Preparing for some losses in free agency, the Seahawks signed free agent LB Mister Alexander, who has not played in NFL the past two seasons after going undrafted in 2011 out of Florida State, then joining the Houston Texans.

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Packing most of one's business documents and some personal folklore into an easily portable machine is a risky fact of digital life most people have come to accept. Another fact of the times is that bathroom breaks are inevitable when work is done at a coffee shop.

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Apparently, Marshawn Lynch will talk to the media -- as long as it's the Turkish media. In Turkey along with former Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams and Cleveland Browns tight end Gary Barnidge for an American Football Without Barriers camp, Lynch said he was expecting the ball on the hugely debated play that sealed Seattle's 28-24 loss to New England in Super Bowl XLIX.

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Marshawn Lynch isn't a fan of his upcoming biopic.

According to a Wednesday report from TMZ Sports, the Seahawks running back is demanding wholesale changes to "Family First: The Marshawn Lynch Story" before it's released to the public. 

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Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch's cinematic biography, "Family First: The Marshawn Lynch Story," has issued a four-minute trailer for the movie that is still in post-production. The story traces Lynch's rise from junior football in Oakand to college at Cal and on to the NFL.

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Seahawks FS Earl Thomas underwent surgery Tuesday to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder that limited his play in the Super Bowl and may keep him out of the first part of the regular season.

The club offered no details on the surgery but Thomas did send out a tweet with an Instagram photo of his surgery room, no easy feat in itself.

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Thousands of college basketball fans from the Northwest will soon be making their way to Las Vegas for the Pac-12 Conference, West Coast Conference and Western Athletic Conference tournaments. A good portion of those fans will take advantage of the opportunity to bet on pretty much anything and everything in sports while they’re in Sin City.

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Just what NFL opponents wanted to hear -- more seats in the Clink.

Perhaps the least efficient part of the Seahawks' home stadium, the south end upper concourse that features the ritual of the 12th Man flag, is getting an extra 1,000 padded seats and a party deck. The best part about the expansion of the state-owned CenturyLink Field is the Seahawks are funding it.

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Much as I would love to chat about 40-yard dash times and bench presses, the information that comes out of the annual NFL combine that is truly valuable can be squeezed into the same thimble bearing the valuable news on evening gowns at the Oscars. Fleeting is an adjective that only begins to describe the wispy-ness in that thimble.

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Both general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll insisted during their NFL combine appearances this past week that they are intent on luring Marshawn Lynch back to the Seahawks despite Lynch's hints, mainly through friends, that he is considering retirement. While Schneider/Carroll provided no details, Yahoo.com reports that Seattle has offered the running back a multi-year deal in the $20-21 million range.

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Pete Carroll has a strong chin, and a will to match. He knows the Seahawks will be the most compelling team in the NFL next season. For a team so high to go so low so suddenly, and be so open about the trauma, well, the climb back up is reality-TV without the scripted outcome.

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Pete Carroll spent the first few days after Seattle's Super Bowl loss to New England taking responsibility in a variety of interviews, including one with Matt Lauer of NBC's The Today Show, for the goal-line interception that cost the Seahawks an opportunity to repeat as champions. Carroll, though, will have to share the blame with Russell Wilson, who told the Players' Tribune web site that the botched play was all his fault.

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During his 15-minute press conference at the NFL combine in Indianapolis Thursday, Seahawks GM John Schneider had little new to add about the status of Marshawn Lynch, said he still hasn't "gotten over" the team's final offensive play in Super Bowl XLIX, and indicated that the Seahawks would be entertain offers for their 31st overall pick in the draft.

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Hey, 12s: Remember the name Etric Pruitt?

Don't be surprised if you don't. Scar tissue in the sports memory must necessarily be thick. He was the third-string Seahawks safety in Seattle's first appearance in the Super Bowl in 2006, when Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger discovered Pruitt's unexpected presence in the Seahawks secondary, due to injury, and went yippee-damn-skippee on him.

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For the first time since the Super Bowl, Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin publicly apologized Monday night for the vulgar gesture that drew a 15-yard personal foul penalty and criticism from some fans and media.

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Knowing the Seahawks front office, they have already plotted the consequences of playing without RB Marshawn Lynch in 2015, then 2016 and 2017. If GM John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll think that neither Robert Turbin nor Christine Michael are adequate replacements, the bosses have identified free agents and draftees that come closer to Lynch's ferocity and reliability.

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Finishing a yard short of some noteworthy NFL history will be a permanent bruise on the Seattle sports psyche. But it can be salved a bit by winning the Super Bowl next year. No big deal, right?

Fixing the San Francisco 49ers, meanwhile, will take a bit longer. The dear people in the Bay Area who love the 49ers have their own trauma: Palace intrigue that continues to peck at the eyeballs of a stricken franchise.

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As general manager John Schneider explained to 710 ESPN Seattle Tuesday, the Seahawks are asking a favor of Marshawn Lynch: They need the enigmatic, entertaining running back to decide ASAP whether he intends to play in 2015, so the franchise can plan accordingly. Given Seattle's salary cap considerations, Lynch’s decision will have a major impact on next season’s roster.

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The Seahawks will play the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL next season, according to data released Wednesday by the NFL. Seattle's 2015 opponents, with a combined 142-112-2 record last season, had a .559 winning percentage. Only Pittsburgh (.579), St. Louis (.576) and Cincinnati (.563) face tougher slates than the Seahawks, who have played in back-to-back Super Bowls.

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Beyond a Super Bowl win and loss, there is a statistical feat that illuminates above others the most astonishing aspect of the Seahawks' ascension: The defense has led the league in scoring defense for three years in a row, something the NFL has not seen since the famed Purple People Eaters of the 1969-71 Minnesota Vikings.

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