Around the NFC West: Cards get ready
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Brian McIntyre of Scout.com breaks down the Seahawks' defensive participation by scheme and player. Brian Russell played all but one snap on defense, by his count. And there were several plays when Seattle had only 10 defenders on the field. Oops. ...
When Need Matters
Field Gulls —
... Seattle ran its base 4-3 on 53.6% of all plays. It ran some kind of nickel on 22.7% of all plays. It ran some kind of dime on 20% of all plays. For the sake of ease, and to account for an upswing should Seattle win more next season, we'll slice that 50/25/25. ...
2008 Season Retrospective: Darryl Tapp
Field Gulls —
... Overview: Rookie Lawrence Jackson started ahead of Tapp until week 7. Tapp didn't win the job; Jackson lost it. On a depleted defensive end rotation, Tapp made up for missed time, recording 5.5 sacks in those eleven starts and ending the season as Seattle's most active end, playing nearly two-thirds of all defensive snaps. ...
2008 Season Retrospective: Brian Russell
Field Gulls —
... started 16 games in 2008. He did not appear on the injury report and missed only one snap all season. His statistics were in line with his career numbers: 72 tackles, one sack and three passes defended. It was his fourth season in six seasons starting he had three or fewer passes defended. He turned 31 on February 5, 2009. ...
2008 Season Retrospective: Craig Terrill
Field Gulls —
... Outlook: Terrill flies off the line and relentlessly attacks his gap. He can disrupt blocking schemes, change a rusher's route and collapse the pocket. He doesn't do any of the three consistently enough to warrant the 459 snaps he participated in 2008. When he doesn't get position, blockers easily engulf him. He's pushed around and knocked into his linebackers. His spin-move is more often than not aborted mid-turn, blocker locking him down, walking him like an inmate and gashing a hole in Seattle's interior defense. ...
Seattle Seahawks 2008 Season Retrospective: Jordan Babineaux
Field Gulls —
... What went wrong: Between those Big Play[s] is a lot of little plays in which Babineaux does little more than screw up big. He's a liability in coverage; Wont to fixate on the quarterback's eyes and let receivers run around him uncontested and neglected. Babineaux allows receptions and then attempts to blow up receivers, but the end product is a positive offensive play that weakens Seattle. Babineaux had 60 tackles in just 370 plays. Compare that to ...
Seattle Seahawks Injury Status: Safety
Field Gulls —
... , "I heard a pop, so it must be an MCL," and added, "Something happened with it. I didn't get any tests. I just put a brace on and went back out there." Grant was listed as "probable" "knee" before week 7, played and nothing more was said about it. He played in 99.1% of Seattle's defensive snaps. It was his eight consecutive season starting all 16 games. ...
