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Quick Explanation: How Judge Ruling Effects Lockout

If you are enough of a fan to read this blog, you probably already know this, but I wanted to take a moment to explain the significance of the court ruling today. Feel free to correct or expand if you know better, which is entirely possible. The basic gist is...

Draft Free Agency Offseason

Seahawks Off-Season Strategy Unveiled

If you have not already taken a spin through my seven-part positional analysis of the Seahawks, I recommend taking a moment to read those as the content will help you absorb the information in this post. This article will focus less on specific players, and more on matching up Seahawk...

Draft Free Agency Offseason Quarterbacks

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part VII: Quarterbacks

The seventh, and final, installment of this series on off-season positional analysis will look at the most important position on the field, quarterback. No decisions will get more scrutiny, or hear more second-guessing than the ones made by the Seahawks front office regarding the QB position. The team’s first, and...

Free Agency Offseason Running Backs

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part VI: Running Backs & Fullbacks

Part six of this series looks at the backfield. The seventh, and final, off-season positional analysis will be on the QBs. I will then roll it all up into an overall off-season plan that takes into account team need, available free agents by position, and draft depth by position. There...

Free Agency Offseason Wide Receivers

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part V: Wide Receivers & Tight Ends

The Tight Ends did their thing at the combine today, so let’s kick off part five of this series focusing on the receiving corps, including tight ends. Brandon Marshall was the talk of the early off-season last year as the Seahawks looked for that classic #1 receiver who could challenge...

Draft Free Agency Linebackers Offseason

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part IV: Linebackers

Part four of this series will focus on the linebackers. Let’s take a look at where we are, and where we might be after the off-season. Most casual observers would rank linebacker as an area of strength for the Seahawks. After all, Lofa Tatupu is Pro Bowler multiple times over,...

Free Agency Offseason Secondary

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part III: Secondary

A rare day back home, and the scent of the NFL Combine has brought me out of my Winter hibernation for the next in a series of off-season positional analysis. Part three of this series will focus on the secondary. Let’s take a look at where we are, and where...

Offseason

Takeaways From Senior Bowl Week

Telling people you watched hours of Senior Bowl practice, along with the game itself, generally elicits of response someone between confusion and pity. That likely would have been my response as well up until this year. I can’t even remember the last time I paid a lick of attention to...

Defensive Line Free Agency Offseason

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part II: Defensive Line

Part two of this off-season position analysis will focus on the defensive line. Pete Carroll made it clear that both lines were primary areas of focus. Let’s take a look at where we are, and where we might be after the off-season. Brandon Mebane’s free agency leaves a major hole...

General Analysis Offensive Line Offseason

Seahawks Off-Season Analysis Part I: Offensive Line

Blog forever! Pete Carroll isn’t taking any time off, so why should this blogger? Part of what I love about writing this blog is that I don’t need to wait for anyone else to research what I want to know. As soon as Tom Cable was hired as offensive line...

Coaching Analysis Offseason

Off-Season Officially Underway: Bates Fired, Intrigue Galore

That Pete Carroll guy sure is soft. While everyone else is still digesting a pleasantly surprising 2010 season, he takes all of 48 hours to fire his offensive coordinator and re-shape his coaching staff. If Carroll was anything but the optimistic, energetic guy we are all getting to know, you could make...

Morning After Playoffs

The Morning After: Bears Beat Seahawks, 35-24

The announcement came down a little over a year ago that Jim Mora was fired as the Seahawks coach. The season had ended horribly, including a home loss to miserable Tampa Bay. The franchise teetered on the edge of perennial irrelevance. Pete Carroll and John Schneider came in and joked...

Tale of the Tape: Seahawks Face Depleted Commanders

The Morning After: Seahawks Grind Cardinals To Dust In Desert

Tale of the Tape: Dark Side Faces Arizona Sun