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Most Improved Teams 2012

Progress can be judged in a variety of ways. A team’s record can improve. They can make the playoffs. They can go farther in the playoffs. Seattle did all of those things in 2012, and also demonstrated statistical improvement that had them, once again, among the most improved teams in...
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Thoughts On Bradley, Bevell, & The Ripple Effect

Both Seattle coordinators are looking more and more likely to land somewhere other than Seattle next season. There seems to be a fair amount of hand-wringing going on among Seahawks fans on how that will impact the team next year. Much of that angst is misplaced. Gus Bradley and Darrell...
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Go Ahead, Lean Forward

I had a Seahawks pen growing up that had a rubber stamp on the cap shaped like a football. Every day I would position the pen on the edge of a desk, karate chop one side of it to send it flipping into the air, and then caught it, before...
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Abraham Injury May Be Bigger Than Clemons Absence

Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham injured his left ankle in the last game of the regular season versus the Tampa Bay Bucs. It has been assumed since he practiced in a limited basis earlier this week that he would be fine to play against the Seahawks. Jason LaCanfora reported...
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Seahawks All-Pro Goodness

Championships are won by great teams, and those great teams must include dominant players. The Pro Bowl  is one measure of a player’s performance, but the selection process is terribly flawed. A better benchmark is All-Pro performers. The All-Pro team has it’s own selection flaws, but it offers the benefit of...
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Falcons vs Read Option

Listen to people that follow the Falcons, and you are likely to hear a myth being propagated. The story goes something like this: someone asks the Falcons expert how the team will handle Russell Wilson and the read option, and the expert replies that the Falcons faced Cam Newton twice, Robert...
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