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Seahawks Making Julius Jones Available

May 26, 2014 6:27 AM

Having acquired a pair of running backs over the weekend, the Seahawks are open to dealing Julius Jones. Seattle landed LenDale White from Tennessee and Leon Washington from New York in trades. The Seattle made Jones available during the draft, but didn't find any takers.

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Jets Trade Leon Washington To Seahawks

Jul 3, 2014 11:19 AM

The Seahawks bolstered their running game by acquiring Leon Washington from the Jets on Saturday. Seattle also landed LenDale White in a deal with Tennessee. Washington, who is recovering from a broken right leg, was acquired along with a seventh-round pick for a fifth-round selection. He recently re-signed with the Jets.

ESPN

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Rounds 4-7: Trade Highlights Day Three

Jul 9, 2014 7:25 AM

The final day of the NFL Draft is here, with four rounds remaining and a number of possible trades floating around. The Seahawks have earned headlines by grabbing running back LenDale White from the Titans in a deal that reunites the former USC runner with former head coach Pete Carroll. Washington also caused a stir by trading quarterback Jason Campbell to Oakland for a fourth-round pick in 2012. Click here to join the discussion on our NFL Draft forum. Click here to view reactions from around the league following the first round. Click here to view a recap of Round One. Click here to view a recap of Rounds Two & Three. Round Four 1 (99). St Louis: Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati 2 (100). Minnesota (from Detroit): Everson Griffen, DE, USC 3 (101). Tampa Bay: Mike Williams, WR, Syracuse 4 (102). Houston (from Kansas City): Darryl Sharpton, LB, Miami (FL) 5 (103). Washington: Perry Riley, LB, LSU 6 (104). Tennessee (from Seattle): Alterraun Verner, CB, UCLA 7 (105). Philadelphia (from Cleveland): Trevard Lindley, CB, Kentucky 8 (106). Oakland: Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland 9 (107). Buffalo: Marcus Easley, WR, Connecticut 10 (108). Oakland (from Jacksonville): Jacoby Ford, WR, Clemson 11 (109). Chicago: Corey Wootton, DE, Northwestern 12 (110). San Diego (from Miami): Darrell Stuckey, S, Kansas 13 (111). Seattle (from Tennessee): Walter Thurmond III, CB, Oregon 14 (112). New York Jets (from Carolina): Joe McKnight, RB, USC 15 (113). New England Patriots (from San Francisco via Denver): Aaron Hernandez, TE, Florida 16 (114). Baltimore (from Denver): Dennis Pitta, TE, BYU 17 (115). New York Giants: Phillip Dillard, LB, Nebraska 18 (116). Pittsburgh: Thad Gibson, OLB, Ohio State 19 (117). Atlanta: Joe Hawley, C, UNLV 20 (118). Houston: Garrett Graham, TE, Wisconsin 21 (119). Miami (from New England via Dallas): A.J. Edds, LB, Iowa 22 (120). Cincinnati: Geno Atkins, DT, Georgia 23 (121). Philadelphia: Keenan Clayton, LB, Oklahoma 24 (122). Philadelphia (from Green Bay): Mike Kafka, QB, Northwestern 25 (123). New Orleans (from Baltimore via Arizona): Al Woods, DT, LSU 26 (124). Carolina (from Arizona via New York Jets): Eric Norwood, LB, South Carolina 27 (125). Philadelphia (from Dallas): Clay Harbor, TE, Missouri State 28 (126). Dallas (from San Diego via Miami): Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, CB, Indiana (PA) 29 (127). Seattle (from New York Jets via Philadelphia): E.J. Wilson, DE, North Carolina 30 (128). Detroit (from Minnesota): Jason Fox, T, Miami (FL) 31 (129). Indianapolis: Jacques McClendon, G, Tennessee 32 (130). Arizona (from New Orleans): O'Brien Schofield, DE, Wisconsin 33 (131). Cincinnati (Compensatory): Roddick Muckelroy, LB, Texas Round Five 1 (132). St. Louis: Michael Hoomanawanui, TE, Illinois 2 (133). Seattle (from Detroit): Kam Chancellor, S, Virginia Tech 3 (134). Philadelphia (from Tampa Bay via Cleveland): Ricky Sapp, OLB, Clemson 4 (135). Atlanta (from Washington via St. Louis): Dominique Franks, DB, Oklahoma 5 (136). Kansas City: Kendrick Lewis, DB, Mississippi 6 (137). Denver (from Cleveland via Philadelphia): Perrish Cox, CB, Oklahoma State 7 (138). Oakland: Walt McFadden, DB, Auburn 8 (139). New York Jets (from Seattle): John Conner, FB, Kentucky 9 (140). Buffalo: Ed Wang, T, Virginia Tech 10 (141). Chicago: Joshua Moore, DB, Kansas State 11 (142). Kansas City (from Miami): Cameron Sheffield, DE, Troy 12 (143). Jacksonville: Larry Hart, DE, Central Arkansas 13 (144). Houston (from Carolina via Kansas City): Sherrick McManis, CB, Northwestern 14 (145). Miami (from San Francisco): Nolan Carroll, DB, Maryland 15 (146). San Diego (from Denver via Detroit through Cleveland): Cam Thomas, DT, North Carolina 16 (147). New York Giants: Mitch Petrus, G, Arkansas 17 (148). Tennessee: Robert Johnson, FS, Utah 18 (149). St. Louis (from Atlanta): Hall Davis, DE, Louisiana-Lafayette 19 (150). New England (from Houston): Zoltan Mesko, P, Michigan 20 (151). Pittsburgh: Chris Scott, T, Tennessee 21 (152). Cincinnati: Otis Hudson, G, Eastern Illinois 22 (153). Jacksonville (from New England via Tampa Bay through Oakland): Austen Lane, DE, Murray State 23 (154). Green Bay: Andrew Quarless, TE, Penn State 24 (155). Arizona (from Philadelphia via New York Jets): John Skelton, QB, Fordham 25 (156). Baltimore: David Reed, WR, Utah 26 (157). Baltimore (from Arizona): Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse 27 (158). New Orleans (from Jacksonville): Matt Tennant, C, Boston College 28 (159). Philadelphia (from San Diego): Riley Cooper, WR, Florida 29 (160). Cleveland (from New York Jets): Larry Asante, S, Nebraska 30 (161). Minnesota: Chris DeGeare, G, Wake Forest 31 (162). Indianapolis: Brody Eldridge, TE, Oklahoma 32 (163). Miami (from New Orleans via Philadelphia through St. Louis and Washington): Reshad Jones, S, Georgia 33 (164). Pittsburgh (compensatory): Crezdon Butler, CB, Clemson 34 (165). Atlanta (compensatory): Kerry Meier, WR, Kansas 35 (166). Pittsburgh (compensatory): Stevenson Sylvester, LB, Utah 36 (167). Minnesota (compensatory): Nate Triplett, LB, Minnesota 37 (168). San Diego (compensatory): Jonathan Crompton, QB, Tennessee 38 (169). Green Bay (compensatory): Marshall Newhouse, T, TCU Round Six 1 (170). St. Louis: Fendi Onobun, TE, Houston 2 (171). Atlanta (from Detroit): Shann Schillinger, DB, Montana 3 (172). Tampa Bay: Brent Bowden, P, Virginia Teh 4 (173). San Francisco (from Kansas City via Miami through San Diego) Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi State 5 (174). Washington (from Miami): Dennis Morris, TE, Louisiana Tech 6 (175). Carolina (from Oakland): Greg Hardy, DE, Mississippi 7 (176). Tennessee (from Seattle): Rusty Smith, QB, Florida Atlantic 8 (177). Cleveland: Carlton Mitchell, WR, South Florida 9 (178). Buffalo: Arthur Moats, LB, James Madison 10 (179). Dallas (from Miami): Sam Young, T, Notre Dame 11 (180). Jacksonville: Deji Karim, RB, Southern Illinois 12 (181). Chicago: Dan LeFevor, QB, Central Michigan 13 (182). San Francisco: Nate Byham, TE, Pittsburgh 14 (183). Denver: Eric Olsen, G, Notre Dame 15 (184). New York Giants: Adrian Tracy, LB, William & Mary 16 (185). Seattle (from Tennessee): Anthony McCoy, TE, USC 17 (186). Cleveland (from Carolina): Clifton Geathers, DE, South Carolina 18 (187). Houston: Shelley Smith, OL, Colorado St. 19 (188). Pittsburgh: Jonathan Dwyer, RB, Georgia Tech 20 (189). St Louis (from Atlanta): Eugene Sims, DE, West Texas A&M 21 (190). Oakland: Travis Goethel, LB, Arizona State 22 (191). Cincinnati: Dezmon Briscoe, WR, Kansas 23 (192). Buffalo (from Philadelphia): Danny Batten, LB, South Dakota State 24 (193). Green Bay: James Starks, RB, Buffalo 25 (194). Baltimore: Ramon Harewood, T, Morehouse 26 (195). Pittsburgh: Antonio Brown, WR, Central Michigan 27 (196). Dallas: Jamar Wall, CB, Texas Tech 28 (197). Houston (from San Diego): Trindon Holliday, WR, LSU 29 (198). Carolina (from New York Jets): David Gettis, WR, Baylor 30 (199). Minnesota: Joe Webb, QB, UAB 31 (200). Philadelphia (from Indianapolis): Charles Scott, RB, LSU 32 (201). Arizona (from New Orleans): Jorrick Calvin, DB, Troy 33 (202). Carolina (compensatory): Jordan Pugh, DB, Texas A&M 34 (203). Jacksonville (compensatory): Scotty McGee, DB James Madison 35 (204). Carolina (compensatory): Tony Pike, QB, Cincinnati 36 (205). New England (compensatory): Ted Larsen, C, North Carolina State 37 (206). San Francisco (compensatory): Kyle Williams, WR, Arizona State 38 (207). Tennessee (compensatory): Myron Rolle, S, Florida St. Round Seven 1 (208). New England (from St. Louis via Washington): Thomas Welch, T, Vanderbilt 2 (209). Buffalo (from Detroit): Levi Brown, QB, Troy 3 (210). Tampa Bay: Cody Grimm, LB, Virginia Tech 4 (211). St. Louis (from Washington): Marquis Johnson, DB, Alabama 5 (212). Miami (from Kansas City): Chris McCoy, DL, Middle Tennessee State 6 (213). Detroit (from Seattle): Willie Young, DE, North Carolina State 7 (214). Minnesota (from Cleveland via Detroit): Mickey Shuler, TE, Penn State 8 (215). Oakland: Jeremy Ware, DB, Michigan State 9 (216). Buffalo: Kyle Calloway, OL, Iowa 10 (217). Tampa Bay (from Jacksonville): Dekoda Watson, LB, Florida State 11 (218). Chicago: J'Marcus Webb, T, West Texas A&M 12 (219). Washington (from Miami): Terrence Austin, WR, UCLA 13 (220). Philadelphia (from Denver via Detroit): Jamar Chaney, LB, Mississippi State 14 (221). New York Giants: Matt Dodge, P, East Carolina 15 (222). Tennessee: Marc Mariani, WR, Montana 16 (223). Carolina: R.J. Stanford, DB, Utah 17 (224). San Francisco: Phillip Adams, DB, South Carolina State 18 (225). Denver (from Pittsburgh via Tampa Bay): Syd'Quan Thompson, CB, California 19 (226). St. Louis (from Atlanta): George Selvie, OLB, South Florida 20 (227). Houston: Dorin Dickerson, TE, Pittsburgh 21 (228). Cincinnati: Reggie Stephens, OL, Iowa State 22 (229). Washington (from New England): Erik Cook, C, New Mexico 23 (230). Green Bay: C.J. Wilson, DL, East Carolina 24 (231). Washington (from Philadelphia via Denver through New England): Selvish Capers, OL, West Virginia 25 (232). Denver (from Baltimore via Tampa Bay): Jammie Kirlew, DE, Indiana 26 (233). Arizona: Jim Dray, TE, Stanford 27 (234). Dallas: Sean Lissemore, DT, William & Mary 28 (235). San Diego: Dedrick Epps, TE, Miami (FL) 29 (236). Seattle (from New York Jets): Dexter Davis, DE, Arizona State 30 (237). Minnesota: Ryan D'Imperio, LB, Rutgers 31 (238). Indianapolis: Ricardo Mathews, DL, Cincinnati 32 (239). New Orleans: Sean Canfield, QB, Oregon State 33 (240). Indianapolis (compensatory): Kavell Connor, LB, Clemson 34 (241). Tennessee (compensatory): David Howard, DT, Brown 35 (242). Pittsburgh (compensatory): Doug Worthington, DT, Ohio State 36 (243). Philadelphia (compensatory): Jeff Owens, DT, Georgia 37 (244). Philadelphia (compensatory): Kurt Coleman, S, Ohio State 38 (245). Seattle (compensatory): Jameson Konz, WR, Kent State 39 (246). Indianapolis (compensatory): Ray Fisher, CB, Indiana 40 (247). New England (compensatory): Brandon Deaderick, DL, Alabama 41 (248). New England (compensatory): Kade Weston, DT, Georgia 42 (249). Carolina (compensatory): Robert McClain, CB, Connecticut 43 (250). New England (compensatory): Zac Robinson, QB, Oklahoma State 44 (251). Oakland (compensatory): Stevie Brown, LB, Michigan 45 (252). Miami (compensatory): Austin Spitler, LB, Ohio State 46 (253). Tampa Bay (compensatory): Erik Long, DE, Stanford 47 (254). St. Louis (compensatory): Josh Hull, LB, Penn State 48 (255). Detroit (compensatory): Tim Toone, WR, Weber State

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Seahawks Get LenDale White From Titans

May 30, 2014 9:39 PM

The Seahawks have acquired running back LenDale White in a trade with the Titans. Seattle head coach Pete Carroll coached White at USC, getting the running back from Tennessee for a fourth- and sixth-round pick. The Seahawks also got defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson in the swap.

ESPN

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Taylor Mays Unhappy With Pete Carroll

Jun 3, 2014 10:00 AM

Taylor Mays was drafted by the 49ers and he will enjoy playing against the Seahawks twice a year, who are now coached by Pete Carroll. "It was just interesting," said Mays about Carroll. "I thought, I definitely thought from the relationship that we have, from the things that he had told me about what I needed to be, what the draft process is, things that I needed to do, I felt he told me the complete opposite of the actions that he took, which was definitely alarming. There were things he told me I needed to do as a football player versus the actions he took and who he took as a safety. I understand it's a business, but with it being a business, honesty is all I'm asking for." Mays continued when asked about the advice Carroll offered. "Just in terms that I didn't have anything to worry about, that my game was OK, that my backpedal was fine, my tackling was fine, it was all the things that I asked, what do I need to work on, what do I need to show all these points. I was kind of led to think I was OK. It is what it is and I'm so happy to be with the 49ers on the team Ronnie Lott played on."

San Francisco Chronicle

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Walter Jones To Announce Retirement

Sep 19, 2014 5:14 AM

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says that offensive tackle Walter Jones will soon announce his retirement. Carroll said that the team has spoken to Jones and an announcement is expected late next week. Seattle drafted offensive tackle Russell Okung in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night.

ESPN

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Seahawks Sign WRs Mike, Reggie Williams

Apr 26, 2014 11:39 PM

The Seahawks have signed wide receivers Mike Williams and Reggie Williams. Both are former first-round picks that have struggled to stay in the league.

Yahoo! Sports

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Seahawks Don't Feel Losing Out On Marshall Is A Setback

Oct 24, 2014 11:05 PM

The Seahawks were long considered the favorites for Brandon Marshall, but ultimately lost out to the Dolphins. "It didn't really set back our plans," general manager John Schneider said. "There was a certain level of risk. We got in. We did our investigation. We had great contact, we had great communication all the way through, and we had a certain level we were willing to go to and it just didn't happen. "We weren't going to come off of where we were, and congratulations to Brandon and Miami and Denver for working it out."

Seattle Times

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Grading The Deal: Marshall Dealt To Dolphins

Oct 31, 2014 3:01 PM

In the span of one year, the Broncos have traded a supremely talented young quarterback in Jay Cutler and a supremely talented young wide receiver in Brandon Marshall. It is a strategy that wouldn't work in the NBA, but the Broncos are clearly building their team through the strength of their depth and they will now have the 43rd overall pick next Thursday and also an additional second rounder in 2011 from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for Marshall. With these two deals, Brian Xanders and Josh McDaniels have turned two established players at skill positions into Kyle Orton, Robert Ayers (Chicago's 2009 pick), the 11th overall pick this Thursday, Seth Olsen (Denver converted their own second rounder and Chicago's fourth into two thirds from Pittsburgh in 2009), plus the two second rounders from the Dolphins. Orton turned out to be perfectly adequate in 2009 and they have also added Brady Quinn to the quarterback depth chart. Neither Ayers and Olsen were spectacular as rookies, but they should be able to hit at least one homer with the 11th and 43rd, no matter what they decide to do with the picks. Considering what the Steelers just received for Santonio Holmes, Denver's haul of two second rounders looks like the Louisiana Purchase. Marshall was initially suspended for three games in 2008, but it was eventually reduced to just one game. Then, he was suspended for the final two preseason games of 2009 by the Broncos. He has consistently had legal troubles throughout his entire tenure with Denver and also had problems at Central Florida and as is always the case with star athletes, there is unquestionably more that goes undocumented. But on the field, Marshall has consistently been excellent. Marshall was ranked 10th amongst wide receivers in season FIC for 2009. Marshall had over 1,100 yards and 100 receptions for the third consecutive season despite the change at quarterback from Jay Cutler to Kyle Orton. Marshall is the only wide receiver with at least 100 receptions in his second, third and fourth season in the NFL. He is the epitome of a playmaker with his ability to break tackles with his strength, which is also utilized heavily as a willing downfield blocker. Like the 26-year-old Marshall, there are several highly talented receivers who are 27 or younger, including Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Sidney Rice, Holmes, DeSean Jackson, Vincent Jackson, Greg Jennings, Steve Smith, Marques Colston and Miles Austin. While I would probably rank Marshall third behind Fitzgerald and Johnson in terms of pure talent and ability, the fact that I didn't even mention Dwayne Bowe, Hakeem Nicks and Percy Harvin in that list speaks to the young depth the NFL now has at receiver and that means we must reduce what Marshall's value would otherwise be if looked at in a vacuum. Grade for Broncos: A While the trade price of two second round picks, as well as a new contract is a very steep price, the Dolphins are now set at wide receiver for the next seven-plus seasons. Davone Bess will slide in as a solid number two and Greg Camarillo as a third weapon, which will make stopping Miami's excellent run game (fourth in total rushing yards, 10th in average) all the more difficult. Defenses will be unable to stack the box because Chad Henne will upgrade from Ted Ginn to Marshall with the trickle down effect helping Bess and Camarillo. Ginn is almost certain to be dealt, ending his tenure with a Miami team that selected him ninth overall over two of the best young defensive players in the game in Patrick Willis (11th) and Darrelle Revis (14th). Grade for Dolphins: B We have to add Seattle as an accessory to this trade because of their strong interest in Marshall. They were unable to make an offer that could beat Miami's since they had already sent the 40th overall pick to San Diego for Charlie Whitehurst. I know Marshall is one of the game's most talented receivers, but nobody knows what kind of NFL QB Whitehurst can become. The price tag of that trade went from 'already shockingly expensive' to 'shockingly expensive with we could have had an in his prime elite receiver instead'. The Seahawks have the 6th and 14th overall picks in the 2010 Draft, as well as the 60th, with one of those almost certain to be used on a receiver. Grade for Seahawks: C+ Chris Reina is the executive editor of RealGM. Click here to follow his Twitter feed.

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Seattle Considers Marshawn Lynch Deal

Jul 26, 2014 12:03 PM

The Seahawks have had internal discussions about possibly making a play for Bills running back Marshawn Lynch, according to Yahoo! Sports. Buffalo hasn't been actively shopping Lynch, but sources claim that the Bills would definitely listen to offers. The Bills are believed to want a second-round pick for Lynch. The Seahawks have the 28th pick in that round (60th overall).

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Seahawks Tell Leroy Hill To Stay Home
Leroy Hill has had an eventful offseason.

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Seattle's Kerney Opts For Retirement
Patrick Kerney's body won't allow him to continue his NFL career.

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Seahawks Could Still Make Deal For Marshall
The Broncos are still looking to deal Brandon Marshall.

NFL.com

Reggie Williams Trying To Catch On In Seattle
Reggie Williams will participate in Seattle's minicamp this week.

Florida Times-Union

Seahawks Trade Sims To Lions
The Lions acquired guard Rob Sims and a pick for defensive end Robert Henderson and a higher selection.

ESPN

Oklahoma's Williams Emerging For Seahawks?
The Seahawks are looking to bolster their offensive line.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer