Usually dressed in the uniform of retired men (jeans, deck shoes, plaid shirt, etc.), the 76-year-old gentleman who frequents the sidelines at Seattle Seahawks practices looks as if he might be the grandfather of one of the players.
RENTON — Tarvaris Jackson arrived to familiar surroundings at Seattle Seahawks headquarters on Thursday, took a physical and agreed to terms on a one-year deal to re-join a team that had traded him to Buffalo 10 months ago.
Looking for a replacement for Alan Branch, who departed in free agency, the Seattle Seahawks may have found one in defensive tackle Tony McDaniel.
Yes, the NFL is a business, occasionally ruthless, and certainly impermanent. Tarvaris Jackson could tell you all about that.
First reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter this morning, quarterback Tarvaris Jackson confirmed via twitter that he’s headed to Seattle to sign with his former team on Thursday.
What do you do for an encore after leading your team to the brink of the NFC championship game as a rookie starting quarterback? If you're Russell Wilson, you move on to the next challenge.
The NFL calls them organized team activities – OTAs for short. But that sounds more like social outings set up by event planners than a series of non-contact practices in the offseason.
RENTON — Cornerback Brandon Browner put it succinctly when asked why he prefers physical, man-to-man coverage over a passive zone look on Sundays.
The Seattle Seahawks have one of the most talented rosters in the National Football League. However, the Seahawks also lead the NFL in a more-troubling statistic — suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs.
The burst of speed shows on one play, the balance and elusiveness on another. And on one catch over the middle, Seattle rookie running back Christine Michael flashed both, with good hands as a bonus.
Familiarity and comfort guided Michael Bennett’s return to the Pacific Northwest. Signed as undrafted rookie free agent by Seattle in 2009, the Seahawks lost the Texas A&M product to Tampa Bay on a waiver wire claim midway through that regular season. The Seahawks released the relentless defensive end in order to add tackle Kyle Williams to help bolster an injury-plagued offensive line.
A roster cut by the Dallas Cowboys two weeks ago, Steilacoom High graduate and Eastern Washington University receiver Greg Herd signed with the Seattle Seahawks, and will begin participating in the team’s offseason workout program this week
Sometimes a willful teen learns to tune out parents or authority figures and it’s not until a big brother offers a finger-thump to the side of the head that the message starts getting through.
Marshawn Lynch quieted speculation about his standing with the Seattle Seahawks just by walking onto the field with his helmet.
A torn plantar fascia in his foot negatively affected his play for the second half of the 2012 season. But Seattle Seahawks defensive end Red Bryant says he’s now healthy and ready for a return to being a dominant force in defending the run, as he was two years ago.
