Nick AshbourneNick Ashbourne

Living my entire life in Toronto to this point has delivered me heartbreak after heartbreak in the realm of sports fandom. The ruthlessly consistent shortcomings of my beloved Blue Jays and Maple Leafs has left me jaded beyond my years. The object of my affections in terms of football, the Seattle Seahawks, have given me moments of great joy and great despair in equal measure and seem likely to do so for the rest of my days. When I'm not contemplating or ranting about sports I tend to ponder or rant about a variety of other things. These things include but are not limited to: books, movies, music, politics, video games, the meaning of life and basically anything worth thinking or talking about.

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Potential Free Agent Targets: WRs

  Although the NFL season isn’t over, unfortunately the Seahawks’ season is over so now is the time to talk about the off-season, even if the off-season isn’t officially upon us.  The Seahawks…Read More

Looking at the Seahawks’ Core aka A Guide to Buying the Right Jersey

As the season comes to an end, it comes time to reflect on not only what happened in 2012 but Seattle’s outlook for the future. I suppose I could save you and I some time and say that the outlook is…Read More

Divisional Round: Matchups of the Game

In what Chris Berman keeps insisting on calling “the best weekend in pro football” (to be fair it’s been pretty damn good so far) the Seahawks make the long trek out to Atlanta to face the number…Read More

Chris Clemons Goes Down, Who Steps Up?

  One of the biggest topics surrounding the Seahawks this week is the how the team will be affected by the loss of star pass rusher Chris Clemons. Although there is a great deal of venom to be spewed…Read More

Wildcard Weekend: Matchups of the Game

Today’s game features the Seattle Seahawks flying east to the nation’s capital to do battle with an explosive Washington Redskins team led by superhuman rookie quarterback RGIII. The Seahawks are…Read More

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Week 17:Matchups of the Game

  Seattle approaches their week 17 game with the Rams on Sunday with a chance to go 11-5, their…Read More

Seattle’s 2012 Draft Class: The Key to the Seahawks’ Ascendance

With the regular season swiftly coming to a close Seahawks fans have to be pretty satisfied with where…Read More

Week 16: Matchups of the Game

After two straight blowouts the Seahawks host the formidable 49ers at the Clink in a game that figures…Read More

Week 15: Matchups of the Game

This week is Seattle’s final chance to improve on their fairly putrid road record. It comes against…Read More

Bobby Wagner’s Rookie Season: A Tatupu-esque Feat?

As promised in my “matchups of the game” piece this week where I embarrassingly predicted a close…Read More

Week 14: Matchups of the Game

  With last week’s enormously satisfying victory over the Chicago Bears on the road the Seahawks…Read More

Week 13: Matchups of the Game

Coming off a soul crushing loss and very disappointing news regarding our corner tandem it seems that…Read More

Week 12: Matchups of the Game

  In all honesty this is a game that makes me nervous. The Dolphins, who at one point looked like…Read More

Zach Miller: A Man Deserving of The Ball

On August 2nd 2011 the Seattle Seahawks signed a contract with a then twenty five year old player who…Read More

“A Reach in the Third Round”: How Russell Wilson Compares to the 2012 Rookie Quarterback Class

Faced with the boredom associated with the Seahawks’ bye week I played with some statistics, as I…Read More

Week 10 Matchups of the Game

  Today the Seahawks face a team that is a mess offensively (27th in the league in yards per game)…Read More

Week 9: Matchups of the Game

  Today the Seahawks return to the friendly confines of the Clink to take on one of the surprise…Read More

One Half Down, One To Go: Forecasting Part Two of 2012

Ladies and Gentleman, I have returned from my brief hiatus from 12th Man Rising. For the small-minority/no…Read More

Week 7: Matchups of the Game

  I think it goes without saying that this is a ridiculously important game. I also think that…Read More

Don’t Forget About Doug Baldwin

  I’m not sure if people around here have noticed but the Seahawks passing game looked pretty…Read More