Defense

Top 5 Fun To Watch Seahawks Defenses

John Elway tried calling out the signals. He really did. The Kingdome crowd was doing its best to play defense through endless waves of sound, and it often worked. Rufus Porter stood along the edge in an upright sprinting stance. Elway was going to unwittingly fire the starting gun of...
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Offense

Seahawks Arsenal Best In NFC West

Kellen Winslow Jr. joined the Seahawks via trade last night. Seattle reportedly surrendered a 7th round draft choice that can turn into a 6th if certain performance measures are met. General Manager John Schneider continues his pattern of limited downside, significant upside moves with the former Pro Bowl tight end...
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Roster Outlook

Seahawks Players On The Hot Seat

Pete Carroll and John Schneider have made a habit of parting ways with players every year that played large roles for the team the previous season. It started with names like T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Deion Branch, and continued with Matt Hasselbeck and Lofa Tatupu. Who will be out of job...
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Special Teams

Expect Drastic Special Teams Improvement

Everyone knows there are three units on a football team: offense, defense, and special teams. Offense and defense receive nearly all of the attention, and the true impact of special teams is usually lost. Seahawks fans have a long history of appreciating great special teams play, all the way back...
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Offense

A Great Offense Is Not Enough

Having a top five defense in the NFL last year gave you roughly an 80% chance of making the playoffs. A bunch of us on Twitter continued the debate last night about whether a great defense was enough to make the Seahawks a playoff team, regardless of the offensive question marks...
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Defense

A Great Defense Is Enough

I tuned into Softy’s show today, and he was asking people how good they thought the team could be this year. The constant refrain from callers when something like this, “The defense is pretty good, but that offense…that offense really stinks.” Instead of fighting the notion that offense stinks. Let’s...
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Defensive LinePass Rush

The Rare Seattle Pass Rusher

Bruce Irvin being selected as the 15th pick in the NFL draft has gotten plenty of coverage. Most national media has panned the pick because they see it as either much higher than Irvin needed to be drafted, or because Irvin does not appear to be an every down player....
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Podcasts

Hawk Blogger Podcast: Special Guest Jerry Brewer

It was literally months in the making. Jerry Brewer, columnist for the Seattle Times, and I have been trading tweets for ages trying to get beers or lunch or something more personable than social media. We settled for a phone call, and recorded it for everyone to hear. I asked Jerry...
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