 4 points off in my prediction last week as the Cardinals clinched the NFC West and with it a playoff birth. With the red birds in they’ll be looking for a favorable match up during wild card weekend, as it is unlikely the Giants will be dethroned as conference champions and one member of the South will undoubtedly take slot 2. The rest of the race is completely up in the air. Arizona can help shape their destiny today going against Minnesota, who is narrowly holding down a playoff spot in the NFC North.  The Cardinals looked poised to take the number three spot and judging by the strength of their remaining schedule they can as long as they topple the Vikings. With a difficult game against New England next week Arizona should have an easier going week 17 against the Seahawks.

Continue reading "Sizing up the playoff competition"

I don't like this match-up. This isn't paranoia carried over from last week's comeback win over a bad Seattle Seahawks team. Oakland is about as bad as the Seahawks. This Patriots-Raiders game has me very concerned because the Raiders can run the ball.

Continue reading "Hours Before Kickoff: Week 15"

Next Tuesday the NFL Network will announce the AFC and NFC Pro Bowl teams. Unlike last year, there won't be as many Patriot players sprinkled throughout the roster, but that doesn't mean there are no deserving players on the team. Of course I'm a homer, but I'll try to exercise a bit of common sense and select players who should be on the AFC team:

Continue reading "Pro Bowl Pats"

When Tom Brady went down in the first quarter of the first game this season, the first thought of Patriots fans was if the team could still contend without their biggest star. What they didn't realize was that Brady's injury was a harbinger of things to come all season long.

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The game flashed before my eyes on Sunday when Seattle quarterback Seneca Wallace ran by Patriots rookie CB Jonathan Wilhite. It shouldn't had happened. Wilhite let up, thinking was going to run out of bounds. Instead Wallace turned upfield for a 23-yard gain and a first down. I immediately feared it was the 1997 Divisional loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers all over again.

Continue reading "Learning From Experience"

1-for-13.

That was the number of third down conversions out of the number of chances last week for the Patriots. Just once when facing third down did New England get a first down. Even more frustrating was the only first down conversion was the final offensive play, when the outcome was not in doubt.

Continue reading "Hours Before Kickoff: Week 14"

The 2008 NFL is one of the better ones in my memory. Certainly better than last year, and probably the best since 2001. The stories of bad teams rising to the occasion, a star quarterback coming back to play and another one missing the year, a backup who hasn't started since high school on his way to making millions via free agency, coaches being fired at a record pace, and a couple quarterbacks on their way to 5000 yards passing are just some of the stories to the NFL season. There seems to be another story that could be in the making when the season comes to a close. Currently there are 5 NFL teams with 2 wins or fewer and with just 5 games left in the season there is the possibility that a 5 teams could finish 2-14 or worse. The reason for the futility is a lot of things, bad play, injuries, or just plain bad. Here are the 5 best of the worst in the NFL and what the last part of the season could hold.

Continue reading "Some NFL Teams are Bad, Really Bad"

For those of you too busy with cooking dinner or crying babies to follow Thanksgiving’s slate of NFL action, I’m here with a quick recap. (You didn’t miss much.)

Tennessee Titans 47, Detroit Lions 10

Continue reading "Joey A's Thanksgiving Day Recap"

Even though this has been a "down-year" in all things having to do with Seattle Sports, there is a group of dedicated writers looking to provide reasons and answers for our terribly under performing teams.

Continue reading "Seattle Sports Fans: We'll Help You ..."

The Seahawks are 2-8, if my memory serves me correctly and ever since they were 2-4 I've heard rumblings about how Seahawks fans should root for the Seahawks to lose the rest of their games and obtain a high draft pick.  I consider this notion in the same realm as Holmgren should resign and Hasslebeck should be cut, but since its grown exceedingly popular.  I have decided to address it.

Continue reading "Tanking"

Here is a definition of what a Flea-Flicker or Trick Play is all about. 

One team will lead the defensive players on the opposing team to think they are playing a normal running play, this will cause the opposing team to leave their position and go after the running back, this leaves the quarterback to have the space to pass the football off.

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11/09/08/1:00pm/FOX/Sunday-Dolphins(21) vs Seahawks(19)(Seahawks Coach-Mike Holmgren 02/09, then Jim Mora)

1st Qtr:

1. Fins Tedd Ginn, Jr. (19),would have had a touchdown from a kick return, if it hadn’t been for a holding penalty by Charlie Andersen (56).

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We fly on our broomsticks to Week 9 in the NFL. Happy Halloween everyone as another week of predictions are here and I for one am feeling a little...confident this week. Why? Because the crystal ball is no longer with us and debuting this week is none other then the infamous Crypt Keeper. He'll pick one game each week as I take care of the rest. Last week I went 2-2, but rest assure my Crypt Keeper and I plan to do better than 2-2 this week. So get out your candy, put your costume on, howl in the wind and maestro hit ze music!

Continue reading "NFL Week 9 Predictions"

A big thanks to everyone who participated in the "Inbound Link Contest".  We have a winner!  A big congratulations go out to Marija.  Thank you for all your hard work on this.  While we had a lot of people participate, Marija was able to win with only 4 links!  So it wouldn't have taken a lot to win this contest!  We'll be having another contest soon so stay tuned.

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As you probably have figured out, seahawkaddicts.com has become my new top priority in terms of Seahawks blogging, but I'll continue to keep this one breathing as I see necessary.

But enough of that. The Seahawks' opening exhibition game in Minnesota on Friday night went as well as it ever could've -- a few expected mistakes carrying the intention of working out the kinks in the system, but largely a commanding and convincing performance.

Continue reading "thoughts & musings about the game, future"

The running game: Last years problem, this years question. Can the Hawks regain the running prowess after cutting Shaun Alexander? Lets start with the halfbacks.

1. Julius Jones: Jones is just the type of runner that Alexander was not. Jones runs hard and is not afraid to take people head on. Problem with him is, that he is best used as a tandem back. Good News! The Seahawks have that tandem. Expect Julius to get 45% of the carries.

Continue reading "Seahawks Position Preview: Running Backs"

Here is the beginning to my Seahawks preview. I will be going through position by position and previewing the year each position will have. Today: QB. To the depth chart we go.

1. Matt Hasselbeck: Finally becoming a household name around the NFL, Hasselbeck had his best statistical season last year. He ranked 8th in the NFL in passing yards (3,996) and 6th in TD's (28). On an even better note, he had more then twice as many TD passes as INT's.

Continue reading "Seahawks Position Preview: Quarterback"

Joe Namath and the Los Angeles Rams. Bert Jones and the Los Angeles Rams. Franco Harris and the Seattle Seahawks. Harold Carmichael and the Dallas Cowboys.

Is it possible that Brett Favre will look back on his late-career stint with the New York Jets and wish that he'd just stayed retired?

Continue reading "Brett Favre's decision, will he regret it?"

On Wednesday, the Seahawks took the first snaps at their new practice and training facility. Although the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) will not officially be open until the 18th, the Seahawks saw fit to begin using the facility.

Continue reading "Hawks break in new digs"

If Tavaris Jackson ever really learned how to play quarterback, I would find the Vikings absolutely terrifying. Granted I wonder about their team speed, especially in their linebacking corps, but they are a tremendously solid football team put together perfectly to defeat the Seahawks. Power running football teams gives the Seahawks fits and the Vikings are just that. Even if Jackson learned how to manage a game, do I consider them a Super Bowl caliber team? Probably not, but I wouldn't put it past them to roll into Seattle in the playoffs and punish the Seahawks into submission. Their offensive line is huge, their d line even bigger, their corners are big and physical and their receivers, although lacking in skill have good size. If you look at every team that beat the Seahawks, and I'm not taking about games the Seahawks blew, games where they got beat, their opponent has most of those components.  Teams that could physically beat up the Seahawks concern me more than a team like Dallas, who you can punch in the mouth a few times and they will fold like a cheap lawn chair, the Seahawks can beat them on coaching and prowess, but the Vikings, they could just flat out beat them.

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The Cardinals finished last season .500. It wasn’t playoff worthy nor was it very impressive. The fact is the Cardinals play in a bad division where the only team that should make the playoffs from it every year is the Seattle Seahawks. However, the Cardinals actually have a lot of talent on their team, it’s a shame that it couldn’t translate to victories last season. The Cardinals have improved their team via the draft with quite possibly my favorite rookie players, with the exception of Glen Dorsey and Darren McFadden. So lets take a look at the Cardinals this year.

Continue reading "32 Teams in 32 Days, Team #24: The ..."

The Seattle Seahawks ended last season with a 10-6 record and a loss in the second round of the playoffs to the Green Bay Packers. There were good aspects of the team and of course there were bad aspects of the team. Losing fullback Mack Strong to injury and eventually retirement hurt this team a lot. He paved a lot of holes for running backs in Seattle. Star running back Shaun Alexander seemed to lose his game last season, he just never seemed to do something great. We’ll get back to the running game a little bit later on, but lets us first see what we can expect this year.

Continue reading "32 Teams in 32 Days, Team #21: The ..."

It's finally official -

The Seahawks' training camp begins Thursday (July 25) at 9:15 a.m. at the Kirkland team headquarters.

Unfortunately, practices there aren't open for public viewing, but the team's annual public scrimmage will be held Aug. 2 at 11 a.m at none other than Qwest Field. Gates open at 9 a.m. that day, and tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for youth (ages 5-17.) Kids under 5 get in free. 

Continue reading "Training Camp Starting Time and Date"

To try and motivate our bloggers to get inbound links we're going to have a contest to see which blogger can get the most inbound links to their blog. The contest begins now and ends July 31st, 2008. To be entered in to the contest all you have to do is go out and get as many websites to link to your blog as you can and at the end of the month send us an email listing all those links. All links must be active from August 1st through August 7th when we'll be judging the entries - a winner will be announced on August 7th. All entry emails must be received by Midnight on July 31st, 2008. You can email them to sportsfan@nbabasketballonline.com

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After a heartbreaking loss in the first round playoff game of the 2006 - 2007 season to the Seattle Seahawks the Dallas Cowboys were determined to make the 2007 -2008 season a better one. However with the departure of Offensive Co-Ordinator Sean Payton and the hiring of Jason Garrett some might wonder if the cowboys improve or falter, then came the resignation of Bill Parcels and the hiring of Wade Phillips. the 2007 season got off to a great 5-0 start which lead many to believe that was going to be the year that the cowboys would win the superbowl. The cowboys finished out the season 13-3 first in the NFC east and a first round bye in the playoffs it looked as though Dallas would just coast through the playoffs but yeat tragedy struck again in the form of another first round playoff defeat. The 2008 season will hopefully bring more excitment and a hopefully a return to the superbowl key additions Zack Thomas, Adam Jones and new starting runing back Marion Barber who replaces Julius Jones the only question remains now is weather sure handed reciever Terry Glenn will remain a cowboy Glenn and team owner Jerry Jones have been in negotiations Gleen who is entering his 13th season has expressed interest in finishing out his carreer as a cowboy. However if the cowboys choose not to go with Terry Glenn Patrick Clayton and Sam Hurd are capable of being the other starter more so Crayton because he had more starts, Hopefully Genn will remain with the cowboys him along with the key additions acquired in the off season should propel the cowboys past the first round of the playoffs and into this seasons superbowl.

Continue reading "Hopes for a new season"

Lofa changed his original plea of not guilty to guilty in Monday's court appearance for his May 10 DUI arrest. He will pay fines of $1,255 and spend a day in jail.

He handled this incident to the best of his ability, and because he cooperated and accepted responsibility for what he did, I think it shows even more good character traits about the guy. He screwed up, held himself totally accountable and didn't make any excuses. Lofa's the kind of player any team should be damn proud to have. 

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This is my first post so I just want to get this out there.  See what people think the over/under on Seahawk wins will be this year and the Huskies as well.  I am excited about both teams and in analyzing both schedules as you can see below.  I have put wins and losses primarily based on whether we would be favored if the game was played today as well as my own opinion, would love to hear what people think, which games they think I will be wrong on.  I was surprised to see I have them going 12-4 and feel I was relatively unbiased.  If someone knows of a site that has lines on every game of the year already(if that is even possible) I would bet they would be at or close to 12 wins simply using that barometer.  I will do the same prediction list as below for the Huskies on a seperate post.

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Here are my thoughts about the city of Seattle letting the Sonics leave

1. Seattle/Washington legislature are all idiots
If you are a Washington resident, I implore you to not re-elect our Governor (Christine Gregoire). If you live in Seattle, we need a new city council and Mayor. These people had a chance to keep the team here, twice! Yet, nothing was done. We need change if we are to ever get basketball back here again.

Continue reading "It finally sets in, and I am pissed"

According to espn.com, the Seahawks have the lowest personal foul totals in the NFL since 2001. Read the blurb on this here, posted by good ol' Mike Sando.

It seems Ruskell's decision-making about recruiting solid citizens on AND off the field has paid off, especially with Jerramy Shithead out of the picture. Hell, I'd be willing to place a substantial bet on the possibility that at least 41 of those fouls since 2001 were because of that lumbering jackass. He was a worthless acquisition, and apparently caused his neighbors in Bellevue just as much grief as he caused the team. 

Continue reading "Seahawks have lowest personal foul totals in NFL"

It appears the Seahawks have signed long snapper Tyler Schmitt to a 4-year deal, according to Jose Romero at the Seattle Times. 

This dissuades rumors that Schmitt underperformed at the minicamps earlier this month, and proves the coaching staff believes that they're not about to sign another Boone Stutz (which is a separate post all by itself.)

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There's a lot to catch up on in the past couple days, but here's a brief rundown:

-Lofa is probably going to plead not guilty, according to sources at the Times and PI. Not much else is being said for now, but his June 17 arraignment is still a go.

Continue reading "snippets, update"

The Seahawks' pass rush is going to be downright lethal this year.

Lawrence Jackson, this year's 1st-round draft pick, has been faithfully updating a blog.  Surprisingly, he says feels more comfortable in the rain than in the heat. He definitely came to the right place to play football, even though the weather back east during the winter is a hell of a lot more intense than it is here. Let's hope LoJack is ready for week 1 in Buffalo, where it's known to get so cold that the average eskimo freezes his nuts off for 3 months straight.

Continue reading "Lo Jack on the rise"

The NFC will be going through more rebuilding in the upcoming season, and the AFC will once again be the dominant division in the NFL. With this being said, who will be the favorite to win the NFC and

Continue reading "Seahawks to The Superbowl"

DE Daryl Tapp, who had a monster game against St. Louis last year, is stepping up and taking his game to the next level this year.

At least, that's what he's telling Seattle Times reporter Jose Miguel Romero.

Continue reading "Tapp taking over"

Clare Farnsworth at the Seattle PI seems to agree with my musings about all things Logan Payne, if yesterday's minicamp was any indication.

"With leading receiver Bobby Engram still a no-show in hopes of getting a contract extension and starting flanker Deion Branch still recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, the Seahawks passing game is in the hands of Nate Burleson and a foursome that has become known as "the young guys" -- Payne and recent late-round draft choices Ben Obomanu (2006) and Courtney Taylor and Jordan Kent (2007)."

Continue reading "no Payne, no gain"

The Seahawks defense is based on speed. Blazing, swarming, hard hitting speed. Running wide on this defense is liking wandering, unguided into Dante's Hell. But fast defenses lack size, and against the run their margin for error decreases drastically. Size on the defensive line makes up for a lot of deficiencies. If your linebackers have trouble shedding blocks, two space eaters in the middle will take up blockers and prevent linemen from reaching the second level. With the smallish defense line that the Seahawks have, if Bernard or Terrell or Mebane do not fulfill their assignment, the offensive line moves quickly to Tatupu, Hill and Peterson and within a milisecond the running back has reached our veteran and speed challenged safeties.

Continue reading "The first line of defense"

Today marks the start of an eight-practice Seahawks minicamp that's to be spread out over the next two weeks, and also the start of a vow to myself to update this goddamned blog more often. Being unemployed certainly has its merits, but that's another story...

Continue reading "minicamp, day 1"

I spent my younger years as a Seahawks fan in the 1990's. I sat through 2-14, I sat through the back to back 6-10 seasons, and I sat through the teams of the late 90's who could never fathom being anything other than mediocre. Winning wasn't expected, losing was. I remember always thinking how great it would be to cheer for a perennial playoff team, winning the Super Bowl was secondary. Just to taste the playoffs, taste the respect and prestige of those playoff teams, is all I wanted. Now a decade later the Seahawks are the four time defending champions of the NFC West. They have made five consecutive playoff appearances and haven't been knocked out in the first round since 2004. They have won playoff games, they have won a conference title and they have played in the Super Bowl. I am not satisfied. The ultimate goal of any professional franchise should be to win the championship. Any other result is nothing but a failure to achieve the goal.

Continue reading "The sun doesn't shine forever."

Seattle joined the Patrick Kerney sweepstakes in the offseason just after Super Bowl XLI. They were not getting the requested productivity from then starting defensive ends Grant Wistrom and Bryce Fisher. Wistrom finished that season with only 4 sacks and Fisher accumulated just 4 sacks as well. In the next 3 months, the Seahawks searched vigorously for a player who could step in and explode off the edge. The 'Hawks found the man they were destined to sign and he was a physically gifted 6-5 270 lb. pass rusher named Patrick Kerney. Kerney signed a 6 year, $39.5 million contract and he recorded 14.5 sacks in his first season. Ever since the Seahawks signed Kerney, the NFL has really taken a more in depth look at pass rushing defensive ends instead of run stopping defensive ends. Jared Allen was the top choice before Kerney of all the 2007 free agents but he resigned with the Chiefs but was ironically traded before the 2008 NFL draft to Minnesota. The 2008 NFL draft saw four defensive ends go in the 1st round but only 1 of those (drafted by our Seattle Seahawks) specialized in stopping the run instead of assaulting the passer. The first three chosen were all substantial pass rushers and that is becoming the new trend in the NFL. Understand that there are still talented run stoppers out there but the majority of NFL teams are building around a defensive end that can effect the quarterback's success of completing a pass.

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Once Matt Walsh handed over the sought-after video evidence the league wanted, most fans thought the door would be closed on Spygate and the controversy sounding the Patriots.

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It started with something rather shocking and unfortunate. 

A few weeks later, it evolved into something somewhat obnoxious and concerning.

And last weekend, it took a turn for the worst.  

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Aside from its outstanding regular season and Super Bowl run nearly three seasons ago, the Seattle Seahawks have suffered from receivers on the roster that cannot make timely catches, but through all the drops, Bobby Engram's been the most sure-handed and reliable target for quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.

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April 16, 2008 -- From April 3, 2008 team press release

Chargers open preseason with Cowboys, face Seahawks on Monday Night Football

The two-time defending AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers will open the 2008 preseason at home on Saturday, Aug. 9 against the defending NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys. Coached by former Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, the Cowboys are led by wide receiver Terrell Owens and quarterback Tony Romo. Kickoff time will be announced at a later date. This will be the Chargers’ first preseason game against the Cowboys since 1989.

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I must say I'm rather confused when I read the surprising amount of anti-Ruskell sentiment that seems to be popular opinion from many 'hawk fans this offseason.

It’s easier to notice all this in the offseason, of course, when there aren’t any games happening to distract the masses from the red tape and the politics of the sport. Personally, I just think a lot of the bitching has to do with the fact that we’re all suffering from Acute Football Withdrawal Syndrome right now. Hell, it’s March, and all the fuss is about baseball season, which is currently five minutes away from officially beginning in our fair city of Seattle as I’m typing this.

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I was watching SportsCenter recently, and the Seahawks were "On the Clock" as the NFL Draft rapidly approaches. Interestingly, the commentators spent more time talking about how the players

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It's only a matter of time now before the Seattle Seahawks release Shaun Alexander, and only the veteran running back himself seems to be surprised. 
Seattle's pair of backfield acquisitions have made Alexander expendable. The Seahawks appear to be heading toward a two-back system featuring the bruising T.J. Duckett and the shifty Julius Jones, brought in from Detroit and Dallas, respectively, to revive a running game that was a putrid 20th in the National Football League last season. Maurice Morris might be retained as a back-up to Duckett and Jones -- his 2008 cap number in somewhere around $1 million -- but Alexander seems the likely man on the outside looking in.

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So the Seahawks are finally addressing their running back situation.

 As much as I love Shaun Alexander for what he has done for the Seahawks and Mo Morris for filling in and helping out, I know they are not that effective anymore.  

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Okay, okay, I admit, I am also fans of the Seahawks seeing as how I live in Washington. So when word comes that we have signed Julius Jones from Dallas, I leapt with joy. You see, Alexander is getting

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Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, it doesn't, it just sort of stays the same.

Julius Jones has signed with the Hawks giving them a running corps of five backs I could care less about. I thought Duckett (a clone of Leonard Weaver) was a waste of time and money, but this move really takes the cake.

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Who cares?

TJ Duckett is a worthless signing if there ever was one. What exactly are the Seahawks planning on doing with him? Maybe he plays on the o-line? We could use a few good hoggies (and it would probably take a few to replace Hutch!).

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I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Seattle kickers. I think it was because one of them was from my home town and my buddy used to run around with the guy's old ID (I'm not quite sure how exactly he got it) so he could drink (il)legally.

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The Seattle Seahawks offseason has been anything but spectacular.  The signing of Mike Wahle, an old veteran guard recently released by the Panthers, is the highlight of the Hawks offseason.  Wahle is one of Holmgren’s guys from his days in Green Bay so he believes he will get the same out of him in Holmgren’s last year as head coach. 

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The Seahawks need a seam-splitting, pass-catching TE so Matt Hasselbeck can truly take advantage of the full range of mismatches the west coast system offers. After the Jerramy Stevens my-arms-are-too-long-to-catch-footballs-and-I-am-a-headcase bust, and the Marcus Pollard I-have-low-miles-but-they-left-me-in-the-garage-for-a-reason failure, their options are free agency, the draft, or... bust.

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Congratulations on stumbling upon what I hope to become the most in depth, talked about blog related to Seattle sports.  On this blog I am open to discussing and providing information for all Sea

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With all that’s going on in Washington this week with the steroids hearings, it’s no wonder the Redskins got second billing when they announced Jim Zorn as their new head coach.   This isn’t really what the Redskins are about of course, and if Daniel Snyder had his way, even a presidential assassination would take to the back pages behind what’s going on at Redskin Park.   But Zorn’s quiet press conference, which already is best remembered for his flubbing the team’s colors, is proving more and more that Dan Snyder has become the incarnate of Al Davis with a larger bank account.   It’s also an indication of how much owners are willing to gamble…or

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Welp this is it, the last football weekend before the endless hype of the Super Bowl. Personally I find the conference championships to be much more enjoyable to watch than the actually Super Bowl. They are played at a team's homefield, in front of their fans, often in difficult weather conditions. The Super Bowl on the other hand is more like an exhibition game. It's a neutral site, usually in a dome and the real fans of the teams playing are most often stuck up in the 300s. Sure, the Super Bowl gets all the glory, but the conference championships are for the real fans. And, as it's been for most of this decade, the AFC Championship has been the real Super Bowl anyway. On to my picks...

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The Seattle Seahawks have, in my opinion, solidified there season run to the championship with a great win against the Washington Redskins.  The Redskins had played on pure emotion from the time their teammate died and it finally caught up to them.

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It's the best time of year and, for those who lose, the worst time of year. For fans lucky enough to have a bye this weekend it will be one of the most enjoyable, relaxing weekends of the football season. No pressure. Just sit back and watch to see who you'll be playing. My personal recommendation is make something in the crock pot (like Jambalaya). It will simmer all day and be ready just about the time the games are starting. Some random thoughts on the games and my Pats-biased picks..

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