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A Holiday Gift Worth Being Proud Of

This blog has been a passion project for five years. I would write it if nobody read it. Never did I consider it a vehicle to make money. That is, until this year. It occurred to me that all those emails I was ignoring from companies that wanted to post...
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Hawk Blogger 2012 Power Rankings: Week 16

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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Final Pre-Game Thoughts: 49ers @ Seahawks

It is game day, Seattle, and what a clash we have in front of us. The 49ers come to town as the consensus best team in football. The Seahawks enter this game as a team gaining respect, but few would consider them more than a troublesome playoff foe. Seattle has...
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Seahawks and 49ers vs. Shared Opponents

Seattle and San Francisco are inarguably similar teams. They prioritize defense, running, and winning the turnover battle at all costs. Their overall statistics are eerily similar, but it is always valuable to narrow the focus to performance against shared opponents. Eleven of the fourteen 49ers and Seahawks opponents were shared. Removing the...
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Podcast: On-air with Softy today talking Seahawks

Softy was scraping the bottom of the barrel today, and found me sitting there. I joined his radio show at noon, and talked Hawks for a full hour. The podcast is up there for your listening pleasure. ***Download the Podcast*** **SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES** Alternatively, here are instructions to subscribe manually in...
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Frank Gore Wearing Down?

Frank Gore was a major part of the game one victory for the 49ers. His 131 yards was his season-high. Gore is an integral part of the 49ers offense, who gains tough yards up the middle, but has a history of wearing down or getting injured late in the year....
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Upon Further Review: A look back at game one

The predominant narrative coming out of the Seahawks 13-6 loss to San Francisco in October was that the Seahawks offense could not catch the ball, their defense could not stop the run. It can be difficult to break down a game in real-time, and even shortly thereafter, when emotions are...
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GIF: Kaepernick Punished

There has been plenty of talk about how things will be different in this rematch because Colin Kaepernick will play. Well, he played one snap in the first game, and decided to run the ball. Here is what happened: FULL SPEED CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE FULL SIZE SLOW MO...
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