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Hawk Blogger Journal: Sleepless over Green Bay

Saturday, December 16th, 5:29 AM – 37,000 feet above Green Bay Pandora Station: None 7 hrs 31 mins until kickoff Sleeping on planes–not sure how you do it. I have flown to India, Japan, Romania and more. I have flown in business class and in the smoking section of coach....
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Hawk Blogger Journal: Toronto Bound

Saturday, December 15th, 10:13 AM – Bellevue, WA Pandora Station: The Killers 26 hrs 47 mins until kickoff Crazy. Spontaneous. Irresponsible. All words that are rarely used to describe me, until roughly 48 hours ago. I woke up Thursday morning after getting a rare full night’s sleep, and headed off...
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Podcast: Weekly chat with Softy (Cards, Bills & more)

Softy and I had our weekly chat about all things Seahawks. This week we talked Walter Thurmond, what exactly we took away from the Cards blowout, and what matters most the rest of the way. Enjoy. ***Download The Podcast*** **SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES** Alternatively, here are instructions to subscribe manually in...
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New Power Rankings Formula

I read a great article on ColdHardFootballFacts.com yesterday about the Seahawks, and why they are so dangerous. There was one gem in there about predicting championship teams. The article mentioned passer rating differential as the “mother of all stats.” A full 69 of 72 champions have ranked in the Top 10 in this statistic....
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It’s still all about the Seahawks

The playoff scenarios are fun now. People are not asking who needs to lose in order for Seattle to get in. Many have set their sights higher, to division titles, home-field advantage, and even a first-round bye. All of these things are absolutely possible, but one thing remains constant–the thing...
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Hawk Blogger 2012 Power Rankings: Week 14

PRIMER 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 is simple, I measure...
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On secondary thought

There was a lot to digest in Seattle’s 58-0 drubbing of the Cardinals. One element stood out with potential long and short-term implications. Walter Thurmond III does not look like an occasional fill-in. He looks like a starter, and one that may be better than Brandon Browner. Byron Maxwell looked...
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