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Apparently, Pete Carroll has finally figured out that the Seahawks’ glass is not half full on offense right now. Not sure why it took him until Sunday to figure that out, but it sounds like reality has finally struck Positive Pete smack in his “hormonal” head. Among his epiphanies from the 34-12 loss to the [...]
As the Cincinnati Bengals come to Seattle this week, their offense is led by a rookie quarterback who is playing better than half the QBs in the league — including both of Seattle’s. That is sure to have some Seahawks fans saying, “Why didn’t we draft that guy?” Andy Dalton was considered the fifth- or [...]
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- Tags: andy dalton, Bengals, rookie QB
Three steps back this weekend
23 Oct 2011There have been a lot of bad weekends of football among Washington’s big three programs over the last three years, but few have been as embarrassing as this one. In order, the Huskies were revealed by seventh-ranked Stanford to be major pretenders to the Top 25, the Cougars opened the door for Paul Wulff to [...]
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- Tags: blowouts, huskies, stanford
Well, that didn’t take long. After five games of decreasing returns by Rex Grossman, “the genius,” Mike Shanahan decided to cut bait and switch his quarterback to John Beck. Needless to say, this move didn’t stir the passions of anyone involved, but it was the checkmate in the world’s most uninspiring chess match of mediocre [...]
Huskies’ Stanford test will reveal how much better than WSU they are
In: NCAA football|wsu
20 Oct 2011How much better are the Huskies than the Cougars this year? Last year, with Jake Locker at quarterback, the Dawgs were a touchdown better – mainly because the Cougs could not tackle Locker or Chris Polk. But the teams seem to have gone in opposite directions in the first six weeks of this season, mainly [...]
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- Tags: huskies, jeff tuel, keith price
So much for any idea of Pete Carroll reuniting with Carson Palmer. The Raiders blew up that possibility when they overpaid the Bengals for the 31-year-old holdout quarterback. This all but assures the Seahawks will be looking to the draft next year for a potential future franchise quarterback, if they even feel like pursuing one. [...]
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- Tags: carson palmer, marcus trufant, trade
Well, we were wrong about that one. We thought injuries at linebacker would force the Seahawks to keep Aaron Curry, but they decided to trade him anyway. Wonder how much his poor game Sunday in New York had to do with that. The Seahawks got a little more than we thought they might, considering their [...]
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- Tags: aaron curry, k.j. wright
As messy and bizarre as it was, the Seahawks’ 36-25 win over the Giants was the defining win in Pete Carroll’s short tenure. It was the kind of win that makes you want to believe in Carroll, even if he still doesn’t have a franchise quarterback. Yeah, Carroll’s Hawks won in Chicago last season and [...]
After two Coug Its, it’s Tuel Time
In: NCAA football|wsu
9 Oct 2011If it wasn’t clear before, it certainly became so Saturday: Jeff Tuel is the quarterback of the Washington State Cougars and needs to get back in there ASAP. When he broke his collarbone in the first game, it seemed to be a death knell for the Cougars. And while it hasn’t been exactly that, the [...]
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- Chris: I would have been fine with Kuechly. Would have been interesting to see if the Hawks would have been [...]
- Brian Barney: What are your thoughts about Luke Kuechly or is drafting a linebacker early a mistake after the Curr [...]
- AgentJ: College tuition is already high enough. Giving the NCAA a blank check to up the price of a degree is [...]
- Chris: Nice work, EZ. Here's the one I was writing at the same time: http://www.examiner.com/washington- [...]
- Chris: You were right. (I just wanted to test our comments) [...]
- Seahawks Examiner: Is Chris Michael the next Shaun Alexander?
- Seahawks draft notes: Which positions in which rounds?
- Hard to argue with Carroll’s choice of Russell Wilson at this point
- Why would Pete Carroll start Russell Wilson now?
- Will Peyton Manning talk to Pete Carroll this time? (And more)
- Seahawks got second round started Thursday with Bruce Irvin
- Seahawks’ draft trade scenarios
- Mariners still don’t have an offense
- Catch up on a week’s worth of Seahawk content at Examiner.com
- It’s time for NCAA to contract and pay football and basketball players
