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49ers Fighting History

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:22:31 PDT

San Francisco has a historic season in 2011. They tied the NFL record for fewest giveaways, and piled up the 4th highest turnover differential (+28) since 1940. Few statistics have a higher...

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Being Chris Clemons

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:56:00 PDT

Imagine what the morning of March 15th, 2012 must have been like for Chris Clemons. He was probably eating his breakfast with ESPN on in the background when it got announced that Mario Williams...

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Top 5 Fun To Watch Seahawks Defenses

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:31:43 PDT

John Elway tried calling out the signals. He really did. The Kingdome crowd was doing its best to play defense through endless waves of sound, and it often worked. Rufus Porter stood along the edge...

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2012 Seahawks Poised To Have Special Turnover Season

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:53:11 PDT

Two takeaways through four games. That was how the 2011 Seahawks started the season. Three of their first four games resulted in a goose egg in the takeaway column. Their turnover differential...

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Seahawks Arsenal Best In NFC West

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:15:28 PDT

Kellen Winslow Jr. joined the Seahawks via trade last night. Seattle reportedly surrendered a 7th round draft choice that can turn into a 6th if certain performance measures are met. General Manager...

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Sunday Night Hawk Blogger Q & A

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:49:00 PDT

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Imagining Russell Wilson As A Starter Week One

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:14:39 PDT

Much has been made of Pete Carroll's pronouncement this weekend that Russell Wilson will vie for the starting job. Logic dictates that if there is already a two-man competition for the starting role,...

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Seahawks Players On The Hot Seat

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:27:23 PDT

Pete Carroll and John Schneider have made a habit of parting ways with players every year that played large roles for the team the previous season. It started with names like T.J. Houshmandzadeh and...

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Expect Drastic Special Teams Improvement

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:44:58 PDT

Everyone knows there are three units on a football team: offense, defense, and special teams. Offense and defense receive nearly all of the attention, and the true impact of special teams is usually...

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A Great Offense Is Not Enough

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:20:39 PDT

Having a top five defense in the NFL last year gave you roughly an 80% chance of making the playoffs. A bunch of us on Twitter continued the debate last night about whether a great defense was...

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A Great Defense Is Enough

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:20:29 PDT

I tuned into Softy's show today, and he was asking people how good they thought the team could be this year. The constant refrain from callers when something like this, "The defense is pretty good,...

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Sign-Up: Crash Candlestick In Luxury

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:16:08 PDT

The Seahawks travel to San Francisco on October 18th to play the 49ers for a prime time Thursday night game. I want to go, and I'd love to find some Seahawks company to join me. I have never...

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The Rare Seattle Pass Rusher

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:48:58 PDT

Bruce Irvin being selected as the 15th pick in the NFL draft has gotten plenty of coverage. Most national media has panned the pick because they see it as either much higher than Irvin needed to be...

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Hawk Blogger Podcast: Special Guest Jerry Brewer

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:21:18 PDT

It was literally months in the making. Jerry Brewer, columnist for the Seattle Times, and I have been trading tweets for ages trying to get beers or lunch or something more personable than...

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Impromptu Post-Draft Seahawks Chat

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:07:52 PDT

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Painted Into A Pete Carroll Corner?

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:41:05 PDT

Critics continue to pan the Seahawks draft choices as overdrafted. Supporters continue to argue that Pete Carroll and John Schneider have unique needs that cause them to value players differently...

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Tarvaris Jackson Likely The Odd Man Out

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:20:35 PDT

Somebody is not going to make it. There is a game of musical chairs going on at the quarterback position for the Seahawks, and either Josh Portis or Tarvaris Jackson won't have a seat when the music...

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Comparing Russell Wilson & Drew Brees

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:46:20 PDT

Russell Wilson has been a Seahawk for two days. The waiting is over. It's time to compare him to one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL. Watching Wilson play brings back memories of Drew Brees...

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The Myth of Needing Dominant Wide Receivers

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:42:35 PDT

The two most common complaints about the Seahawks draft are that they drafted players about their value, and that they did not take a wide receiver. Some fans and many media folks are wringing their...

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The Morning After: Seahawks 2012 Draft Now Complete

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:35:07 PDT

Two years ago was a celebration. Last year was a trust fall. This year slides in somewhere between the two. Pete Carroll and John Schneider inherited a roster in 2010 with such little talent, that it...

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The Morning After: Draft Day 2

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:34:00 PDT

Bruce Irvin, Bobby Wagner and Russell Wilson sound more like insurance salesmen from the Midwest than elite athletes starting their NFL careers in Seattle. Irvin took center stage on Thursday by...

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The Morning After: Draft Day 1

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:10:02 PDT

Let it out. Bruce Irvin was the biggest reach of the first round. He could have been added later. The team could have traded back again. He can only play on 3rd down. He's going to be Pete Carroll's...

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Names To Consider On Day Two

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:01 PDT

Seattle owns two more picks today. One in the second round (#43), and one in the third (#75). The upshot of the Seahawks losing the coin flip with Kansas City for the 11th pick in the draft is they...

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2012 Seahawks Draft: Day 1 Thoughts

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:42:40 PDT

Rarely has a first round been as frenzied as what NFL fans just witnessed in the 2012 NFL Draft. Team selections and trades were getting tweeted 5-10 minutes before the ESPN coverage caught up,...

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Podcast With Softy: Draft Day Preview

hawkblogger@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:20:28 PDT

Sports Radio KJR host Dave "Softy" Mahler and I recorded a special draft day podcast. We talked about who the team needs, who they should pick, and who they should avoid. Hear why I won't...

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