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    2021 NFL schedule: 10 teams get five primetime games each

    Getty Images Ten teams each received five primetime games. The Packers, Saints, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Rams, 49ers, Chiefs and Bucs are scheduled for five night games each. The Saints and Cowboys also have Thanksgiving Day games, and the Packers a Christmas Day game. The Bears...
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    Seahawks face Colts, Eagles travel to Falcons on FOX in Week One

    USA TODAY Sports Whether Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers or makes his way to the Broncos, he’ll be playing at 4:25 p.m. on FOX in Week One. But there will be at least one familiar quarterback in a new place in the network’s early slate to open the season. The Seahawks will travel to...
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    49ers, Rams open as biggest Week One favorites

    Getty Images The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven...
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    Report: Multiple teams have expressed interest in Shaquem Griffin

    Getty Images Shaquem Griffin may be closer to finding a new team. According to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, multiple clubs have expressed interest in signing the free agent linebacker. Selected in the fifth round of the 2018 draft, Griffin has appeared in 46 games for Seattle over the last...
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    DK Metcalf finishes last, but runs respectable 10.37-second 100-meter dash

    Getty Images DK Metcalf won’t be quitting his day job any time soon. But he put in an impressive performance in his foray into track and field today. Metcalf ran a 10.37-second 100-meter dash today at the USATF Golden Games. That’s an outstanding time for someone who isn’t actually a...
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    Tyler Lockett sees D’Wayne Eskridge as perfect fit for Seahawks offense

    Getty Images The Seahawks had a formidable one-two punch at wide receiver in 2020. D.K. Metcalf set a franchise record with 1,303 receiving yards, Tyler Lockett set a franchise record with 100 catches, and both players caught 10 touchdown passes from Russell Wilson. Having those two players on...
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    D.K. Metcalf brings to mind the old NFL’s Fastest Man competitions

    Getty Images Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf will run the 100-meter dash on Sunday at the USATF Golden Games and Distance Open, a track meet that can earn qualification for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Seeing an NFL player running a timed race in the offseason is unusual, but it didn’t used to...
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    Seahawks sign tight end Nick Guggemos

    Getty Images Seahawks General Manager John Schneider’s alma mater is the University of St. Thomas, a Division III school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Schneider signed a player from the school on Thursday. The Seahawks announced the signing of tight end Nick Guggemos, a former receiver and track and...
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    Seahawks claim Saivion Smith off of waivers

    Getty Images Cornerback Saivion Smith‘s time with the Cowboys came to an end on Wednesday, but he didn’t have a long wait to find a new team. The Seahawks claimed Smith off of waivers on Thursday. Smith split his time in college between LSU and Alabama before going undrafted in 2019. Stints...
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    Seahawks claim Nate Evans off waivers

    Getty Images The Seahawks have claimed linebacker Nate Evans off waivers. Jacksonville cut him following the draft on Tuesday. Evans signed with the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent out of UCF last year. While he did not appear in a game, he was on the team’s practice squad throughout 2020...
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    Washington signs Linden Stephens

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team announced the signings of cornerback Linden Stephens and tight end Deon Yelder on Wednesday. Stephens, 26, played 13 games for the Seahawks last season and made three tackles. He was an undrafted free agent in 2018, singing with New Orleans. Stephens...
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    German LB Aaron Donkor allocated to Seahawks

    USA TODAY Sports The Seahawks will have linebacker Aaron Donkor with them for offseason work and training camp this year. Donkor has been allocated to the team as part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program. The German national played basketball in Germany before switching sports...
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    Free agent signings no longer count in compensatory pick formula

    Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...
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    Should the Seahawks and Packers swap their disgruntled quarterbacks?

    Getty Images The Packers have a problem, of which we’re all well aware. The Seahawks have one, too, even though it has subsided in recent weeks. Could the easiest solution for both teams involve a Ken Stabler/Dan Pastorini-style straight-up trade of starting quarterbacks? With Aaron Rodgers...
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    Browns sign Malik McDowell

    USA TODAY Sports Defensive tackle Malik McDowell is getting another chance at playing in the NFL. According to multiple reports, the Browns have signed McDowell. McDowell was a second-round pick by the Seahawks in 2017, but never appeared in a game after getting injured in an ATV accident...
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    DK Metcalf entered in 100-meter dash at USATF Golden Games meet

    USA TODAY Sports Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf chased down Budda Baker in one of the more memorable plays last season. He apparently thinks that makes him fast enough to compete against the fastest men in the world. Metcalf is entered in the 100-meter dash at Sunday’s USATF Golden Games and...
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    21 fifth-year options picked up for 2018 first-round picks

    Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...
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    Pete Carroll: Seahawks felt need to add threat in passing game with selection of D’Wayne Eskridge

    Getty Images On the surface it didn’t appear as those the Seahawks needed to use their first draft selection over the weekend on a wide receiver. Seattle gave Tyler Lockett a contract extension earlier this offseason and DK Metcalf is entering his third year with the team after a highly...
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    Seahawks are not expected to pick up Rashaad Penny’s 2022 option

    Getty Images Running back Rashaad Penny hasn’t been much of a factor for the Seahawks during his first three seasons and the team is not expected to guarantee his salary for a fifth year in Seattle. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is expected to decline their option on Penny’s...
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    Pete Carroll has talked to Richard Sherman about a return to Seattle

    Getty Images Free agent cornerback Richard Sherman may be heading back to Seattle. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters today that he has talked to Sherman “quite a few times” this offseason about the possibility of Sherman signing with the Seahawks. Sherman has said he thought he’d...
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