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Seattle Seahawks Mailbag: Post-Draft Edition

I’ve been getting an absolute ton of questions from readers now that the draft is over. Since most of the questions are similar, I figured the best thing to do would be to simply answer them all…Read More

Seattle Seahawks Shadow Draft 2013

If you don’t know what a shadow draft is, don’t feel bad. It’s almost never used in the NFL. It’s mostly a baseball thing. Still, shadow drafts can be really fun. I do one every year alongside…Read More

Seattle Seahawks Draft Christine Michael

The Seahawks have finally made their first pick in the 2013 draft. It just took until the final pick of the second round to get here. With that pick, Seattle took Christine (pronounced Chris-TIN) Michael,…Read More

Seahawks…What a difference a year makes

Given the Seahawks lofty status of playoff team and being ranked as the 2013 preseason NFL’s best team, it’s  easy to forget where this team stood last year at this time, a week before the…Read More

John Schneider On His (Rare) Draft Failures

Yesterday afternoon, I caught part of a John Schneider interview on the radio. (I can’t remember which station, but I’m sure someone will find it for me post a link in the comments). He didn’t…Read More

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Seattle Seahawks – It’s More Than Just Football

I love football. Actually, the truer statement would be: I love all aspects of football, from the coaches…Read More

The Percy Harvin Trade Likely Changed The Seahawks Draft Strategy

Aside from filling one of the teams biggest offseason needs, the Harvin trade also likely drastically…Read More

John Schneider’s Dwindling Shopping List

  With free agency winding down, especially for the Seahawks I would imagine, it seems about time…Read More

How the Proposed Running Back Head Lowering Rule Could Sink the Hawks

Imagine yourself at a Seahawks home game, early in the season.  The Seahawks are driving for a go-ahead…Read More

John Schneider’s Draft Strategy Revealed!

Have you ever wondered how John Schneider has been able to acquire so much talent for the Seahawks through…Read More

Can Cliff Avril Cause Mayhem to Quarterbacks at Linebacker?

Seattle Seahawks General Manger John Schneider went on the John Clayton Show, which airs on 710 ESPN…Read More

Seahawks Quiet As Free Agent “Feeding Frenzy” Gets Under Way

Free Agency kicked off yesterday afternoon with a flurry of deals throughout the league. It felt like…Read More

Seattle Seahawks Acquire Vikings WR Percy Harvin, Contribution to be Determined

Percy Harvin – Is only 24, runs a 40 in 4.3 seconds, does a great job of getting yards after catch…Read More

What Have Schneider’s Picks Done For You? A Study In The Production of The 2010-2012 Draft Classes

With the upcoming draft dominating the NFL news landscape in recent weeks I started thinking over the…Read More

Scouting Russell Wilson – The Asterisk

If you’ve read any of my notes here on 12th Man Rising, you’ll know that I approach football from…Read More

10 Reasons For Seattle Seahawks Fans To Be Thankful

Today is the day where almost everyone in America celebrates an ancient feast by watching football…Read More

The View From Section 333

What a Fan Believes… She sees…. At the half way point of the season, this is not quite where…Read More

The Seahawks and The Power Poll

Rather than comment on last weeks’ Seahawks/49ers game, which has been thoroughly covered, I thought…Read More

The Seahawks – Living Up to Their Potential?

Or merely rising to the occasion? I was reading sports websites during my lunch break yesterday, because…Read More

Seahawks-Broncos and Laying Off the High Fastball

After finally getting to watch Seattle’s second preseason game (it didn’t air in Los Angeles until…Read More