After all the high-profile personnel changes this off-season, the Seahawks figured to have taken a shot to the glams. But in the release of the 2018 NFL schedule Thursday, Seattle is  booked for the maximum five prime-time games, including four of the season's final six. Apparently the TV networks want to see if the Seahawks most resemble "Lost,"  "The Apprentice" or "Game of Throwns."

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From a standpoint of spectacle last season, the Seahawks' 41-38 win Oct. 29 over the Houston Texans at the Clink was all Bourbon Street, Vegas strip and South Beach -- don't dare blink, or you'll miss something outlandish, voluptuous or ridiculous.

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Where does the long-tenured Seahawks fan rank the high draft selection last year of Malik McDowell? Ahead or behind Aaron Curry or  Jerramy Stevens? Where is the pick in relation to Rick Mirer and Dan McGwire? How about Owen Gill? Or the first draft pick in the 1976 expansion season, Steve Niehaus?

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Free agent Austin Davis, the back-up last season to QB Russell Wilson, returned to the Seahawks Monday on a one-year contract, the club said. NFL.com's Mike Garafolo reported that the deal doesn't necessarily mean the door is closed on talks with free agent Colin Kaepernick.

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The Seahawks Friday signed Sebastian Janikowski, one of the most productive kickers in NFL history, to replace Blair Walsh, an unrestricted free agent who had critical missed field goals in losses to Atlanta, Washington and Arizona last season. Janikowski, who signed for one year at undisclosed terms, is the second kicker signed by Seattle since the Walsh flop. Jason Myers, formerly of Jacksonville, was added in January.

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The Seahawks signed backup QB Stephen Morris Friday, the first quarterback to be added to the roster besides Russell Wilson. Colin Kaepernick, who was going to work out Monday for the Seahawks, remains a free agent after he declined to clarify his position on any pre-game protest against social injustice (see Thiel: Bennett's Book Helps Explain Balk at Kap).

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On the surface, Thursday's news that the Seahawks passed on a chance to work out a player because of his politics looked to be one of the more astonishing developments of the off-season. And since that player was QB Colin Kaepernick, it's astonishing on another, purely football,  level.

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The Seahawks have signed free agent CB Dontae Johnson, 26, who started all 16 games last season for San Francisco. Johnson became expendable in the Bay Area after the 49ers signed CB Richard Sherman, a three-time All-Pro who had been released by Seattle.

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In ways subtle and profound, Seattle pro sports just became better Wednesday.

The development won't make Ichiro younger or NFL penalty leader Germain Ifedi more mature. It will make the prospective NHL team more successful and will make Seattle more attractive to the NBA.

The best possible person to upgrade Seattle's sports future, Tod Leiweke, is back.

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Since winning 42-7 in December at the Clink in the most dominant manner ever witnessed over a Pete Carroll-coached Seahawks team, the Los Angeles Rams have added premium veteran defenders Ndamukong Suh, 31, Aqib Talib, 32, Marcus Peters, 25, and Sam Shields, 30.

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As he continues trying to change the tires on a moving car, John Schneider sounded a little defensive. Apparently the Seahawks general manager has heard of the bewilderment/dismay/contempt by some in the fan base over the big overhaul underway in Renton. He attempted to slow their roll Friday.

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For a few weeks in 2015, Thomas Rawls looked like a guy who could do a fair impression of RB Marshawn Lynch: Aggressive, fearless, blessed with speed and power. Turned out to be a pipe dream. Limited by injuries, Rawls never recovered his early form and was released into free agency earlier this month. It's the New York Jets' turn to try to rediscover what Rawls flashed.

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Trevone Boykin was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury Wednesday after police in Mansfield, TX., found evidence of the attack on his girlfriend on his home's surveillance video.

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The Seahawks released backup QB Trevone Boykin Tuesday morning after Dallas TV station WFAA reported that he was being investigated for assaulting his girlfriend in his hometown of Mesquite, TX., an attack a week ago that left her with a jaw broken on both sides and strangulation marks on her neck.

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The tumultuous Seahawks off-season now has a sidebar drama: A felony assault charge against the franchise's 2017 Man of the Year for his community work, whose attorney said Monday that Houston police and prosecutors got it all wrong.

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Former Seahawks star DE Michael Bennett is charged with doing a foolish thing in his home town of Houston: Injuring an elderly paraplegic woman who was part of the security team on the field in the moments after the Patriots -- including his brother, Martellus -- beat the Falcons in the Super Bowl at NRG Stadium in February 2017.

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Via free agency, the Seahawks have swapped defensive tackles with the Minnesota Vikings to get older and cheaper. NFL Network reported Friday that the Seahawks signed Tom Johnson, 34 in August, to a one-year deal to help replace Sheldon Richardson, 27, who signed a one-year deal for $8 million with the Vikings.

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The Seahawks and unrestricted free agent RB Mike Davis, who led the team's running backs in yards with 240 in 2017, Thursday agreed on a one-year contract, terms to be announced. Seattle also re-signed DE Marcus Smith, a serviceable backup who saw action in 14 games, making no starts. Smith's deal is worth a reported $2.7 million.

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If you're done peeking through your fingers at the sight of Richard Sherman wearing 49ers colors at his first press conference in Santa Clara, feel free take your scheduled sports anxiety meds in double doses and read on to the key pivot point in the saga.

It won't bring Sherman back, but it might ease the bewilderment, and keep you from mixing alcohol with the drugs.

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The Seahawks bid adieu to another long-time veteran Wednesday when free agent TE Luke Willson signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions worth $2.5 million. Willson, who hails from nearby Windsor, Ontario, also visited with the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars before agreeing with the Lions.

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