A busy first day of mandatory minicamp for the Seattle Seahawks at their Renton, Wash. training facilities. First, Danny O’Neil reported for the Seattle Times, that veteran wide receiver Deion Branch will not participate in the three-day activities due to what is being called “a basic arthroscopic surgery on his knee.”  It’s the same knee he [...]

After much talk over the past few months, Walter Jones officially hung up his helmet for good today. Jones, a first-round selection by Seattle in 1997, spent thirteen years playing for the Seahawks in which nine of those seasons resulted in Pro Bowl appearances. Per Seahawks.com’s Clare Farnsworth, Seattle will retire Jones’ number 71 jersey, making him only the [...]

Seattle spent their final scheduled draft pick of the 2010 N.F.L. Draft on a fullback when the Seahawks selected Jameson Konza out of Kent State. He was Kent State’s starting tight end prior to an injury in the Golden Flashes’ season opener in 2008 against Boston College.  After coming back from the injury, Konz moved [...]

Listed in the N.F.L. Scouting Combine directory as a defensive end, but taken by Seattle in the seventh round as an outside linebacker is Dexter Davis. The following are Davis’ strengths according to the N.F.L. Scouting Combine page at NFL.com are: Davis really has the look of a 3-4 outside linebacker. Is a good combination of size, strength [...]

In the sixth round of the 2010 N.F.L. Draft, new Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll went back to his Southern Cal well and got tight end Anthony McCoy. The following are McCoy’s strengths according to the N.F.L. Scouting Combine page at NFL.com are: Possesses good size. Has soft hands and good body control. Runs efficient routes and [...]

According to the Seattle Times‘ Danny O’Neil:  The Seattle Seahawks acquired Leon Washington from the New York Jets, trading the second of their two fifth-round picks (No. 139) to New York for Washington and a seventh-round pick, No. 236. Make sure to check back here at SeahawksGab.com and over at NFLGridironGab.com throughout the day leading [...]

Safety was a position that lacked both depth and overall talent heading into the 2010 N.F.L. Draft for the Seattle Seahawks and, with their first pick in the fifth round, they continued to restock the position by selecting Kam Chancellor out of Virginia Tech. The following are Chancellor’s strengths according to the N.F.L. Scouting Combine page at [...]