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Seahawks 1st Round Draft Pick Bruce Irvin: 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

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NFL Draft Recap: Seahawks Get Bigger, Smarter

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

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Seahawks Pick OT James Carpenter and More in NFL Draft

Wooo! A new Seahawk! Pete Carroll took Alabama offensive tackle James Carpenter with his first-round pick. It was a bit of a surprise, as Carpenter wasn’t expected to go until the second round. Continue reading Seahawks Pick OT James Carpenter and More in NFL Draft

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Jake Locker Drafted 8th Overall by Tennessee Titans

State schoolboy legend and Washington Huskies star Jake Locker is headed to Nashville, where, with the Tennessee Titans’ unsettled quarterback situation, he’ll have a chance to be an NFL starting quarterback this September.

Locker becomes the highest-drafted quarterback in University of Washington history (Don Heinrich, 35th overall in 1952) and the highest-drafted Husky since Steve Emtman (1st overall in 1992). Continue reading Jake Locker Drafted 8th Overall by Tennessee Titans

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Could the Seahawks Draft Jake Locker? Should They?

The Seahawks need a new quarterback. There can be no debate about that. Incumbent Matt Hasselbeck is brittle, immobile, and weak-armed. He’s not even a Seahawk, technically, as Hasselbeck became a free agent at season’s end. No one seems to think that backup Charlie “Touchdown Jesus” Whitehurst is starter material. So selecting a quarterback would make sense. The question is, what kind of quarterback. Continue reading Could the Seahawks Draft Jake Locker? Should They?