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Pete Carroll, Seahawks Focus on Retaining Matt Hasselbeck, Shoring Up Lines

By John HickeyJan 19th 2011 – 6:51PM

It's a measure of the uncertainty that surrounds NFL teams that during Seattle coach Pete Carroll's season summation with the media Wednesday, he was twice asked what his priorities were and he came up with two different answers. The fact that the Collective Bargain Agreement could have all players on all teams out of a...

Al Davis Slams Tom Cable in Hue Jackson Press Conference

By FanHouse StaffJan 19th 2011 – 11:41AM

Al Davis doesn't speak in public much anymore, but when he does it's usually entertaining, and enlightening. Tom Cable was fired by the Raiders despite delivering an 8-8 season, a three-game improvement from 2009, in a decision that was met with some criticism from the players. In introducing his replacement, Hue Jackson,...

Hue Jackson Aims to Quickly Turn Raiders in Winning Direction

By Dennis J. GeorgatosJan 18th 2011 – 6:56PM

Hue Jackson was formally introduced as the Raiders' new coach on Tuesday, vowing to win quickly and stick around for a long time. That would be a reversal in the Raiders' recent history, on both counts. Jackson, 45, who was promoted to the top job after one season in Oakland as offensive coordinator, became the team's...

Tom Cable Files Grievance With NFL for Fines Assessed by Al Davis

By Dennis J. GeorgatosJan 16th 2011 – 8:07PM

Fired Raiders coach Tom Cable reportedly has filed a grievance with the NFL seeking the reimbursement of $120,000 in fines that were levied against him by owner Al Davis. The report Sunday by ESPN said that the fine was imposed by withholding $20,000 from Cable's paychecks from the Raiders during the season until the...

FanHouse Roundtable: Wild Card Weekend ... and the Coaching Carousel

By FanHouse StaffJan 6th 2011 – 1:00PM

It's a Wild Card Weekend full of subplots: • For the first time since the merger, a sub-.500 team, the 7-9 Seahawks, not only qualified for the playoffs, but will host a game, against the 11-5 defending Super Bowl-champion Saints on Saturday afternoon. • The Jets, who have been talking Super Bowl since "Hard...

Tom Cable News From the Web

  • 05/14/12 Morning links: Cable likes improved depth on O-line Source: The Puyallup Herald - Puyallup WA Seattle Seahawks coach Tom Cable at a football training camp Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, in Renton, Wash. Dave Boling of The News Tribune spent some time talking to Seattle Seahawks offensive line coach Tom Cable over the weekend, the results of which you can read about in Boling's column this morning.
  • 05/13/12 Hawks' toughness born of pain Source: The Olympian - Olympia WA What happened to the players was even worse.
  • 05/09/12 Sweezy on the move Source: NFL - Seattle Seahawks Tom Cable looks for certain characteristics in his offensive linemen; even when that lineman might be playing on the defensive side of the ball. , a defensive tackle at North Carolina State that the team was considering selecting in the NFL Draft – and moving to guard.

Background on Tom Cable

Thomas Lee "Tom" Cable, Jr. (born November 26, 1964) is an American football coach, and is the offensive line coach and assistant head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

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