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On the Seahawks offensive line

This is a unit that has been ravaged by injury.  Check out their starting line on Sunday as reported by the Seattle PI…
The Seahawks haven’t only been forced to scrape the bottom of their depth chart to field an offensive line, the ongoing maneuvering in all things makeshift has taken them to the bottom of [...]

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Is Jim Mora no longer the coach in waiting?

A report from Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune says that the possibility Jim Mora coaching the Washington Huskies rather than the Seattle Seahawsks is very much alive.
Rumors/reports/hopes concerning Seahawks assistant Jim Mora persist, complete now with a maybe-Wednesday time element. What I’ve heard is not that the Huskies are trying to steal Mora [...]

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Hassleback is not helping

The Seahawks are not getting better with Matt Hasslebeck, back.  They may be getting worse.  Why is that?  Health?  Lack of Practice?  Hard to say but whatever the reason, the results stink.
From the Seattle times…
For the second time in two weeks, Hasselbeck and the Seahawks had the ball with a chance to win with a [...]

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Jim Mora, Jim Haslett, and the Rooney Rule

So let me get this strait…the Rams are in trouble for their promise to promote Jim Haslett from interim head coach if we wins 6 games.  This is because they did not follow the “Rooney Rule,” a rule requiring NFL teams to interview minority head coach candidates.
But the Seahawks are completely okay in promoting Jim [...]

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Just how firm is Mike Holmgren’s decision to go on Sabbatical?

I say not much.  From the Seattle Times…
So much for Mike Holmgren’s quiet motorcycle ride into that self-described “sabbatical” next year.
The exiting coach of the skidding Seattle Seahawks had a chance on Wednesday to slam the door on rumors he is a prime candidate to take over his hometown San Francisco 49ers in 2009.
Instead, he [...]

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The Seahawks are great at home

In spite of the fact that Matt Hasslebeck is looking doubtful for Sunday, one still has to think the Seahawks have a great chance.  Why?  Home field dominance.
League-wide, home teams have won 57.5 percent of their games since 2003. The Seahawks’ magic number sits at 80.9 percent with a powerful 34-8 record. So the Hawks [...]

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On the Seahawks mindset

From the Tacoma News Tribune insider…
I wasn’t at the game on Sunday. However, from reading the quotes and watching some of the guys on the sidelines during the game, besides Julius Jones, Hasselbeck and Leroy Hill, it didn’t seem the players looked angry at the end of the game. And I didn’t get a sense [...]

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How the Seahawks salvage their season

With there defense suddenly becoming awful (Allowing 30+ points 5 of the last 7 games including the playoffs), what is a team to do?  Here is Mike Holmgren’s plan.
…this year’s team needs to scale back its air attack and lean more on the ground game in order to turn things around.
The one-sided nature of Sunday’s [...]

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How Deion Branch will be getting game ready

Deion Branch of the Seattle Seahawks is coming off major knee surgery and may see action this week against the New York Giants.  He is coming back quite quickly and thinks he needs to do one thing extra to get ready.  It is…
Wide receiver Deion Branch is ready to absorb his first hit in his [...]

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The Seahawks are getting healthy

The Seahawks, decimated by injury, may be having a stable full of players return after the bye week.  Look at this list of players coach Mike Holmgren expects back…
Holmgren said he expects to have back Sean Locklear, Deion Branch, Bobby Engram, Mo Morris, Seneca Wallace and Koren Robinson. (Source)
That would be your starting running back, [...]

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