The keenest observers of NFL football–Vegas oddsmakers–were so repulsed by the Seahawks’ performance, they’ve made them the biggest underdogs in the NFL this week: The Hawks are 15-1/2 point underdogs to Pittsburgh. A two-touchdown spread in the NFL is about as bad as it gets–and the handicap is even more incredible considering that the Steelers lost their opening game 35-7. Continue reading Do the Seahawks Have a Top Secret Motto?
Why demolish the Seahawks? Because if an NFL team’s roster is a house, the NFL-mandated salary cap is the lot it sits on. In the perfect world, if you were building a dream home, you’d buy a new lot and live in your old house until construction was finished. Can’t do that in the NFL. The finite salary cap prevents you from buying new expensive players to pretty up the place while your old expensive players rust over. The best solution is to tear everything down and build it back up again. Continue reading Pete Carroll Completes Demolition of Seahawks
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
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
