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The Battle Looms

Bill Conti – Going The Distance Meant to be read with audio playing, and speakers on. They come with the belief that nobody has it better than them. Seattle is ready to prove them wrong once again. There will be no surprises when these two titans collide Sunday evening. San...
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Offense

San Francisco Yet To Solve Seahawks Defense

Colin Kaepernick threw for 412 yards, three touchdowns and led his team to 34 points in the 49ers season opener against a true championship caliber Green Bay Packer team. Anquan Boldin managed over 200 yards receiving, and Vernon Davis caught two touchdowns. Seahawks fans remember seeing Frank Gore tear through...
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Wide Receivers

Doug Baldwin Saves His Best For The 49ers

Doug Baldwin is coming off his most productive game since his rookie season. His seven receptions and 91 yards led the team versus Carolina. The performance by Baldwin was only possible because Russell Wilson showed an increased willingness to rely on his slot receiver, and the two demonstrated a chemistry...
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The Royal BALTYs Suffer A Tough Loss

A ridiculous game from Eli Manning and Victor Cruz took down an otherwise solid game from The Royal BALTYs in the Crown Royal First-and-Crown league. How a guy can throw all the picks that Manning did and not be penalized in the scoring is beyond me, but that’s part of...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2013 Power Rankings: Week 1

PRIMER (NEW) Power rankings are always debatable. I don’t buy into the gut feel methods most places use to determine their rankings, so I developed a formula a few years back that attempts to take at least some of the subjectivity out of the discussion. My approach was simple, I...
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Morning After

The Morning After: Seahawks Survive Panthers 12-7

Logo by Kevin Gamache, Hammerhead  Russell Wilson scrambled for his life, Marshawn Lynch could not find running room, and the Seattle defense could not stop Kevin Kolb from scoring the winning touchdown. That was last year. Tarvaris Jackson was battered with five sacks, Lynch could not find running room, and the...
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We ride together again

Photo by Philip Bebbington Today marks the start of season number thirty-eight for the Seattle Seahawks. The first thirty-seven have seen the rise of names like Largent, Easley, Green, Krieg, Jones, Hasselbeck, Sherman, Lynch, and Wilson. We have witnessed the dawn of Ground Chuck, The Big Show, and now, Win...
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Podcasts

Hawk Blogger 2013 Prediction Show

Mitch Levy has been one of my favorite Seattle sports media members for many years. One of his best shows of the year is his annual prediction show where he asks the other radio personalities at KJR a series of questions, and gets their answer on record to sometimes congratulate,...
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Things I’m Thinking Heading Into The Opener vs CAR

Remembering an old season opener Seattle traveled East eight years ago for their season opener against a team with a strong-armed young quarterback named Byron Leftwich and a pair of menacing defensive tackles. The Jacksonville Jaguars had been 5-11 in 2003 and 9-7 in 2004. They were a team with...
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Reign On & Win Crown Royal Swag

I get a fair number of requests to do promotional things on my blog. Only a few are worthy of the readers that come here. Crown Royal came up with a great contest that will allow me to give away a bunch of CR swag to folks that help me run...
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