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Getty Images The Seahawks defense won’t have to contend with Panthers tight end Greg Olsen this Sunday. Olsen has been ruled out for the second straight week with a concussion. Olsen was knocked out of Carolina’s Week 13 game against Washington on a hit by linebacker Ryan Anderson. Anderson...

Getty Images The Seahawks weren’t the least bit shy about heaping expectations upon rookie wide receiver DK Metcalf this offseason. Russell Wilson was already calling Metcalf “really, really special” in June. Pete Carroll was calling Metcalf “a big threat” during the preseason. So far...

Getty Images The NFL has announced this year’s nominees for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award given each year to a player based on their philanthropic and community work. There’s one nominee per team, each of whom will receive a donation of up to $50,000 to a charity of their choice. The...

Getty Images The United States Department of Justice has charged 10 former NFL players with defrauding a health care program for retired players. Former Washington and Denver running back Clinton Portis is among those who have been charged. He is joined by Carlos Rogers, Robert McCune, John...

Getty Images Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll announced last Friday that cornerback Neiko Thorpe‘s season was over due to a sports hernia injury that required surgery and the team formally took him off the roster on Wednesday. Thorpe has been placed on injured reserve. Cornerback Ryan Neal has...

Getty Images This season’s playoffs could see a 7-9 NFC East champion playing host to a 13-3 NFC West runner-up, and some people think that’s unfair. Roger Goodell is not one of those people. The Commissioner said at the league meeting today that there has been talk in the past about changing...

Getty Images Receiver Josh Gordon arrived via waivers in Seattle amid significant fanfare and high hopes. Through four games, however, he has only six catches for 81 yards and no touchdowns. “Josh has had huge games in the past,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Wednesday. “He...

Getty Images The Seahawks were missing two big names at practice Wednesday. Left tackle Duane Brown (knee/biceps) and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (core/illness) sat out. Backup quarterback Geno Smith also missed Wednesday’s work for personal reasons. Tight end Luke Willson (hamstring)...

Getty Images Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon has only been with in Seattle a little over a month but he can already see it as a place he’d like to make home beyond this season. “Oh yeah, absolutely. Seattle is amazing,” Gordon said on Wednesday. “Football aside, I’d definitely love to live...

Getty Images Quandre Diggs is making plays, and his Lions teammates are excited about it, even though they’re technically former teammates. Since the veteran safety was traded to the Seahawks, he’s been thriving, with three interceptions in four games for one of the top teams in the league...

Getty Images Thirteen rounds into a 16-round fight, it looks to be over. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has become the overwhelming favorite to win the NFL MVP award. At Caesar’s, Jackson’s odds currently stand at -900, which means that a $900 bet would win only $100. FanDuel has Jackson’s...

Getty Images The loss of running back Rashaad Penny for the rest of the season prompted the Seattle Seahawks to bring in a trio of running backs for workouts on Tuesday. According to Howard Balzer, the Seahawks brought Xavier Turner, Matthew Dayes and Nick Brossette in for tryouts. Turner...

Getty Images There was no change to the six teams in playoff position in the NFC during Week 14, but there was a change to the way they stack up. The 49ers are back in the top seed by virtue of beating the Saints while the Seahawks stumbled to a loss in Los Angeles. The Packers beat...

Getty Images Three teams have booked passage to the playoffs and five more can join them before Week 15 comes to an end. Two of those teams play in the AFC East. Per the NFL, both the Patriots and Bills will wrap up playoff spots if they win this weekend. The Patriots will be in Cincinnati and...

Getty Images Great news for the Panthers, who lost their fifth straight game yesterday and are still figuring out the mechanics of firing a coach in midseason. They have the Seahawks’ full attention. Via Brady Henderson of ESPN.com, Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin said they were on their...

Getty Images The 49ers took control of the race for the NFC West last night — and by virtue the top seed in the NFC playoffs — but something else happened as well. George Kittle became a cult hero. The 49ers tight end made the play of the day, fending off a facemask and attempt to tackle by...

Getty Images As the 49ers, Seahawks, and Saints jostle for the top seed in the NFC and postseason home-field advantage in the playoffs, maybe they should be careful what they wish for. With Sunday’s 48-46 I-thought-the-AFL-folded matchup between San Francisco and New Orleans, the opening round...

Getty Images The Seahawks will have to manage defensive end Jadeveon Clowney the rest of the season to get him to game day and through game day. Clowney played 41 of 70 snaps in Sunday’s loss to the Rams and made two tackles. He came out of it worse for wear. “He’s hurting,” Seahawks coach...

Getty Images An MRI confirmed running back Rashaad Penny tore an anterior cruciate ligament in Sunday’s loss to the Rams, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Penny also has additional damage to his knee, Rapoport adds. The Seahawks will place Penny on injured reserve. Penny left the game after a...

Getty Images The NFL has shown, time and again, a resistance to making proactive changes. Instead, most big adjustments come as a reaction to a crisis, like the outcome of the Rams-Saints NFC Championship game. And so it’s no surprise that the NFL will continue to resist sound arguments for...