2006 Seahawks Football
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When people start talking about the curse
of the Super Bowl loser, the 2006 Seahawks football
are thinking about being the ones to break it.
Seattle is going to miss a couple of key players from last
year's team in left guard Steve Hutchinson and wide
receiver Joe Jurevicius. Both of these guys were big
contributors on last year's team and left big holes.
Seattle did get a little help though with Julian Peterson
and linebacker over from San Francisco and Nate Burleson
to replace Jurevicius at wide out. The draft was
also nice to Seattle when they selected Kelly Jennings at
cornerback out of Miami and Darryl Tapp, a defensive end
out of Virginia Tech. These guys are talented and if
they pick up their roles quickly will find themselves in
starting roles.
The 2006 Seahawks football team looks to
be explosive once again as they ranked first in scoring
last year at 28.3 points per game and second in total
offense. It starts at quarterback with Pro Bowler
Matt Hasselbeck. He is Mike Holmgren's boy and has
learned the system inside and out. The team has the
league's best at running back in Shaun Alexander. He
puts up big numbers and finally got the contract he
deserved after putting up an NFL record 28 touchdowns last
year. The Seahawks have three capable receivers when
they can stay healthy, which has been an issue in year's
past. Nate Burleson, Darrell Jackson, and Bobby
Engram will be able to scare opposing secondaries only if
all three of them are taking the field together.
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Defensively the team is average and just
tried to contain the opposition so the offense can
outscore them. The line is deep at tackle and
shallow at end, but this is the team that led the league
in sacks last season and the front four was a big reason
why. Grant Wistrom and Bryce Fisher are both solid
ends, but tackles Marcus Tubbs and Chuck Darby are among
the best in the game. Peterson coming in as the
strong side linebacker solidifies this unit, who has Pro
Bowler Lofa Tatupu in the middle and Leroy Hill on the
other side. The secondary has now become the weakest
part of the defense with rookie Kelly Jennings expected to
head right in and start. Safeties Michael Boulware
and Ken Hamlin are talented but Hamlin hasn't played since
the incident outside of a nightclub early last season.
Seattle has the potential to make the
Super Bowl once again this season. The division
should basically be a lock with the other three teams just
not making enough moves to catch the Seahawks. You
can get the team at a pretty good value, as long as you
don't believe in the curse, at Over 10.5 +120 at
Bookmaker right now.
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