Archive for August, 2010

Like most fans in Seattle, I don’t quite understand why the Seahawks traded cornerback Josh Wilson. In my opinion, Josh Wilson has been the team’s most productive and impressive defensive back the past two seasons. Wilson always seemed to be fighting for a starting job during his time spent in Seattle. Pitted against Kelly Jennings, Ken Lucas, and other defensive backs, he always managed to earn playing time and overcome any competition. While he certainly isn’t an elite defensive back, Wilson is a very good football player. Not many Seahawks are untouchable, but to dump Wilson for a late-round draft [...]

The Seattle Seahawks have confirmed they acquired offensive tackle Tyler Polumbus from the Detroit Lions. While the specific compensation is unknown, it is reportedly an undisclosed pick in the 2012 draft. Polumbus started eight games at right tackle for the Denver Broncos last season and was a hot commodity on the waiver wire last week. The Broncos waived him following Ryan Clady’s return from injury. The Seahawks, Lions, and Texans all put in waiver claims for Polumbus last week. The Detroit Lions, who had the worst record of the bunch in 2009, were awarded the rights. Polumbus does have starting [...]

More breaking news from today: the Seahawks have traded cornerback Josh Wilson to the Baltimore Ravens for an undisclosed pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Wilson has started 24 games for the Seahawks since they selected him in the second round of the 2007 draft. Since Seattle traded its 2007 first-round pick to New England for Deion Branch, Wilson was the first player the Seahawks selected that year. In three seasons, Wilson has recorded 130 tackles, 2 sacks, and 6 interceptions. Despite his lack of size – he is only 5-feet-9 and 192 pounds – Wilson developed into one of [...]

The Seahawks have not released Leroy Hill, but they did restructure his contract. The new contract will reportedly lower Hill’s 2010 salary from $6 million to $2.125 million and remove the remaining four years. With the new deal, Leroy Hill will be a free agent after the season. For those of you hoping the Seahawks would dump Hill during the offseason, this could be the next best thing. The restructured deal will give Hill an opportunity to prove his worth both on and off the field. The Seahawks no longer have a long-term commitment with the troubled linebacker.

The Seahawks have reportedly acquired offensive tackle Tyler Polumbus from the Detroit Lions. No word on compensation yet. Following injuries to Russell Okung and Ray Willis, Seattle has obviously been desperate for tackle depth. Mansfield Wrotto has been starting at left tackle after making the switch from guard, and Chester Pitts is still a few weeks away from playing. The deal makes sense for Seattle, assuming compensation is minimal. And it isn’t a complete shock that the Detroit Lions are, once again, Seattle’s trading partner. More will be posted regarding this trade as it develops. Shaun Dolence: dolencesm@gmail.com Follow 12th [...]

The Seahawks cut their roster down to 75 today, announcing five players have been waived. The most notable of the group is defensive end Rickey Foley, whose hopes of sticking on an NFL roster have come to an end – for now, at least. Foley signed with Seattle after recording 20 sacks in four seasons in the Canadian Football League. Following a 12-sack season in 2009, Foley was pursued by several teams in the NFL, including Seattle. Foley was regularly outplayed, however, and seemed overmatched in the preseason during meaningless minutes against other fringe talent. He wasn’t terrible, but probably [...]

Earl Thomas made an outstanding play on a deflected pass against the Vikings, intercepting the ball and returning it 86 yards for a touchdown. Thomas is very instinctive and make a great jump on a ball that could have easily fallen incomplete. More than anything, however, Thomas demonstrated just how fast he really is. If you haven’t watched the replay, it is a must. The amount of field Thomas covers without running in a straight line is almost unbelievable – especially for a defensive back. Brett Favre took a three-step drop and fired a pass to Bernard Berrian, who was [...]

Mansfield Wrotto: Looked a lot better at left tackle than anyone expected.  Although Wrotto had help, he did an effective job of neutralizing arguably the best pass rusher in the NFL.  I barely remember hearing Jared Allen’s name.  Outside of a false start, Wrotto had as good of a game as possible.  Grade: A- Matt Hasselbeck Was 9/17 for 138.  No picks and no touchdowns.  94 of Hasselbeck’s yards came on 2 plays both of which were perfectly thrown balls to Branch(42) and Williams (52) hitting them in stride and allowing them to pick up extra yards.  Matt nearly threw [...]

I’m going to be pretty busy today, but feel free to leave comments regarding tonight’s game. How do you think the Seahawks look in their third preseason game?

When Deion Branch came to Seattle for the 1st round pick (24th) in 2006, nobody seemed to mind.  The words, “Super Bowl MVP” just floated out of fans’ mouths, Tim Ruskell couldn’t wait to get his hands on, what seemed to be, a key component of the unstoppable New England Patriots’ offense, and Branch was equally excited to get paid after posting career numbers in receptions (78) yards (998) and touchdowns (5) in 2005. Fans collectively held their breathe and watched… knowing what was about to come… waiting for him to explode… any minute now… Four seasons later, fans are [...]