Three Days of the Seahawk

There's this old movie called Three Days of the Condor, where Robert Redford plays a CIA worker that finds finds all his co-workers dead. His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

So I thought, "Hmmm, Bloof, how in John Clayton's bunions can you make a catchy title for a review of the first three days of Seahawks news? I've got it - I'll call it "Three Days of the Seahawk"! I know it's a stretch, but it's got a bird in the title, three days, and Robert Redford gets to open-mouth lip-wrestle Faye Dunaway on the cover, which is vaguely reminiscent of the treatment Alba gives to anyone who compliments him.

Wait. This gets dumber. I stared writing this yesterday. This should be titled "Four days of the Seahawk", retreading the events since camp opened, say, four days ago.

Wow, this is lame. Let's cut to Seahawks stuff already:

Letters from camp: Lots of stuff happening. Kelly Jennings signed, albeit late, but before the pads went on. Ken Hamlin started banging, but the true test of his rehabilitation will be in scrimmage on Saturday. Ruskell and Holmgren started out in a good mood, providing great leadership and effectiveness. But today, Lofa Tatupu is pissing off Mike Holmgren.

Great interviews and articles regarding Matt Hasselbeck, Michael Boulware, Pork Chop, and Julian Peterson. Darry Tapp picks up the mantle of rookie Seahawks Diary Writer.

Events around Cyberspace: A well meaning commenter wears people thin on Sando's blog, and even draws counsel from "The Mike". Folks are bringing their own observations from Cheney on SeahawkBlue. On Seahawks Insider, right now you can catch an argument about the validity of FootballOutsiders.com. Also one notorious troll continues to be an obnoxios cretin.

That's all for now. GO SEAHAWKS!!!


Late Entries: Look out, Spencer's comfortable. Tim Ruskell released a TE, signed another, and had him catching passes - all in the same day. The defense frustrated the offense, but Seneca ran for a TD. Lofa tears it up.

Later Entry: No wonder the defense had the upper hand - they started tackling today for the first time. Peter Warrick's goal is to make it to the Pro Bowl as a punt returner, and here's a shock - Bob Casuullo wants to cut down on the special teams penalties.

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Tuesdays with Morons

For those new to the site, this is a weekly feature where we grab a picture or pictures from the news and provide our own caption in the comments section.

Click on the picture to see a larger version of this image from St. Louis Rams training camp, and then click the green number to the right of the title above to add your caption!

Seahawks Mosaics

Or maybe it should be called "Seahawks Mosaii"?

Either way, were is something I made with a little help from the 12th man.

Click on the desired picture to download the full freaking mosaic. It's huge, but fun to look at all the little details.

Tip: Try printing them in color on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. It's suitable for framing!

Enjoy.

12th man flag (1.9 mb)

Shaun Alexander (1.91 mb)

Jacob Green (1.86 mb)

Matt Hasselbeck (1.89 mb)

The thing they put on their head (1.9 mb)

Walter Jones (1.86 mb)

Cortez Kennedy (1.9 mb, but he seems much bigger)

Steve Largent (1.89 mb)

Jim Zorn (1.84 mb)


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The Hour Has Come...

And as he sat upon the camp in Cheney, the 12th man came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of the Lombardi trophy, and of the end of the championship drought?

This Seahawks dude answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

For many shall troll in the forums, saying, The Seahawks suck; and shall deceive many.

And ye shall hear of division rivals and rumors of rivals: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the championship is not yet.

For rival shall rise against rival, and conference against conference: and there shall be injuries, and bad calls, and East coast bias, in power rankings.

All these are the beginning of challenges.

Then shall they deliver you up to be disrespected, and shall mock you: and ye shall be hated of all rivals for Shaun Alexander's sake.

And then shall many be offended, and shall behave like trolls to one another, and shall lay smack to one another.

And many false power rankings shall rise, and shall deceive many.

And because bandwagoners shall abound, the love of many shall wane erratically.

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall see you in Miami.

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Adopt-A-Seahawk!

As our boys pack up their belongings and say good-bye to their families on the way to Cheney, it's time for the Seahawk faithful to step up and provide some love and support, especially to the young ones! I'm not talking about bunking with them, or bringing over a nice covered dish - - - I'm talking about the 12 Seahawks Street Adopt-A-Seahawk program!

Last season, we all learned a lot about a few of the emerging stars on the Seahawks roster, like Michael Boulware and Kelly Herndon, thanks to the Adopt-A-Seahawk sub-blogs. We won't mention the one annointing the next starting middle linebacker for the Seahawks! (HINT: it wasn't Lofa Tatupu!)

The idea is to adopt a Seahawk player, either a rookie, free agent pickup, or perrennial backup vying for a starters role, and follow their progress through Training Camp, the Pre-Season and throughout the 2006 campaign.

Basically, you'll create your own sub-blog with the look-and-feel of the 12SS main site, and have total editorial control over the content for that site. Bluefoot and the other 12SS site administrators will be available for any technical assistance you may require, but it's really not that difficult a task - why even a Monkey can do it!

Here's a suggested list of adoptees.

ROOKIES

Kelly Jennings (CB) *** Adopted by: O-MEEZY

Darryl Tapp (DE)

Rob Sims (OG)

David Kirtman (FB)

Ryan Plackemeier (P) *** Adopted by: ALAN

Ben Obomanu (WR)

FREE AGENTS

Julian Peterson (LB) *** Adopted by: MIKE

Tom Ashworth (OG)

Nate Burleson (WR) *** Adopted by: HAWKGAL

Russel Davis (DT)

Mike Green (DB)

EMERGING STARS / FRINGE PLAYERS

Jordan Babineaux (DB)

Chuck Darby (DT)

Skyler Fulton (WR)

Jeb Huckaba (DE)

J.P. Darche (LS) *** Adopted by: PITCHIN FROM PDX


To Adopt a player on this list, or anyone else on the Seahawks roster, just leave a comment on this topic and we'll get you started. All we ask is that you periodically update the content on your site, and enlighten the Seahawk faithful about player we might otherwise not get to read about.



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