DraftOffseason

The Morning After: Seahawks Draft Now Complete

  Evaluating a draft class before any of the players have played a snap is generally a waste of time. The number of variable involved is staggering, as are the number of unanswerable questions. Could the team have drafted him later? Is he more valuable in our system than in...
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DraftOffseason

Report: James Carpenter Senior Bowl Review

I can pretty much guarantee that nobody had James Carpenter going to the Seahawks in the first round. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone that had him going in the first round to anyone. That doesn’t mean he is a bad pick. My DVR has been home to 210 mins...
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Injury Report

Lockout Causes Increased Risk For Injured Players

A forgotten side effect of the NFL lockout is that injured players are not allowed access to either team training/rehabilitation facilities or team trainers and medical staff. It was no accident that two of the Seahawks players that attempted to show up for work at the VMAC yesterday were Roy...
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DraftPreview

Seahawks Draft Q&A @ FootballSickness.com

Ryan Burns, of FootballSickness.com, asked me a few questions about the Seahawks in anticipation of the draft this Thursday. Here’s an excerpt of the article: _____ Q:  First, the 600-lb gorilla. Quarterback in the first round?  If so, which one(s) are you hoping for? A:  Not to be all self-promoting out...
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Draft

Five Players Worth Keeping The 25th Pick For

Trading the Seahawks 25th pick in the 1st round for a 2nd and 3rd is the Seahawks most likely bet to improve their team. There are a few players, though, that would possibly make it worth foregoing that 3rd round pick in order to secure their services for future seasons....
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DraftQuarterbacks

Taking A QB In 1st Round Would Be A Mistake

Finding the next franchise quarterback needs to be the Seahawks highest priority. There will be no Super Bowl dreams until that role is ably filled. Getting that player is so critical that this blogger even hedged about whether it was worth missing the playoffs this year to get a higher...
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Draft

Mock The Draft: Seahawks Style

Mock drafts flood the InterWeb this time of year. Everyone who has a computer can proclaim who is going to get picked by which team without anything to support their assertion beyond a gut feeling. The reason betting on draft choices has not taken off the way betting on, say,...
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DraftQuarterbacks

The Colin Kaepernick Post

No player helped their draft stock more at the Senior Bowl than Colin Kaepernick. People knew he had gaudy rushing and passing numbers from his time at Nevada, but seeing him run away from bigger conference defenders while also showcasing consistent accuracy forced many to reconsider his classification as a...
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