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    Shaquill Griffin: I would love to be back in Seattle, but I know it’s a business

    Getty Images The Seahawks have a few key free agents on defense, and one of them is Shaquill Griffin. The 25-year-old cornerback just completed his fourth season out of UCF, and he’s been a major contributor since Seattle selected him in the third round of the 2017 draft. He led the team with...
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    Mike Mayock: Jon Gruden and I would pound the table for Derek Carr

    Getty Images By now it’s well known that Russell Wilson‘s agent said the Raiders are one of the four teams on the quarterback’s short list if he were to request a trade. But Las Vegas already has a quarterback under contract. And at least for now, the club seems content to roll with Derek...
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    Seahawks announce coaching staff, including Carl Smith, DeShawn Shead

    Getty Images The Seahawks announced their 2021 coaching staff Wednesday. They have added three coaches to Pete Carroll’s staff, making the hirings of Carl Smith, DeShawn Shead and Tracy Smith official. Shead, who played 54 games for the Seahawks over six seasons, returns to Seattle as a...
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    Giants release Golden Tate

    Getty Images Anyone who has been paying any attention to the NFL in recent weeks knows that, for plenty of veteran players, a major squeeze is coming. They’ll either be asked to take less under threat of termination, or they’ll simply be cut without conversation. The Giants have, as expected...
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    Teams shouldn’t retire jerseys if they don’t intend to keep them retired

    Getty Images Sports teams have a habit of honoring great players by retiring their numbers. Apparently, for some teams, retirement means the same that it did for Brett Favre. The Cardinals have become the latest team to unretire a number, putting Marshall Goldberg’s number back in circulation...
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    Cardinals’ expectations instantly soar

    Getty Images The addition of J.J. Watt has caused expectations to soar for the Cardinals. The business side of the team’s operation surely loves it. The football side surely doesn’t. When the red wave of ticket renewals and Marshall Goldberg J.J. Watt jersey sales ends, the football team will...
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    Oddsmakers don’t see Russell Wilson leaving the Seahawks

    Getty Images Last week, agent Mark Rodgers said that client Russell Wilson: (1) has not asked to be traded; (2) wants to stay in the Seattle; and (3) in the event he were to be traded, he’d accept a trade to the Raiders, Bears, Cowboys, or Saints. That clear signal to the Raiders, Bears...
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    Cam Jordan envisions a Super Bowl win if Russell Wilson joins the team

    Getty Images Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is willing to accept a trade to the Saints. Multiple Saints players are more than willing to accept Russell Wilson. Saints receiver Michael Thomas quickly made his views known on Twitter when the news broke last week. Appearing Tuesday on ESPN...
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    Chandler Jones feels bad for Russell Wilson after Cardinals addition of J.J. Watt

    Getty Images Russell Wilson‘s clamoring for more help along the offensive line in Seattle is only going to be heightened now that the Arizona Cardinals have added J.J. Watt to their defensive line. Wilson already had to see Aaron Donald twice a season for the last seven years with the Los...
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    David Carr makes key revision to article suggesting the Raiders should trade for Russell Wilson

    USA TODAY Sports On Monday morning, NFL.com posted an item from David Carr in which he suggests that the four teams on Russell Wilson‘s short list should have called the Seahawks “yesterday” about a trade. Curiously, one of those four teams — the Raiders — currently employs David Carr’s younger...
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    Top 100 free agents 2021: Dak Prescott again tops the list

    Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...
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    David Carr thinks Derek Carr’s team should trade for Russell Wilson

    USA TODAY Sports Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has made it known through his agent that Wilson would accept a trade to one of four teams: Cowboys, Bears, Saints, Raiders. Former NFL quarterback David Carr, the older brother of Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, had this to say about the...
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    Report: Seahawks bring Carl Smith back to coaching staff

    Getty Images Quarterback Russell Wilson has issues with the Seahawks and the team has reportedly rehired one of his former coaches as they try to plot a course for the future. Michael-Shawn Dugar of TheAthletic.com reports that Carl “Tater” Smith is rejoining the team. Smith was the team’s...
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    With no owner involvement, Pete Carroll is calling the shots in Seattle

    USA TODAY Sports Whether it happens this year or next year, it seems inevitable that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson officially will ask the Seahawks to trade him. When the official request comes — or when the offers arrive from the Cowboys, Bears, Raiders, or Saints — who with the Seahawks...
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    Seattle mayor tells New Orleans mayor to “keep your eyes off” Russell Wilson

    Getty Images New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell posted a recruiting pitch to Russell Wilson, attempting to lure the quarterback to the Saints. Seattle’s mayor didn’t react kindly to New Orleans’ proposition. Jenny Durkan, Seattle’s mayor since 2017, tweeted back to Cantrell: “I love you, Mayor...
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    Josh Gordon joins Fan Controlled Football

    Getty Images The NFL won’t let receiver Josh Gordon play. So he has found another league. The chronically-suspended star player, whose most recent conditional reinstatement eventually became yet another indefinite banishment, has joined Fan Controlled Football. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com...
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    New Orleans mayor makes pitch for Russell Wilson

    Getty Images Russell Wilson has made it clear that he’d accept a trade to the Saints, along with three other teams. And even though Drew Brees has yet to retire (and still possibly won’t), New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell has made her pitch for Wilson to join the Saints. “I’ve heard the...
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    Report: Russell Wilson thinks Pete Carroll and his sons answer to no one

    Getty Images Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson hasn’t only played for head coach Pete Carroll for his entire career. He has also played for both of Carroll’s sons, who have been offensive assistants in Seattle: Nate Carroll is the Seahawks’ wide receivers coach, and Brennan Carroll recently...
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    Seahawks may not be willing to keep Carlos Dunlap on his current contract

    Getty Images When the Seahawks traded for defensive end Carlos Dunlap last season, he agreed to adjust his contract, taking a pay cut of about $3 million for the remainder of the 2020 season but getting a $3 million roster bonus due on the fifth day of the 2021 league year. As that day...
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    Ryan Fitzpatrick wants a chance to compete for a starting job

    Getty Images Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has played for 25 percent of the NFL’s teams. He’ll likely be joining a ninth team in 2021. Via Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, Fitzpatrick “believes he’s played well enough the past couple of years to get a chance to at least compete for a...
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