Hawk Blogger 2013 Power Rankings: Week 6

THIS WEEK The top five is an interesting bunch. Seattle is the only one to make an improvement this week. Their game was sloppy, but the ranking formula does not care. They lowered their opponent passer rating, points against, and opponent yards per carry. The Chiefs, meanwhile, won convincingly...
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Seahawks Trends Worth Turning Around

Seattle has not only started the season with injuries to significant players, they have yet to run the same team out on the field two weeks in a row. Cliff Avril, Chris Clemons, Russell Okung, Max Unger, Breno Giacomini, Brandon Browner, Bruce Irvin and Zach Miller have all missed...
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Hawk Blogger 2013 Power Rankings: Week 5

THIS WEEK The rankings are starting to solidify. The loss of Jake Locker last week could drive the Titans further downward, giving a team like Cincinnati, Green Bay, or another team to climb into the top ten. The rest of the teams at the top appear likely to remain....
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The Morning After: Seahawks Claw To 5-1, Beat Titans 20-13

Logo by Kevin Gamache, Hammerhead  Titans are elder gods in Greek mythology. There massive and powerful, and seemingly completely unrelated to anything in Tennessee. That was what I thought until witnessing this game on Sunday. Seahawks fans got to see what their team looked like playing with a Titan on...
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The Intersection Between Scheme And Performance

Sidney Rice has 10 receptions in five games. He is pulling in $8.5M this year. Luke Willson has a 70% catch rate and is averaging nearly 15 yards per catch. He has as many targets (10) as Rice does receptions. Stephen Williams showed enough unique and valuable potential throughout...
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The Morning After: Seahawks Tumble In Indianapolis 34-28

Logo by Kevin Gamache, Hammerhead  Enter an auditorium before a symphony is about to begin, and you will hear the orchestra warming up. The sounds are disjointed, vacillating between sweet and sour. There are brief moments when the different instruments almost accidentally align and the resulting sound is blissful, but...
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Seahawks 2013 Season Progress Report: Quarter-Point

There are plenty of statistical sites on the web. HawkBlogger.com is largely a journal of everything going on with the Seahawks over time. There are times that statistics help to tell that story, and that is why I created this Season Progress Report series a couple years back. A...
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When 2005 = 2013

Most Seahawks fans use the 2005 season as the benchmark to which all other Seahawks teams should be measured. After all, they came closest to the ultimate prize. Mike Holmgren’s 2005 team was known for it’s offense. Specifically, the ground game behind Walter Jones and Steve Hutchinson became legendary....
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Observations Heading Into Seahawks @ Colts

Another week, another game with the odds favoring the Seahawks to win a football game on the road. Many football odds predictions have the Seahawks winning. Others, like SportBet News, are taking the Colts and the one point. My first step when familiarizing myself with a Seahawks opponent is to find...
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Hawk Blogger 2013 Power Rankings: Week 4

THIS WEEK Well here we are. Week four. Only one team made the playoffs last year that was not ranked in the top 15 of these rankings by week four. That was the Indianapolis Colts, who were ranked #28 at this point last season. The 49ers just scrape into...
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