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Jermaine Kearse named Seahawks Legend of the Year for 2024

Jermaine Kearse named Seahawks Legend of the Year for 2024

Each year, the Seattle Seahawks acknowledge one of their former great players and their contributions back to the community. They bestow the coveted title of “Legend of the Year” upon them. Last year, Seattle named Randall Morris to this honor.

On Monday, the Seahawks have named their Legend of the Year for 2024… Super Bowl XLVIII Champion and hometown hero Jermaine Kearse!

“Seahawks Legend” is the perfect way to describe Jermaine Kearse and what he means to this franchise. A Lakewood, WA native, Kearse became a Washington Husky, and after going undrafted, signed with the hometown Seahawks. A longshot to even make the roster, Kearse would go on to prove to be one of the most impactful players who ever donned the navy and neon Seattle uniforms.

It is not an overstatement to say Jermaine Kearse has the four single most important receptions in Seahawks history:

  • Go-ahead touchdown on 4th down in the 2013 NFC Championship to give Seattle a 20-17 lead (Seahawks eventually won 23-17)
  • “Pinball Wizard” touchdown in Super Bowl XLVIII to extend Seattle’s lead to 36-0 late in the third quarter.
  • Overtime touchdown reception in the 2014 NFC Championship to beat the Packers 28-22 (Kearse’s only reception of the game)
  • Improbable reception in Super Bowl XLIX to give the Seahawks a chance to repeat as Champs.

Kearse played in the league for seven years, the first five of which were in Seattle, the last two in New York. In his career, Kearse had 255 receptions for 3,290 yards and 17 touchdowns. But to Seahawks fans, he is a franchise Hall of Fame caliber player.

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Chiefs, 49ers have 5 former Dolphins in Super Bowl 58

Former Dolphins looking to win a Super Bowl on Sunday.

The Miami Dolphins were eliminated from the postseason following their 27-6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs back in the divisional round, so it’s been some time since they last played football.

While Dolphins fans prepare for the offseason, there are a number of former Dolphins who are still playing for a Super Bowl championship that they can support.

This Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers are set to battle in a Super Bowl matchup, where one team will walk out with a Lombardi Trophy, and there are five former Dolphins on their rosters and practice squads.

Here’s a look at which players who once donned the aqua and orange will play in this one:

Kam Chancellor ranks high among biggest Super Bowl MVP snubs of all time

Did I ever tell you about the time the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl by 35 points?

Did I ever tell you about the time the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl by 35 points? Strange so much of the discourse about this team is about what happened the following year, so somehow one of the most dominant performances in the history of championship football goes under the radar.

In any case, in retrospect Seattle seemed destined to take down Denver that day. After barely squeaking past the obscenely tough division super-rival 49ers by the length of Richard Sherman’s middle finger, the rest seemed a given – fortune clearly had a favorite. The stories are all canon by now.

By the time the ball flew past Peyton Manning’s head on the opening snap of the game, you could feel something special happening already. You have probably heard about Denver’s star players partying in New York in the week leading up to the game, the defense breaking the OMAHA code of Manning’s audibles, the relentless hunger driving this group of super-competitive “misfits.”

That said, nobody really had any idea just how badly the historically-great Broncos offense would get beaten. Until this happened.

With that hit on Demaryius Thomas, alpha lion Kam Chancellor set the tone and sent a message – this was their day.

Chancellor played one of his finest games, but in the end the Super Bowl MVP trophy went to linebacker Malcolm Smith. While he was a fine defender, Smith won the award seemingly for being in the right place at the right time for a clutch sack and a pick-six.

If it felt like an injustice at the time, you weren’t wrong.

In a new list of the 15 biggest Super Bowl MVP snubs in history, Doug Farrar at Touchdown Wire ranks Bam Bam at at No. 4 all time.

“After the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” defense poleaxed Peyton Manning’s high-flying Broncos in a 43-8 romp, it was decided that Seattle linebacker Malcolm Smith would be the game’s MVP. Understandable to a point, as Smith’s 69-yard pick-six took the first-half score to 22-0.

But anybody who really watched this game understood that safety Kam Chancellor, the LOB’s primary enforcer, was the most valuable man on the field. Perhaps Chancellor suffered from a case of box-score scouting, but he did have an interception of his own, he put up 10 tackles, and he completely eliminated any chance the Broncos had of throwing anything short and intermediate over the middle… because every time Wes Welker or anybody else tried a slant, there was Chancellor, ready to blow it up and reinforce the fact that those passes were Very Bad Ideas.”

The Seahawks took home the trophy that really mattered that evening, but the MVP should have gone to Kam.

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Seahawks win over Broncos tops Super Bowl power rankings since 2000

The Seattle Seahawks’ win over the Denver Broncos in SB48 tops List Wire’s Super Bowl power rankings since 2000.

Seattle Seahawks fans will be watching other teams compete for the NFL’s world championship this season in Tampa, triggering memories of years past when it was Seattle in the big game.

Ahead of Sunday’s matchup between the Chiefs and the Buccaneers, Barry Werner of The List Wire took a look at every Super Bowl since 2000 and put together his power rankings. The Seahawks’ win over the Broncos in Super Bowl 48 earned the top spot.

“A tour de force by the Seattle Seahawks as they demolished the Denver Broncos,” writes Werner. “Who can forget the opening safety as the snap flew by Peyton Manning. It was the start of one of the most dominant performances in Super Bowl history. Powerful.”

Seattle also earned a big mention in the No. 2 spot but the memory is still painful for some. Coming in at second in the rankings are the Patriots for their nail-biting victory over the Seahawks the next year in Super Bowl 49.

“A great finish to a tense game,” Werner starts. “Pete Carroll has to wish he handed off to Marshawn Lynch. Malcolm Butler with the game-saving interception and the Patriots delivered against a rugged opponent.”

Seattle’s loss to the Steelers in Super Bowl 40 was way down on the list at No. 20.

The complete Super Bowl power rankings since 2000 can be found here.

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Steve Raible identifies his favorite call of his play-by-play career

Seattle Seahawks announcer Steve Raible said his favorite play call of his career was the announcement of the team’s Super Bowl victory.

Seattle Seahawks play-by-play announcer Steve Raible recently identified his favorite radio call of his career. It was none other than his announcement that the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII.

“12s, they’re bringing the trophy home, your Seahawks — Super Bowl 48 champions!”

Raible told NBC Sports Northwest that it was not the most important play, but the most fun moment.

“That’s the most fun call I’ve ever had. It wasn’t a play, but it was the exclamation to that night,” Raible said. “That was the moment we could all celebrate and boy we sure did.”

Everyone knows what happened the following year, but this was the finest moment in Seahawks’ franchise history and will be remembered in the Emerald City for eternity.

Reliving this moment will hopefully give Seattle fans something positive to recall as everyone patiently waits for the reopening of professional sports and the start of the 2020 NFL regular season.

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Former Seahawks quarterback BJ Daniels transitions into coaching

BJ Daniels, who last played for the XFL’s Seattle Dragons, will take over as the head coach of the Lincoln High School Trojans in Florida.

Former Seahawks quarterback BJ Daniels, most recently with the XFL’s Seattle Dragons, has decided to hang up his cleats in favor of a clipboard, officially accepting the position of head football coach at his alma mater, Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida.

Daniels played his college ball at the University of South Florida before he was drafted in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL draft by the 49ers. He ended up appearing in eight NFL games in the 2015 season, two with the Texans and six with the Seahawks – all at wide receiver.

Daniels bounced around practice squads and other professional leagues after that, eventually suiting up for the XFL’s Dragons in 2020, completing 19 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown before the league shut down early thanks to COVID-19.

“With the coronavirus situation and the fact that when I was with the XFL it closed down a lot of sports, it definitely forced my hand a little bit to pursue the career and the dream that I wanted to do,” Daniels told reporters at WTXL in Tallahassee. “Coaching is that dream and that goal. This is the first step for what I want to do and that is continue to give back and encourage the young student athletes here at Lincoln High School. Just to do what I can to give all the knowledge and information I’ve accumulated over my entire career and just pass it along.”

Daniels does not have any coaching experience, but his lengthy playing career, spanning multiple leagues and positions, should allow him to succeed right away at Lincoln, where he looks forward to getting to meet the students face to face as soon as he can.

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