November 7
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora took the unusual step of verbally threatening players' jobs on Monday in the wake of his team's 2-5 start and a disheartening defeat in Dallas, then followed up by releasing three players Tuesday. So the question now is whether that move -- even though the waived players were all backup fringe players -- has any affect on the team's performance going forward. It certainly helps that this Sunday's opponent, the Detroit Lions, has its own woes with a 1-6 record. So Mora's timing might be good for this week anyway. But it was a curious move to talk about firing players in midseason and Mora is among those interested to see the response to his challenge to keep ..."
November 5
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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While the Seattle Seahawks listed both quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and offensive tackle Sean Locklear as limited in practice on their injury report to the league following Wednesday's workout, the two veterans are in far different situations heading into this weekend's game against Detroit. Hasselbeck sat out out much of Wednesday's work after being "a little bit beat up" last week in Dallas, according to coach Jim Mora, but is a safe bet to play Sunday against Detroit. On the flip side, Locklear also was held out of much of Wednesday's drills as he begins attempting a comeback from a severe ankle sprain, but likely will be used Sunday only as the team's emergency third tackle if all goes ..."
November 5
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Louis Rankin admits it's a bit strange as a rookie being called to replace Edgerrin James, the 10th-leading rusher in NFL history, in the Seattle Seahawks' backfield rotation. But the former Washington Husky, whose next run from scrimmage will be his first in the NFL, isn't about to wonder whether he's got what it takes. "It's a great opportunity for me," Rankin said Wednesday, a day after the Seahawks released James. "At the same time, I know it's probably tough for Edge. I learned a lot from him. He taught me a lot of things. I feel like I'm ready for this. I'm going to try to take full advantage of this opportunity." One of the things James told him in their short time as teammates was ..."
November 3
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
columnist Art Thiel
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For a team that had two weeks to prepare for the game in Dallas on Sunday, the Seahawks had a number of things go haywire. Pass routes run wrong, back-to-back penalties, punts fielded poorly, fluffed gadget plays, three pass-interference penalties on the best defensive back, just 79 yards rushing. But aside from the extra week, those are the sorts of things, more or less, that went wrong in the previous four defeats. In the Seahawks' two shutout wins, very few things went wrong. So it was a little odd that head coach Jim Mora, in his weekly post-mortem Monday, picked this moment to threaten, in so many words, to fire everybody in the building if they didn't shape up. Actually, it wasn't in ..."
November 2
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Good night everybody, thanks for coming, see you next year. For the second straight season, the Seahawks are done in November. After Sunday's 38-17 loss to the Cowboys, the Hawks are 2-5 and heading home to play the Detroit Lions. Here's what will happen -- they'll surely win that game, fooling the 12th man into thinking their favorite team can maybe get back in the NFC West race again. After all, the Cardinals and 49ers lost on Sunday too. But the next three games are on the road, where Seattle never wins anymore -- the talent disparity is the biggest reason, not the time difference. Can we finally admit it? Can we put the injuries aside and call it what it is? Healthy or unhealthy, the ..."
November 1
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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When last seen two weeks ago at Qwest Field, the Seattle Seahawks were struggling to find a way to contain Arizona star receiver Larry Fitzgerald in a 27-3 embarrassment that set the season into emergency mode. So don't look now, but here comes emerging Dallas Cowboys receiver Miles Austin -- fresh off a pair of games in which he hauled in an unbelievable 16 balls for 421 yards and four touchdowns after replacing an injured Roy Williams. How big a shot in the arm has Austin been for the Cowboys as they've beaten Kansas City and Atlanta to improve their record to 4-2 and stay in the tough NFC East race? "I'd say he's been a shot … and it might not be in the arm either," Cowboys coach Wade ..."
October 29
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
columnist Jim Moore
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You heard the news about Walter Jones. The Seahawks placed their All-Pro offensive tackle on injured reserve, which means he's done for the season. He's probably done forever, but don't tell Big Walt that. He plans to return next year. And you wonder why. Jones will be 36 in January. Players his age rarely come back from microfracture knee surgery. Even if he does, Jones won't be the player he once was -- he will have been out for nearly two years since his last game on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas last year. That's fine, you argue, a Walter Jones at 60 percent is no doubt better than his fill-in, Damion McIntosh, at 100 percent. Part of me hopes he makes it all the way back and is a ..."
October 19
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
columnist Art Thiel
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No need Sunday for Seahawks fullback Owen Schmitt to self-administer a head-bashing. The Arizona Cardinals were much better at pulping Seahawks brows. Rather than perform a stupid pre-game stunt with a helmet, the defending NFC champions did it during the game when it counted, on the road where it counted more and in the division where it counted most. The skull-thrash allowed Seattle fans, for a second consecutive year, to count out the Seahawks from the postseason hunt before Halloween. Boos showed up early at Qwest Field. Stayed late, too. For the fifth time in the last six meetings between the teams, Arizona prevailed, this time 27-3, leaving little doubt as to NFC West supremacy, and ..."