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Seahawks legends, players and reporters share tributes to John Clayton

Judging by the outpouring of responses from around the league, Clayton had a profound impact on everyone involved with his work.

ESPN’s NFL writer and reporter John Clayton died on Friday at the age of 67. Judging by the outpouring of responses from around the league, Clayton had a profound impact on everyone touched by his work.

Here’s what Seattle Seahawks legends, current players, analysts and beat reporters are sharing about Clayton.

Seahawks GOATs: The best player at each position in franchise history

Here are the best players at each position in franchise history.

The Seattle Seahawks have only been around since 1976. However, they have a rich tradition and some of the greatest players in NFL history have put on their uniform.

Here are the best players at each position in franchise history.

Chiefs’ Orlando Brown Jr. strives to be compared to NFL’s greats at left tackle

The newest offensive lineman in Kansas City has some hefty aspirations.

The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired a big new left tackle in Orlando Brown Jr. (6-8, 345 pounds) who has even bigger goals with his new team.

Brown Jr. has played three seasons in the NFL so far. Even though the 2020 NFL season was one of his best yet, he knows there’s a lot of room for improvement within his game. He doesn’t want to improve just to impress his new team either. He has aspirations of being recognized among some of the greatest players to ever play the left tackle position.

“A lot better, a lot better,” Brown Jr. told reporters during his introductory press conference. “I can grow a lot as a player and I will grow a lot as a player. There’s so much in my game that I want to continue to develop, to put myself on the highest pedestal and be compared with those great players that played the left tackle position like Jonathan Ogden, like Walter Jones, like Tony Boselli, like Anthony Munoz — Eventually putting myself in that position.”

For anyone keeping score, that’s three Pro Football Hall of Famers and a player deserving of Hall of Fame recognition. Those are some pretty lofty goals for a player that has just 700 total snaps at left tackle during his professional career.

Now that Brown Jr. has secured the opportunity to play left tackle, his goals to get better and be recognized as an all-time great should drive him to success with his new team. He even believes that the Chiefs’ offensive scheme will perhaps help him to better showcase his ability.

“As far as the offensive scheme here, I’ve watched a lot of film on Kansas City just like I’m sure every other NFL team or NFL player has,” Brown Jr. said. “I know a little bit about the system. I look forward to learning a lot more but I’m just excited to be in the system, to have the opportunity to really showcase my talents. They do a lot of different things here than what we did in Baltimore just schematically, so I’m really looking forward to that.”

What he knows for certain is that his best football has yet to be played, and with a team like Kansas City, the sky is the limit.

“I would say I still have a long way to go,” Brown Jr. said. “I would say that I’m not even close to playing my best football right now. I’ll only get better as time goes.”

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Kam Chancellor a glaring snub from NFL’s All-Decade team for 2010s

The Seattle Seahawks had five representatives on the NFL’s All-Decade team, but no Kam Chancellor was a glaring omission.

There’s no debate the five current and former members of the Seattle Seahawks who were selected to the NFL’s All-Decade team of the 2010s deserved to be there.

Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman were pillars of the Legion of Boom, the most famous defense of the millennium. Bobby Wagner is a future Hall of Famer and one of the last remaining great middle linebackers in the game. Marshawn Lynch was a transcendent power running back, and coach Pete Carroll was one of the most successful coaches of the decade.

As always with lists like this, however, the list of Seahawks could have been even bigger.

While Russell Wilson is no doubt an elite quarterback, it’s hard to imagine a spot for him with Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers on the roster, and Drew Brees probably has a compelling case as No. 3 in line.

However, the real snub was the third member of the famous Legion of Boom, Kam Chancellor.

Chancellor was passed over in favor of Eric Weddle, Eric Berry and Tyrann Mathieu, and while those guys may have played in more games, Chancellor’s impact was great and his omission from this list is glaring.

Chancellor struck fear in opponents with his thunderous hits despite playing in an era that gradually gave more power to receivers. He should have been the Super Bowl MVP in Seattle’s 43-8 thrashing of the Denver Broncos to cap the 2013 season.

Weddle, Berry and Mathieu are all great, no doubt, but it feels like Chancellor is getting the shaft because of a career-ending injury that cut his time playing in the last decade short, an unfair disadvantage that does not take away from what he accomplished.

Hall of Fame tackle Walter Jones, among many others, voiced his displeasure with Chancellor’s omission on Twitter.

Chancellor, who retired in 2018, was a four-time Pro Bowler who recorded 12 interceptions, 44 passes defensed and nine forced fumbles over the course of eight seasons.

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The top 5 players to finish their career with the Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks have employed many NFL legends in their final moments in the league. Here is a ranking of the top-five.

The Seattle Seahawks, perhaps more than any other franchise, have become the final landing spot for a myriad of the game’s greatest players.

The team’s recent acquisition of Greg Olsen, as well as last year’s Josh Gordon experiment, potentially added two more NFL greats to a long list of players who play out their final games in the Emerald City.

I decided to rank the elite NFL players who called it quits while in Seattle. This list does not include lifelong Seahawks, like Steve Largent and Walter Jones, or even Marshawn Lynch – who might have played his final down last season (although with Beast mode, you can never be sure).

Instead, this list will focus on players who spent one year (or in many cases, less than a year) in Seattle to shut the door on their extensive – often Hall of Fame worthy – careers.

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Edgerrin James, Steve Hutchinson inducted into Pro Football HOF

Former Seattle Seahawks guard Steve Hutchinson and running back Edgerrin James were both inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame officially announced the Modern-Era enshrinees for the Class of 2020 and two former Seattle Seahawks – guard Steve Hutchinson and running back Edgerrin James – were inducted.

Hutchinson becomes the fifth player drafted by the Seahawks to get inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Kenny Easley, Cortez Kennedy, Walter Jones and Kevin Mawae.

Hutchinson has been a finalist the past few years, and he finally broke through and earned induction in 2020. He was a seven-time Pro Bowler and was named an All-Pro five times in an 11-year career.

He is now enshrined alongside Jones, his neighbor on the left side of Seattle’s offensive line in 2005, when running back Shaun Alexander won the MVP after rushing for 1,880 yards and 27 touchdowns.

James is of course known far more for his time with the Colts, but he did finish his playing career with the Seahawks – appearing in seven games during the 2009 season, rushing 46 times for 125 yards.

James was a four-time Pro Bowler and an All-Pro in 1999, rushing for 12,246 yards and 80 touchdowns in his career, both within the top 20 all-time.

James and Hutchinson were joined by three other players: safeties Troy Polamalu and Steve Atwater and receiver Isaac Bruce.

The Class of 2020 will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Canton, Ohio this summer.

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Twitter reacts to Marshawn Lynch re-signing with the Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks brought back franchise icon Marshawn Lynch on Monday night, and Twitter exploded.

The Seattle Seahawks gave fans an early Christmas present on Monday, signing franchise icon Marshawn Lynch out of retirement.

He will join his former teammate, Robert Turbin, in Seattle’s new (old?) backfield ahead of their crucial Week 17 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers.

Beast Mode’s return caused quite the stir on social media. Lynch was an icon in Seattle, where he played from 2010-2015. His ‘beastquake’ run in the playoffs against New Orleans is perhaps the most iconic play in franchise history, and his goofy personality, love of skittles, and relationship with the media made him an international superstar.

Reaction on Twitter after Lynch’s signing was immediate, which is understandable after the reunion was teased nearly 12 hours earlier by Pete Carroll on 710 ESPN’s Monday morning radio show.

Fans, celebrities, athletes, and former Seahawks all jumped on social media to give their take on Lynch’s return to the Emerald City.

The Seahawks will take on the 49ers on Sunday night in what will be perhaps the most anticipated regular season game of the entire NFL season.

Kickoff is slated for 5:20 p.m. PT.

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