By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 08/19/2010

Charlie Whitehurst’s path to becoming a Seahawk began on a nasty early-spring afternoon at Clemson in 2005.
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 08/10/2010

T.J Houshmandzadeh: Seattle's passing game wasn't pretty last year, despite the high-priced addition of Houshmandzadeh who flirted with a 1,000 yard season. He gave the Seahawks some reliability at wideout, but only found the end zone three times. Those...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 08/03/2010

Gauging the significance of Russell Okung’s absence from Seahawks training camp became easy with a look at Seattle’s practice field Monday morning. The first-unit left tackle: Mansfield Wrotto. Now, Wrotto is a diligent worker. He is courteous...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 08/01/2010

Pete Carroll’s fists were pumping to the blaring rap of Jay-Z. He was clapping, smiling and running with the thumping music and through the morning fog. He led his Seahawks in bounding joyfully over blocking pads, as defensive players whooped ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/31/2010

Cornerback Joe Haden reached an agreement with the Cleveland Browns, which leaves left tackle Russell Okung the only player unsigned among the six players chosen from No. 3 to No. 8. But there’s also the first sign of a potential sticking point...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/31/2010

After a coaching change, a ton of talk, dozens of transactions, and even a book tour, Camp Carroll begins. The Seahawks kick off training camp with two practices today and begin the process of trying to turn things around under newly hired coach Pete...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/31/2010

Pete Carroll has spent the last few weeks touting his new book to everyone from ESPN to shoppers inside a neighbourhood grocery in Seattle. It’s title: Win Forever. Yet Coach Carroll isn’t at Southern California anymore. For his new Seahawks,...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/30/2010

The message Pete Carroll posted above several doorways around the Seahawks’ headquarters before offseason practices began, “ALL IN” is a term often used in poker, describing when a player stakes the remainder of his chips on a hand....
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/29/2010

Free-agent guard Chester Pitts has agreed with the Seattle Seahawks on a one-year contract on the eve of training camp. The deal could be worth $2 million if he meets his playing time incentives, a source told ESPN.com’s John Clayton. The team ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/29/2010

The agent for sixth-overall draft choice Russell Okung says he is working to ensure his client is on the field when Seahawks training camp begins Saturday. Agent Peter Schaffer told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday that he has ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/29/2010

The agents for Russell Okung and Earl Thomas remain optimistic their clients won't miss any time for the Seahawks this preseason. Okung and Thomas are two of the league's unsigned No. 1 picks. Seahawks Training Camp starts on July 31, 2010. But Andrew...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/28/2010

The Seattle Seahawks and second-round draft pick Golden Tate have agreed to terms on a contract. Tate confirmed the news via Twitter, posting: "Praise God!!! Terms and conditions have been reached for the seattle seahawks! Let's play ball!" The National...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/27/2010

While it might be difficult for the Seahawks to get first-round draft picks Russell Okung and Earl Thomas signed in time for the start of training camp Saturday, circumstances are setting up to clarify things concerning negotiations with second-round...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/27/2010

Tod Leiweke resigned as CEO of Paul Allen's Vulcan Sports and Entertainment on Monday, leaving the arm that oversees ownership of the Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Sounders FC just days before the Seahawks begin training camp. ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/26/2010

SEAHAWKS (10-6) Last year: In their one and only year under coach Jim Mora, the Seahawks flopped again. Left tackle Walter Jones never made it back from major knee surgery and eventually retired. Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck crumbled with more injuries...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/25/2010

Legions of Seahawks fans will descend on Renton July 31, the opening day of the team's Bing Training Camp. This is the second camp since the Seahawks moved to their expansive new headquarters – the Virginia Mason Athletic Center – on Lake...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/24/2010

Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis face uncertainty with Matt Leinart, Alex Smith, Matt Hasselbeck and Sam Bradford, respectively. Whether it's Matt Leinart in Arizona, Alex Smith in San Francisco, Matt Hasselbeck in Seattle or Sam Bradford...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/23/2010

On Sept. 4, 1994, the New York Jets traveled to Buffalo and beat the Bills, 23-3. It was that game — that seemingly any-given-Sunday game — that eventually birthed Carroll’s “Win Forever” mantra, which has now become the...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/23/2010

Free-agent linebacker Isaiah Ekejiuba visited the Detroit Lions on Wednesday and met with the Seattle Seahawks last Thursday and Friday as he works to land a job before training camps open. Ekejiuba was surprisingly released earlier this month by the...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/22/2010

From 2003 through 2007, the Seahawks ruled the roost in the West, earning five consecutive playoff berths including four division titles and a Super Bowl appearance in 2005. The main cogs of those teams were RB Shaun Alexander, LT Walter Jones and QB...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/22/2010

Seattle Seahawks: Who starts at running back?With the quarterback situation settled for now -- sorry, Charlie Whitehurst, but this is still Matt Hasselbeck's show heading into the season -- every practice and exhibition game becomes a tryout at running...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/22/2010

Seattle Seahawks: Who starts at running back? With the quarterback situation settled for now — sorry, Charlie Whitehurst, but this is still Matt Hasselbeck’s show heading into the season — every practice and exhibition game becomes ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/21/2010

You can now take a virtual ride on the First Hill Streetcar as it’s envisioned to travel from First Hill through the International District and Pioneer Square down 12th Avenue, Jackson Street and 2nd Avenue. SDOT has a video simulation available...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/20/2010

Terrell Owens can’t catch a break. The man has scored 144 NFL touchdowns in his career but nobody seems to want to sign him. Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll was on the staff of the San Francisco 49ers back in 1996 when the team drafted Owens....
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/19/2010

Posted by Devon Heinen players around the country prepare for another season in the National Football League, football fans are preparing also. Fantasy football, the international phenomena that’s continuously taken football fandom to new ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/17/2010

Seattle linebacker Leroy Hill was suspended for Week 1 of the 2010 NFL and docked an additional game check for violating the league’s policy on substance abuse, The Seattle Times reported. Hill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drug possession charge...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/16/2010

After a disappointing 5-11 season in 2009, the Seahawks are posed to improve after a productive offseason. With new coach Pete Carroll taking the reins and new general manager John Schneider as his partner in crime, the Seahawks had maybe the best draft...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/15/2010

The Seattle Seahawks won’t be the same in 2010. That doesn’t mean they’ll be any better than last season, when they were a 5-11 afterthought. But they will be different, as the franchise begins its most severe overhaul in a decade with...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/03/2010

Justin Forsett ended the 2009 campaign as the Seahawks top running back, ahead of Julius Jones.  With Pete Carroll coming in as the head coach, a shake-up closely followed in the draft day acquisitions of Lendale White and Leon Washington. White,...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/02/2010

The NFC West is the weakest team in the NFL with four teams that would get eaten alive in some of the leagues tougher divisions. This division has two fringe contenders in San Fran and Seattle and two tomato cans in St. Louis and Arizona. The Cardinals...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 07/01/2010

Two promising players that Pete Carroll selected in the last NFL Draft to help boost the Seattle Seahawks’ aerial game are Golden Tate and Anthony McCoy. Carroll has experienced the results of their talents firsthand.  He coached tight end...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/30/2010

by Ryan Lester Written on June 28, 2010 I expect Pete Carroll to be successful with the Seahawks…eventually. They just don’t have the pieces in place for it to happen right away. Fantasy Playoffs Schedule: Difficult The Seahawks take on ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/29/2010

‎The NFC West is the weakest team in the NFL with four teams that would get eaten alive in some of the leagues tougher divisions. This division has two fringe contenders in San Fran and Seattle and two tomato cans in St. Louis and Arizona. The Cardinals...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/29/2010

With a five-week break between the last minicamp and the start of training camp, it might seem like a good time to offer judgments on the status of the Seattle Seahawks’ reconstruction project. Better? Worse? Hey, I’m not laying down any ...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/27/2010

Another offseason, another left knee operation for Seahawks receiver Deion Branch. It seems as if that is all Branch has done since arriving in Seattle four seasons ago after four seasons with the Patriots [team stats]. But Branch was back on the field...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/23/2010

Kevin Ellison, a former USC safety who was waived by the San Diego Chargers on Monday, has been claimed by the Seahawks. The Seahawks waived rookie defensive end Will Tukuafu from Oregon to make room on the 80-man roster. Ellison started nine games last...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/22/2010

It’s something that the Seattle Seahawks made a move towards last season, and will do more of this year – creating multiple defensive fronts to confuse the offense on which defenders will blitz. The New York Jets are probably the latest team...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/18/2010

The 2010 Seattle Seahawks season outcome will be really good. Given that they are still in rebuild mode and the effects of a new Offensive schemes and Defensive schemes. The Seattle Seahawks are posed to having a winning season in the first time in two...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/16/2010

NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora is reporting that the Seattle Seahawks have interest in trading for Bills running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch certainly wouldn’t be upset about a trade to Seattle. Yahoo sports is reporting the Bills want a second-round...
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By Phillip Crossland @ Flight Of The Seahawks 06/15/2010

Starting this week and for twenty days i will break down the 4 preseason games and the sixteen games this season for the Seattle Seahawks with my prediction and Projection. This should be a exciting year with Pete Carroll at the helm and a revamped defense...
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