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Seattle Seahawks News and Rumors

Niners worked out Irvin last week

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As folks in Seattle continue to fret about the fact that their favorite football team possibly frittered a first-round pick away on a one-trick pony who won’t be big enough to excel at the NFL level, more evidence emerges that the Seahawks weren’t the…

seattletimes.com

Seattle again makes surprising selection in NFL draft

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Seattle hurt itself by not going after any receivers

ESPN.com

First impressions on the Seattle Seahawks' performance in the 2012 NFL draft: What I liked: The Seahawks, after getting much bigger in their first two seasons under Pete Carroll, added welcome speed to their roster in this draft. Pass-rusher Bruce Irvin…

John Clayton, ESPN.com

The Seahawks' selection of Bruce Irvin at No. 15 will be the most scrutinized pick of the 2012 draft, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

The Seattle Seahawks announced Sunday that they have signed ten players to undrafted rookie contracts. They are Ohio receiver Phil Bates, McNeese State cornerback London Durham, Cal (PA) guard Rishaw Johnson, Washington receiver Jermaine Kearse, Henders…

seattletimes.com

Mel Kiper of ESPN got out his crayons to grade the draft classes of the various NFL teams. It's available only to Insiders, so you need an account to access this link, but the lowest grade went to the Seahawks: C-.Now, I'm not going to rail on the grade…

Matt Loede, seahawksgab.com

Phil Bates, QB, Ohio London Durham, CB from McNeese State Rishaw Johnson, WR, California (Pa.) Jermaine Kearse, WR, Washington Sean McGrath, TE, Henderson State Jon Opperud, OT, Montana Deshawn Shead, SS, Portland State Monte Taylor, DL, Cincinnati Lava…

ESPN.com

Reporters were finishing their work at Seattle Seahawks headquarters Saturday night when coach Pete Carroll popped in for some informal draft talk. Robert Turbin, the Utah State running back Seattle had selected in the fourth round, was one of the playe…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The draft’s biggest surprise came in the middle of the first round, when the Seahawks after trading down from No. 12 to No. 15 took former West Virginia defensive end Bruce Irvin. Regarded as a reach by those who didn’t realize multiple teams had Irvi…