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Why Seneca Wallace Should Be the Seahawks’ Long-Term QB

Posted: 7th October 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
Matt Hasselbeck, Charlie Frye, Mike Teel, David Greene, and Seneca Wallace: All five of these players have been or still are quarterbacks for the Seattle Seahawks. Frye lasted one season and was not re-signed. Greene was a bust draft pick in 2005 and never made it with the Seahawks. Wallace is in the top three in terms of backup quarterbacks in the NFL and has great starting potential. Hasselbeck is the only ...

Should The Seattle Seahawks Start Rebuilding?

Posted: 4th October 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
During the past two seasons the Seattle Seahawks are 5-15. The Seahawks are on pace for another 4-12 season which would replicate their final standing last season. The Seahawks were decimated by injuries to key positions last season on both sides of the football. This season the Seahawks are facing the exact same dilemma having lost LT Walter Jones, QB Matt Hasselbeck, LB Leroy Hill, LB Lofa Tatupu (now healthy), C Chris ...

Seahawks Top 10 Draft Watch: Week Three

Posted: 28th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
Week three is now in the books and the Seahawks have slumped to 1-2. The Seahawks lost 25-19 to the Chicago Bears at Quest Field this past Sunday and it was clear where the holes are on this team. Last week I had the holes at QB, RB, OL, DL, CB and S. I think it is clear to say that we can take off running back with Julius Jones only ...

Why the Seattle Seahawks Are in Need of a Real Face Lift Going Forward

Posted: 26th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
The Mike Holmgren era was arguably one of, if not the most, successful eras in Seahawks history. Four straight division titles, five straight playoff appearances, one super bowl appearance and countless other player accolades. Since 2005 when the Seahawks lost 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in super bowl 40 they Seahawks have steadily gone backwards and last year they took about two or three more steps back. From that 53 man roster in ...

Seahawks Top 10 Draft Watch: Week Two

Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
This is the first of a weekly update on the top ten potential targets for the Seahawks in the 2010 NFL Draft. This list will feature the top ten potential targets each week based on a ranking system and how well or poor that player plays will determine where they are in the ranks each week. The Seahawks will most likely be targeting the following positions in the 2010 NFL Draft. ...

Did the Seattle Seahawks Make a Mistake By Passing on Mark Sanchez?

Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
It's two weeks into the 2009 regular season in the NFL and wouldn’t you know it Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is down with another injury. Hasselbeck left mid way through the second quarter with what is now reported as a fractured rib which was caused by a hit made by 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis as Hasselbeck was stretching out towards the goal line. Hasselbeck said today during a the Seahawks press ...

Matt Hasselbeck Via Twitter: ” Going to Be Alright”

Posted: 20th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
The world of Twitter has become a new phenomenon for sports players, coaches, agents and just about everyone. Thanks to Matt Hasselbeck he's let Seahawks Nation know his condition after being taken out of the Seahawks-49ers game with a reported "rib injury". Here is what Matt Hasselbeck said via Twitter about his injury update. "Going to be alright. Thx to staff at Stanford and Dr. McAdam for snapping this photo." Hasselbeck has flown back ...

Seattle Seahawks: Pieces In Place, but Not a Complete Team…Not Yet

Posted: 20th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
It's week two, and the Seahawks are already losing players to injury. Yes, the Seahawks are 1-1, but today showed why they got lucky against the St. Louis Rams last week. As of today after the game, the Seahawks are without the following players: LTs Walter Jones and LT Sean Locklear, C Chris Spencer, QB Matt Hasselbeck, WR Deion Branch, LBs Leroy Hill and Lofa Tatupu, and CB Marcus Trufant. All eight ...

Seattle Seahawks Pursuing CB Ty Law, Others?

Posted: 16th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
The swan song for every Seattle sports team is injuries. Most predominantly the Seattle Seahawks. Yet again bitten by the injury bug in 2009 but so far it hasn't effected them. CB Marcus Trufant, who was placed on the PUP list before the regular season is expected back in five weeks. Recently signed CB Travis Fisher is nursing a strained hamstring and is questionable for the Seahawks week two game in ...

The Michael Crabtree Situation: Why It’s Worse Than the Jay Cutler Saga

Posted: 14th September 2009 by Northwest Sports Report in NFL
With the 10th pick in the 2009 NFL draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree. Since then, it's been a nightmare for San Francisco, the 49ers, Michael Crabtree and 49ers fans. Coming into the 2009 NFL draft Michael Crabtree had been rumored to be targeted by St Louis, KC, Seattle, Cleveland, Jacksonville, and many more. As the draft drew closer and closer, more and more teams looked into Crabtree's eyes, ...