Seahawks great KJ Wright says he’s joining 49ers coaching staff

Wright will also get to work with one of the best linebacker groups in football.

Former Seahawks linebacker KJ Wright says he’s joining the 49ers coaching staff as an assistant linebackers coach.

Wright broke the news himself in his most recent podcast, which came out this morning.

Wright will be working under Nick Sorensen, who has replaced Steve Wilks as San Francisco’s defensive coordinator.

Sorensen previously worked with the Seahawks in a variety of roles from 2013-2020, including as their secondary coach for four years. This past season he served as the Niners’ defensive pass game specialist and nickels coach.

Wright will also get to work with one of the best linebacker groups in football. The combination of Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw is as tough as they come at the inside linebacker spots.

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However, Seahawks legend and former Niners cornerback Richard Sherman says it’s on the players.

The San Francisco 49ers imploded in their Super Bowl loss on Sunday night, blowing another 10-point lead against the Kansas City Chiefs, this time going down in overtime. While Patrick Mahomes is admittedly a notoriously tough out, one of the most enjoyable elements of the Niners’ collapse was how strange and self-inflicted the loss was.

They couldn’t do anything about Dre Greenlaw’s freak Achilles injury as he came off the sideline, but the 49ers beat themseles in several ways down the stretch. The worst of it may be that players were simply not aware of the new overtime rules. Most of the blame has been going towards head coach Kyle Shanahan for not making sure they know the score. However, Seahawks legend and former Niners cornerback Richard Sherman says it’s on the players.

Even better, San Francisco is now going through an assistant coach exodus, including another significant unforced error when Shanahan fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks.

The 49ers have dominated the NFC the last five seasons like no other team, but this week’s events have inspired hope their Super Bowl window may finally be starting to close.

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The gap between these two teams is not only wide – it also goes much deeper than what’s happening on the field.

For some reason, this latest loss to the 49ers stings worse than the previous four. Maybe it’s because the Seahawks seem to be totally overmatched against their most-bitter rivals, who look like the best team in the NFL right now by a massive margin. The gap between these two teams is not only wide – it also goes much deeper than what’s happening on the field.

According to a report by Mike Silver at the San Francisco Chronicle, last week 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan showed his players several different clips of DK Metcalf throwing tantrums during games – and made a plan to get Metcalf to lose his cool again. He even promised a holiday gift for the player who got Metcalf to blow his stack.

“We will get ’14’ to lose his mind… Christmas present for whoever gets him.”

DK deserves the lion’s share of the blame, even if he was provoked by Fred Warner by getting shoved in the back of the head. Metcalf’s anger can be put to good use, but more often than not it’s hurting the Seahawks more than it’s helping them.

However, this is yet another example of Pete Carroll getting outcoached by one of his division rivals. This year Carroll went 0-4 against Shanahan and Sean McVay – both of whom seem to be out of his league. That’s a huge long-term problem and either Carroll needs to figure out a solution or the organization needs to find a head coach who can.

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NFC West Watch: How the division fared in Week 5

NFC West Watch: how the division fared in Week 5

The Seattle Seahawks may have been sitting idle during Week 5, but the rest of the NFC West was in action. Overall, it was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of positive results for the Seahawks. Two division rivals did lose, which helps Seattle in the standings, but one did not… and they’re continuing to loom larger and larger each week.

As the season moves forward, the landscape of the league this year is forming into a clearer picture, learning new things each week – especially about the NFC West. Below is how the rest of the division handled business on Sunday.

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With a few timely assists from lady luck, the Seattle Seahawks got a desperately-needed win in overtime on the road over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Let’s see what the rest of the NFC West got up to in Week 2.

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Matt Stafford shredded Seahawks zone defense Week 1

Stafford’s 24 completions were to five different Rams not named Cooper Kupp.

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was flawless in Week 1, shredding the Seahawks for 300+ passing yards. Having bult a rapport through countless reps with head coach Sean McVay, Stafford knew exactly how to read through the Seahawks zone defense this weekend.

Stafford’s 24 completions were to five different Rams not named Cooper Kupp, as the Rams outscored the Seahawks 23-0 in the second half.

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The most daunting statistic from Sunday’s game for the Seahawks was time of possession. The Los Angeles Rams possessed the football for 39:23 and the Seahawks managed just 20:37 total time on offense.

Infuriated fans may scrutinize the defense for its lackluster performance, but it was asked to stop the Rams offense that ran a total of 78 plays. Mathematically, the Rams’ 426 total yards on 78 plays, a 5.4 yard per play average.

Within the next 24 hours, NFL+ will release the all-22 coaches film from week 1. We’ll use it to illustrate play dynamics and schemes that led to the dismantling of the Seahawks defense this past Sunday.

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Let’s see what the rest of the division got up to this week.

Week 1 of the NFL season tends to be a bit weird and fluky. Teams are still getting used to the flow of the game and a lot of the time the action is sloppy and not revealing of what a team is really capable of. The Seahawks had better hope that’s true in their case, because they got demolished by the Rams at home in their 30-13 loss on Sunday.

Let’s see what the rest of the division got up to on Sunday. Here’s your NFC West Review for Week 1.

Rams were ‘adamant’ about not trading Matt Stafford amid offseason fire sale

While Bobby Wagner, Jalen Ramsey and several other key players left Los Angeles, the team reportedly remained adamant about not trading Matt Stafford.

The Rams had little choice but to blow up their roster this past offseason as the bill came due from their all-in 2021 Super Bowl season. While Bobby Wagner, Jalen Ramsey and several other key players left Los Angeles, the team reportedly remained adamant about not trading Matt Stafford.

This comes via a report by Ian Rapoport at NFL.com, who says the Jets reached out about Stafford before they acquired Aaron Rodgers from the Packers. Apparently it was a short conversation.

Talks between New York and Los Angeles were brief, simple and to the point. As two sources explained, the Rams were adamant Stafford wasn’t going anywhere. The talks between the two teams were more exploratory than anything else with L.A. showing no willingness to do a deal, but the Jets didn’t want to leave a stone unturned in their quest for a franchise QB.”

The Jets weren’t the only team to call about Stafford, though. It made some sense for the Rams to try to trade Stafford based on his age (he’s 35 years old heading into the 2023 season) and what’s now a pretty extensive history of minor injuries. He missed half of last year with several different issues and wasn’t himself when he was on the field. However, Stafford still represents their best chance to remain relatively competitive in a division with two teams that are clearly superior.

If Stafford does get injured again, the Rams will likely look to former Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett. He’s unavailable for today’s game against the Seahawks, though due to a shoulder injury.

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According to Rams head coach Sean McVay, the Super Bowl LVI MVP suffered an injury setback. 

The Seattle Seahawks are set to take on their division rivals, the Los Angeles Rams, in Week 1 of the 2023 season. Seattle will host the visiting Rams in a Week 18 rematch from last season, where the Seahawks prevailed 19-16 in overtime.

Seattle swept the Rams for the first time since 2013, and the first time they’ve done so with the Rams being in Los Angeles. Both times they faced LA, the Seahawks were fortunate enough to not have to face quarterback Matthew Stafford, defensive lineman Aaron Donald, or wide receiver Cooper Kupp.

While Stafford and Donald are unfortunately slated to play, Kupp’s status is a bit up in the air. According to Rams head coach Sean McVay, the Super Bowl LVI MVP suffered an injury setback.

The Eastern Washington standout suffered a high ankle sprain which required surgery. With the Rams season squarely in the toilet (the worst season in NFL history for a defending Super Bowl champion) Kupp was shut down after nine games.

As a fellow Eastern Eagle myself, it’s been incredible watching Kupp transform into one of the best receivers in the NFL. But even I must admit the Seahawks would be catching a tremendous break having a third-straight game against Los Angeles with him not in the lineup, especially with Jamal Adams already ruled out for Week 1. Without Kupp, the Rams offense becomes considerably more one-dimensional.

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