Quarterbacks

Whitehurst as a future starter

Starting QBs in the NFL need to be more than just good players. They need to be solid leaders who can go from motivating and commanding frothing grown men on the field of play, to handling 360 degree questions from the media. Matt Hasselbeck is the best I’ve seen in...
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Uncategorized

Put up or shut up: Lawrence Jackson

First round draft picks are supposed to be immediate, impact starters on your team in the NFL. Players are often considered “busts” if they are just mediocre starters. The bar is high. For the Seahawks 2008 1st round pick, DE Lawrence Jackson, mediocre would be an improvement. Jackson has done...
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Game Notes

The Morning After: Seahawks Beat Titans, 20-18

I started yesterday with a case of the “maybes.” Maybe we’re going to be better than people think. Maybe Pete Carroll is going to take pre-season more seriously than other NFL coaches, and we’ll blow someone out. Maybe Matt’s great camp will translate into multiple marches down the field for...
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Coaching Analysis

We are learning about Pete Carroll

The prevailing opinion of Seahawks fans when Pete Carroll was hired was ambivalence. Most of us knew he had become a historic college coach, but it was unclear how much of that had to do with coaching, and how much of it had to do with recruiting. Since recruiting is...
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Playoffs

A final word on Super Bowl XL

Something has been missing from the whole debate about Mr Leavy admitting to making game-changing mistakes in the Super Bowl. As has become customary in America, there is no middle, only extremes. One extreme tells you that the refs cost the Seahawks the game, ignoring the myriad of dropped balls...
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