Is it possible to consider a Seattle pro sports team . . . villainous? That's almost as unlikely as calling one a champion. But the Seahawks are opening the door to the possibility of a adding a little awkward color to the generally bland-on-bland canvas that seems almost mandatory for this market.

Or is a Seattle team cast as bad guys an unpleasant prospect? In the words of cornerback Richard Sherman: You mad, bro?

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A day after news that he had been arrested for DUI May 5, quarterback Josh Portis was released by the Seahawks Tuesday morning. Portis never played in a game for the Seahawks, but he was on the roster for parts of the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He was brought back in April to compete for the backup job to starter Russell Wilson.

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Once beloved by the pro football nation as Super Bowl favorites, the Seahawks are causing eyebrows to arch, maybe furrow. The local franchise already has been nicknamed by the twitterati the SeAdderall  Seahawks. Affections in the big time are fickle.

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Backup quarterback candidate Josh Portis was arrested May 5 on eastbound I-90 for driving while intoxicated, becoming the latest Seahawks player to be caught with a rules problem. The Seattle Times reported that he will be arraigned May 28 in Redmond and be charged with a gross misdemeanor.

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DE Bruce Irvin, the Seahawks'  first-round pick (15th overall) in the 2012 draft, has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2013 regular season for violating NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. He becomes the sixth Seahawk to receive a drug-related suspension since 2011, although Richard Sherman's suspension was reversed on appeal in December.

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The Seahawks' multiple draft additions along the defensive line have a clearer purpose, now that reserve DT Greg Scruggs is probably lost for the season after surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee.

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Cornerback Marcus Trufant has a shot at a staying in the NFL because his old boss, Gus Bradley, offered a chance in Jacksonville. The Tacoma native, former Washington State Cougar and 11-year Seahawk signed with Jaguars Tuesday, reuniting him with Bradley, the Seahawks defensive coordinator who took the Jags' head coaching job.

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- The selection of Jesse Williams by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the NFL draft Saturday made plenty of headlines here in Australia. Perhaps intrigued by a few exuberant (and clueless) local media types who had the defensive tackle from Alabama going in the first round, his three-day wait became a reasonably big story.

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Anyone inspired to add music to the theme of the Seahawks draft need go no further than the song most hated by University of Washington football fans: "Fight On." Annoying as the USC fight song may be locally, the Seahawks of 2013 are going to look even more like the Trojans teams that Carroll coached to seven consecutive Pac-10 titles.

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After selecting two players during the first two days of the NFL draft, the Seahawks added nine more Saturday, topped by Chris Harper, a 6-foot-1, 229-pound wide receiver from Kansas State in the fourth round and 6-foot-3, 323-pound defensive tackle Jesse Williams near the top of the fifth. According to NFL.com's grading system, Harper projects as an "eventual starter," while many believe Williams projects as an absolute stud.

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Drama queen, or the next Leon Washington? A little of both. For sure, Christine (please, call him KRIS-tin) Michael is the Seahawks second-round draft choice at a position, running back, the Seahawks seemed stacked, with Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin.

Said Matt Barry, a Seahawks scout: "You're only an injury away, knock on wood."

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What Seahawks GM John Schneider described as "the most unique draft"  in his experience produced a largely drama-free first round Thursday, made more so locally by the Seahawks resisting any compulsion to jump up from their second-round pick, 56th overall -- only the fourth time they've sat out the first round.

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The Seahawks have done it again -- they stumped the band. Trading down to the last pick in the second round, the Seahawks selected a running back from Texas A&M, Christine (pronounced KRIS-tin) Michael, who in his senior year rushed for 417 yards and 12 carries (4.74 ypr) and amassed 3,331 all-purpose yards.

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As much credit as has been given the Seahawks' current regime regarding NFL draft picks, it's also reasonable to say it's a probably a good thing they traded away the No. 1 draft pick in the Thursday draft. The top end of the pro game's annual Christmas often has been cruel in Seattle, a pinata filled with as many dung beetles as road graders.

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Calling him "one of the most intimidating players in the NFL," general manager John Schneider rewarded safety Kam Chancellor, one of the Seahawks' core of young players, with a contract through 2017 for $28 million, including $17 million guaranteed. The move is the latest in a string of personnel moves designed to sustain Seahawks contention for years.

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The Seattle Seahawks, who announced their 2013 schedule Thursday, re-signed kicker Steven Hauschka Friday. Hauschka joined Seattle after being claimed off waivers from Denver Sept. 4, 2011, and has converted 49 of 57 field goals (.860), with a long of 52 yards, and 80 of 82 PATs in his two seasons.

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The red circles go around Sept. 15 and Dec. 8. The Seahawks games against the defending NFC champion 49ers will hold, as Bill Walton might exaggerate, the fate of the known world.

The anticipated release of the NFL schedule Thursday booked the Seahawks for four national games, most since five in 2006, but it's the rivalry with their NFC West rivals that has Seahawks fans sufficiently amped to give Seattle City Light those weekends off.

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The Seahawks signed three-time Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield, formerly of the Minnesota Vikings, Wednesday to a one-year contract. A No. 1 draft pick by the Buffalo Bills (23rd overall selection in 1999), Winfield played five years in Buffalo before joining the Vikings as an unrestricted free agent in 2004.

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For a change, the Seahawks added to their roster by going up in age, not down, signing free agent cornerback Antoine Winfield, 36 in June, to a one-year deal Friday, according to ESPN.com.

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Brady Quinn, a big-time star at Notre Dame and first-round draft choice who has become an NFL vagabond, signed with his fourth NFL team, the Seattle Seahawks, Tuesday to compete for the back-up quarterback job behind Russell Wilson. Despite being a six-year veteran, Quinn, 28, has played in only six more NFL games than the Seahawks rookie sensation.

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