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GODDAMN STRAIGHT! Do you think the fans come out to see goals? NO! They want to see defenders cowardly hammering the ball deep into the stands! And then, more likely that not, collapsing as if they have suffered an Endy-Chavez-like knee injury. Kasey Keller is such a defense-oriented hard-ass, he can't even enjoy his own teammate's goal.

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent.

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent.

On KJR-AM this morning, departing Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren told interviewer Mitch Levy that in the past year, he had changed his mind in regard to his upcoming retirement, and that his overtures to delay his retirement for at least another year were rebuffed by Seahawks management. Holmgren specifically cited former Packer Green Bay Packer QB Brett Favre who had decided to return to football after announcing his retirement, saying "sometimes we change our minds." Holmgren also admitted that this season's woes will most certainly increase the likelihood that he'll return to coaching. Said commentator Hugh Millen afterward: "It is pretty clear that he's been pushed out." Shame on you, Tim Ruskell. Update: We imagine Holmgren will be cooking up a healthy dose of revenge very soon. Served in one of these, of course.

The Seahawks lost 20-17 yesterday to the Redskins and Seattlest concurs with head coach Mike Holmgren's sentiment. He began the post-game presser simply: "Questions?" The Hawks are now 2-9 and the season is over, blah blah blah.

We learned a new word from a recent issue of Wired magazine: popcorning. It's a scientific theory involving "a chain reaction in which the accidental explosion of one nuclear warhead causes others in the vicinity to detonate, releasing lethal radiation for miles in every direction." (We are imagining some hungover crane operator over at the Bangor sub base, hitting this button when she meant to press that one.)

When is it okay to boo?

In head coach Mike Holmgren's Monday afternoon press conference, it was revealed that starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's knee problem is not a result of the hit by Justin Tuck in two weeks ago, but was instead a result of the bulging disc problem that has plagued him all season. Hasselbeck sought a second opinion today from an L.A.-based specialist after his knee injury wouldn't respond to treatment last week, and the new diagnosis was revealed as a result. Backup and oft-injured QB Seneca Wallace will start if he's able to practice this week. Deion Branch is also expected to return. UPDATE: NBC's John Madden to skip this week's Seahawks-Buccaneers game, marking the first regular season game he's missed in 28 years, ending a 476-week streak.

Riddled with an unprecedented number of injuries at one position, the Seahawks have had 13 different receivers on their active roster in the first 16 days of the season. Last year, by comparison, the team had eight receivers on the roster all season.

The Seahawks make this season's only appearance on Monday Night Football tonight (5:00 PT) as they visit the San Diego Chargers in preseason action. Jobs are on the line as the preseason draws to a close and the regular season begins in less than two weeks. Teams are forced to cut 5 players from their rosters tomorrow, bringing their rosters down from 80 to 75 players.

While Seattlest continues our Miami-based advance scouting of the Dolphins game later this season (ok, we are hanging out on the beach), we want to make sure that we give today's Bears-Seahawks pre-season game a little bit of electronic ink too.

Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren made two major announcements today on the injury front, as the team prepares for his final season at the helm. Marcus Tubbs has been waived and Bobby Engram has an injury that will put him out for 6-8 weeks. Former first-round pick Tubbs was waived today, as the team appears to have given up on the oft-injured defensive tackle. He was attempting to come back from a knee injury, which had kept him out of pre-season drills and required surgery during the 2007 training camp, causing him to miss all of last season. He was widely considered a key element in the team's ability to stop the run.

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Dec. 28 at Arizona Cardinals 1:15 pm

In a press conference that's going on right now, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren announced that 2008 will be his final year as head coach of the Seahawks.

Both the P-I and TNT report that Mike Holmgren will return as coach of the Seahawks.

Governor Christine Gregoire officially proclaimed today "Blue Friday" in honor of the Seahawks and Mike Holmgren -- but mostly in honor of the fans, their noise and the 43 consecutive sold-out home games.

Is there drama in Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game between the Hawks and Packers? Well, the playoffs are always dramatic. But this game packs (ha!) even more of a theatrical punch. The storylines:

Not sure we've ever seen a win for which the credit belongs so overwhelmingly to the defense. For most of the game, the Seahawks' defensive line was able to get pressure with only four rushers. By establishing that, they were able to drop guys back into coverage, which led to the two pick sixes.

Oh, it's a rollicking time at Seahawks headquarters. Should be, the team's on a five-game winning streak.

Tonight, the nation's hardcore gamblers' eyes will be on Seattle as our fair burgh hosts Monday Night Football.

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.)

A more dismal Northwest football weekend we can hardly remember.

Lately the Seahawks' offense has been about as offensive as a Bastyr College commencement address.

While you're enjoying an unseasonably sunny summer afternoon, we will be at Safeco Field, showing our undying support for the 2007 Seattle Mariners, authors of one of the greatest collapses in baseball history.

Seattlest was down in Arizona for spring training last week, and dammit if we didn't just miss what sounds like a hell of a lot of fun with Jerramy Stevens. From The Arizona Republic:

A Seattle Seahawks player faces charges of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana after his Tuesday morning arrest in downtown Scottsdale.

Continue reading "Jerramy Stevens Has His Own Kind of Spring Training"

You've got your Nick Sabans and your Steve Spurriers, the guys that bombed out in the pros and headed back to college. And then there's Al Roberts.

Editor Dan loves you, Seattle. City, people, land, water and professional sports franchises; all of it. However, he cannot back you on the issue of the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Chicago Bears. If you're looking for calming words of compassion or hilarious Seahawks histrionics Seattlest will take care of you there, too, but one of us grew up with a Bears helmet painted on our neighbor's garage door and didn't appear in a photograph without any Bears paraphernalia until he was about 15, and that kind of indoctrination just doesn't wash away in half a decade of Seattle drizzle. In fact, to this day we maintain a close relationship with a few Chicago-based RSS feeds and we'll check in on them throughout the week.