January 20, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
Deion Branch,
Free Agency,
Jay Cutler,
Jim MOra Jr,
John Carlson,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Nate Burleson,
NFL,
Pete Carroll,
Seahawks,
TJ Houshmandzadeh
This is the first in a long series of articles reviewing the Seahawks players of 2009. Did they under perform, over perform or just be average? We kick off the series with the Seahawks biggest free agent acquisition from last off season, wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh.
The Seahawks rewarded the NFL's most consistent wide receiver with a five year $40 million dollar contract with $15 million guaranteed.
With the Seahawks finishing 5-11 in TJ's first season with the team, needless to say it wasn't happy times in Houshmandzadeh-ville. Houshmnadzadeh looked to some fans and reporters like a smaller [...]
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January 13, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
Aaron Curry,
David Hawthorne,
Jay Cutler,
Jim MOra Jr,
Lofa Tatupu,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Paul Allen,
Pete Carroll,
Seahawks,
Tod Leiweke
With Pete Carroll's signature on the dotted line on his new five year, $35 million dollar contract that will make him the eight head coach in Seahawks history, as well as the teams executive vice president of football operations.
When Pete Carroll arrived at the VMAC today in Renton to meet the Seattle and national media for the first time as head coach and executive vice president of the Seahawks you could tell right from the first words Carroll said "I'm fired up" that the Seahawks, Paul Allen and Tod Leiweke made the [...]
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January 11, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
2010 NFL Draft,
breaking news,
ESPN,
Jim MOra Jr,
john fox,
Lawrence Jackson,
Lofa Tatupu,
Mike Shanahan,
NFL draft,
Pete Carroll,
Seahawks
The wait is over; the Seattle Seahawks and former USC head coach Pete Carroll have come to an agreement to make Carroll the next Seahawks head coach, this according to the LA Times.
Since the Seahawks fired former head coach Jim Mora Jr, the team has been in direct contact with the Trojans head coach. When the news broke around 10 A.M Friday morning the quick names that came out were Vikings defensive coordinator Lesley Frazier (who would fill the NFL's Rooney Rule) and other notable suitors.
Then ESPN's [...]
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The Seahawks off season has officially started today and no it's not because they hired a new team president and GM. They did not decided to join the coaching fire party that went on today so Mora, Knapp and Bradley all still have jobs with the Seahawks.
No today the Seahawks and Pro Bowl alternate punter Jon Ryan came to an agreement on a six year $9.1 million dollar contract with $1.9 million guaranteed and $1.6 million in signing bonus.
The Seahawks signed Ryan last year after they decided to parted ways with underachieving punter Ryan Plackemeier mid season.
Ryan racked up 4,068 yards on 88 punts with a 46 yard average per punt [...]
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January 1, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
Chris Johnson,
Jim MOra Jr,
Larry Fitzgerald,
Matt Hasselbeck,
NFL draft,
Seahawks,
Shaun Alexander,
Tim Ruskell,
TJ Houshmandzadeh,
Walter Jones
As today dons a new year and more importantly a new decade in Seahawks history. However they still have one little bit of 2009 left attached to them, that being their final regular season game this Sunday at home against the Tennessee Titans and C2k Chris Johnson.
After the Tennessee game this Sunday the Seahawks will go into full on off season mode, starting with the hiring of the teams new president/GM replacing Tim Ruskell who resigned in December.
Once that new GM is in place they will have a lot of work ahead of them to add talented to this depleted roster. The Seahawks new GM will have to attack some of those needs through free agency as [...]
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If you live in Seattle Washington you know the sports scene is a work in progress with the Mariners, Sounders and UW Huskies football program all on the rise while at the same time watching the Seahawks organization fall apart right before our eyes.
A team that last year went 4-12 and a team many predicted to have a huge bounce back year because the 2008 season was decimated with injuries to a lot of key players headlined by Matt Hasselbeck and Walter Jones among others.
The Seahawks added a high profile free agent wide receiver in TJ Houshmandzadeh, who signed a five year, $40 million dollar contract and a player who was suppose to headline [...]
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December 25, 2009 by
Lars Hanson |
Aaron Curry,
Browns,
Deion Branch,
Jim MOra Jr,
John Carlson,
Julius Jones,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Max Unger,
Mike Holmgren,
Patriots,
Ricky Watters,
Robbie Tobeck,
Seahawks,
Shaun Alexander,
Steve Hutchinson,
Super Bowl,
TJ Houshmandzadeh,
Walter Jones
What a decade it has been for the Seattle Seahawks organization and the city of Seattle in general. The Seahawks, one of two original expansion teams along with the Tampa Bay Bucs have been to their highest high and their lowest low (still currently going lower) in franchise history, which is arguably the most successful decade in franchise history.
The Seahawks started out in 2000 still in the AFC West with John Kitna as their starting quarterback so when you take a look at the current Seahawks roster the organization has been through a lot of changes, both good and bad this decade.
If you want to compare the start of the [...]
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December 21, 2009 by
Lars Hanson |
A.J. Smith,
Bill Polian,
Chargers,
Colts,
Eagles,
Floyd Reese,
Jim MOra Jr,
Jimmy Raye,
Kevin Colbert,
Mike Holmgren,
Pete Ward,
Randy Mueller,
Ruston Webster,
Seahawks,
Steelers,
Tom Heckert
This is the first article in a five part series breaking down the rebuilding process for the Seattle Seahawks organization this off season. Starting with the front office and finding their GM to build the framework for a Super Bowl team. Second will be the coaching staff and who the possible GM's would hire. Third will be breaking down the current roster and who is staying and who is going. Fourth will be how the Seahawks should attack free agency and who they should sign realistically. Fifth will be the NFL and who they should take with their first four picks. Then there will be a concluding article summing up what the Seahawks roster [...]
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The title fits perfectly with the play of the Seattle Seahawks today. Seahawks lose 24/7 all day long, and it's headlined by the "Matt Hasselbeck Show".
Over the last few weeks, Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has looked worse than any quarterback in Seahawks history with his inaccuracy, inconsistency and just downright horrendous play.
In the last three weeks including today's game against the Tampa Bay Bucs Hasselbeck is 101/115 for 701 yards, 4 TD's and 5 Int's (four today).
Now overall, other than the five interceptions you might think those stats [...]
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With the Seahawks now officially eliminated from the playoff picture it's time to join Mora, Leiweke and look toward the future as the Seahawks officially move into their long awaited rebuilding process that is expected to take two or three years.
Now yes the NFL Draft is four months away but it's never t00 early to start thinking about who the Seahawks should target to help kickoff their rebuild.
This team has some talent but as Jim Mora Jr. put it in his press conference, "we need more nasty players". Now Mora wanted to clear the questions and explain what he meant by nasty as well as "dirt bags". He wants to see Sean Locklear shove a [...]
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