SEATTLE — After trading down from 12 to 15 overall and picking up a fourth and six-round pick in the process the Seattle Seahawks made a jaw-dropping selection with their first round pick. Bruce Irvin, outside linebacker, West Virginia. The first thought is who? Irvin, a senior with quite possibly the best true pass-rushing ability [...]
Seattle Seahawks Select Melvin Ingram In Rant Sports 2012 NFL Mock Draft
When one player on your football team, Chris Clemons, has one-third of the total sacks something needs to change. The Seattle Seahawks finished with 33 sacks in 2011, tied for 19th in the league with Atlanta, Chicago and New Orleans. Clemons had eleven of those 33 sacks with linebacker Leroy Hill the next closest with [...]
Baltimore Ravens Select Peter Konz In Rant Sports 2012 NFL Mock Draft
At 35-years-old, Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk was on the edge of retirement before signing a three-year contract to remain in Baltimore. With Birk tempted by retirement and not getting any younger, the Ravens would be wise to address their long-term need at center with their first-round pick. Pete Konz, a 6-foot-5 314-pound center out [...]
Seattle Seahawks Add Size To Backfield With RB Kregg Lumpkin
SEATTLE — With free agent running backs Michael Bush and Mike Tolbert electing not to sign with the Seattle Seahawks, general manager John Schneider decided to back to his Green Bay routes to find his third-down back. Friday the Seahawks and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kregg Lumpkin agree to terms making him their third unrestricted [...]
Seattle Seahawks Continue To Retool Offensive Line
SEATTLE — In the first week of free agency the Seattle Seahawks have solidified their defensive line through the signing of former Tennessee Titan Jason Jones and retention of Red Bryant. Seattle also landed their quarterback for the three years signing Matt Flynn to a three-year, $26 million dollar deal. That leaves the offensive line [...]
Seattle Seahawks Sign QB Matt Flynn To Three Year Contract
SEATTLE — The first quarterback domino has fallen in free agency. The Seattle Seahawks have finally gotten their quarterback signing former Green Bay Packers backup Matt Flynn to a three-year contract worth $26 million with $10 million guaranteed. After visiting with the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins Flynn decided that the guarantee of starting in Seattle [...]
Seattle Seahawks CB Richard Sherman Not Afraid Of Peyton Manning In NFC West
SEATTLE — When a future hall of fame player is rumored to possibly join a team within your division normally you’d want to take notice. Not Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who tweeted today [blackbirdpie id="181462157316202497"] Sherman, a fifth-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft out of Stanford had a standout rookie season replacing All-Pro cornerback [...]
Minnesota Vikings Give TE John Carlson The Contract He Deserves
MINNEAPOLIS — Sometimes in life things just happen for a reason and tight end John Carlson is the perfect example. A second-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2008 NFL draft, Carlson has had a roller coaster career thus far. After a strong first two years in the league Carlson’s role in Seattle took [...]
Seattle Seahawks Re-Sign Red Bryant To Five Year Deal
SEATTLE — Just two hours after the 2012 NFL free agency gun went off the Seattle Seahawks have retained the services of defensive end Red Bryant. The two sides have agreed to a five-year $35 million dollar deal with $15 million guaranteed. Bryant, 27, was a fourth round pick in the 2008 NFL draft out [...]
