Losing your starting quarterback in the first few minutes of a game is brutal. Going down 10 points almost immediately afterward? That’s usually how a season opener turns into a very long afternoon. And for most of the first half, that looked like exactly where the Seahawks were headed. Seattle looked completely out of sorts.
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This year, the Seahawks have a chance to join an elite group of teams that won back-to-back Super Bowls. In the salary cap era, this has only been done by two teams. The Bill Belichick and Tom Brady Patriots, and the Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes Chiefs. So why do I think Sam Darnold and
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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 cinderella endings, but this one came close. Over the course
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This Super Bowl feels suspiciously like it was scripted for me. The Seahawks have been my team for as long as I can remember. My first football game was Super Bowl XLVIII, watching the Legion of Boom embarass Peyton Manning, I was just 12 years old. The symmetry felt perfect: the Seahawks, the fans known
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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. Smith has been a stabilizing force for the Seahawks, guiding them to playoff contention in back-to-back seasons. But he’s certainly not
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Mike MacDonald’s entry into the 2024 NFL head coaching cycle was about as underwhelming as it gets. He wasn’t the headline-grabbing name like Jim Harbaugh, who resurrected the fabled 49ers in the early 2010s and won a national championship at Michigan. Nor was he Dan Quinn, the architect behind the Legion of Boom, or Ben
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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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