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Doug Baldwin, talking about how Marshawn Lynch was universally "beloved" in Seattle's locker room, told a story about a young WR who told Lynch he liked his backpack. Lynch took it off, emptied it out and gave it to him on the spot. Asked which WR it was, Baldwin said it was him.
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Marshawn Lynch just walked to the podium and was asked what brought him back to the Seahawks. He said, “Happy holidays. Merry New Year. Y’all have a great day. It’s a great feeling to be back.” Then walked away.
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Here’s what DK Metcalf looks like in shoulder pads standing near Tyler Lockett.
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Russell Wilson, wearing a Sue Bird Jersey, said he “felt like Sue Bird in the clutch.” Bird’s Seattle Storm recently won their fourth WNBA title.
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Russell Wilson, on IR for the first time in his career, is on the field running a mock 2-minute drive by himself during pregame warmups. Calling/changing plays at the line of scrimmage and all.
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Playoffs or not, John Schneider should be Exec of the Year. Had the foresight/guts to move on from Russell Wilson. Negotiated one of the more lopsided trades in a long time. Drafted a rookie class that may have the OROY and/or DROY. Really good year for Schneider and his scouts.
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The tributes you're seeing about John Clayton -- from media colleagues to NFL players, teams, owners -- tells you how big of a force he was in our industry and how well he treated people in it. He was a Hall of Famer and a living legend, yet he always made you feel like a peer.
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From
@ESPNStatsInfo
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Cap ramifications: Russell Wilson was to count $37M in 2022. Seahawks save $11M in '22 and take on on $26M in dead money. Per
@ESPNStatsInfo
, that's the second-most dead money a team has ever incurred. Philly ate $33.8M in the Carson Wentz trade.
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Per Pete Carroll, Quandre Diggs suffered a broken fibula and a disclosed ankle. His ankle was put back in place. He’ll stay behind. Tyler Lockett asked Carroll for permission to stay with him and will do so. “He’ll be back,” Carroll said of Diggs’ recovering from the injury.
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A source tells me the Seahawks are working to finalize a two-year deal with DT Poona Ford. He was set to be a restricted free agent, so the two-year deal would be in lieu of a one-year RFA tender. Ford has gone from undrafted in 2018 to one of Seattle’s best defenders.
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The Seahawks are re-signing TE Will Dissly to a three-year, $24M deal, a source tells me.
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Geno Smith just earned a cool million dollars. His incentive package includes a $1M bonus for reaching 4,000 yards passing, which he's now done.
Becomes the second QB in Seahawks history with 4,000 passing yards in a season, per
@ESPNStatsInfo
. Russell Wilson did it four times.
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Pete Carroll said he regrets that the Seahawks weren't the team to sign Colin Kaepernick in 2017. Kap visited and Carroll said the Seahawks didn't feel it was the right fit because they felt he was a starter, and he said he was certain Kap would be starting somewhere that season.
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Jake Bobo said he “didn’t really have a choice” but to come down with his touchdown catch because Geno Smith put it in such a great spot. The rookie receiver appreciated Tyler Lockett for tracking the ball down, knowing it was his first NFL score. Bobo said it’s going to his mom.
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The Seahawks usually alternate offense and defense getting introduced before every home game. It's the defense's turn this week, but K.J. Wright said he plans to talk to the powers that be about Marshawn Lynch getting introduced, knowing how loud CenturyLink Field would get.
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Tariq Woolen got emotional while talking about his long wait to be drafted and how far he’s come since then. The fifth-round now has an NFL-high six interceptions, which is a Seahawks rookie record.
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Former Rams, Vikings and Seahawks QB Sean Mannion is ending his nine-year NFL playing career and has accepted a position on the Packers’ coaching staff, a source tells me. He’ll work with QBs and the passing game.
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Jamal Adams posted this on IG (@ presidentmal) about all the injuries he dealt with — and in most cases, played through — in 2020. His two broken fingers and torn labrum needed surgery. That’s my editing over his middle finger, which is shown cut open in his post.
#yourewelcome
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With the Bay Area getting hammered by inclement weather ahead of Saturday’s wild-card game at Levi’s Stadium, Pete Carroll had the Seahawks hold their walk-through in the rain today. That’s former Seahawks RB Thomas Rawls giving Carroll a hug in the video.
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Bengals CB Tre Flowers said he loved his time in Seattle. He declined to get into how he was waived in October, citing his respect for the team. “They gave me football life. They set me up in this new situation, just a new chapter in my life. I think everything just worked out.”
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Russell Wilson is the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Among many charitable efforts in 2020, he and Ciara donated 1 million meals to Feeding America and Food Lifeline, and announced the founding of the Why Not You Academy, a tuition-free charter school set to open this fall.
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The Seahawks just honored their 2013 Super Bowl team at halftime. More than 30 players were down on the field for the ceremony, plus several assistants. K.J. Wright spoke to the crowd, as did Ricardo Lockette briefly. Noticeably absent from the group: Earl Thomas.
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Russell Wilson was asked how much pressure he puts on himself to be great. He said he holds himself to a high standard, but to him, pressure involves real-life matters like losing his dad or people dealing with COVID. "What I get to do is not real pressure. It’s a gift," he said.
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The NFC West was widely considered the best division in football going into this season. Now it’ll send two teams to the NFC title game. The fourth-place team — Seattle — won seven games.
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Story about FedEx Field: Seahawks walked around on it the day before their wild-card game in Jan. '13. Chris Clemons thought the turf was in such bad shape he had serious reservations about even playing it. Tore his ACL the next day. RG III re-injured his knee in the same game.
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The Seahawks’ locker room is rocking like it hasn’t in a while. Tariq Woolen, covered in green Nickelodeon slime, was chasing teammates around after their win over the Jets. He caught Ken Walker III.
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Bruce Irvin and Tyler Lockett are the only two Seahawks who played in their wild-card win at Minnesota in 2016. At minus-6 degrees, it was the coldest game in franchise history and third-coldest in NFL history.
What does Irvin remember about that game?
"It was cold as shit."
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Russell Wilson promised a donation of 100,000 meals for every tee shot on this hole of The Match that was within 12 feet of the pin. All but Tiger got it, so Wilson donates 300,000 meals.
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Some strong efforts here on the Phil Collins air-drum solo but none stronger than D.J. Fluker’s.
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A very cool (and very metal) tribute to
@JohnClaytonNFL
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Jamal Adams on his Seahawks debut: "I wasn't bored. I was blitzing. I was having fun."
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Seahawks GM John Schneider and his wife Traci held their annual charity event last night for Ben’s Fund, which provides financial support to children and young adults with autism. Team says the event raised more than $650,000. All told, more than $4.25 million raised since 2012.
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Former Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin, who unofficially retired this offseason, is working with the city of Renton to build a community/health center for underserved youth. With $10.5 million of the $15 million needed for the...
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NFL NEXT GEN STATS notes that Russell Wilson's 38-yard TD pass to David Moore had a completion probability of 6.3% -- the lowest completion probability on a completed pass this season and the third-lowest in the history of the metric (since 2017).
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With Sebastian Janikowski appearing to get hurt on the final play of the first half, punter Michael Dickson is attempting field goals with Tyler Ott holding during halftime. Pete Carroll has previously said Dickson would drop-kick field goals if needed.
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On Jadeveon Clowney, my understanding is he would have to take significantly less money than what the Seahawks previously offered him in order for a reunion to happen. The team hasn't shut the door entirely on Clowney, but bringing him back isn't considered likely at this point.
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Russell Wilson's Why Not You Foundation announced plans for a tuition-free public charter high school in Des Moines, just south of Seattle. Why Not You Academy, founded by Wilson and Ciara, is set to open next fall. Here's part of the release. We'll hear from Wilson later today.
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The Seahawks may have avoided a COVID disaster by testing one more day per week than is required:
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The Seahawks have designated RB Chris Carson for a return to practice. Pete Carroll said he was on track to practice today, and this move allows that to happen. Carson has missed the last four games with a neck injury.
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This was a few days before Super Bowl XLVIII. John Clayton appearing on a Japanese TV station. I doubt it was just by coincidence that, among the hundred or so reporters there, Clayton was the guy they wanted. You know you are recognizable when …
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You can easily make a case that Wagner has had the best career of all those star defenders to play for the Seahawks during the LOB era to now. No doubt it's been the most consistent. His 8 Pro Bowls and 6 First Team All-Pro nods are both tops -- easily -- among his Seattle peers.
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Jamal Adams, in a heartfelt press conference that marked his first comments to reporters since he tore his quad tendon last September, said he was in a “dark place” after that injury and briefly considered retirement. Called it a “real humbling experience.”
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Marshawn Lynch shares a moment with Pete Carroll and then Ken Norton Jr. right before his first practice back with the Seahawks.
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Pete Carroll praised DK Metcalf for his block on the winning TD. "He kept his hands in really tight and then released at the right time so there was no penalty. There was nothing that was wrong with that. It was exactly the way you should do it, right when we needed it most."
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DK Metcalf on the rookie class: “I told Pete ‘congratulations’ because he did a hell of a job drafting this year … They all come in and just keep their head down and work and you can tell how much they really love the game.”
Indeed, Carroll/Schneider seem to have struck gold.
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Expect to see a lot more reactions like this. Bobby Wagner's return is going to make a lot of players in the Seahawks' locker room happy. Not only is he perhaps the best defensive player in franchise history but a highly respected teammate as well.
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DK Metcalf said he was thinking of advice Russell Wilson has been giving him all season when the bank was in the air on his final catch: “Don’t let the ball come down” — i.e. go up and get it.
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OC Shane Waldron was able to stay calm during the first half of Lions-Packers. The second half? Not so much. Said he apologized to his daughter for his language as he watched Detroit win, sending Seattle to the playoffs. He was up at 4 a.m. Monday to begin prepping for San Fran.
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Pete Carroll on RBs Chris Carson and Carlos Hyde: “Chris is running. More so than Carlos is able to at this time. Chris is ahead of Carlos coming back. He’s going to run today and tomorrow. We’ll see how he handles that. I can’t tell you anything more than that right now.”
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Hearing it’s looking unlikely that WR Tyler Lockett will be activated off the COVID-19 list in time for tonight’s game against the Rams. He’s one of nine Seahawks on the list. The deadline to activate those players for this game is 1 p.m.
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The Seahawks are expected to hire Jay Harbaugh as special teams coordinator, as
@AlbertBreer
reported. Harbaugh, 34, has been Michigan's ST coordinator under his dad Jim Harbaugh since 2017. He worked with Mike Macdonald for one year in Baltimore ('14) and one year at UM ('21).
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My understanding on Luke Willson's release was that it was his decision. He decided last night, after practicing and studying the Seahawks' new system, that his heart wasn't in it. He's got other interests in life that he wants to pursue.
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DK Metcalf needs 108 receiving yards to break Steve Largent's single-season franchise record of 1,287 from 1985. Metcalf wore a throwback Largent jersey after his NFL debut last year and said postgame that the Hall of Fame...
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Rashaad Penny has scored three touchdowns over the last two games. He appreciated Chris Carson letting him have one tonight by asking out of the game after his long run that got Seattle to the goal line.
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Jamal Adams' timeline over the last seven hours or so will give you an idea of how happy he is to be in Seattle.
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From
@ESPNStatsInfo
: today was Geno Smith's fifth game with at least 300 passing yards and a 70% completion rate since the start of 2022, tied with Patrick Mahomes for the most in the NFL over that span.
Smith went 32 of 41 (78%) for 328 yards, two TDs, 0 INTs.
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A few Seahawks players admitted to skepticism of Bobo during the offseason, wondering by turns whether his play-making in the spring would continue when the pads came on, then when the preseason games began. It did, and today he sealed a win with an impressive TD in a real game.
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Seahawks WR Phillip Dorsett had surgery today on his right foot. I'm told part of the issue was he had bone spurs that needed to be cleaned out. There's some hope he can be back at some point this season, but that hardly sounds like a sure thing.
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Ryan Neal on the vibe with the Seahawks: “Eager and hungry as hell.” To that point, he said he looked in the weight room this a.m. and saw Geno Smith well into a workout. “It sets the tone. When your quarterback is doing it, when your leader is doing it, everybody follows suit.”
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The Seahawks will have a representative at Colin Kaepernick’s workout, a source tells me.
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Jadeveon Clowney (sack, 4 hits) had a whopping 70% Pass Rush Win Rate Sunday. That ESPN metric (power by NFL Next Gen Stats) measures how often a defender beats his block in 2.5 seconds or less. Clowney was credited with 14 wins in 20 chances. He's now second in the NFL in PRWR.
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Pete Carroll tells
@TheMikeSalk
and
@BrockHuard
that DK Metcalf won't need surgery. He got "a great report" this morning that showed "he hurt his patellar some." Said Metcalf is determined to practice Wednesday, but Carroll sounded skeptical of that. Overall, he sounded relieved.
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DK Metcalf is six receiving yards away from breaking Steve Largent's single-season franchise record of 1,287 from 1985. Metcalf said he looked up the record late last year, before he finished with 900 as a rookie. "I knew it was...
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Pete Carroll, when asked how he'd build a perfect QB: “There's never been a more perfect guy than Carson Palmer. I mean, he was perfect. He was big, he was strong, he was fast, he was a great athlete, he was a great competitor.”
File that away for later. Maybe, like, next April.
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba praised DK Metcalf for the block he threw on the game-winning touchdown, saying that was Metcalf’s TD as much as his own.
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Pete Carroll said Jadeveon Clowney was away from the team today getting his hip injury looked at. He’ll meet the team in Philadelphia and will be a game-time decision after missing all three practices this week. Carroll said the hip injury is from the 49ers game.
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Quandre Diggs looks forward to getting fellow safety/close friend Jamal Adams back from his knee injury next season. “Just the energy, the passion, the level of play that he brings, it’ll be a big boost for us. I think everybody in the locker room is ready for him to get back.”
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Seahawks activate LB Shaquem Griffin
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Michael Bennett: Kaepernick issue must first be addressed before players, NFL can have additional talks.
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Seahawks will wear their all green jerseys Monday night against Minnesota. It'll be the third time they've worn those (2016 vs. Rams, 2017 at Cardinals).
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Former Washington TE Jack Westover is signing with the Seahawks as a UDFA, a source tells me.
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Johnathan Abram said K.J. Wright — his teammate last season with the Raiders — talked up the Seahawks organization to him and told him it’s a place Abram would love. Abram, claimed off waivers this week, described his playing style as fast and physical.
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Undrafted rookie DT Poona Ford is making his first career start today and has made the tackle on both of the 49ers' first two plays from scrimmage.
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Seahawks GM John Schneider and his wife Traci will be honored Thursday night at Seattle’s Sports Star of the Year awards. They’ll receive the Paul G. Allen Award for their work with Ben’s Fund, a nonprofit named for their son Ben that helps families support children with autism.
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GM John Schneider on if he thinks the Seahawks will extend DK Metcalf: "Yeah, that's our intent."
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Tyler Lockett flew back to Seattle to present an award at the MTR Western Sports Star of the Year Awards Thursday. It was the inspirational award won by 9-year-old Elijah Hagstrom, who survived stage IV cancer after 10 rounds of chemo and surgery that removed most of his liver.
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What has Pete Carroll noticed about players like Jacob Hollister who have spent time in the Patriots' system?
"That they're happy to be here," Carroll said with a laugh.
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Jamal Adams lit up that victory cigar at the end of his Zoom conference. “Gotta keep it playa at all times,” he said.
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Your first look at Jamal Adams in a Seahawks uniform:
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Russell Wilson said DK Metcalf knows there's no excuse for the gaffe he committed when he lost a fumble just before the goal line. Said he considers Metcalf to be like a little brother and that he told Metcalf he'd make a big play later in the game. He did with the winning TD.
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Russell Wilson is the Seahawks' nominee for the 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
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The end of K.J. Wright's run in Seattle was remarkable. He came back from a knee injury that cost him most of '18 and had two of the best statistical seasons of his career, at 30 and 31. The Seahawks had their reasons for moving on, but there's no doubt Wright can still play.
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Russell Wilson says on a videoconference he wants better protection: "I've definitely been hit. I've been sacked almost 400 times. So we've got to get better. I've got to find ways to get better too." Is he frustrated with the Seahawks? "I'm frustrated with getting hit too much."
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Jadeveon Clowney after his Seahawks debut: “I’m still knocking some rust off but ... I had a good time out there.” Sure seems like a guy who is happy to have landed where he did.
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This was the most emotional moment of Pete Carroll's farewell press conference. He later said his favorite memory over the last 14 years was standing on the stage after the Seahawks' Super Bowl victory and spotting Glena in the crowd.
"That was it," he said, "by far."
"This is worth crying for."
@PeteCarroll
thanking his wife Glena will also have you in tears. 🥹💙
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A fun Justin Coleman memory from his first Seahawks stint: Christmas Eve, 2017, he celebrated his second pick-six of the season like this …
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Seahawks announce they've signed LB Shaquem Griffin to their 53-man roster. Pete Carroll said he'd play Sunday but wasn't clear how he'd be added to the roster. Griffin was elevated just for game day last week but now he's on the 53 indefinitely. Seattle had an open spot there.
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The Seahawks have signed Cassius Marsh to a one-year deal, per source.
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Geno Smith: "As far as the competition, I’m not the one judging all that so I’ll leave it up to the coaches, but I think Drew played really well. I will go on record and say I have his back. No matter what, I have Drew Lock’s back. I want that to be known ..."
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Working on a story about the Seahawks' receivers and found this stat: that group has 191 combined targets this season, fewest of any WR corps in the NFL, per ESPN charting. Yet they're tied with the Chiefs (who have played one more game) for most receiving TDs by WRs with 22.
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Devon Witherspoon has had an interception and a sack negated in this game by penalties on teammates that occurred well away from the ball.
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D.J. Fluker was one of the Seahawks' best free-agent signings of the last few years and a highly-regarded presence in their locker room. But his future in Seattle was seeming more and more iffy with their recent OL moves, especially drafting RG Damien Lewis in the third round.
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Took an Uber a few minutes ago. Driver was wearing a Seahawks cap. Asked him what he thought of Earl Thomas returning. He hadn't yet heard.
He turns around with his eyes wide open:
"No sh--?!?!"
Five-star reaction.
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What Jake Bobo is doing is remarkable. You just don't hear of NFL receivers running 4.99 40s like the one he clocked at his pro day. He's a little faster than that but by no means speedy, and yet he just continues to make plays -- and even get behind DBs like he did on that TD.
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Seahawks are catching flak for smoking cigars in the locker room after winning but not making the playoffs. Julian Love, who handed them out, tweeted they "were given to me to celebrate the birth of my son & I waited until the end of the season to share a moment with my guys."
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The Seahawks will honor their 2013 Super Bowl team at halftime of Sunday's game against Carolina. As part of the tribute, they'll wear their white jerseys and blue pants -- a combo they've never donned at home. That's what they wore when they beat Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII.
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A member of the Seahawks' equipment staff was putting up a nameplate for Jacob Hollister above a stall in the Seahawks' locker room a few minutes ago, indicating that Hollister is returning to Seattle to bolster the team's TE depth in the wake of Will Dissly going on IR.
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