The Seahawks are eager to get word from Marshawn Lynch on whether he will accept an extension, or retire. Much of what they do this off-season Seattle will be influenced by the decision.
Author: Steve Rudman
Steve Rudman
Steve began his journalistic career in an era in which social networking mainly occurred in saloons. In the years since, he has been a reporter and columnist (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), a magazine founder and editor (The National Sports Review), the Director of Research at ESPN (once had the chore of looking up the history of rain delays in major league baseball), a radio talk show host (fired by KIRO because stupid people need radio stations, too, according to the program director), and the producer of a syndicated sports statistical feature (titled Wow!Stats), distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (quick, name three countries in which athletes are eaten when they fail to perform). He wrote (with Karen Chave) 100 Years of Husky Football, Who The Hell is Bob? (one of Seattles more remarkable people) and collaborated with Art Thiel (Sports Press Northwest) and Mike Gastineau (KJR-AM) on The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a ribald compendium of Seattle sports exotica that should be made into a movie (Brad Pitt playing Steve). He gained everlasting infamy in 1985 (at least in Corvallis, Ore.), when, in a column in the Post-Intelligencer, he called the Oregon State Beavers The Barney Fife of College Football, then sat stupefied as the 37-point underdog Beavers cast aside a 28-year slump and beat the Huskies. As of this writing, that game (which resulted in an official, Oregon State-issued game ball for Steve) still generates 314,000 Google pages, most of them from unenlightened (and presumably salt pillar-licking) OSU fans. Steve has yet to issue an apology on Facebook or Twitter and has no plans to do so.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick said that Pete Carroll doesn’t deserve all the criticism he’s receiving, and many commentators “aren’t qualified” to make a judgment.
The Seahawks had plenty of reasons for calling the play they called, but their decision has already been deemed the worst in Super Bowl history. That won’t change.
The Seahawks were one yard away from defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX, but called a dubious pass play at the goal line that cost them a chance at victory.
Former Ravens coach Brian Billick conjured up a stat called Toxic Differential, and no team had a higher number than the Seahawks, who take on New England Sunday.
A No. 1-ranked defense has appeared in the Super Bowl 10 times and come away with nine victories, including last year’s 35-point win by Seattle over the Denver Broncos.
No team has been as successful as the New England Patriots during the free-agency era than the New England Patriots, who play the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX Sunday.
Despite what nickel corner Jeremy Lane says, the Seahawks face a formidable task in trying to slow down New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski, a three-time All-Pro.
Battered early and often by the Green Bay Packers, the Seahawks overcame several historical obstacles in moving on to Super Bowl XLIX.
Favored by seven points, the Seahawks rallied from 16-0 down to defeat the Green Bay Packers 28-22 in overtime and will play in the Super Bowl for the second consecutive season.