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    Greg Olsen: Tight ends as a group are underpaid

    Getty Images Greg Olsen made $69.198 million in his 14-year NFL career, but a $6.5 million base salary in 2018 is the most he ever received in a single season. In a recent appearance on Pardon My Take, Olsen said tight ends are not paid enough compared to left tackles and receivers. Olsen’s...
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    Pete Carroll: Colby Parkinson is going to be a factor

    USA TODAY Sports The Seahawks received limited production out of their tight ends in 2020. Between now-retired Greg Olsen, Will Dissly, and Jacob Hollister, the club got only 73 receptions for 699 yards from their featured TEs. Seattle signed free agent Gerald Everett, who should have some...
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    For many teams, it may be too late to take advantage of helmet rule change for 2022

    USA TODAY Sports So much for the slow time in the NFL. As teams begin to enjoy the only period of reduced activity in the ever-growing NFL schedule, they need to reconvene for the purposes of deciding in fairly short order an important piece of business for 2022. According to the memo...
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    Pete Carroll believes Gerald Everett will be a breakout player in Seahawks offense

    Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks were the most explosive offense in the NFL through the first half of last season before losing their effectiveness in the second half of the year. The team made significant changes this offseason in bringing in a new offensive coordinator, trading for veteran...
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    Bill Belichick once again claims he’s not a fan of analytics

    Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who cloaks everything he does in mystery, makes no mystery of his disdain for analytics. He repeated his views while speaking on Tuesday at the General Manager Forum. “I’d prefer good players, good fundamentals and good execution,” Belichick said...
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    Seahawks crowds will be back to full capacity this season

    Getty Images The 12s will be back in Seattle for the 2021 season. Seahawks crowds had been among the loudest in sports for many years before the COVID-19 pandemic led the team to play in front of empty stands for the entire 2020 season. They were able to go 12-4 and win the NFC West without...
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    Pete Carroll: Darrell Taylor had one of brightest camps of offseason for Seahawks

    For the second time in four years, the Seattle Seahawks had a rookie defensive lineman selected in the second round of the NFL Draft miss the entirety of his rookie year due to injury. While Darrell Taylor‘s inability to play last year for Seattle is far from the same as Malik McDowell‘s ATV...
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    Seahawks guard Pier-Olivier Lestage has sports hernia surgery

    Getty Images Seahawks rookie guard Pier-Olivier Lestage had surgery to address a sports hernia as the team’s rookie mini-camp concluded on Thursday. “He came in with an athletic hernia situation and so we decided to do it now (rather) than later,” head coach Pete Carroll said. “He was making...
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    Robert Nkemdiche doesn’t intend on wasting chance with Seahawks

    Getty Images Robert Nkemdiche didn’t enjoy a 2020 season where he wasn’t a part of an NFL roster. Now back in the league as a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Nkemdiche is hoping to make sure there won’t be a repeat occurrence anytime soon. “It wasn’t fun,” Nkemdiche said. “It wasn’t a good...
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    Seahawks have a delicate situation with Jamal Adams

    Getty Images At first, it looked like the decision of Seahawks safety Jamal Adams to stay away from the team’s mandatory minicamp was unexcused, a boycott of the event in an effort to get a new contract. Then, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the absence was excused. That doesn’t make it...
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    Seahawks sign Dominick Wood-Anderson, cut B.J. Emmons

    Getty Images The Seahawks have signed tight end Dominick Wood-Anderson for the second time in as many years. They waived undrafted rookie running back B.J. Emmons in a corresponding move Wednesday. Wood-Anderson, who went undrafted out of Tennessee last year, signed with the Seahawks as a free...
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    Greg Olsen’s son returns home after heart transplant earlier this month

    Getty Images Greg Olsen’s 8-year-old son returned home Wednesday after undergoing a heart transplant earlier this month. The former NFL tight end shared a video of his son, TJ, ringing the bell at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte to signal his release. “Ever since TJ was admitted into...
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    Jadeveon Clowney’s surgically repaired knee feeling “good”

    USA TODAY Sports Jadeveon Clowney had a forgettable season in Tennessee. He finished with 19 tackles, no sacks, six quarterback hits and four tackles for loss in eight games last season. The edge rusher’s season ended prematurely with a torn meniscus that required surgery. Clowney, 28, is...
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    Tyler Lockett says Shane Waldron’s offense brings more freedom to Seahawks attack

    Getty Images The chatter around the Seahawks this spring since the team hired Shane Waldron as their new offensive coordinator has indicated that the new playbook will have some significant changes from previous iterations under Brian Schottenheimer and Darrell Bevell. Russell Wilson has...
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    Pete Carroll thinks Robert Nkemdiche can be a factor with Seahawks

    Getty Images After a year out of football, former first-round pick Robert Nkemdiche is getting a new chance with the Seattle Seahawks. The former Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins defensive tackle signed with Seattle in April. Nkemdiche has appeared in just 29 total games in his four...
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