Brady Henderson
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I cover the Seahawks for ESPN.
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Joined June 2010
Doug Baldwin, talking about how Marshawn Lynch was universally "beloved" in Seattle's locker room, told a story about a young WR who told Lynch he liked his backpack. Lynch took it off, emptied it out and gave it to him on the spot. Asked which WR it was, Baldwin said it was him.
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Marshawn Lynch just walked to the podium and was asked what brought him back to the Seahawks. He said, “Happy holidays. Merry New Year. Y’all have a great day. It’s a great feeling to be back.” Then walked away.
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Here’s what DK Metcalf looks like in shoulder pads standing near Tyler Lockett.
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Russell Wilson, wearing a Sue Bird Jersey, said he “felt like Sue Bird in the clutch.” Bird’s Seattle Storm recently won their fourth WNBA title.
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Russell Wilson, on IR for the first time in his career, is on the field running a mock 2-minute drive by himself during pregame warmups. Calling/changing plays at the line of scrimmage and all.
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Playoffs or not, John Schneider should be Exec of the Year. Had the foresight/guts to move on from Russell Wilson. Negotiated one of the more lopsided trades in a long time. Drafted a rookie class that may have the OROY and/or DROY. Really good year for Schneider and his scouts.
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The tributes you're seeing about John Clayton -- from media colleagues to NFL players, teams, owners -- tells you how big of a force he was in our industry and how well he treated people in it. He was a Hall of Famer and a living legend, yet he always made you feel like a peer.
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From @ESPNStatsInfo: According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Kenneth Walker III reached a max speed of 22.09 MPH on his 74-yard rushing TD. That's the fastest speed by any ball-carrier in the NFL this season.
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Cap ramifications: Russell Wilson was to count $37M in 2022. Seahawks save $11M in '22 and take on on $26M in dead money. Per @ESPNStatsInfo, that's the second-most dead money a team has ever incurred. Philly ate $33.8M in the Carson Wentz trade.
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Per Pete Carroll, Quandre Diggs suffered a broken fibula and a disclosed ankle. His ankle was put back in place. He’ll stay behind. Tyler Lockett asked Carroll for permission to stay with him and will do so. “He’ll be back,” Carroll said of Diggs’ recovering from the injury.
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A source tells me the Seahawks are working to finalize a two-year deal with DT Poona Ford. He was set to be a restricted free agent, so the two-year deal would be in lieu of a one-year RFA tender. Ford has gone from undrafted in 2018 to one of Seattle’s best defenders.
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Olu Oluwatimi, who took over at center for the Seahawks after Connor Williams' retirement, had a perfect pass block win rate in his first start of 2024. ESPN Research credited him with 27 wins/zero losses on qualifying pass-block plays. Here was one of his wins on the last drive.
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The Seahawks are re-signing TE Will Dissly to a three-year, $24M deal, a source tells me.
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Geno Smith just earned a cool million dollars. His incentive package includes a $1M bonus for reaching 4,000 yards passing, which he's now done. Becomes the second QB in Seahawks history with 4,000 passing yards in a season, per @ESPNStatsInfo. Russell Wilson did it four times.
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DK Metcalf on Geno Smith: “He put the team on his back.”. Metcalf caught Smith’s lone touchdown pass today. Said he was trying to re-enact the photo of George Washington crossing the Delaware with his celebration, which is why he reached for the costumed Patriots’ musket.
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Pete Carroll said he regrets that the Seahawks weren't the team to sign Colin Kaepernick in 2017. Kap visited and Carroll said the Seahawks didn't feel it was the right fit because they felt he was a starter, and he said he was certain Kap would be starting somewhere that season.
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Jake Bobo said he “didn’t really have a choice” but to come down with his touchdown catch because Geno Smith put it in such a great spot. The rookie receiver appreciated Tyler Lockett for tracking the ball down, knowing it was his first NFL score. Bobo said it’s going to his mom.
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The Seahawks usually alternate offense and defense getting introduced before every home game. It's the defense's turn this week, but K.J. Wright said he plans to talk to the powers that be about Marshawn Lynch getting introduced, knowing how loud CenturyLink Field would get.
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Tariq Woolen got emotional while talking about his long wait to be drafted and how far he’s come since then. The fifth-round now has an NFL-high six interceptions, which is a Seahawks rookie record.
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Former Rams, Vikings and Seahawks QB Sean Mannion is ending his nine-year NFL playing career and has accepted a position on the Packers’ coaching staff, a source tells me. He’ll work with QBs and the passing game.
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Jamal Adams posted this on IG (@ presidentmal) about all the injuries he dealt with — and in most cases, played through — in 2020. His two broken fingers and torn labrum needed surgery. That’s my editing over his middle finger, which is shown cut open in his post. #yourewelcome
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Geno Smith completed 33 of 44 attempts for 327 yards, one touchdown and no turnovers in the Seahawks’ OT win. He had five drops from his receivers and next to no help from his run game. “I thought Geno played a dynamite game,” Mike Macdonald said.
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With the Bay Area getting hammered by inclement weather ahead of Saturday’s wild-card game at Levi’s Stadium, Pete Carroll had the Seahawks hold their walk-through in the rain today. That’s former Seahawks RB Thomas Rawls giving Carroll a hug in the video.
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Bengals CB Tre Flowers said he loved his time in Seattle. He declined to get into how he was waived in October, citing his respect for the team. “They gave me football life. They set me up in this new situation, just a new chapter in my life. I think everything just worked out.”
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Russell Wilson is the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Among many charitable efforts in 2020, he and Ciara donated 1 million meals to Feeding America and Food Lifeline, and announced the founding of the Why Not You Academy, a tuition-free charter school set to open this fall.
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The Seahawks just honored their 2013 Super Bowl team at halftime. More than 30 players were down on the field for the ceremony, plus several assistants. K.J. Wright spoke to the crowd, as did Ricardo Lockette briefly. Noticeably absent from the group: Earl Thomas.
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The NFC West was widely considered the best division in football going into this season. Now it’ll send two teams to the NFC title game. The fourth-place team — Seattle — won seven games.
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Story about FedEx Field: Seahawks walked around on it the day before their wild-card game in Jan. '13. Chris Clemons thought the turf was in such bad shape he had serious reservations about even playing it. Tore his ACL the next day. RG III re-injured his knee in the same game.
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The Seahawks’ locker room is rocking like it hasn’t in a while. Tariq Woolen, covered in green Nickelodeon slime, was chasing teammates around after their win over the Jets. He caught Ken Walker III.
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Russell Wilson was asked how much pressure he puts on himself to be great. He said he holds himself to a high standard, but to him, pressure involves real-life matters like losing his dad or people dealing with COVID. "What I get to do is not real pressure. It’s a gift," he said.
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Bruce Irvin and Tyler Lockett are the only two Seahawks who played in their wild-card win at Minnesota in 2016. At minus-6 degrees, it was the coldest game in franchise history and third-coldest in NFL history. What does Irvin remember about that game? . "It was cold as shit.".
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Russell Wilson promised a donation of 100,000 meals for every tee shot on this hole of The Match that was within 12 feet of the pin. All but Tiger got it, so Wilson donates 300,000 meals.
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Some strong efforts here on the Phil Collins air-drum solo but none stronger than D.J. Fluker’s.
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Per ESPN Research, all 20 of the Seahawks' points came with Nick Bosa on the sideline.
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A very cool (and very metal) tribute to @JohnClaytonNFL by the Seahawks in the Lumen Field press box.
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Seahawks GM John Schneider and his wife Traci held their annual charity event last night for Ben’s Fund, which provides financial support to children and young adults with autism. Team says the event raised more than $650,000. All told, more than $4.25 million raised since 2012.
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Jamal Adams on his Seahawks debut: "I wasn't bored. I was blitzing. I was having fun.".
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Former Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin, who unofficially retired this offseason, is working with the city of Renton to build a community/health center for underserved youth. With $10.5 million of the $15 million needed for the.
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With Sebastian Janikowski appearing to get hurt on the final play of the first half, punter Michael Dickson is attempting field goals with Tyler Ott holding during halftime. Pete Carroll has previously said Dickson would drop-kick field goals if needed.
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On Jadeveon Clowney, my understanding is he would have to take significantly less money than what the Seahawks previously offered him in order for a reunion to happen. The team hasn't shut the door entirely on Clowney, but bringing him back isn't considered likely at this point.
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NFL NEXT GEN STATS notes that Russell Wilson's 38-yard TD pass to David Moore had a completion probability of 6.3% -- the lowest completion probability on a completed pass this season and the third-lowest in the history of the metric (since 2017).
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Russell Wilson's Why Not You Foundation announced plans for a tuition-free public charter high school in Des Moines, just south of Seattle. Why Not You Academy, founded by Wilson and Ciara, is set to open next fall. Here's part of the release. We'll hear from Wilson later today.
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The Seahawks may have avoided a COVID disaster by testing one more day per week than is required:
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The Seahawks are trading LB Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to Tennessee for LB Ernest Jones IV, a source tells me.
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba said Tyler Lockett told him a couple weeks ago that he wants the second-year receiver to break his single-season club record of 100 catches. JSN needs five catches Sunday vs. the Rams to do so.
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The Seahawks have designated RB Chris Carson for a return to practice. Pete Carroll said he was on track to practice today, and this move allows that to happen. Carson has missed the last four games with a neck injury.
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Leonard Williams’ 92-yard pick-six is the longest by a defensive lineman in NFL history, according to ESPN Research. The 310-pound Williams said he was looking to pitch the ball after he crossed midfield.
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This was a few days before Super Bowl XLVIII. John Clayton appearing on a Japanese TV station. I doubt it was just by coincidence that, among the hundred or so reporters there, Clayton was the guy they wanted. You know you are recognizable when …
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Another major shakeup to the Seahawks' inside linebacker corps: I'm told they plan to release Tyrel Dodson, who's started all nine games this season.
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You can easily make a case that Wagner has had the best career of all those star defenders to play for the Seahawks during the LOB era to now. No doubt it's been the most consistent. His 8 Pro Bowls and 6 First Team All-Pro nods are both tops -- easily -- among his Seattle peers.
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Jamal Adams, in a heartfelt press conference that marked his first comments to reporters since he tore his quad tendon last September, said he was in a “dark place” after that injury and briefly considered retirement. Called it a “real humbling experience.”
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Marshawn Lynch shares a moment with Pete Carroll and then Ken Norton Jr. right before his first practice back with the Seahawks.
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Pete Carroll praised DK Metcalf for his block on the winning TD. "He kept his hands in really tight and then released at the right time so there was no penalty. There was nothing that was wrong with that. It was exactly the way you should do it, right when we needed it most.".
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DK Metcalf on the rookie class: “I told Pete ‘congratulations’ because he did a hell of a job drafting this year … They all come in and just keep their head down and work and you can tell how much they really love the game.”. Indeed, Carroll/Schneider seem to have struck gold.
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Expect to see a lot more reactions like this. Bobby Wagner's return is going to make a lot of players in the Seahawks' locker room happy. Not only is he perhaps the best defensive player in franchise history but a highly respected teammate as well.
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DK Metcalf said he was thinking of advice Russell Wilson has been giving him all season when the bank was in the air on his final catch: “Don’t let the ball come down” — i.e. go up and get it.
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OC Shane Waldron was able to stay calm during the first half of Lions-Packers. The second half? Not so much. Said he apologized to his daughter for his language as he watched Detroit win, sending Seattle to the playoffs. He was up at 4 a.m. Monday to begin prepping for San Fran.
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Geno Smith, who took nine hits and was slow to get up after one of them late in the game, said he’ll be fine. He took issue with the OPI call on Tyler Lockett, which wiped out a fourth-down completion to Jaxon Smith-Njigba and killed a chance to tie it in the fourth quarter.
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Pete Carroll on RBs Chris Carson and Carlos Hyde: “Chris is running. More so than Carlos is able to at this time. Chris is ahead of Carlos coming back. He’s going to run today and tomorrow. We’ll see how he handles that. I can’t tell you anything more than that right now.”.
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Hearing it’s looking unlikely that WR Tyler Lockett will be activated off the COVID-19 list in time for tonight’s game against the Rams. He’s one of nine Seahawks on the list. The deadline to activate those players for this game is 1 p.m.
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The Seahawks are expected to hire Jay Harbaugh as special teams coordinator, as @AlbertBreer reported. Harbaugh, 34, has been Michigan's ST coordinator under his dad Jim Harbaugh since 2017. He worked with Mike Macdonald for one year in Baltimore ('14) and one year at UM ('21).
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Mike Macdonald said Coby Bryant’s interception came on a play in which the Seahawks busted a coverage. “Having a post safety that can erase some things, you need those guys,” Macdonald said. “He’s playing at a high level right now.”. Bryant on his third pick in seven games:
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My understanding on Luke Willson's release was that it was his decision. He decided last night, after practicing and studying the Seahawks' new system, that his heart wasn't in it. He's got other interests in life that he wants to pursue.
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Rashaad Penny has scored three touchdowns over the last two games. He appreciated Chris Carson letting him have one tonight by asking out of the game after his long run that got Seattle to the goal line.
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DK Metcalf needs 108 receiving yards to break Steve Largent's single-season franchise record of 1,287 from 1985. Metcalf wore a throwback Largent jersey after his NFL debut last year and said postgame that the Hall of Fame.
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Jamal Adams' timeline over the last seven hours or so will give you an idea of how happy he is to be in Seattle.
Safe travels to the squad. I'm just so hype!!!! Dammit!!!!.
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From @ESPNStatsInfo: today was Geno Smith's fifth game with at least 300 passing yards and a 70% completion rate since the start of 2022, tied with Patrick Mahomes for the most in the NFL over that span. Smith went 32 of 41 (78%) for 328 yards, two TDs, 0 INTs.
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A few Seahawks players admitted to skepticism of Bobo during the offseason, wondering by turns whether his play-making in the spring would continue when the pads came on, then when the preseason games began. It did, and today he sealed a win with an impressive TD in a real game.
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Seahawks WR Phillip Dorsett had surgery today on his right foot. I'm told part of the issue was he had bone spurs that needed to be cleaned out. There's some hope he can be back at some point this season, but that hardly sounds like a sure thing.
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Ryan Neal on the vibe with the Seahawks: “Eager and hungry as hell.” To that point, he said he looked in the weight room this a.m. and saw Geno Smith well into a workout. “It sets the tone. When your quarterback is doing it, when your leader is doing it, everybody follows suit.”
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The Seahawks will have a representative at Colin Kaepernick’s workout, a source tells me.
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Jadeveon Clowney (sack, 4 hits) had a whopping 70% Pass Rush Win Rate Sunday. That ESPN metric (power by NFL Next Gen Stats) measures how often a defender beats his block in 2.5 seconds or less. Clowney was credited with 14 wins in 20 chances. He's now second in the NFL in PRWR.
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Pete Carroll tells @TheMikeSalk and @BrockHuard that DK Metcalf won't need surgery. He got "a great report" this morning that showed "he hurt his patellar some." Said Metcalf is determined to practice Wednesday, but Carroll sounded skeptical of that. Overall, he sounded relieved.
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Geno Smith took us into his helmet today while looking back at two moments from his latest game-winning drive Sunday. It offered an interesting glimpse into what an OC tells a QB aside from the play-call, and in this case the kind of latitude Grubb gives Smith . .
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Pete Carroll, when asked how he'd build a perfect QB: “There's never been a more perfect guy than Carson Palmer. I mean, he was perfect. He was big, he was strong, he was fast, he was a great athlete, he was a great competitor.”. File that away for later. Maybe, like, next April.
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DK Metcalf is six receiving yards away from breaking Steve Largent's single-season franchise record of 1,287 from 1985. Metcalf said he looked up the record late last year, before he finished with 900 as a rookie. "I knew it was.
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Ernest Jones IV reiterated that he feels “it’s headed in the right direction” towards a new contract with Seattle. “We’re gonna get it done. I’m gonna be a Seahawk. I firmly believe that.”. He later said he “definitely” thinks a deal gets done before free agency.
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba praised DK Metcalf for the block he threw on the game-winning touchdown, saying that was Metcalf’s TD as much as his own.
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Quandre Diggs looks forward to getting fellow safety/close friend Jamal Adams back from his knee injury next season. “Just the energy, the passion, the level of play that he brings, it’ll be a big boost for us. I think everybody in the locker room is ready for him to get back.”
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Pete Carroll said Jadeveon Clowney was away from the team today getting his hip injury looked at. He’ll meet the team in Philadelphia and will be a game-time decision after missing all three practices this week. Carroll said the hip injury is from the 49ers game.
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Michael Bennett: Kaepernick issue must first be addressed before players, NFL can have additional talks.
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Seahawks will wear their all green jerseys Monday night against Minnesota. It'll be the third time they've worn those (2016 vs. Rams, 2017 at Cardinals).
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The Sheriff is back in town: The Seahawks plan sign OLB Jamie Sheriff to their practice squad, a source tells me. The UDFA from South Alabama will return to Seattle after a strong preseason with the Seahawks and a stint with the Panthers.
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Former Washington TE Jack Westover is signing with the Seahawks as a UDFA, a source tells me.
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Johnathan Abram said K.J. Wright — his teammate last season with the Raiders — talked up the Seahawks organization to him and told him it’s a place Abram would love. Abram, claimed off waivers this week, described his playing style as fast and physical.
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Seahawks GM John Schneider and his wife Traci will be honored Thursday night at Seattle’s Sports Star of the Year awards. They’ll receive the Paul G. Allen Award for their work with Ben’s Fund, a nonprofit named for their son Ben that helps families support children with autism.
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Undrafted rookie DT Poona Ford is making his first career start today and has made the tackle on both of the 49ers' first two plays from scrimmage.
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Tyler Lockett flew back to Seattle to present an award at the MTR Western Sports Star of the Year Awards Thursday. It was the inspirational award won by 9-year-old Elijah Hagstrom, who survived stage IV cancer after 10 rounds of chemo and surgery that removed most of his liver.
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GM John Schneider on if he thinks the Seahawks will extend DK Metcalf: "Yeah, that's our intent.".
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The Seahawks had 38 first downs (17 more than Detroit). Per ESPN Research, that's the most by a losing team over the last 90 years.
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Geno Smith is set to undergo testing after missing the Seahawks' last two practices. My understanding is he's been dealing with hip and knee issues. Said Mike Macdonald: "He’s working through a couple things from the other day. But we’ll get some imaging tonight, and we’ll see.".
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What has Pete Carroll noticed about players like Jacob Hollister who have spent time in the Patriots' system?. "That they're happy to be here," Carroll said with a laugh.
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Jamal Adams lit up that victory cigar at the end of his Zoom conference. “Gotta keep it playa at all times,” he said.
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Mike Macdonald liked how the Seahawks iced the win with a 98-yard TD drive, saying the offense redeemed itself after the earlier INT in a similar backed-up situation. On the defense: “I thought we took a step forward today.”. He clearly likes his team’s effort and physicality.
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The Seahawks' acquisition of Ernest Jones IV in October has been one of the biggest reasons for their defensive turnaround. Jones made his biggest play yet there to pick off Kyler Murray, setting up Geno Smith's 19-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Seahawks up 10-7.
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Your first look at Jamal Adams in a Seahawks uniform:
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Russell Wilson is the Seahawks' nominee for the 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
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