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Seahawks Unlikely to Use Franchise Tag for 2011

Thursday is the deadline for NFL teams to apply franchise tags on members of its roster, and it seems like for once the Seattle Seahawks will go without the designation. The Seattle Times is reporting that the team is not expected to use either a franchise or transition tags. It would be the first time in 10 years the...

Seahawks Turn Offense Over to Former Vikings Coordinator Darrell Bevell

RENTON, Wash. -- The Seahawks settled on former Minnesota offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to be Seattle's next offensive coordinator Thursday. Bevell signed on with the Seahawks following five seasons running the Vikings' offense, and offense that was particularly successful running the ball, something that Seattle...

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

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...

Seahawks Fire Offensive Coordinator Jeremy Bates as Housecleaning Begins

RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle began its post-2010 makeover Tuesday morning by firing offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates. Bates, the former Denver Broncos' offensive coordinator, came with coach Pete Carroll from USC to Seattle a year ago, but the offense that clicked with the Broncos and the Trojans floundered too much of the...

Seahawks vs. Bears: Jay Cutler Pummels Overmatched Seattle in Chicago Snow

The Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game next week after a 35-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. On his first pass of the game, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler unleashed an absolutely perfect throw downfield to tight end Greg Olsen, who ran right past Seahawks safety Lawyer...