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Report: Bears to hire Chad Morton as running backs coach

According to Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears are set to hire former Seahawks coach Chad Morton.

It seems the Chicago Bears had themselves a busy Tuesday working to hire offensive coaches. According to Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears are hiring Chad Morton to be their running backs coach, which would round out the position coaches on the offensive staff. Morton is the third reported coaching hire over the last 24 hours, joining wide receivers coach Chris Beatty and passing game coordinator Thomas Brown.

Morton, like Brown, has prior ties to new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. The two worked together for the last three years on the Seattle Seahawks, but his coaching journey started out in a place Bears fans know all too well, however.

After a productive playing career as a running back, Morton began his coaching career with the Green Bay Packers and was a special teams assistant from 2010–2013. From there, he joined the Seahawks in a similar role before moving to their offensive staff as a running backs assistant from 2015–2016. In 2017, he was promoted to running backs coach and trudged through a tough season where the Seahawks had a bottom-five rushing attack.

Those struggles didn’t last long, though. Seattle led the league in rushing the following season, averaging 160 yards per game, and had another top-five attack in 2019. In 2022, Morton became the Seahawks run game coordinator in addition to his role as running backs coach.

Morton helped get the most out of Chris Carson for a few seasons and developed younger talents such as Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet. Now, he rounds out Waldron’s staff and will be tasked with further developing players like Roschon Johnson and Khalil Herbert in the backfield.

8 grades for Seattle Seahawks rookies from the 2023 NFL season

Here’s how we graded out eight Seahawks rookies who saw significant playing time this season.

You can make a case for the Chargers, but the Seahawks are the hottest destination among the teams that had an NFL head coach opening in this hiring cycle. While they dont have a young top-five QB like Justin Herbert they do have a high-value veteran in Geno Smith and a roster that is loaded with young playmakers on both sides of the ball.

The team’s 2023 rookie class is more proof of that, as Seattle landed a superstar at cornerback, a potential Pro Bowler at wide receiver and a couple other strong depth pieces, as well. Here’s how we graded out eight Seahawks rookies who saw significant playing time this season.

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Studs and duds for the Seahawks from the last game of 2023 season

Here’s our final studs and duds list for the season.

The Seahawks pulled off another dramatic come-from-behind win in the fourth quarter today, this time against the division rival Cardinals. Geno Smith’s late touchdown pass and two-point conversion to Tyler Lockett gave them a 21-20 win, with a little help from a miss by Matt Prater as time expired. While it wasn’t enough to make the playoffs, Seattle does end the 2023 season on a high note.

Here’s our final studs and duds list for the season.

Fantasy football start ’em, sit ’em: Week 15

Check out these starts and sits for fantasy football in Week 15.

The fantasy football playoffs commenced Thursday night in the majority of leagues. Hopefully, you didn’t have to play against the Las Vegas Raiders defense.

The Week 15 slate offers some intriguing matchups with a handful of games bringing some worry as the playoffs begin. Finding the sweet spot between trusting the process and avoiding overreaction is the key over the next three weeks.

Now, it’s time to take a look at how we can help you get the fantasy playoffs started on the right foot.

Doing start/sit articles can be a little challenging. The players featured on the list below should not be taken as “must starts” or “must sits.” Instead, these are more suggestions on what we believe managers should do with fringe players heading into the weekend. The choice is ultimately up to the manager.

Just because a player is listed as a “start” doesn’t mean he should be put in the lineup over the secure, bona fide studs. Vice versa for the “sits.” If there’s no better option on the waiver wire or the bench, a manager shouldn’t automatically sit the player. That’s why these can be tricky waters to navigate.

Feel free to ask any specific start/sit questions via X, formerly Twitter, (@KevinHickey11), or check out our start/bench list for Week 15:

Seahawks QB Geno Smith questionable vs. 49ers

The #49ers may not face the Seahawks’ starting QB on Sunday.

The 49ers may not face the Seahawks’ starting quarterback Sunday at Levi’s Stadium. QB Geno Smith was a full go in practice until Friday when he showed up as a non-participant with a groin injury. Seattle is listing him as questionable for Sunday.

If Smith can’t go it would likely be backup QB Drew Lock starting in his place. Lock was acquired by the Seahawks from the Broncos in the deal that sent QB Russell Wilson to Denver.

Lock lost a QB battle last offseason to Smith and didn’t play last season. This year in two games he’s completed 4-of-12 throws for 66 yards and an interception. Sunday would mark his first start in a Seahawks uniform.

Smith isn’t the only player on the injury report. Seattle is also listing linebacker Jordyn Brooks (ankle), cornerback Tre Brown (heel), running backs Zach Charbonnet (knee) and Kenneth Walker (oblique), wide receiver D’Wayne Eskridge (ribs) and defensive tackle Jarran Reed (hamstring) as questionable.

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Seahawks injury updates: LB Jordyn Brooks, RB Zach Charbonnet

Yesterday head coach Pete Carroll spoke with the media and offered updates on linebacker Jordyn Brooks as well as rookie running back Zach Charbonnet.

At least the Seahawks came out of Thursday night’s heartbreaking loss to the Cowboys without any major injuries to report. There are a couple of minor ones that will warrant monitoring, though. Yesterday head coach Pete Carroll spoke with the media and offered updates on linebacker Jordyn Brooks as well as rookie running back Zach Charbonnet.

Brooks left the game in the first half after a strong start and was listed as probable to return with an ankle injury. However, he was later downgraded to doubtful and never made it back on the field. Carroll says Brooks’ injury is a sprained ankle but didn’t have information on the severity of it. As for Charbonnet, Carroll is calling the knee injury that forced him out against Dallas a bruise.

Devin Bush stepped in for Brooks and DeeJay Dallas for Charbonnet. We may not hear more until Wednesday when the first injury report of Week 14 will come out.

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7 Seahawks highlights from their Week 13 loss to Cowboys

Here are the highlights for Seattle this week, featuring several appearances by DK Metcalf.

The Seattle Seahawks got into a shootout with the Dallas Cowboys tonight and they came up just short, losing on the road by a score of 41-35.

Here are the highlights for Seattle this week, featuring several appearances by DK Metcalf.

Fantasy football sleepers to play in Week 13

Check out these sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 13.

It’s here. Part II of the bye-pocalypse is upon us, and the mad scramble to find sleepers for our starting lineups in fantasy football has commenced.

And it’s as rough as we expected it to be. Six teams are on a bye in Week 13 including the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings.

As it pertains to the sleepers, the options aren’t as plentiful as they would be in a typical week. But that’s not going to stop us from trying to find some diamonds in the rough as managers look to make the final push for the playoffs.

Don’t forget to check out The Huddle’s weekly PPR projections and rankings to get a better idea of how we feel about the upcoming week as a whole.

4-Down Territory: MVP race, best under-the-radar team, mercy trades, Worst of the Week

NFL MVP? Most dangerous non-playoff team? Players in mercy trades? Worst of the Week? It’s time for this week’s “4-Down Territory!”

With 12 weeks of actual football in the books for the 2023 NFL season, and the Thanksgiving slate behind us, it’s time for Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire, and Kyle Madson of Niners Wire, to come to the table with their own unique brand of analysis in “4-Down Territory.”

This week, the guys have some serious questions to answer:

  1. Who’s the NFL’s Most Valuable Player at this point of the season?
  2. Which current non-playoff team is the league’s most dangerous?
  3. Which player deserves to be traded from his current team as an act of mercy?
  4. What was the Worst of the Week for Week 12?

You can watch this week’s “4-Down Territory” right here:

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You can also listen and subscribe the “4-Down Territory” podcast on Spotify…

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The NFL’s Worst of the Week: Diontae Johnson, shotgun runs, bad Jets/Pats, Shawn Hochuli

This week’s Worst of the Week in the NFL included Diontae Johnson, Jared Goff, the Jets and Patriots, and of course, more horrible officiating!

Football is a wonderful, thrilling, inspiring game that can lift us to new heights in our lives.

But football is also a weird, inexplicable, at times downright stupid game that may force you to perform Keith Moon-level furniture destruction in your own living room.

So, as much as we at Touchdown Wire endeavor to write about what makes the game great, there are also times when it’s important to point out the dumb plays, boneheaded decisions, and officiating errors that make football all too human.

Folks, it’s time for the Worst of the Week for Week 12 of the 2023 NFL season.