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BALTY T-Shirts Now Available

Branton Sherman has designed a t-shirt to have a little fun with his brother, Richard’s appearance on ESPN First Take when he famously told Skip Bayless that he was “better at life than you.” Harsh? Yes. Funny? Absolutely. I decided a short while later that this phrase deserved it’s own...
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The Understated Value Of Michael Bennett

Pete Carroll lost a key aspect of his defensive game plan just weeks into his tenure with the Seahawks back in 2010. Jimmy Wilkerson suffered a career-ending injury during the pre-season, leading to the eventual signing of Anthony Hargrove to replace him. Carroll made it clear that players like Wilkerson...
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The Contract Headaches Facing The 49ers

Seahawks fans have become very familiar with the year 2015. They Mayans may have predicted the world would end in 2012, but the idea of losing Earl Thomas, Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson, Russell Okung and K.J. Wright in two years is much closer to Armageddon. John Schneider and Pete Carroll have...
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The Ben Obomanu Appreciation Post

There was some buzz around this new Auburn wide receiver drafted late in the Mike Holmgren era. He had a flare for the dramatic, and the strength to go over the middle. He earned a chance to start by his second year in the league, and was out of football...
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Reactions To Day Two Of Free Agency

John Schneider, I don’t know how you do that voodoo that you do. Take a bow, sir. There has been plenty of talk about managing cap spend in anticipation of players like Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman becoming free agents in 2015, but the contract extension that may matter the most is...
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The Morning After: Percy Harvin Is A Seahawk

Move over Russell Wilson. There are going to be two NFL MVP candidates on the Seahawks offense after the team agreed to terms on a deal for Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin. Harvin is a player with such immense talent that he was being discussed as a league MVP candidate last season...
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PODCAST: 2013 Seahawks Free Agency Primer

Folks, this one is worth listening to. That’s not to say every Hawk Blogger podcast isn’t great, but Davis Hsu and Jacson Bevens helped me cover all the based heading into free agency in less than 48 hours. In particular, Davis dropped tons of useful salary cap knowledge so you...
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Pre-Free Agency May Be Seahawks Focus

It is common for people to perceive the NFL off-season as a series of separate events. Players are cut for salary cap purposes in February and March (and again in June). Free Agency happens in March, and really lasts into June and July. The draft happens in April. They are...
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PODCAST: An Hour With Softy Talking Sherman and Seahawks

Softy had me on his show today to talk Richard Sherman and the upcoming free agent season.  ***DOWNLOAD THE PODCAST*** **SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES** Alternatively, here are instructions to subscribe manually in iTunes: 1. Copy this URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/hawkblogger2. Launch iTunes3. Click Advanced, Subscribe to Podcast4. Paste in the URL from step 15....
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The Facts Of Richard Sherman vs. Darrelle Revis

NFL debates are best settled on the field, but until Roger Goodell manages to create a 52-game schedule, there will be the off-season. The place where rhetoric goes unchecked, and legends are made with words instead of accomplishment. Such is the continuing debate about whether Richard Sherman or Darrelle Revis...
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