What better way to end the season than being crowned SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. This was a season about rewriting narratives, revisiting old scars, and closing loops that had been open for years. At the center of it all was Sam Darnold. Football rarely hands out poetic endings, but this one came close. Over the course […]
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This Super Bowl feels suspiciously like it was scripted for me. Seahawks vs. Patriots. Again.Somewhere, the football gods looked at my life résumé and said, “Yeah, this tracks.” The Seahawks have been my team for as long as I can remember — hometown loyalty, baked in from the start. When they won Super Bowl XLVIII
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The Seattle Seahawks are approaching a crossroads that could define the next several years of the franchise. Geno Smith, the quarterback who has revived his career in Seattle, is reportedly seeking a contract extension. On paper, that might seem like an easy decision—Smith has been a stabilizing force for the Seahawks, guiding them to playoff
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Mike MacDonald’s entry into the 2024 NFL head coaching cycle was about as underwhelming as it gets—on paper. He wasn’t the headline-grabbing name like Jim Harbaugh, who carried the glow of resurrecting the 49ers and winning a national championship at Michigan. Nor was he Dan Quinn, a seasoned architect of elite defenses and a Super
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By: Eric Yin Last time I wrote on this blog, Carroll had yet to be fired. And to be quite honest, I don’t believe anyone in the Seahawk fanbase truly thought he would be fired. Carroll had just come off a playoff appearance with Geno Smith as his quarterback, and was coaching one of the
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By: Eric Yin Look, last year’s story was a fairy tale. Backup Geno Smith outplaying Russell Wilson in week 1. John Schnieder pulling off a draft heist, getting arguably the offensive and defensive rookies of the draft. And of course Pete Carrol at the helm, leading the team to the playoffs. Last year was an
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By: Eric Yin SEATTLE – It’s 5 minutes and 12 seconds into Super Bowl XLVIII, Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and the number one offense in NFL history are marching down the field to try and secure an early lead. Manning throws a quick dump pass to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas
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By: Eric Yin SEATTLE – When most people think of football, they think of burly big men battling it out on the gridiron for supremacy. Then there is Mina Kimes. ESPN’s rising star and one of football’s unlikeliest success stories: the young petite Asian woman who has become the first major NFL studio analyst to
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By: Eric Yin SEATTLE – This Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals to sweep the season series. Despite the popular belief that the Seahawks would be tanking, they are right in the middle of the playoff picture halfway through the season. The win against Arizona was Seattle’s fourth in a row, giving them
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3 Nov. 2022By: Eric Yin SEATTLE – The big story in Seattle this week is the Mariners. After ending their twenty-year-long playoff drought, the Mariners won their first playoff series since 2001 in historic fashion. Despite being down 8-1 against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Mariners rallied back and became just the third team in
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