Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2010 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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Quarterbacks

Kevin Kolb? Don’t Hold Your Breath

Every Seahawks fan agrees we need a new quarterback. When we need that new quarterback to play, who that quarterback should be, and how we should attain him is where there is massive disagreement. Out of that chaotic mess has come one scenario that appears to have more support than...
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Podcasts

Hawk Blogger Podcast: Week 14

It’s back! The moment you’ve all been waiting for, a chance to listen to a recording of two guys talking football over the phone! Ryan Burns of FootballSickness.com joined me for some NFL talk and a national view on our Seahawks. Joining us on the podcast include the GPS lady in...
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Uncategorized

15 Seconds Of Fame

Following every Portland Trail Blazers game is a post-game show called “The Fifth Quarter.” Every once-in-a-while, I would get so worked up about something a caller or host said that it became an obligation to call in and right the wrong. My friends used to all hassle me the next...
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Coaching Analysis

You Win, Mike Salk

Mike Salk co-hosts the KIRO 710 morning show Brock and Salk with Brock Huard. He is good at his job. His style and personality are an odd match for the Northwest, but he plays the bad cop well. Having gone to school for sports journalism, and now working at a...
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Uncategorized

The Mike Williams Effect

Mike Williams is big. He’s a big man. He’s got big hands. He makes big plays, and he leaves a very big hole in the Seahawks offense when he is not on the field. It took Jeremy Bates all the way until the bye week to really push Williams into...
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Uncategorized

Fans Can Be Own Worst Enemy

Eight years ago, I was furious. The Seahawks were scuffling to a disappointing finish in 2002. Trent Dilfer had been promising at QB, but was knocked out in a game at Dallas that would end up being the true beginning of Matt Hasselbeck’s reign as franchise QB. The team performance...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2010 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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Morning After

The Morning After: 49ers End Seahawks, 40-21

One team entered this game on the mathematical precipice of darkness. Any loss, big or small, would eliminate any hope of a playoff berth. Their season had started with so much promise, and had been so thoroughly disappointing that their fans saw fit to boo their first two offensive plays...
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