49ers Power Rankings: The 10 most important players for 2009
Niners Nation — Last week I stumbled across an interesting article completely unrelated to the 49ers.  A writer for the Seattle Times put together a ranking of the 15 most important Seahawks for the 2009 season.  Matt Hasselbeck topped the list, followed by Patrick Kerney, Walter Jones and TJ Houshmandzadeh.  I can see how those four might be your most important guys. After reading the article, I thought, why not come up with our own list.  I decided to go with just 10 guys because there will be plenty of ...

2008 Season Retrospective: Patrick Kerney
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2008 Season Retrospective: Baraka Atkins
Field Gulls — ... What went right: Atkins didn't play until Patrick Kerney was lost to injury, but he stepped in and immediately stepped up. In his first game against Philadelphia, Atkins held against the run, shed a tight end, tackled ...

NFC West Roundtable: Defensive End
Field Gulls — ... Seattle has numbers and talent at defensive end, but it also has injury concerns and questions marks. Patrick Kerney is the name. He rewarded Seattle with 14.5 sacks in the first year of his six-year, $39.5 million dollar contract. He spent most of the second year on IR. Before his shoulder popped, he was in the midst of another productive season. He had five sacks and two forced fumbles in seven games. Age 32 is a bit of a brick wall for defensive ends. 29 defensive ends, including Kerney at 50, are in the top 50 for career sacks. Those ends averaged 10 ...

NFC West Position-by-Position: Defensive Ends
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... Seattle has numbers and talent at defensive end, but it also has injury concerns and questions marks. Patrick Kerney is the name. He rewarded Seattle with 14.5 sacks in the first year of his six-year, $39.5 million dollar contract. He spent most of the second year on IR. Before his shoulder popped, he was in the midst of another productive season. He had five sacks and two forced fumbles in seven games. Age 32 is a bit of a brick wall for defensive ends. 29 defensive ends, including Kerney at 50, are in the top 50 for career sacks. Those ends averaged 10 ...

NFC West Position-by-Position: Defensive Ends
Fanster.com — ... Seattle has numbers and talent at defensive end, but it also has injury concerns and questions marks. Patrick Kerney is the name. He rewarded Seattle with 14.5 sacks in the first year of his six-year, $39.5 million dollar contract. He spent most of the second year on IR. Before his shoulder popped, he was in the midst of another productive season. He had five sacks and two forced fumbles in seven games. Age 32 is a bit of a brick wall for defensive ends. 29 defensive ends, including Kerney at 50, are in the top 50 for career sacks. Those ends averaged 10 ...

Seattle Seahawks Injury Status: Defensive End
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NightLink: Jamie Dukes Gets It Wrong... Really Wrong
Windy City Gridiron — ... will have a monster season, Jim Mora has taken the helm and the defense should be improved. DE Patrick Kerney is at a pivotal point in his career and needs to step up and produce. WR ...

The Greatest Falcons DL of All Time
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Pos Number Player Career Sacks DE 97 Patrick Kerney 58 DT 98 Travis ...

Seattle Seahawks Release Guard Mike Wahle; Put Marcus Trufant on PUP List
Field Gulls — ... News this offseason seemed promoising. Wahle had not re-torn his labrum like many feared. Initially his surgery was considered less serious than the surgery performed on Patrick Kerney. Wahle's surgery wasn't as serious, but his healthy problems were. Ruskell stated yesterday his recovery was "problematic" and today Wahle was released, likely ending his NFL career. ...

Community Scout: Nic St. Marie, Aug 3rd, 2009
Field Gulls — ... I could not tell you much about the run game, the backs would run with the ball, but in a practice like that no one knew if he should have been tackled after one yard, or whether he would have broken it. Each back would carry the ball at least 5 yards, and often 7 or 8, but with defenders slapping hands on them and letting them pass. The same goes for the offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers. However, I will say that I was surprised to notice that Patrick Kerney was not limited in anything. He was hitting, getting a push, playing in every drill. ...

Proving Grounds: A Look at the Rams Preseason Opener
Turf Show Times — ... I'd think a good night from Barron would just be blocking effectively and most importantly not having any false start penalties, but playing well against the Jets would be a good first step to easing the minds of the entire Rams fan base. The real test is going to in the first week of the season, because he will be going up against Patrick Kerney. At this point, a bad start to the season for Barron would mean nothing less than seeing what the 2010 Draft has to offer in regards to Offensive Tackles. Russell Okung, anyone? ...

Seattle Seahawks Starters and Reserves for Saturday's Game Against San Diego
Field Gulls — ... Other coaches might play them more. One-series Starters Matt Hasselbeck: Seattle wants Hasselbeck to orchestrate the offense in a game situation and then retire to Dick Cheney's private bomb shelter. Chris Spencer: Seattle needs Spencer to get game experience in its new system, but however minor his ankle injury, expect him to be protected. Deion Branch: Too valuable and too injury prone to risk too many snaps. Patrick Kerney: Seattle might not start him at all, but I think it will risk ...

Statistically, Redskins Are Not Likely to Improve From Last Year
Hogs Haven — ... expect with the addition of Haynesworth and Orakpo...since QBs will be forced to throw the ball quicker? (Orakpo has been very impressive in camp, drawing heavy praise from Chris Samuels and London Fletcher). Yeah; again, plenty of guys get praised in camp, but that doesn't mean bupkus once you get on the field. I like Orakpo as a player, personally, but pass rushers rarely -- really rarely -- make an impact as a rookie. Think about Mario Williams, Patrick Kerney, Michael Strahan -- elite 4-3 pass rushers off the ...

Brandon Mebane Sacks San Diego's Offensive Line
Field Gulls — ... is an overview. Through the week I'll do more focused pieces on specific players, formations, routes, coverage schemes and blitzes. San Diego sets WR (left), 2 TE (right), I formation. The outside TE motions left before the snap. Seattle sets in a base 4-3. Ken Lucas gives Vincent Jackson a five yard cushion. Brandon Mebane explodes off the snap. He's a head length and more in front of Colin Cole, Cory Redding and Patrick Kerney. His quickness and power to the inside draws the ...

The First Wrinkle of the Seahawks West Coast Defense
Field Gulls — ... mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Bold statements demand bold action. San Diego sets 2 WR (left), 2 WR (right), RB, shotgun. Seattle starts in a 4-2 nickel. Seattle's front four is Patrick Kerney, Brandon Mebane, Cory Redding and Darryl Tapp ...

10 Observations from the San Diego Charger's Second Offensive Drive
Field Gulls — ... all plays broken out by formation will be tabulated by the end of the week. More time means I will be able to break out more tables this season. 7. Leroy Hill, though beat, showed some of the best cover skills I can remember from him, when he shielded and at least partially forced an incomplete pass to Gates. He was close and his timing was sound. It would be nice if he could tip the pass. 6. That play, Seattle sent Hill one-on-one deep. Patrolling the shallow middle was Patrick Kerney and Brian Russell. 5. Seattle best ...

Seattle Seahawks Defense Walked Down the Field by the Denver Broncos I
Field Gulls — ... offensive drive, it was often ugly. What follows is observations on the first third of Denver's opening 12-play scoring drive. It's not a drive that fans will hold up as proof that Seattle's new defensive coordinators have finally unlocked this team's potential. We know when players aren't executing, but what if the scheme itself isn't working? It looks like this. 4. Brandon Mebane shoots off the snap and clusters and disrupts the Broncos interior line. Patrick Kerney gets under Ryan Clady and bulls him back and towards ...

Craig Terrill Chases a Ghost
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Kyle Orton: Shot Putter
Field Gulls — ... drops into a short zone. Patrick Kerney attacks the edge, cuts in and then out again closing on Orton but ultimately washed out by Clady. ...

Seattle Seahawks Road Back to the Super Bowl
Field Gulls — ... It has three starters on defensive line that should be average to above average to elite at run defense for their position. I don't expect Patrick Kerney to be a big player on run defense. Its starting three linebackers could each be top-ten run defenders by season's end. There's no weakness there, and with ...

Kansas City Chiefs v. Seattle Seahawks Preaseason Game Three Preview
Arrowhead Pride — ... the offensive front. He is joined by T Sean Locklear (D3-04), C Chris Spencer (D1-05), as well as Gs Rob Sims (D4-06) and Mansfield Wrotto (D4-07). WR Nate Burleson has 200 career receptions for 2,735 with 24 TDs. Former Bengals WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, ex-Patriots WR Deion Branch and second-year TE John Carlson (D2-08) round out the receiving corps. Defense Two-time Pro Bowl DE Patrick Kerney and DT Brandon Mebane (D3-07) anchor the defensive front, ...

Seattle Seahawks Dominate First Defensive Series with Execution Away from the Ball
Field Gulls — ... That's when Thigpen tucks. Patrick Kerney has positioned himself to contain, but looks away when Goff charges at him from the left. Kerney loses contain and must track Thigpen down in the right flat. ...

Projecting the Seattle Seahawks 53-Man Roster
Field Gulls — ... Deion Branch Nate Burleson Deon Butler Courtney Taylor Ben Obomanu Tight End John Carlson John Owens Joe Newton Offensive Line Sean Locklear Rob Sims Chris Spencer Max Unger Mansfield Wrotto Ray Willis Steve Vallos Kyle Williams Defensive Line Patrick Kerney Colin Cole Brandon Mebane ...

Failures Disguised as Victories and Other Acts of Kelly Jennings and Brian Russell
Field Gulls — ... tell me he succeeds because we don't see him. Funny, I see him blow cover all the time. 3-7-SEA 10 (13:50) 4-T.Thigpen pass incomplete short right to 82-D.Bowe (21-K.Jennings). KC: 2 WR (left), WR (right), TE (left), RB Sea: 4-3 Over Seattle debuts their pass rush line. From defensive left to right: Darryl Tapp, Cory Redding, Brandon Mebane and Patrick Kerney. The linebackers and secondary are in cover-2 man. Ken ...

Winners, Losers and Projecting Seattle's 53 Man Roster
Field Gulls — ... John Owens Joe Newton Offensive Line Sean Locklear Rob Sims Steve Vallos Max Unger Ray Willis Chris Spencer Kyle Williams Walter Jones Mansfield Wrotto Defensive Tackle Brandon Mebane Colin Cole Red Bryant Craig Terrill Michael Bennett Defensive End Patrick Kerney Cory Redding Lawrence Jackson Darryl ...

Seattle Seahawks Sack Oakland Raiders 31-21 to Sweep Preseason
Field Gulls — ... John Owens Joe Newton Offensive Line Sean Locklear Rob Sims Steve Vallos Max Unger Ray Willis Chris Spencer Kyle Williams Walter Jones Mansfield Wrotto Defensive Tackle Brandon Mebane Colin Cole Red Bryant Craig Terrill Michael Bennett Defensive End Patrick Kerney Cory Redding Lawrence Jackson Darryl ...

Seahawks Face the Bad Part of a Good Problem (Part One: Roster Cuts)
Field Gulls — ... mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Seattle has too many talented defensive linemen. The most layered, deep and dynamic tackle and end rotation still could not offer enough snaps for the starters: Patrick Kerney, ...

Seattle Seahawks Announce 53 Man Roster, Marcus Trufant to PUP List
Field Gulls — ... Defensive ends Defensive tackles Cornerbacks Patrick Kerney Cory Redding Brandon Mebane ...

Tim Ruskell Designed the Seattle Seahawks Defense. Now It Will Decide Tim Ruskell's Future.
Field Gulls — ... Curry is a starter. Seattle is young at starter and in its depth. It's easy for a bad team to be young, and until the Seahawks shake off the stink of 4-12, that is what we must call them: a bad team. But a bad team can be young but clinging to its veterans for what life it has, or a bad team can be young and building a core of young talent for the future. The Seahawks defense falls into that latter, more hopeful category. Among major contributors this season, only Patrick Kerney is old: 32. Lucas, ...

Seattle Seahawks Injury Status Heading into the Regular Season
Field Gulls — ... Patrick Kerney: Kerney had reconstructive surgery in his shoulder and then surgery to remove bone chips in April. The ...

Marc Bulger takes snaps and Jason Smith starts (probably)
Turf Show Times — ... have a woeful secondary, especially since they'll be without CB Marcus Trufant. You can be sure that Pat Shurmur and the game planners at Rams Park are walking through plans to exploit that unit. They do, however, have a pretty good pass rush, led by Patrick Kerney, and we'll need air tight pass blocking to keep Bugler upright and picking apart the secondary. ...

West Coast Defense: Gus Bradley and Dan Quinn Tap into Seattle's Talent and Versatility
Field Gulls — ... Joining Redding and Mebane on the line is Patrick Kerney. Kerney is playing left defensive end. Mebane and Redding want to create sufficient pressure to isolate Kerney on ...

Running the numbers for the Rams at Seattle
Turf Show Times — ... The actual DVOA numbers aren't as far apart as the rankings make them seem. Seattle has a very suspect secondary, and I think their defensive line gets too much credit with Patrick Kerney as their only real standout. ...

Chapter 2, Game 1 - @ Seattle Seahawks (Sept. 13th)
Turf Show Times — ...   We should find consistent strength in this unit on Sunday.  We're healthy and matched up against a D-line that really doesn't offer much of a threat outside of DE Patrick Kerney (who, BTW, should be the model for our high energy DE, ...

Rams at Seattle: Barron vs Patrick Kerney
Turf Show Times — ... Louis Rams take on the Seahawks in their week one tilt. We have recent history, four preseason games and a month-plus worth of practice shaping our image of what the Rams look like and what they need to do to beat Seattle and have a good season.  Yesterday, 3k broke down the unit matchups for week 1, and today, I'm going to take a look at some of the more interesting individual matchups for this game. LT Alex Barron vs. DE Patrick Kerney For all the talk about rookie Jason Smith ...

The Ten Seasons of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks
Field Gulls — ... could end that in a flash. He misses most of the season. Seneca Wallace regresses. The line is further thinned by injuries and caves. The running game exhibits its star power. One or more wide receivers is injured. The special teams is miserable. The pass rush is insufficient and the secondary collapses. Colin Cole is pushed around and opponents begin breaking long runs. Tackles are a mirage. Brandon Mebane doesn't develop. Curry plays like a rookie. Patrick Kerney plays like a 32 year old. The Broncos make ...

Getting to know the Seahawks part 2
Turf Show Times — ... TST: Last year's injury to Patrick Kerney aside, the defense didn't seem to respond well to the situation on the other side of the ball. Will that be different this year? ...

Overreaction Monday: Week 1 @ Seattle
Turf Show Times — ...  - Why wouldn't you game plan for the crowd?  With a setting notorious for creating offensive line mistakes (of which we saw five yesterday by five different players), why didn't we address this more completely in the lead-up to the game?  There were back to back plays when Patrick Kerney got absolutely perfect jumps on the snap.  If he can time his explosion into a play without knowing when we're snapping the ball, our players should be just as good. ...

Seahawks Defense Doesn't Bend, Can't Break
Field Gulls — ... no less, underscores how well the defense played. Playing ahead for most of the game, and forcing ten third and long (often very long) plays by St. Louis, Seattle's defense did not benefit from a turnover. Yet it still limited the Rams to 244 net yards in 10 drives*. It did it like this. Seattle matched a 4-3 under against the Rams two wide "I". Curry was the under linebacker, and Seattle used him as an extra linemen. He attacked Alex Barron, matching Patrick Kerney on left guard Jacob Bell, Brandon Mebane on center ...

One Ball Carrier; A Tsunami to Crush Him
Field Gulls — ... Seattle was halfway between a 4-3 and a 3-4 over. Patrick Kerney was on the line but standing. It didn't help Seattle, because standing made Kerney an easy block for McMichael. Avery kicked out and blocked ...

The First Blitz of the Season
Field Gulls — ... How it worked: Patrick Kerney fakes outside rush and then drops into a zone. Colin Cole and Craig Terrill move forward and then hard right. Cory Redding edge rushes Jason Smith. Aaron Curry and Josh Wilson man-cover the left and right wide receiver, respectively. Ken Lucas, Jordan Babineaux and Deon Grant drop into cover 3. Redding gets around Smith, but is dropped by Smith just as ...

The Cutback That Hurt Leroy Hill
Field Gulls — ... Hill was in perfect position, planted to tackle and fell right swinging off Jackson's hip. He stood up, left hand holding his pelvis/upper left thigh and hobbled after the back. Hill checked out of the game on the next play. Aaron Curry is charged with offsides. Seattle blankets the Rams receivers and Bulger panic throws it away. Cory Redding creates some minute pressure. I hate when quarterbacks do this. Bulger fumbles the snap and Patrick Kerney edge rushes him into a desperate toss at a downed Steven ...

St. Louis Rams Lead a Long Drive to Nowhere
Field Gulls — ... Patrick Kerney, as quiet as I can ever remember him, almost tackled Steve Jackson from behind. He almost behind the line and tackled Jackson, but didn't. ...

49ers-Seahawks: The World According to Madden
Niners Nation — ... makes his first tackle of the game in the third quarter, followed by a Patrick Kerney sack on Shaun Hill as the 49ers set-up 3rd and 14 on their own 15 yard line. The team converts the third down with a pretty pass between two defenders to WR Jason Hill to end the quater. ...

The Late Emergence of Julius Jones
Field Gulls — ... We don't know if the Rams have a good offensive line, but the team has invested huge resources into it. Guard Jacob Bell and center Jason Brown were signed to big money free agent contracts. Bell's contract is similar to Leroy Hill's, but without the opt-out clause. Brown is worth potentially $1.5 million more over one fewer season. Alex Barron and Jason Smith were both top twenty overall picks. Though Barron has become a bit of a joke, he shut down Patrick Kerney. Most of Seattle's pressure came from the interior. ...

Seattle Seahawks 0 San Francisco 49ers 3
Field Gulls — ... is already flirting with breakout runs. He has 21 yards on four rushes between the tackles. Patrick Kerney put an end to the drive with a sack on ...

Aaron Curry Requests an Apology
Field Gulls — ... Curry cuts down Staley and Hawthorne tackles Norris after a minimal gain. The rest of the drive can be summed up in a few lines. Second play: Red Bryant stuffs the line and Curry wraps around left end to finish a staggering Frank Gore. Seattle puts in its double over tackle package and Bryant's presence allows Cole to isolate left guard David Baas. Cole bullies Baas into the pocket and tips Shaun Hill's pass. Patrick Kerney reads the shovel pass and tackles Frank Gore before the play can ...

QuickHit: Personnel Match Ups @ Seattle
Windy City Gridiron — ... , in his 14th season, will face off against Patrick Kerney, in his 12th season.  This should be a good match up as well, with Kerney (6'7", 275) having long, strong arms battling Pace's enormous size (6'5", 325). ...

Colin Cole Allows a Hole Emmitt Smith Would Envy
Field Gulls — ... bears the most blame, but he wasn't embarrassed the way Patrick Kerney was. Poor, poor Patrick Kerney. It's early but, Kerney might have stepped over that cliff this season. Plays in which he's looked flat bad are beginning to outnumber plays he's looked good. ...

Flushed out of the Pocket, Seneca Wallace Sidearms Interception to Lance Briggs
Field Gulls — ... . Briggs made a diving interception, but Seattle got stout and forced a field goal. Patrick Kerney sacks and forces a fumble. ...

Seattle Seahawks Contain the Stretch Right
Field Gulls — ... plays and at the end of the day provide a notes piece. On Friday I will combine Seahawks analysis with analysis of their opponent to create a fan's game plan for winning. The first play is a run stuff in the first drive of the first quarter. Indianapolis led the NFL in single back sets. It ran 62%* of the time when it aligned with two tight ends and a single back, third in the NFL. The Colts run stretch plays and this play was a stretch right by the Bears. Patrick Kerney is controlling the left "C" and "B" gaps. Colin ...

Seattle Seahawks First Quarter Notes: Linebackers and Linemen
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Rob Sims Out with an Ankle Injury and Lesser News
Field Gulls — ... Patrick Kerney likely being out next week would not usually classify as lesser news, but Kerney is at the tail-end of his career and the team benefits from the excuse to start ...

Dear Patrick Kerney, an End Is Not a Set of Legs
Field Gulls — ... substituted for Patrick Kerney. I didn't initially notice it was Reed, but caught on in time to scribble this note "Reed looks slow as shit." He was attempting backside pursuit. Kerney is faster than his young disciple. That doesn't bode well for Reed, but it's also not a backhanded compliment of Kerney. Kerney still has some quicks. His point about regaining his burst off the edge to regain his pass rush prowess is instructive. Kerney can still jump around an offensive tackle, it's everything else that is starting to worry me. ...

Dolphins 38, Bills 10: Week 4 Film Session
Buffalo Rumblings — ... ? I don't really have words.  It was Week 1 of 2008 when Chambers was playing well against Patrick Kerney in a win over Seattle.  I'm fairly certain that my 5'11", 185-pound frame and 7.4-second 40 could have beaten Chambers on Sunday.  He was beyond awful. ...

Patrick Kerney's Two Seconds to Factor
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Jacksonville Jaguars at Seattle Seahawks Open Thread
Field Gulls — ... Patrick Kerney is inactive: Seattle shouldn't be better without Kerney, but they might be. They certainly would be better without his contract. ...

Hawthorne is a Hero
Field Gulls — ... is playing nose. Patrick Kerney is playing weakside defensive end. This is a vision. John Marshall would stack his line strong to weak: ...

Sam Hurd Streaks for Six
Field Gulls — ... This plays fails for obvious reasons. Seattle is down one rushing the quarterback. Patrick Kerney is struggling to get there. Mebane is doing his part. ...

Video Preview - Detroit Lions vs Seattle Seahawks
Field Gulls — Instead of video previewing the lions and wasting everyones time - I found a bunch of videos that reminded me of certain Seahawks players.... Seneca Wallace  Patrick Kerney   Owen Schmitt   Deion Branch (NSFW and warning if you're squeamish)  ...

David Hawthorne: Pretty Boy-seeking Missile
Field Gulls — ... the first. He was the up back. Seattle overloads the right and Curry comes free around right end forcing Tony Romo up into the pocket. Seattle struggled with getting edge rush but failing to establish interior pressure, but this time Red Bryant plows through the right guard and forces and incomplete pass. Babineaux can be seen covering Jason Witten streaking up the right hash mark. However Seattle did it, the Seahawks shut down Witten. Well, mostly. Patrick Kerney was taken down and that tripped Bryant and eliminated much ...

Patrick Kerney Subtly Swings into Irrelevance
Field Gulls — ... You'll have to excuse me if that's too subtle, for I am a humble caveman confused and frightened by your modern world. It's a perfectly cromulent blitz design and swinging Patrick Kerney across the line should give him a strong matchup against the left guard, but Kerney is far too slow to get into the action before Romo finds an open receiver. This will rile some feathers, but do not be surprised if Seattle drafts a defensive end in the first round of next year's draft. ...

David Hawthorne is Playing Big But Can He Play Correct?
Field Gulls — ... cleaned up after 19. Hawthorne didn't stand out on the next play, but he was all to apparent on the interception. Seattle got excellent pressure from its front three, and thankfully for us, Patrick Kerney shielded Stafford's vision before Stafford chucked an interception to ...

Brandon Mebane in the First Quarter and the Optimal Defensive Line, Pt. 1
Field Gulls — ... is a good speed rusher, but aside Cole, he isn't getting the one-on-one matchups he thrives against. Patrick Kerney still has burst around the edge, but his spate of injuries have sapped his upper body strength and he is as much a situational pass rusher now as ...

Brandon Mebane in the First Quarter and the Optimal Defensive Line, Pt. 2
Field Gulls — ... Seattle could add interior line talent through the draft. A player like Tyson Aluala is a natural complement to Mebane. It doesn't need to though. I think Redding wants to stay and if Seattle can pony the bucks, he will. He shouldn't be outrageously expensive. Concerns about health have passed. He has appeared once on the injury report and not for a knee or groin, but a shoulder. Seattle can not continue to sink over $20 million into Walter Jones, Matt Hasselbeck and Patrick Kerney. The Seahawks could retain their best talent and be ...

Meet Tyson Alualu
Field Gulls — ... . He has played mostly end at Cal, but is built like a three-tech tackle. He has a great frame and overall build. My writing that may surprise some. Alualu is not hulking like Taylor Mays or cut like Patrick Kerney, but instead has broad shoulders, wide hips and smooth musculature. It's a frame that could add weight with ease and will add muscle with age. ...

Dolphins at Panthers Game Thread
Field Gulls — ... font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} I was hoping Ronnie Brown would play. Brown is the most intriguing potential free agent running back in this year's always-thin free agent running back class. But Brown is injured again and, as such, might not be worth the money anyway. I guess we could instead look at Julius Peppers and dream of Seattle clearing out Patrick Kerney, Matt Hasselbeck and Walter Jones' contract ...

Replacing Colin Cole
Field Gulls — ... and Patrick Kerney. Tapp and Kerney had four sacks through six games with Darby starting at left defensive tackle. It had 17.5 in the remaining 10. Mebane became better his sophomore season. He freed sacks and led the team in sacks. Bane would pop at the snap and make a double team look foolish. ...

The Future of Matt Hasselbeck is the Future of the Seattle Seahawks, Pt. 1
Field Gulls — ... and does not have at quarterback. It sticks with Hasselbeck and attempts to build itself around what he can do. It improves the line and run game to keep Hasselbeck healthy and keep Hasselbeck viable when he is inevitably injured. Tim Ruskell continues to build the defense towards elite. The plan might be enacted thus: Rework and extend Hasselbeck's contract in the offseason. This will free immediate cap dollars and preempt a quarterback controversy. Cut Patrick Kerney and Walter Jones. Be players in free agency ...

Seattle Seahawks Grind Out 27-17 Victory over St. Louis Rams
Field Gulls — ... can knife into the pocket, but most pro quarterbacks have the agility to evade him after the initial pressure. Seattle's ends, excluding Patrick Kerney, are talented, young and cheap, but do not create sufficient pressure on their own. The defense lacks an elite pass rusher and should add one through the draft. ...

The Future of Matt Hasselbeck is the Future of the Seattle Seahawks, Pt. 2
Field Gulls — ... Seattle will face a difficult free agency before it reaches the draft. Retaining Hasselbeck means a major chunk of its salary cap is invested into a player very unlikely to contribute to its future. It could cut Patrick Kerney and ...