A smoky haze tinged the sun and dirtied the sky in Seattle in the morning leading up to Mike Macdonald’s first game as the head coach of the Seahawks. The dinginess of the morning seemed to leak into the dawn of this new era. A rousing raising of the 12...
Tens of thousands of fans will flow into Lumen Field. Music will blare as players are introduced. A coin will be flipped. The 12 flag will be raised. An annual tradition, that has become as much a part of the Pacific Northwest as a 4PM sunset in December, will begin...
There have been questions from folks about what my plans are for our charitable giving now that this is my full-time gig. There are also some questions about ads. I’m guessing this will be evergreen questions, so I shared some of my answers here....
Ask most Seahawks fans the last time a Seattle team forced at least 40 turnovers in a season and nearly all of them would say the 2013 Legion of Boom. That would be a logical guess. It would also be incorrect. That historic defense did lead the NFL in takeaways,...
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Mike Macdonald begins his tenure as the new Seahawks head coach. That will be the headline for this game in many ways. Like Pete Carroll, Macdonald gets to start with a home opener. Unlike Carroll, Macdonald opens as a sizable favorite to win. The 2010 Seahawks opened as 3-point home...
The Real Hawk Talk crew made their annual predictions last night about all sorts of things related to the Seahawks season. Captured below, for posterity, are all of those predictions. Prop predictions These are a mix of Patron and YouTube members suggested prop predictions (e.g., first coach to be fired...
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The NFL has announced all waiver claims that were made by teams around the league. While the majority of the attention is paid to the names of the players who were, or were not, claimed during the process, there is something to be learned from the teams and positions involved...
The Seahawks waited a few hours to release their initial 53-man roster, and like any good story, the suspense paid off with some unexpected twists and turns. Anyone who has followed their NFL team closely enough to pay attention to cut day knows the announcement is simply the first part...
It is debatable whether the NFL did Cleveland Browns fans a favor by scheduling a 10PM ET start for their final preseason game in Seattle. The late game helped many miss their team being manhandled by the Seahawks in every phase of the game, but they also missed as entertaining...
My last roster projection on the blog was prior to the first Seahawks preseason game. My final projection goes up prior to the last preseason game against the Browns. It is possible we will get more injury news or other developments that require this projection to be revisited before cutdown...