Monthly Archives: May 2011
Cyber surfing: Tuesday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” – and was “out there” over the holiday weekend – on the Seahawks for May 31: ESPN’s John Clayton, who hosts a Saturday morning show on 710 ESPN, interviewed Mark LeGree, the safety the Seahawks selected in the April NFL Draft. The rookie has had limited exposure to coach [...]
For the love of Leon
Not long after the Seahawks’ 35th Anniversary team had been announced, the what-about-Leon sentiment started to surface. That would be Leon Washington, and that would be because he returned three kickoffs for touchdowns in his first season with the Seahawks after being obtained last year in a draft-day trade with the New York Jets. One [...]
Cyber surfing: Friday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, May 27: Mike Sando, ESPN.com’s NFC West blogger held a chat from the Seahawks headquarters Thursday and the question he decided to highlight for the team dealt with whether it should pursue Eagles QB Kevin Kolb. Surprise. Surprise. Offered Sando: “There is also a [...]
Cyber surfing: Thursday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, May 26: John Clayton of ESPN.com takes a look at possible suitors for Eagles QB Kevin Kolb, and what it might take to prey him away from Philly. Clayton lists the Arizona Cardinals as the leading team to make a pitch for the promising [...]
Batting 1.000
Fredd Young is one of two players in Seahawks history who went to the Pro Bowl each season he was with the team. The other is linebacker Julian Peterson. Young made it 4 for 4 from 1984-87 by going as a special teams player his first two seasons and then as a linebacker his final [...]
No. 50 and No. 97, where are you?
Remember the old TV sitcom “Car 54, Where Are You”? Maybe not. It ran on NBC from 1961-63, and later in syndication from 1987-90 on Nick at Nite. It was about two Bronx cops – Gunther Toody (played by Joe E. Ross) and Francis Muldoon (Fred Gwynne, pre-Munsters) – who spent most of the show [...]
Cyber surfing: Wednesday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, May 25: In 2008, John Carlson became the first rookie to lead the Seahawks in receptions since Steve Largent in 1976. But the chart that accompanies this item on tight ends by ESPN.com’s Mike Sando also shows that Carlson’s first season was significant on [...]
Cyber surfing: Tuesday
Good morning, here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks today, May 24: A lot of people were surprised when the Seahawks selected James Carpenter in the first round of the NFL Draft last month, including the offensive tackle from Alabama. Steve Wyche of NFL.com caught up with Carpenter on Monday and filed this report. Carpenter [...]
Engram following Harbaugh’s lead
Mike Sando at ESPN.com had an item on Jim Harbaugh’s coaching roots last week that played directly into comments Bobby Engram made to us about the 49ers’ first-year head coach. Engram, who holds the Seahawks’ single-season reception record (94 in 2007) and has been voted to the 35th Anniversary team, is starting his coaching career as [...]
On his terms
One of the best things about Robbie Tobeck’s 14-year NFL career is the way it ended: On his terms. The veteran center not only knew it was time to walk away; he was prepared to step into the next phase of his life. Tobeck, who played his final seven seasons with the Seahawks (2000-06), is [...]
