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• The complete top 50 Seahawks in franchise history results

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Legends from 50 years of Seahawks football unite under one virtual roof in honor of the 50th season. The Seattle Seahawks have finally finished releasing their top 50 compilation to honor the 50th season in franchise history. The list was “Voted on by the 12s and a jury of Seahawks Legends, front office stage, and Seattle media members”, and has i...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 6/6: Abe Lucas likes the new focus on Seahawks’ offense

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Running the ball looks like a feature and not a bug for OC Kubiak. In Today’s Links: Seaside Joe looks back on the Anthony Richardson pick, more with Sam Darnold and his adjustment to our Seattle Seahawks and the city, at large; Cooper Kupp’s got some things to say, another great episode of the Sea Hawkers Pod, and much, much more! It’s Friday. Which ...2025
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• The Cowboys have used all elements of roster building in orchestrating a very strong offseason

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The Cowboys front office has been rather busy this offseason. The Dallas Cowboys have had a fantastic offseason. If you’re a fan who craves immediate satisfaction and is always in “win now” mode, this is the year for you. The team has shown a greater willingness to invest future resources to help improve the team right now, whether it’s borrowing sal...2025
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• NFL Draft Rankings 2025: Edge rushers

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Disruption from the edge is crucial to winning on defense in today’s NFL. Just ask the Philadelphia Eagles (and the Kansas City offensive tackles). Philly lost some major production this offseason with the free agent departure of Josh Sweat and the retirement of Brandon Graham. Nolan Smith, who had a really promising season but is recovering from surgery, is...2025
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• NFL free agency 2025: The best deals on defensive players (so far)

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Breaking down the savviest moves in NFL free agency. Super Bowl winners aren’t based entirely on superstars; they’re created by filling all the holes on their rosters intelligently and with the right money allotted to the right talent. As much as the 2024 Philadelphia Eagles had it going on with Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, the best offensiv...2025
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• Leonard Williams added to NFC Pro Bowl roster

Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images Williams is officially on his way to the Pro Bowl after getting snubbed when the initial rosters were announced in early January. The 2024 season is over for the Seattle Seahawks, but the Pro Bowl will provide an opportunity for fans to see a pair of Hawks one last time before the true depths of the offseason arrive. That opportunity exists because o...2025
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• Hard truths to swallow about the 2024 Seahawks

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images Perspective on how the Seahawks’ first season post-Pete Carroll went. The definition of success varies. For some teams, the dream would be to finish the year positive, but for a team that is considered a contender, finishing with only a .500 would be seen as a failure. So, be careful with the yardstick you use to measure Mike Macdonald’s first season with the Sea...2025
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Refs hand Cowboys prime-time win in Seattle

Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. I’m not trying to be a downer but outside of the 2014 win, this week’s article is full of both on-field and off-field mishaps. The...2024
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• The Linc - PFF says Brandon Graham “has done more than enough to warrant” Hall of Fame consideration

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 11/26/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Brandon Graham: A Hall of Fame-worthy Eagles career - PFFAt 36 years old with 15 seasons under his belt, Graham has enjoyed a storied NFL tenure, but one must wonder if this is the end. If it is, he has done more than enough to warrant a bust in Canton. [...] ...2024
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• What does hitting the reset button on the Seahawks roster look like for 2025?

Steven Bisig-Imagn Images If the Seahawks go belly-up in 2024, we could (and probably should) see wholesale changes to the 2025 roster. The Seattle Seahawks are by no means out of the NFC West race, even as they sit in last place. But with a 1-5 record in their last six games and a grueling schedule coming up after the bye week, it’s more likely that a season that began with so much promis...2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Franco Harris, YOU are a Seahawk!

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. All the teams except the 2004 squad have their season openers to discuss but we make up for that with a double dose of the 1984 te...2024
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• Watch: Kenny McIntosh stiff-arms Browns defender into the dirt on long touchdown

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images That’s an angry run from the former Georgia running back! The first run of the game for Seattle Seahawks running back Kenny McIntosh was called back due to a holding penalty, so technically a “no play.” The next carry? A 56-yard touchdown run highlighted by a violent stiff arm of Cleveland Browns safety Chase Williams. “He gave him the stiffy!” indeed, Micha...2024
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• How to watch Seahawks vs. Browns 2024 Week 3 preseason game

Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images Details on how to watch the Seahawks’ preseason finale against the Browns. The 2024 NFL preseason concludes for the Seattle Seahawks (1-1) at Lumen Field against the Cleveland Browns (0-2). In NFL preseasons of decades past, the final exhibition would be exclusively backups and players looking to make the roster, while the starters would get the night ...2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 4/27: Seahawks draft OLine with only Day 2 pick

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Read! How are we doing today, ‘Hawk Fans? How are we feeling about the draft, so far? A bit of a weird one: first draft for the new Seattle Seahawks coaching staff, unexpected value in our picks, no trades (as of this posting). Rounding out the roster with interesting talent at positional needs seems to be the biggest priority. Day...2024
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• Pete Carroll: One of One

Photo by Chris Unger/Getty Images The greatest tenure in Seattle sports history ended today. An homage to the legendary Pete Carroll, and the incredible impact he leaves behind. And just like that, he was gone. — After the 2009 NFL season, the Seahawks found themselves stuck axel-deep in sludge, helplessly spinning treadless tires with little hope and zero vibes. They were five years remo...2024
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• 5 notable former Seahawks starters who are currently free agents
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images There are several familiar faces to Seahawks fans still looking for new teams ahead of training camp. Training camp is just around the corner, and there are a lot of high-profile names still unsigned, including Ezekiel Elliott, Dalvin Cook, Jarvis Landry, Marcus Peters, and a few former Seattle Seahawks starters. Don’t be surprised if we see a spate of ...2023
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Hopkins Learns the High Cost of Early Stardom
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"And even the less sexy ones like Michael Bennett or Johnathan Hankins are helpful."

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"Committing to the bit, they added key pass rushers in Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett, and traded for unicorn playmaker Percy Harvin."

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"Seahawks News Brandon Browner speaks from prison and other former Seahawks on YouTube - Seaside JoeMarshawn Lynch on Tyreek Hill's podcast, Brandon Mebane, Kam Chancellor, Michael Bennett, and more: Seaside Joe 1553 Seahawks working Dre'Mont Jones into defense after making big investment - The Seattle TimesIn the excitement over the draft class and the return of franchise icon Bobby Wagner, it's easy to forget that Dre'Mont Jones is as important of an acquisition as any the Seahawks made this offseason."

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"Michael Bennett."

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"Three-time Pro Bowl selection Michael Bennett, who won a Super Bowl with the Seahawks during an 11-year career, has announced his retirement."

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"Dallas has All-Pro center Travis Frederick back after he missed last season because of a career-threatening disease, and the Robert Quinn-Michael Bennett defensive line tandem is better than DeMarcus Lawrence’s previous edge-rushing supporting casts."

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"Defensive end Michael Bennett, 32, told the Tacoma News Tribune that he's unsure if Seattle will bring him back for next season."

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"Michael Bennett: Kaep signing first, talks later"

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"Seahawks' Michael Bennett criticizes Steph Curry for expensive basketball camp in Hawaii"

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"Meanwhile, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took a victory lap on a police bike."

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"Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Michael Bennett weighed in on the Ndamukong Suh situation, saying defensive linemen are treated differently than other players in the NFL."

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• Does it make sense to draft a running back in the first round?

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images If the best RB in college football in 2024 is there at 20 should the Broncos take him? Ashton Jeanty finished the 2024 season with 374 carries for 2601 yards and 29 rushing TDs. He also added 23 catches for 108 yards and 1 TD. He 6.95 yards per carry and 2709 yards from scrimmage were both eye-popping, but one of the knocks on him was that he played against “w...2025
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• Hard truths to swallow about the 2024 Seahawks
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• The Linc - PFF says Brandon Graham “has done more than enough to warrant” Hall of Fame consideration
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Franco Harris, YOU are a Seahawk!
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• Seahawks All-22 Review: More good and bad from Seattle’s preseason loss vs. Titans

Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK A broad look at the Seahawks’ schemes and player performance against the Titans. The Seattle Seahawks dropped their final road preseason game 16-15 to the Tennessee Titans. It was quite different from the dominance showed in the win over the Los Angeles Chargers, but the team did play starters for a couple of series on defense in that Char...2024
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• Does it make sense to draft a running back in the first round?
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Seahawks return to Super Bowl after epic comeback vs. Packers

Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. What a fun, fun game we have to talk about this week. Soak it all in and enjoy it while you can, that’s all I’m going to say about...2025
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• Notes and stats from the Buccaneers 27-19 win over the Saints

John A. Babiak/Bucs Nation Full steam ahead as the Bucs get into the playoffs. - The Buccaneers defeated the Saints, 27-19, to secure their fifth consecutive playoff berth and fourth consecutive NFC South division title. The NFC South division title is the seventh in franchise history, tying the New Orleans Saints for both the most total and most consecutive titles (four) in the division’s...2025
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• MJF wins, Cole reunites with Undisputed ERA, and hopefully this is over now

@AEW If you know the story that led to Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s match with Adam Cole at AEW Worlds End on Dec. 28, you don’t want me to rehash it. If you don’t, you’re probably better off. Just know that these guys hate each other. Tonight in Orlando they were fighting for the Dynamite Diamond Ring that MJF won in 2019, and has successfully defended every year since. Cole’s friends Michael...2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: BeastQuake 2.0

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. There’s a good beginning and end this week with a playoff win in 1984 and a classic Seahawks history moment in 2014. Let’s get...2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Refs hand Cowboys prime-time win in Seattle
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• Week 12 tracker: Reborn Seahawks defense pays homage to the L-cO-By era

you know what he’s doing once he reaches the end zone | Steven Bisig-Imagn Images We got Coby Bryant out here doing Beast Mode things and Leonard Williams doing a Michael Bennett impression? There will never be another Legion of Boom, and there will never be another Marshawn Lynch. Icons from the past deserve to stay in the past, letting new players blaze their own trail, unencumbered by i...2024
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• The Linc - PFF says Brandon Graham “has done more than enough to warrant” Hall of Fame consideration
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• The Linc - PFF says Brandon Graham “has done more than enough to warrant” Hall of Fame consideration
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman eat turkey on 49ers logo

Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. Again, we’ve got some good games to go over this week including another iconic moment in Seahawks history courtesy of the 2014 squad. T...2024
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• What does hitting the reset button on the Seahawks roster look like for 2025?
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• Vote for the top 50 players in Seattle Seahawks history!

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports To celebrate the 50th season of the franchise, the Seattle Seahawks are having fans vote on the top 50 players in the franchises history. The Seattle Seahawks are celebrating 50 seasons of their franchise in 2025. As part of this celebration, the team is preparing to recognize the “Top 50 Players in Seahawks history.” To come up with the top 50 players, t...2024
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• Childhood Seahawks fan Byron Murphy II has his ‘dream come true’

Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK The former Texas Longhorn is the first Seahawks draft pick under new head coach Mike Macdonald. For the second straight season and fourth time in the last six, the Seattle Seahawks used their top pick of the NFL Draft on a defensive player. Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II was one of only nine defenders taken in Round 1, and...2024
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• How often has John Schneider traded a player he’s drafted?

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports The Seahawks don’t trade their drafted players very often. What’s happened over the years when they’ve done that? Let’s look at the results. The NFL Draft is three months away, but that’s not stopping us from doing loosely related draft content right now! We’re entering the 15th season of John Schneider as Seattle Seahawks general manager, but the first one w...2024
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• The Undisputed Kingdom’s championship plans get a little less vague

AEW’s X In promos since he was revealed as the Devil, Adam Cole has been singing a song that will sound familiar to fans who followed his WWE NXT run. Just as he prophesied for Undisputed ERA, Cole sees his Undisputed Kingdom crew draped in gold. Until now — outside of the Ring of Honor Tag belts Matt Taven & Michael Bennett won when they were still masked goons (as opposed to the unmasked...2024
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• Michael Bennett: Kaep signing first, talks later
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• Russell Wilson Cries, Michael Bennett Rides Police Bike After Seahawks Win
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• Seattle DT: Suh ruling shows QB favoritism
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Seahawks Should Not Wait to Pay Russell Wilson
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• Seahawks praise Tom Brady's trash-talking ability
This embed is invalid " /> Tom Brady can really flap his gums. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who has a history with Brady, said earlier this week that the New England Patriots quarterback is more “fiery” than the rest of the NFL signal-callers. Several of Sherman’s teammates agree, making it clear that Brady is a fantastic trash-talker in addition to a future Hall of F...2015
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• Cliff Avril: Everybody wants to play for Seahawks
Defensive end Cliff Avril said this week that "everybody wants to be in Seattle." Does that mean the Seahawks' contract squabbles with Russell Wilson and Michael Bennett are overblown?...2015
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• Seahawks' Michael Bennett criticizes Steph Curry for expensive basketball camp in Hawaii
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• 5 early takeaways from the Seahawks’ slow start to free agency

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Seattle has taken care of a couple of its own free agents, but otherwise has been content to let others depart. Technically speaking, Wednesday is the official start of NFL free agency. You’re smart enough to know that the “legal tampering” period on Monday is the real beginning. The Seattle Seahawks have retained a couple of their free agents, let five...2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: A lightning delay on ‘Sunday Night Football’

Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. We all need a palate cleanser after last Sunday. 40 Years Ago Sunday, September 18, 1983 Game Log We’ve got a clas...2023
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• Mike Tanier's Monday Morning Hangover: Hot Teams and Baby Animals
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• 2015 NFL Draft: Matt Miller's Scouting Notebook for Week 9
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• 14 indispensable Seahawks facts from the 14 Pete Carroll years

Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Consider them prerequisites to entering the next era? Not 12 facts? Not “12 things to know to properly enjoy the ‘24 Seattle Seahawks”? Not “12 memories to cherish as a new era begins, 12 years after 2012”? Cool it, Twelves. It was a long, glorious, ceremonious, iffy, then abruptly unceremonious 14 years with Pete Carroll. It’s ok for the list to be 14 ...2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Losses to teams that no longer exist

Set Number: X35984 TK1 R2 F9 Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. Coming at you in this iteration are three straight defeats against teams that technically aren’t around in the NFL today, followed by a pa...2023
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• Pre-Snap Reads 9/4: Evan Brown has a plan

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Read! Slow news day.. yesterday. Let’s keep it simple. Only two more sleeps til the NFL season kicks off. More importantly, only five more sleeps til our Seattle Seahawks face off against the Rams. What are you doing this week to prepare? Where will you be watching the game? What will you be eating? The hunger is real. I’m thirsting to see how the ‘Haw...2023
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• Winners and Losers from Seahawks 24, Vikings 13

Photo by Christopher Mast/Getty Images A good night for the Seahawks reserves and a few rookies after a slow start. The Seattle Seahawks got their preseason under way with a 24-13 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, overcoming an early 10-0 hole in the process. Preseason football is usually not a work of art, but there were some players and moments worth getting excited about. It’s late in...2023
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• Oh where, oh where has my little homefield advantage gone?
Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Qwest-Clink-Lumen used to be a proper fortress. But now... It’s still loud when the Seattle Seahawks are hosting a hated foe, on a roll, or really really need a stop on defense. But the hosts are not winning at Lumen Field like they did a decade or two ago in Qwest and at the CLink. As tempting as it is to blame the name change, surely something more meaningf...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Chris Jones shares he missed ring ceremony because he was sick — ending speculation
Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, June 19 The latest Chris Jones put an end to the speculation regarding him missing the ring ceremony I was sick.— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) June 19, 2023 NFL’s 6 Most Intimidating Players Heading into 2023 Season | The 33rd Team 4. Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs Chris Jones is an absolute disruptive force on that d...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Chris Jones shares he missed the ring ceremony because he was sick — ending speculation
Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, June 19 The latest Chris Jones put an end to the speculation regarding him missing the ring ceremony I was sick.— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) June 19, 2023 NFL’s 6 Most Intimidating Players Heading into 2023 Season | The 33rd Team 4. Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs Chris Jones is an absolute disruptive force on that d...2023
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• Geno Smith writes back in must-read column on The Players’ Tribune
Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images The Seahawks quarterback has an inspirational message for the 12s. It’s been about a month since Geno Smith signed a three-year contract extension to remain with the Seattle Seahawks, adding another chapter to a remarkable career turnaround for a quarterback who hadn’t been a regular starter since 2014. When Seattle defeated the Denver Broncos on openi...2023
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