The Seahawks added 11 new players to their roster through the NFL Draft on Friday and Saturday, and 9 undrafted free agents. Consider this your first date with each of them. Continue reading Seahawks Draft Picks: What They’re Saying
The Seahawks threw fans a curveball last night, drafting West Virginia pass-rushing specialist Bruce Irvin. The Georgia-born Irvin, who some draft experts had as a fourth-round pick, was a high-school dropout living on a drug dealer’s couch four years ago before dedicating himself to football, convincing his working-class family to pool money to pay his junior college tuition, and eventually getting to West Virginia, where he recorded 22.5 sacks in two seasons. Continue reading Seahawks 1st Round Draft Pick Bruce Irvin: What They’re Saying
Job one for Schneider and Carroll: Figure out who’ll play quarterback.
Quarterback is a position unlike any other in professional sports. Besides his responsibility for pre-snap adjustments, and the fact that he handles the ball on every play, the quarterback is seen as the de facto team leader–whether you’re playing on an NFL field or two-hand touch in the park. Continue reading Seahawks’ Hiring Spree Begins Now; Will It Include Matt Hasselbeck?
Pundit grades for the NFL draft are out, and the national football media has about as much love for the Seahawks draft picks as the official Libyan media has for NATO.
Seahawks drafters Pete Carroll and John Schneider get low marks for failing to pick a quarterback and for the crime of “reaching,” draft parlance for picking a player who most teams thought would go later in the draft. Continue reading NFL Draft Recap: Seahawks Get Bigger, Smarter
