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What’s Changed Since Week 1 For The Seahawks & 49ers?

Fifteen weeks ago, on September 11, 2011, the Seahawks opened the season playing in San Francisco versus the 49ers. Alex Smith was still getting booed by his home crowd. Charlie Whitehurst was a few Tarvaris Jackson incomplete passes away from having Seahawks fans screaming at their television to put him...
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Podcasts

Catch Me On Sports Radio KJR @ 11:30AM Today

Dave “Softy” Mahler has invited me on his show, after a lengthy podcast courtship. You can hear us on 950 AM or 102.9 FM. Softy’s show is also broadcast on Comcast Sports Net, which is channel 179 on local Comcast Cable systems. It doesn’t appear to be available on DirectTV....
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2011, The 2.8% Season

There had been 35 seasons of Seahawks football before this 2011 campaign began. There have been 7 division titles and 11 playoff appearances, but what has happened this season is far more rare. Five times, prior to 2011, the Seahawks started the season with a 2-6 record. Of the teams...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2011 Power Rankings – Week 15

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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Play Rewind: Big Red Goes Primetime

No play captured the ability of Pete Carroll’s staff to make halftime adjustments than Big Red Bryant’s pick-6 on the second play of the Bears first possession of the second half. Caleb Hanie had gained 21 yards scrambling in the first half, nearly out-gaining Marshawn Lynch (27 yards). His lone...
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Advanced StatsDefense

By The Numbers: Seahawks Defense

The Seahawks defense and individual defenders are rising up the charts like an Adelle single. Check out some of these numbers: – Brandon Browner is #1 in the NFL with 20 passes defensed and #2 in the NFL with 6 interceptions – Richard Sherman has 14 passes defensed, good for...
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Morning After

The Morning After: Seahawks Win 38-14 Over Bears

This was one for the record books. Red Bryant gets his first career touchdown. Golden Tate had a career-high 61 yards receiving. Brandon Browner set the franchise record for interception return yards in a season with 220, breaking a 27-year-old mark set by Dave Brown. Marshawn Lynch scored two touchdowns...
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Things I Think, 13 Games In

Sit back for a moment and soak in this 2011 Seahawks season. A season that may have never been had the lockout lasted much longer. A season that has delivered nearly unprecedented player development despite a complete lack of off-season. So much has happened and so much has changed, it almost feels...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2011 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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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2011 Power Rankings – Week 13

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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