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2014 NFL Mock Draft: Seattle Seahawks latest projections
Seattle - General Manager John Schneider has done a tremendous job getting head coach Pete Carroll the players need to win a Super Bowl, but this franchise and its fans are hungry for more and with a strong off-season, they could do it all over again in 2014.
Schneider has drafted well the past couple of seasons, finding starters in the late rounds and players that are willing to do whatever it takes to win, but with winning comes change and several players could leave via free agency for more money over the next couple of years.
Seattle has few holes on either side of the ball, but depth and an upgrade at a couple key positions are needed. Bleacher Report writer Luke Gorham has suggested the Seahawks upgrade at tight end and take local product Austin Seferian-Jenkins with their first round selection. The youngster from Washington has the size, speed, and hands to become an elite talent at tight end and give young quarterback Russell Wilson a big target in the red zone and another play maker on offense.
Offensive line could also become an issue and Walterfootball's latest mock draft has Alabama product Cyrus Kouandjio as the top option for the Super Bowl Champs.
Breno Giacomini played good football this season, but after a strong showing in the NFL Playoffs, the free agent tackle could look for more money than the team believes he's worth and finding another starter could become a priority.
Seattle is in good position and can take players they feel will help not only in 2014, but for the next few years. Wide receiver, and depth on both lines are areas the team should add some younger talent, but with so many talented players returning next season, this team is looking more to reload this off-season and that could spell bad news for the rest of the league.
2014 NFL Mock Draft: Seattle Seahawks latest projections
Seattle - General Manager John Schneider has done a tremendous job getting head coach Pete Carroll the players need to win a Super Bowl, but this franchise and its fans are hungry for more and with a strong off-season, they could do it all over again in 2014.
Schneider has drafted well the past couple of seasons, finding starters in the late rounds and players that are willing to do whatever it takes to win, but with winning comes change and several players could leave via free agency for more money over the next couple of years.
Seattle has few holes on either side of the ball, but depth and an upgrade at a couple key positions are needed. Bleacher Report writer Luke Gorham has suggested the Seahawks upgrade at tight end and take local product Austin Seferian-Jenkins with their first round selection. The youngster from Washington has the size, speed, and hands to become an elite talent at tight end and give young quarterback Russell Wilson a big target in the red zone and another play maker on offense.
Offensive line could also become an issue and Walterfootball's latest mock draft has Alabama product Cyrus Kouandjio as the top option for the Super Bowl Champs.
Breno Giacomini played good football this season, but after a strong showing in the NFL Playoffs, the free agent tackle could look for more money than the team believes he's worth and finding another starter could become a priority.
Seattle is in good position and can take players they feel will help not only in 2014, but for the next few years. Wide receiver, and depth on both lines are areas the team should add some younger talent, but with so many talented players returning next season, this team is looking more to reload this off-season and that could spell bad news for the rest of the league.
2014 NFL Mock Draft: Seattle Seahawks latest projections
ASJ? He had a down year because Sark is a fag. But he is the best NFL prospect TE in the draft. 6'7" 270 (he needs to shed 10 pounds doe). Athletic, very good blocker (Sankey didnt have nearly 1900 yards on his own), and catches everything thrown to him.
If ASJ is available by the time we draft, i hope they snatch him up.
If ASJ is available by the time we draft, i hope they snatch him up.
I wished all last offseason that we would have a solid TE core to run dual TE packages all the time like the patriots and niners do. I think they are extremely effective and also wouldve helped to offset a lot of the pass protection problems we had all year. But of course we won yhe superbowl so they obviously know what works lol.
But man even with all the TE's we have I still hope we go after ASJ. All that competition will certainly help him transition into the nfl a lot quicker
But man even with all the TE's we have I still hope we go after ASJ. All that competition will certainly help him transition into the nfl a lot quicker
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Michael Bennett: 'This isn't Costco'
Defensive end Michael Bennett, an unrestricted free agent, said he has no intention of granting a home-team discount to stay with the Seattle Seahawks.
"There is no such thing as discount," Bennett told NFL Network on Tuesday night. "This isn't Costco. This isn't Walmart. This is real life."
Bennett was Seattle's best defensive lineman in 2013 and helped lead the team to a Super Bowl victory. He signed a one-year contract worth $4.8 million last spring. He played his first four seasons with Tampa Bay after the Seahawks released him as an undrafted rookie in 2009.
But Bennent was everything and more the Seahawks hoped he'd be when they brought him back for last season. He had 8.5 sacks in the regular season, along with one forced fumble and a fumble recovery he returned 22 yards for a touchdown.
Bennett said he can't give the Seahawks a discount because he gave them all he had on every play.
"There is no discount really because you go out there and you don't give a discount on effort," he said. "You go out there and you give the best effort every day and you fight for your teammates, and you want to be compensated for the way that you perform and the kind of teammate you are."
Bennett's comments are in contrast to receiver Golden Tate, the team's other high-profile free agent, who has said he'd be willing to take less money to stay with Seattle.
Bennett's versatility and quickness were major assets for Seattle. He played end and tackle in 2013 and had six tackles, a forced fumble, half a sack and a fumble recovery in the playoff game against New Orleans. He kept it up in the NFC Championship Game, posting a sack and returning a fumble 17 yards to the San Francisco 6-yard line.
"It's definitely a business," Bennett said of the NFL. "People hate to say it's that, but it is what it is. I would love to play for the Seahawks, but they're going to have to want me back and the numbers are going to have to be right."
The Seahawks have the option of placing a franchise tag on Bennett, but that would increase his salary to $12.6 million in 2014, so it seems unlikely the team would do that.
Bennett has been linked to a possible move to the Chicago Bears for two reasons -- the Bears need defensive line help, and Bennett's brother, Martellus Bennett, is the team's starting tight end. But Michael Bennett previously said his brother would not enter into his decision on where he plays next season.
Michael Bennett says Seattle Seahawks will not get discount - ESPN
Defensive end Michael Bennett, an unrestricted free agent, said he has no intention of granting a home-team discount to stay with the Seattle Seahawks.
"There is no such thing as discount," Bennett told NFL Network on Tuesday night. "This isn't Costco. This isn't Walmart. This is real life."
Bennett was Seattle's best defensive lineman in 2013 and helped lead the team to a Super Bowl victory. He signed a one-year contract worth $4.8 million last spring. He played his first four seasons with Tampa Bay after the Seahawks released him as an undrafted rookie in 2009.
But Bennent was everything and more the Seahawks hoped he'd be when they brought him back for last season. He had 8.5 sacks in the regular season, along with one forced fumble and a fumble recovery he returned 22 yards for a touchdown.
Bennett said he can't give the Seahawks a discount because he gave them all he had on every play.
"There is no discount really because you go out there and you don't give a discount on effort," he said. "You go out there and you give the best effort every day and you fight for your teammates, and you want to be compensated for the way that you perform and the kind of teammate you are."
Bennett's comments are in contrast to receiver Golden Tate, the team's other high-profile free agent, who has said he'd be willing to take less money to stay with Seattle.
Bennett's versatility and quickness were major assets for Seattle. He played end and tackle in 2013 and had six tackles, a forced fumble, half a sack and a fumble recovery in the playoff game against New Orleans. He kept it up in the NFC Championship Game, posting a sack and returning a fumble 17 yards to the San Francisco 6-yard line.
"It's definitely a business," Bennett said of the NFL. "People hate to say it's that, but it is what it is. I would love to play for the Seahawks, but they're going to have to want me back and the numbers are going to have to be right."
The Seahawks have the option of placing a franchise tag on Bennett, but that would increase his salary to $12.6 million in 2014, so it seems unlikely the team would do that.
Bennett has been linked to a possible move to the Chicago Bears for two reasons -- the Bears need defensive line help, and Bennett's brother, Martellus Bennett, is the team's starting tight end. But Michael Bennett previously said his brother would not enter into his decision on where he plays next season.
Michael Bennett says Seattle Seahawks will not get discount - ESPN
Meet Vince Lombardi, Seahawks fan
Interesting article from six years ago:
Escaping family history can be tough. Ask a Kennedy, a Mob scion, a Shakespearean character: That accident of birth can define (or dog) a person from cradle to grave.
One Seattle attorney knows this better than most. That man, a 41-year-old Seahawks fan, will be rooting for the home team Saturday against the Green Bay Packers. Nothing crazy about that. Except this.
His name is Vince Lombardi.
He is the grandson of a man more associated with Green Bay Packers than anyone else. More than Bart Starr. More than Brett Favre. There is a street in Green Bay named after his Hall of Fame grandfather. A statue of the fedora-capped man stands like a sentinel in front of the stadium, Lambeau Field.
For chrissakes, the NFL championship trophy, the league's highest award, is named after Coach Lombardi, almost entirely for what he did as a Packers' coach and general manager.
Vince Lombardi, Seattle Seahawks fan? Where in NFL lore is any reference to damp, 100 percent post-consumer recyclable tundra?
"I get asked about (the famous name) once a week," Lombardi said Friday from his downtown office, where he works as a federal prosecutor. Typically the question comes from Wisconsin natives. When he tells them he is indeed the coach's grandson, they always seem surprised, happy.
He doesn't immediately offer that he's a Seahawks fan. No matter. They always ask.
"Especially at this time of year or when the Hawks play the Packers," he said. "I wouldn't say people are disappointed. No one is surprised when you root for the home team."
Really? And what about Wisconsin natives? How do they feel?
"Oh, if they are from Wisconsin they are a little disappointed," Lombardi said, chuckling.
The family will always have a soft spot for the Packers, he explained. "If the Seahawks lose, I'll be rooting for them. I'm sure all of us will."
But the thing is Lombardi feels a deeper personal affinity to the Seahawks than the Packers for a variety of reasons.
His father, also Vince Lombardi, was among the Seahawks' first front-office personnel and Vince spent part of his childhood in Seattle.
"My boyhood heroes were Jim Zorn and Steve Largent," he said.
His only memory of time with Coach Lombardi was when he was 4 and his grandfather coached the Washington Redskins for a season before dying of cancer in 1970.
"He let me steer the golf cart at practice," he said.
After his grandfather's death, the Lombardis bounced around a bit, first Seattle then New York and eventually Michigan, where his dad worked as general manager for the Michigan Panthers in the now-defunct USFL. By this time, young Vince was headed to college at Georgetown.
"Being in a professional football family is a lot like being in a military family," he said. "Plenty of moving around."
Lombardi came back to Seattle for law school at the University of Washington. He's been an assistant U.S. attorney for the past four years. His brother John lives in Green Bay (and is a Packers fan); brother Joe is an assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints, and sister Gina works locally at Microsoft.
But it's Vince who gets most of the questions about the name, even when it jogs a faulty memory.
"At a charity event not long ago, an older lady asked me, 'Are you related to the famous Lombardi?' "
Modestly, the attorney said yes. "She then asked, 'Are you musical, too?' "
This perplexed Lombardi. So he asked a couple of questions. "I figured out she was thinking of Guy Lombardo."
Under The Needle: Meet Vince Lombardi, Seahawks fan - seattlepi.com
Interesting article from six years ago:
Escaping family history can be tough. Ask a Kennedy, a Mob scion, a Shakespearean character: That accident of birth can define (or dog) a person from cradle to grave.
One Seattle attorney knows this better than most. That man, a 41-year-old Seahawks fan, will be rooting for the home team Saturday against the Green Bay Packers. Nothing crazy about that. Except this.
His name is Vince Lombardi.
He is the grandson of a man more associated with Green Bay Packers than anyone else. More than Bart Starr. More than Brett Favre. There is a street in Green Bay named after his Hall of Fame grandfather. A statue of the fedora-capped man stands like a sentinel in front of the stadium, Lambeau Field.
For chrissakes, the NFL championship trophy, the league's highest award, is named after Coach Lombardi, almost entirely for what he did as a Packers' coach and general manager.
Vince Lombardi, Seattle Seahawks fan? Where in NFL lore is any reference to damp, 100 percent post-consumer recyclable tundra?
"I get asked about (the famous name) once a week," Lombardi said Friday from his downtown office, where he works as a federal prosecutor. Typically the question comes from Wisconsin natives. When he tells them he is indeed the coach's grandson, they always seem surprised, happy.
He doesn't immediately offer that he's a Seahawks fan. No matter. They always ask.
"Especially at this time of year or when the Hawks play the Packers," he said. "I wouldn't say people are disappointed. No one is surprised when you root for the home team."
Really? And what about Wisconsin natives? How do they feel?
"Oh, if they are from Wisconsin they are a little disappointed," Lombardi said, chuckling.
The family will always have a soft spot for the Packers, he explained. "If the Seahawks lose, I'll be rooting for them. I'm sure all of us will."
But the thing is Lombardi feels a deeper personal affinity to the Seahawks than the Packers for a variety of reasons.
His father, also Vince Lombardi, was among the Seahawks' first front-office personnel and Vince spent part of his childhood in Seattle.
"My boyhood heroes were Jim Zorn and Steve Largent," he said.
His only memory of time with Coach Lombardi was when he was 4 and his grandfather coached the Washington Redskins for a season before dying of cancer in 1970.
"He let me steer the golf cart at practice," he said.
After his grandfather's death, the Lombardis bounced around a bit, first Seattle then New York and eventually Michigan, where his dad worked as general manager for the Michigan Panthers in the now-defunct USFL. By this time, young Vince was headed to college at Georgetown.
"Being in a professional football family is a lot like being in a military family," he said. "Plenty of moving around."
Lombardi came back to Seattle for law school at the University of Washington. He's been an assistant U.S. attorney for the past four years. His brother John lives in Green Bay (and is a Packers fan); brother Joe is an assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints, and sister Gina works locally at Microsoft.
But it's Vince who gets most of the questions about the name, even when it jogs a faulty memory.
"At a charity event not long ago, an older lady asked me, 'Are you related to the famous Lombardi?' "
Modestly, the attorney said yes. "She then asked, 'Are you musical, too?' "
This perplexed Lombardi. So he asked a couple of questions. "I figured out she was thinking of Guy Lombardo."
Under The Needle: Meet Vince Lombardi, Seahawks fan - seattlepi.com
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Hilarious article from 2013
Hilarious article from 2013
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