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The Seattle Seahawks are coming off of a solid 2018 campaign in which they won 10 games and made the playoffs, but lost in the Wild Card Round to the Dallas Cowboys. Now, the Seahawks are kind of caught in limbo, as they are probably good enough to contend for a playoff spot once again […]

The Seattle Seahawks are in a bit of a pickle. Albeit a good one. Last year, in the first round, the Seahawks drafted Rashaad Penny to be their lead-back of the future. But, by the end of the 2018 season, he wasn’t. That title belonged to Chris Carson; their seventh-round pick in 2017. Heading into […]

The Seattle Seahawks don’t really have a great track record of keeping their star players long term, particularly on defense. Cornerback Richard Sherman walked following the 2017 campaign, and the Seahawks just traded defensive lineman Frank Clark. So, naturally, with linebacker Bobby Wagner entering the final year of his deal, there is some trepidation about […]

Bobby Wagner has already let it be known that he wants his next contract to exceed what C.J. Mosley got this offseason. If he has the season that ESPN expects him to in 2019, the Seattle Seahawks may need to pay up. On ESPN’s site, they recently released their fantasy projections for the upcoming season. […]

Malik McDowell’s NFL career was seemingly over before it ever got started, and the team that drafted him wants its money back. The Seattle Seahawks filed suit in federal court on Wednesday, stating the former Michigan State defensive lineman has failed to pay back the $799,238 an arbitrator ordered him to after McDowell suffered a […]

The Seattle Seahawks will have a new-look wide receiving corp in 2019—led by Tyler Lockett. Doug Baldwin has retired from the NFL, leaving room for someone to step up in his place. For years, Baldwin has led the charge as the main wideout on the Seahawks. In 2018, things were a little different with the […]

ESPN has predicted a big season for Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson. In fact, ESPN ranked Carson 23rd among running backs in terms of fantasy outlook. The website predicted Carson will run for 1,097 yards and nine touchdowns on 252 carries. It also predicts he will record 201 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown […]

As the New York Jets continue to bring in potential candidates to fill in their vacant general manager spot, they’ve added George Paton and Scott Fitterer to their search list. The #Jets have added two more names to their GM request list: #Vikings assistant GM George Paton and #Seahawks Co-Director of Player Personnel Scott Fitterer […]

Everyone has seen DK Metcalf with his shirt off and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson thinks that he is a freak of nature. Talking after OTA’s Wilson was asked about Tyler Lockett having to step up with Doug Baldwin retiring because of injury. Wilson knows that Lockett is going to have to step up, but […]

A 4.37 second 40-yard-dash, a 40.5-inch vertical, 27 bench-press-reps, a 134-inch broad jump, and a historical lineage of NFL players propped now Seattle Seahawks receiver D.K. Metcalf into the limelight. But, it wasn’t enough to overlook his issues pertaining to his lack of agility, route-tree, and injury history. From expected first-round pick to the No. […]

The Seattle Seahawks have officially wrapped up another member of their draft class. Receiver D.K. Metcalf signed his rookie contract Wednesday, per Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com. With Metcalf checked off the Seahawks have only one unsigned draft pick left, third round linebacker Cody Barton. Metcalf was one of the most interesting prospects to monitor during […]

The Seahawks have been through a lot since their Super Bowl days. The Legion of Boom is completely blown up. Richard Sherman is in San Francisco, Earl Thomas III signed with the Baltimore Ravens this offseason, and Kam Chancellor was let go because of health issues. Seattle’s longtime number one receiver Doug Baldwin was also […]

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is one of the best deep-ball passers in the NFL. According to Pro Football Focus’ official Twitter account, Wilson’s 15 deep-ball passing touchdowns tied him with the 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes for third in the league last season. Russell Wilson tied with the league's third-highest deep pass rate and […]

The Seattle Seahawks aren’t sure when they will get Ziggy Ansah on the field but when they do Pete Carroll knows that is a huge get for the team. The Seahawks signed Ansah to a one year deal just over a week ago, after the signing wouldn’t count towards the compensatory draft pick formula. The […]

It was a surprise to many when it was announced that former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin needed to retire because of injuries. Russell Wilson was his quarterback for all but one of his seasons and in Wilson’s first public comments since the annoucement, he made it very clear he is going to miss […]

The Seattle Seahawks selected former Ole Miss Rebels wide receiver D.K. Metcalf with the No. 64 overall pick in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. However, because many believed that Metcalf was a certainty to come off the board in the first round of the annual event,  perhaps the Seahawks will ultimately come […]

The Seattle Seahawks initially elected to place the team’s franchise tag on veteran pass rusher Frank Clark. However, the Seahawks were ultimately unable to retain Clark in the end as Seattle went on to trade him across the country to the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the 2019 NFL Draft. With Seattle turning Clark’s departure […]

The New York Jets made a splash in free agency this offseason when they signed linebacker C.J. Mosley to a monster five, year, $85 million deal with $51 million guaranteed. It appears Mosley has set the market for what Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner expects when the time comes for him to sign a new […]

Sporting News came out with their annual list of the 32 best quarterbacks in the NFL ranked and Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson sits fifth on the list. The four quarterbacks in front of Wilson are Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Patrick Mahomes who is number one on the list. Wilson is 30 years […]

Some people want more instant replay. Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll wants it abolished completely, or at least minimized. “Get rid of — or at least decrease the use of — instant replay,” Carroll said, according to Peter King of NBC Sports. “I get all the reasons why we have instant replay, and technology […]

The Seattle Seahawks have been looking for a workhorse running back since Marshawn Lynch left them in 2015. They could find their guy in the form of a trade this offseason. The New York Jets signed Le’Veon Bell this offseason to a four-year, $52.5 million deal. At the time, Mike Maccagnan loved the idea of […]

Everyone knows Russell Wilson is the key to the Seattle Seahawks success and ESPN national NFL writer Kevin Seifert thinks he will have such an impressive season he will be named league MVP once the 2019 season is over. ESPN compiled all their national writers and had them predict which players will win different awards […]

The Seattle Seahawks addressed their need for wide receivers in the NFL Draft head-on. They selected D.K. Metcalf in the second round of the draft, while also drafting Gary Jennings Jr. in the fourth round. Pro Football Focus shared an insane statistic regarding the Seahawks fourth-round selection. According to PFF, Jennings had the second-highest passer […]

Derek Ciapala continues the 2019 Tour Around the League with Locked on Falcons’ Aaron Freeman and Seahawk Maven’s Corbin Smith to get a look at the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks. Derek kicks off the show with Locked on Falcons host Aaron Freeman. They discuss how things fell apart for the Falcons last season […]

New Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah is recovering from shoulder surgery to repair an injury that he sustained this past season, but he doesn’t have a timetable for his return. “You know, I’m just going to take it a day at a time,” Ansah said on 710 ESPN. “I don’t have a timeline […]

The Seattle Seahawks have officially signed quarterback Geno Smith. Pro Football Talk’s Josh Alper wrote about the development on Wednesday. The Seahawks left themselves with two quarterbacks and an empty roster spot after making some transactions earlier this week and that suggested a report they’d sign Geno Smith was on the mark. Smith officially became […]

Richard Sherman played together at Stanford, then won a Super Bowl as members of the Seattle Seahawks. After Baldwin announced his retirement,  Sherman, the now-San Francisco 49ers cornerback took time to honor his former teammate. The Seahawks released Baldwin and Kam Chancellor on Thursday after failed physicals, but that doesn’t take away from their status […]

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett currently remains in line to encounter quite the increase in both production and playing time in 2019. With former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin now officially out of the mix in Seattle after some injury troubles rapidly halted his NFL playing career, Lockett will be forced to quickly step […]

The Seattle Seahawks entered the 2019 NFL Draft with some of the fewest amounts of picks but left the draft with a stable of new young players thanks in part to some draft day trades by the time. One of their picks, West Virginia University wide receiver Gary Jennings Jr., may not be one of […]

Russell Wilson got paid. The Seattle Seahawks superstar got the deal he was looking for, as the team gave him an extension that made him the highest-paid player in NFL history. Now he’ll have to live up to his end of the bargain, and expectations will be high in 2019 with the massive contract. The […]

The Seattle Seahawks are set to sign quarterback Geno Smith to compete for the backup job behind Russell Wilson, per Jordan Raanan of ESPN. Smith joins former first-round pick Paxton Lynch and undrafted Taryn Christion behind Wilson on the Seahawks’ quarterback depth chart. Smith was a former second-round pick by the New York Jets back […]

In a 20-tweet thread that he entitled a “letter to his former self,” former Seahawks receiver appeared to announce his retirement from the NFL Sunday night. Of course, Baldwin ended the thread with a Game of Thrones reference. Baldwin’s Seattle career ended last Thursday after eight seasons when his contract was terminated, along with that of safety […]

The Seattle Seahawks have added a veteran defensive lineman to the fold, according to a weekend report from Tom Pelissero of NFL.com. The Seahawks have reportedly signed veteran defensive tackle Al Wood to a one-year free-agent contract. According to Pelissero’s weekend report, the Seahawks have agreed to pay Woods a $2.25 salary for the upcoming […]

The Seattle Seahawks picked up University of Mississippi wide receiver D.K. Metcalf in the second round (64th pick overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft late last month, and they are hoping he is more productive as a pro than he was on the collegiate level. The thing with Metcalf is that he did not post […]

The Seattle Seahawks had to move on from one of their longest-tenured players on the roster. The Seahawks cut Doug Baldwin after he failed a physical, putting his NFL career in serious jeopardy. This news came from the Seahawks directly, where they announced on their site that they terminated the contracts of both Kam Chancellor […]

Seattle continued to fortify its defense Thursday, signing former Cardinals and Broncos cornerback Jamar Taylor. The Seahawks already announced the signing of former Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah. Taylor visited the team last month. The Broncos targeted the then-six-year NFL veteran following a leg injury to all-pro cornerback Chris Harris Jr. in December of last […]

  Wednesday night, Seattle  Seahawks fans were celebrating the news that the squad had agreed to a one-year deal with former top-five draft pick Ziggy Ansah, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The former Detroit Lions pass-rusher was considered by many around the NFL as the top free agent remaining. The Seattle move was heralded around […]

Earlier in the day on Wednesday, it was reported that the Seattle Seahawks were the favorites to sign free-agent defensive lineman Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah. Not so fast. Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has taken to 1270 The Fan to state that he thinks his team has a great shot of landing Ansah, as the […]

The Seattle Seahawks have emerged as the favorites to sign free-agent defensive lineman Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Ansah visited with the Seahawks late last month, and with the Seahawks trading away fellow defensive lineman Frank Clark, they can certainly use another pass rusher. Rapoport adds that Ansah has also […]