See what is said about the Seattle Seahawks….intresting
February 8, 2012
NFL Predictions 2012-13
February 6, 2012
Cortez Kennedy Elected to H.O.F…..Finally!!!
The Seattle Seahawks used the third overall selection of the 1990 NFL Draft on All-America defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy from the University of Miami (FL). The move proved to be wise as Kennedy became a fixture on the Seahawks defensive line for 11 seasons. Extremely durable, he did not miss a single game until his eighth season.
In his rookie season, Kennedy played in all 16 games, two of which were starts. He produced impressive numbers including a season-high 10 tackles and a sack against the Miami Dolphins. For his efforts, he was named to the NFL’s All-Rookie team.
The following season Kennedy moved into a full-time starting role at right defensive tackle for the Seahawks and responded by earning his first Pro Bowl berth. In 1992, despite the Seahawks finishing with a disappointing 2-14 record, Kennedy was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. It marked just the third time in league history that a player from a losing team won the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year Award. He led Seattle that season with a career-high 14 sacks, the most of any interior lineman, and also recorded a career-best 92 tackles, recovered one fumble and batted down two passes.
Although he was often double- or even triple-teamed Kennedy managed to lead or rank near the top in tackles each season. In 1996, he was voted to a team record sixth consecutive Pro Bowl and also was named the team’s MVP and the winner of the Steve Largent Award given to the player that best exemplified the spirit, dedication and integrity of the Seahawks. He added two more Pro Bowls following the 1998 and 1999 seasons.
Kennedy recorded one of his finest seasons in 1999. A ten-year veteran, he started all 16 games, recorded 73 tackles, 6.5 sacks and intercepted two passes to help the Seahawks reach the playoffs for the first time since 1988.
In all, he registered 58 sacks, intercepted three passes and scored one touchdown on a fumble recovery during his 167-game career. He twice led the team in sacks (1992 and 1995).
Aside from his eight Pro Bowls, Kennedy was named first-team All-NFL in 1992, 1993 and 1994, selected second-team All-Pro twice, All-AFC four times and was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s.
On September 17, 2006, Kennedy became the 10th member inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor.
February 3, 2012
Superbowl XLVI…..Who ya Got???
Sunday, February 5th
Super Bowl Kickoff Time: 3:30 p.m. PST
NBC
With a 9–7 record during the regular season, the Giants returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2008, when they won the NFC East and finished the season as the NFC’s #4 seed. The Giants entered their week 17 match up with the Cowboys with both teams tied for the division lead with 8–7 records. The Giants took a 21–0 first half lead and while the Cowboys closed the gap to make the score 21–14 early in the 4th quarter, the Giants held on to defeat the Cowboys 31–14, clinching the divisional title and a playoff berth. Then they advanced to the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Falcons in the Wild Card game 24–2, then they defeated the teams with the two best records in the NFL, knocking off the 15–1 Green Bay Packers 37–20 and the 13–3 San Francisco 49ers 20–17 on Lawrence Tynes’s game winning field goal in overtime.
New York’s offense was led by Pro Bowl quarterback Eli Manning, in his seventh season as the team’s starter. Manning set new career highs in nearly every statistical category in 2011, throwing for a franchise record 4,933 yards and 29 touchdowns, with 16 interceptions, giving him a 92.9 passer rating. His top target was receiver Victor Cruz, who caught 82 passes for a franchise record 1,536 yards (3rd in the NFL) and 9 touchdowns. But he had plenty of other targets, including Hakeem Nicks (76 receptions, 1,192 yards, 7 touchdowns), Mario Manningham (39 receptions and 523 yards in 12 games) and tight end Jake Ballard (38 receptions, 604 yards, 15.9 average)
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw was the team’s leading rusher with 659 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was also a reliable weapon in the passing game, hauling in 34 receptions for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Brandon Jacobs also made a big contribution on the ground, rushing for 571 yards and 7 touchdowns.
New York’s defensive line was led by defensive ends Jason Pierre-Paul and Osi Umenyiora. Pierre-Paul racked up 86 combined tackles and ranked fourth in the NFL with 16.5 sacks, earning him the only Pro Bowl selection on the Giants defense, while Umenyiora recorded 9 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. New York also had an excellent secondary led by Corey Webster, who intercepted a career high 6 passes. Defensive backs Kenny Phillips and Aaron Ross added four interceptions each, while safety Antrel Rolle picked off two passes and led the team in combined tackles with 96.
The 2011 Giants are the first team in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl after having been outscored by their opponents in the regular season (394 points scored, 400 points allowed).
The Patriots finished with a 13–3 record, winning the AFC East and clinching the AFC’s #1 seed in the playoffs. New England lost two straight games in weeks 8 and 9 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Giants, respectively, before rallying to win their remaining regular season games. In the playoffs, New England defeated the Denver Broncos in the divisional round and the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game.
Back at the helm of the offense was 12-year quarterback Tom Brady, who earned his 7th Pro Bowl selection. Starting every game of the season, Brady completed 65.6% of his passes for a career-high 5,246 yards (the second highest total in NFL history) and 39 touchdown passes, with just 12 interceptions and a rating of 105.6. Brady also added 109 yards and three scores on the ground. His main weapon in the passing game was Pro Bowl receiver Wes Welker, who led the NFL with 122 receptions (22 receptions ahead of second place) for 1,569 yards and 9 touchdowns. New England also had two of the best tight ends in the NFL: Pro Bowler Rob Gronkowski, who set new tight end records for receiving (1,327 yards) and touchdown catches (17); and Aaron Hernandez, who caught 79 passes for 910 yards and 7 touchdowns, while also rushing for 45 yards. Another big element of the passing game was veteran receiver Deion Branch, who caught 51 passes for 702 yards and 5 scores. Receivers Chad Ochocinco, Tiquan Underwood, Julian Edelman, and Matthew Slater made minor contributions to the passing attack; the latter two also served as emergency defensive backs.
New England had several key contributors in the ground game. Their main rusher was BenJarvis Green-Ellis, who rushed for 667 yards and 11 touchdowns. Running back Stevan Ridley added 447 yards and a 5.1 yards per carry average. Danny Woodhead contributed 351 yards with a 4.6 YPC average, and gained another 437 yards returning kickoffs. New England also had a solid offensive line, which was anchored by Pro Bowl guards Logan Mankins and Brian Waters. With all these weapons, New England ranked third in the NFL with 513 points.
The Patriots’ defensive line featured two Pro Bowl selections: Vince Wilfork, who generated 3.5 sacks, two interceptions, and one forced fumble; and Andre Carter, who contributed 10 sacks and forced two fumbles. Defensive End Mark Anderson was also a major force on the line, earning 10 sacks and two forced fumbles of his own. Behind them, Rob Ninkovich excelled at linebacker, gaining 74 tackles, 6.5 sacks, and two interceptions. In the secondary, cornerback Kyle Arrington had a breakout season. After recording just one interception in his first three years, Arrington picked off 7 passes in 2011 to lead the NFL in that category, while also leading the team in tackles with 88.
January 31, 2012
Seahawks to get new Uniforms!!!!… New Carolina Panthers Logo
Why do we care about the Panthers changing their logo for the first time in the team’s 18-year history? Well, there have been rumors the Panthers and Seahawks were the two teams that notified the league of looming changes, presumably to logo and uniform.
In fact, the Seahawks uniforms will be changing.
That has been the word for a while now. .
What we know: Nike becomes the NFL uniform supplier in 2012, taking over for Reebok. The expectation is the Seahawks will be getting new uniforms.
What we don’t know: What those uniforms look like. There are a number of drawings on the InterGoogle, but those aren’t official nor are they believed to be close to the actual model.
What we’ve heard: A little birdie gave out a few hints the helmets will be darker, and there will be some feather trim. The helmets are not expected to go back to being silver. But as McLoughlin indicated, it’s not going to be a massive overhaul.
January 5, 2012
Seahawks and Free Agent Decisions
Just as Marshawn Lynch became the Skittles-loving face of the Seattle Seahawks, he could just as quickly be leaving town.
Or he could remain part of the foundation that led to the Seahawks’ turnaround in the second half of the season.
Lynch tops the list of 18 unrestricted free agents that the Seahawks must make decisions on this offseason. The list features seven starters from Seattle’s season finale last Sunday in Arizona, plus a few former starters who missed all or parts of the season with injuries.
”Our first concern is to take care of our team and take care of the guys that are unrestricted on our football team and fit that back together,” coach Pete Carroll said this week.
It starts with Lynch.
Coming off the finest season of his career, Lynch is at the peak of his NFL financial prospects. He’s 25, has just rushed for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns and embodies the attitude Carroll wants the rest of his roster to emulate. Lynch also showed a maturity this season that might have been absent in the past.
When Seattle was struggling at midseason and Lynch had rushed for more than 80 yards just once, Lynch sat down with assistant head coach Tom Cable to ask how he could become more productive.
The result was six 100-yard games over the final nine weeks. In the three games during which Lynch failed to top 100 yards, he rushed for more than 80 twice and had two touchdowns rushing the other time.
”He was more than willing to say, `Teach me, I’ll do it the way you need it and don’t let me off the hook if I don’t do it right,”’ Cable said. ”So big, big props, if you will, to him to have that kind of integrity and discipline and desire to be great at it.”
Not far behind on Seattle’s priority list is locking up Bryant. Before Carroll took over in 2009, Bryant appeared to be on his way out of the NFL, unable to find his way as a defensive tackle. But Carroll and defensive coordinator Gus Bradley shifted Bryant to defensive end and he’s become the anchor of a Seattle defensive line that’s been successful each of the past two seasons at stopping the run with Bryant starting.
Bryant said earlier this week that he doesn’t have the desire to see what he could get in free agency. His loyalty to the Seahawks goes beyond finding a role where he could thrive; he’s the son-in-law of former Seahawks defensive end great Jacob Green.
”I’d be lying to say that the Seahawks haven’t been extremely good to me. They gave me the opportunity to play a position that at first I thought they were trying to cut me when they first talked about moving me to defensive end,” Bryant said. ”So for them to give me the opportunity, and to think that much of me when I really didn’t think that much of myself in terms of playing defensive end, speaks volumes.”
There are other players on the next tier who are just as important for the Seahawks.
Fullback Michael Robinson was a first alternate to the Pro Bowl and the one Lynch gave plenty of credit to for his breakout season. Robinson added 15 pounds last offseason knowing he would be a true fullback for the first time in his career.
Along the offensive line, Seattle learned the value of backups Breno Giacomini and Paul McQuistan this season as each filled in admirably after starters James Carpenter, John Moffitt and Russell Okung were lost for the season because of injuries. Giacomini made $600,000 in base salary this season, while McQuistan made $685,000.
Defensively, Seattle’s biggest issue aside from Bryant is at linebacker, where starters David Hawthorne and Leroy Hill are both free agents. Neither has played for another franchise, but Carroll perhaps gave a signal about the direction the Seahawks might go in on Tuesday when he discussed his desire to be faster at linebacker.
Hawthorne has led Seattle in tackles each of the past three seasons, while Hill is coming off his first full season after a combination of injuries and off-the-field problems cut others short.
”I’m coming off a pretty good year. I’m happy where I’m at, a full 16 games, so we’ll see what happens,” Hill said. ”It’s still too early but I would love to be here. This is the only organization I know.”
Other key unrestricted free agents for Seattle include: backup running back Justin Forsett; tight end John Carlson – who missed all of 2011 with a shoulder injury; defensive linemen Anthony Hargrove and Jimmy Wilkerson; and special teams standouts Heath Farwell and Atari Bigby.
January 4, 2012
NFL 2012 Schedule Matchups released….(No Dates Yet)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 2012 Matchups
Home: Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, New York Jets.
Away: Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins.
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January 4, 2012
NFL Mock Draft…First of Many..LOL
12. Seattle Seahawks*: Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama: Brandon Browner had a solid year in Seattle, but he also led the NFL in pass interference penalties. Kirkpatrick is another big, physical cornerback — a lot like Browner — but with much greater upside. A Patrick Peterson type, he’s a speedster with size. Add him to a defensive backfield that’s already led by Earl Thomas, and there’s a great foundation for the future in Seattle.
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January 3, 2012
Seahawks finish (7-9)
The Seattle Seahawks are 7-9 again after a heartbreaker in the desert.
Last year, that record was good enough to win the weak NFC West. This year, it just means the season is over.
Despite the 23-20 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, the Seahawks believe they are a better team than they were a year ago, and are headed in the right direction.
”Regardless of what happened today, I’m very clear and very charged about where we are going, without question,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.
The Seahawks will be a tough, run-oriented team, he said, but that approach wasn’t enough to derail the Cardinals in a matchup of teams that had experienced turnarounds after awful starts to the season. Arizona began 1-6, then finished 7-2 to go 8-8. Seattle started 2-6 and won five of its final eight.
”We know we have a better team this year,” Seattle safety Earl Thomas said. ”We are young, but the experience that we got this year and all the plays we made we can build on that next year.”
Seattle trailed 20-10 early in the fourth quarter, then rallied to tie it and send it into overtime. The Seahawks had the first chance after winning the OT coin toss, but they couldn’t move the ball, then Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald made a pair of spectacular catches to set up the 28-yard field goal that gave Arizona the win.
”This game was kind of typical of our overall season,” said quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who completed his first year at the controls for Seattle. ”We kind of got off to a slow start and picked it up during the second half.”….While Carroll said the Seahawks are a running team, they can look to a future with a talented young receiver in rookie Ricardo Lockette, whose 61-yard TD catch tied it at 20 midway through the fourth quarter.
”His upside is through the roof,” Jackson said. ”He can run, he can catch. He has ball skills to make a bunch of big-time catches. It’s just about getting him to understand the NFL game.”
The Seahawks played their first overtime game since the second week of the 2008 season. Arizona played its fourth in the last nine weeks. All four were at home, and the Cardinals won every one of them.
Fitzgerald made a leaping grab against two defenders early in the winning drive for a 26-yard gain, but he saved the best for last, a diving, one-handed catch for 8 yards that got the team within field-goal range and eventually set up the deciding score.
”I actually thought it was too far,” quarterback John Skelton said of his throw. ”I just saw his arm stick out, stick it, and stick the landing. We come to expect that from Larry. It’s almost like it’s not even a shocker anymore because he does it so often.”
Skelton didn’t mention it, but he fainted in the locker room before the game after getting fluid drained from a knee.
”Pregame, he scared us all. He fell out and he had a little fainting issue in the locker room,” Fitzgerald said. ”We were all nervous about him being able to play today and he fought through that and was able to go out there and perform and get our team a win. That shows the kind of toughness he has.”
Seattle (7-9) had rallied to tie it after trailing 20-10 early in the fourth quarter.
Fitzgerald caught nine passes for 149 yards after one reception for 2 yards in the first half. It was his 32nd career 100-yard receiving game, sixth this season.
December 30, 2011
NFL WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Week 17
Sunday, Jan. 1
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Detroit at Green Bay
Tennessee at Houston
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
N.Y. Jets at Miami
Chicago at Minnesota
Buffalo at New England
Carolina at New Orleans
Dallas at N.Y. Giants
Washington at Philadelphia
San Francisco at St. Louis
Afternoon Games
Seattle at Arizona
Kansas City at Denver
San Diego at Oakland
December 28, 2011
NFL Pro -Bowl Roster
To access NFL PRO-BOWL ROSTER ….CLICK HERE….this year’s squad is loaded with Patriots and 49ers
