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Seahawks re-signing pending RFA Poona Ford to 2-year deal

The Seahawks are signing pending restricted free agent Poona Ford to a two-year deal, keeping the defensive tackle in Seattle.

The Seattle Seahawks are starting to make some moves ahead of the official first day of the start of free agency. Seattle is signing defensive tackle Poona Ford to a two-year contract extension. The move was first reported by ESPN’s Brady Henderson and confirmed by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

“The Seahawks are re-signing NT Poona Ford to a two-year deal that can be worth close to $14 million with incentives, per source,” Pelissero tweeted. “Ford gets over $4.4M in 2021 — more than the second-round tender — with a chance for bigger money in 2022 and free agency in 2023, when he’ll be 27.”

The deadline to tender restricted free agents is at the start of the new league year on Wednesday. Any RFAs not tendered by that time automatically become unrestricted free agents.

Check out all of the Seahawks’ moves so far on our live tracker.

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NFL Free Agency: Potential landing spots for former Texas DT Poona Ford

Former Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford could test the waters as a restricted free agent, but Seattle hopes to re-sign him.

Former Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford is a restricted free agent for Seattle this offseason, where the Seahawks can match any offer extended to him from another team. Continue reading “NFL Free Agency: Potential landing spots for former Texas DT Poona Ford”

Former Texas DT listed among top 101 players in the NFL

Former Longhorn, Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Poona Ford was listed among PFF’s top 101 NFL players from 2020.

Former Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford has quickly made a name for himself after signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Continue reading “Former Texas DT listed among top 101 players in the NFL”

List of former Texas Longhorns that will participate in the NFL playoffs

Take a look at this list of former Texas Longhorns who will participate in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs this weekend.

The NFL regular season is all wrapped up as this weekend will be the start of the wild card round of playoffs. There’s several former Longhorns suiting up to start their march towards the Lombardi Trophy. Here is a look at this weekend’s action. Continue reading “List of former Texas Longhorns that will participate in the NFL playoffs”

Longhorns in the NFL: Week 12 recap and highlights

Week 12 of the NFL season isn’t technically over with the Pittsburgh-Baltimore game set for Wednesday. How the other former Horns performed?

The NFL’s Week 12 was a wild one. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens were set to kick off on Thanksgiving. That game was moved to Sunday. Then to Monday. Then to Tuesday. Then to Wednesday. Who knows if that game is going to take place before week 13 kicks off. The Ravens were also supposed to host the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday. That game is now kicking off on Tuesday, allegedly.

This week’s NFL action saw the Texas Longhorns’ all-time leading passer return to the football field. Due to an injury to New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, Colt McCoy was thrust into action against the Cincinnati Bengals. He would lead them to a win to give them possession of first place in the NFC East.

The weekend also saw two players from the 2020 NFL Draft class have big contributions to their team. Collin Johnson showed by the Longhorns offense missed him this year and Brandon Jones recorded the first sack of his NFL career.

A look at the rest of the Texas exes:

4 studs and 2 duds in Seahawks 23-17 win over Eagles on MNF

Here are the four studs and the two duds from the Seattle Seahawks 23-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night in Week 12.

The Seattle Seahawks cemented their position atop the NFC West and improved to the No. 2 Seed in the conference with a 23-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on “Monday Night Football.”

The City of Brotherly Love has certainly shown the Seahawks plenty of love over the years. Seattle has now won seven-straight games in Philadelphia and hasn’t suffered a loss since 1989. Quarterback Russell Wilson has also improved to a blemish-free 6-0 record versus the Eagles in his career.

It wasn’t the flashiest performance from the high-flying Seahawks offense, but they did just enough to take advantage of easily the best performance all year from Seattle’s defense who suffocated the Birds all night long.

Monday night remains Seattle’s night, as the team with the best winning percentage on Monday night in NFL history notched another W under their belts. Here are 4 studs and only 2 duds from Seattle’s victory.

Touchdown Wire names former Texas DT Poona Ford a ‘secret superstar’

After becoming an undrafted free agent in 2018, defensive tackle Poona Ford quickly made a name for himself in Seattle.

Former Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford is a diamond in the rough. Continue reading “Touchdown Wire names former Texas DT Poona Ford a ‘secret superstar’”

The good, the bad, and the ugly from Seahawks’ win over Cardinals

The Seattle Seahawks won their rematch against the Arizona Cardinals, 28-21, on Thursday night and reclaimed first place in the NFC West.

The Seattle Seahawks are back in first place in the NFC West after defeating the Arizona Cardinals, 28-21, at the newly-renamed Lumen Field in Seattle on “Thursday Night Football.” Seattle held the lead the entire time, but Kyler Murray and the Cardinals kept things uncomfortably close for much of those 60 minutes. Here are the standout good, bad, and ugly takeaways from the Seahawks’ seventh win of the season:

THE GOOD

Carlos Dunlap: Acquiring Dunlap from the Bengals was a masterstroke from GM John Schneider, as the explosive defensive end has taken the Seahawks’ struggling pass rush to new heights since his arrival. Dunlap was an absolute terror in the backfield with three QB hits and two sacks, including the game-sealing takedown on 4th and 10 at Seattle’s 27. The consistent pressure he generated often threw Kyler Murray off of his game, forcing the Cardinals QB to either run for his life or throw the ball away for no gain. Dunlap should feast against the Eagles’ offensive line in 11 days’ time on “Monday Night Football.”

The defense: Seattle’s defensive unit looked like an entirely different squad on Thursday, holding Arizona’s potent offense to 317 yards (their second-lowest total of the season). The Cardinals’ running game was effectively shut down against a strong front seven, only accumulating 57 yards, while star receiver DeAndre Hopkins posted just 51 yards on five catches. The Seahawks set the tone from Arizona’s very first drive, forcing a quick three-and-out, and were able to repeat that performance on the Cards’ second drive. Seattle’s defensive line also forced a holding call in the end zone, leading to a rare safety (and Seahawks ball) with a four-point lead and 9:12 left in the fourth quarter.

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The NFL’s Secret Superstars of Week 10

Every week, there are players doing spectacular things under the radar. Here are the NFL’s Secret Superstars of Week 10.

Every NFL season features a certain number of players who come out of nowhere to surprise and entertain at a level we did not expect. Perhaps they’re veterans for whom everything finally clicks. Perhaps they’re rookies who show that the NFL curve can be navigated at a quicker pace by some more than others.

Whatever the circumstances, there were several players who either expanded their 2019 performances, or came into the NFL as first-year players in 2020 and showed that they didn’t need a preseason to ball out at a professional level.

Here are the NFL’s Secret Superstars of Week 10.