I didn't see one up, so here we go.

Washington travels to Oregon without Locker, pretty sure Sportsbook has Oregon favored by...55? Well at least the Seahawks aren't the biggest Seattle area underdog this week, hopefully Washington can shock the world. The other big pac-10 game is Arizona vs Stanford, Arizona travels to Oregon in a few weeks for another big game.

There are plenty of other big games as well, like Auburn vs. Chattanooga....uh, yeah.

Go Huskies?

Chris Clemons is playing well, but I think most people agree that the team should be looking at options for the LEO position in the draft and through free agency. I was thinking of players that would be a perfect fit for the LEO position and one guy with tremendous potential came to my mind:

Manny Lawson

Lawson is free agent (although he might be a restricted free agent) and has already asked the 49ers for a new contract, so he could also be a trade candidate. Lawson's potential has always excited me and reminded me of Julian Peterson. I know Lawson has been a bit of a disappointment in San Fran, but if he came to Seattle and was just asked to simply rush the passer I wonder if he could thrive.

Lawson was a name that caught my eye and seems like a good fit for the LEO, so I figured I'd throw this out there for discussion. Thoughts?

http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/

Saw this link on Seahawks addicts, not sure how credible it is, but it's there none the less.

Not sure what to make of this, Plack didn't look very good on Sunday but that might have not been his fault.  Plack was awesome in 2006, struggled in 2007 and was hurt at the start of 2008, so I think it is possible the Hawks have decided to move on.

What is everyone's take on this?

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2008/09/03/ramblings/dvoa-ratings/6516/

Here are the DVOA projections for 2008 from Football Outsiders.  I am a little surprised to see us with the projected 6th best offense and 12th defense.  I imagine our 3rd and 1 failures have a lot to do with the rebound in offense along with the solid off-season additions.

For those who don't want to click the link for whatever reason the Hawks projected DVOA for offense is 16.1% and -3.0%*  for defense.  Special teams checks in at 17th in the league with a 0.2%

* a minus for defense is a positive not a negative.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Nail-in-the-Coffin-Your-2008-Seattle-Marine;_ylt=AlXcSNB6l85tE7ruCtieAxQRvLYF?urn=mlb,104148

 

So according to this article the M's are the 1st team officially eliminated from the playoffs!, which means we'll get to here the front office talk about how we were in it until the end of August.

This article also contains a quote from LL.  It's probably not a big deal, but I thought it was pretty cool to see LL getting some attention by the national media.

For some reason being the 1st team eliminated makes everything worth it.

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/2008/08/ms_lose_a_yawner.html

 

I don't think there is anything to say.  You're the one with the 4-13 record and an ERA close to 6.

I understand that Silva is frustrated and maybe what he's saying is true, but it sounds pretty ridiculous after a game in which you gave up 5 runs.

This was my favorite quote from Silva: "Maybe Chief has to go and grab somebody from his neck and throw him into the wall and something's going to change,'' he said. "I'm very close to doing that, so write that down.''

Again, you're the one with the  5.93 ERA, someone should probably throw you into the wall.

 

Go away Carlos, you can keep the money.

Holmgren was on KJR this morning (at least that's what I hear through the grapevine and seahawks addicts, since I don't live in Seattle.)  Holmgren mentioned some things that are very encouraging for the Hawks in 2009.

 

1.  Rob Sims is the likely starter at RG.  I know John and most of us have been Sims supporters.

 

2. The Hawks will be going with a running back by committee!  No running back will get more than 25 carries a game and Morris should factor in heavily.  Sounds like Morris will be a hawk next season!  I personally expect Duckett to fill Weaver's role before Strong got hurt last season.

 

3.  sounds like Lawrence Jackson (LoJack) will be the starting DE with Tapp coming in as a situational pass-rusher.  This is probably for the better as Jackson is probably a more complete DE.  Tapp seemed to struggle down the stretch last year and should benefit from this.