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Gameday

You are laying in bed. It is 5AM on a Saturday, and you should be sleeping. Everyone else in the house is fast asleep, as normal, well-adjusted people should be. But you are not normal or well-adjusted, and this is no common Saturday. This mania that grips you is not...
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PLAYOFF EDITION: Hawk Blogger Weekly

CLICK COVER TO OPEN! Hawk Blogger Weekly Issue #9 is now available! It is game day tomorrow. I have been researching and writing all week to get you informed and ready for the big game. Grab a copy and share it with friends and family. New this week, we included...
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Most Badass Seahawk

Mike Sando wrote a terrific article today about just how badass Kam Chancellor is. Sando details a series of separate occurrences demonstrating just how much of an intimidating force Chancellor is on the field. My favorite of these came in the last game of the season versus the Rams when...
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Percy Harvin’s Return May Be An NFL First

Walter Jones was named a finalist for the NFL Hall of Fame today. This was a player that was so thoroughly dominant on the field that few doubt his qualifications a player deserving of being inducted the first year he is eligible. Part of his legend was born off the...
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Cross-Talk: Saints Nation Blog Answers My Questions

Andrew Juge, over at The Saints Nation offered to do some Q & A about our respective teams before the big Monday Night showdown. Andrew fired off his questions first, which I answered here. Here are my questions for him and his answers. HB: What does the loss of Parys...
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To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required

Driving along Route 1 in California is among the most beautiful road experiences in the United States. The asphalt curves and climbs beneath your wheels, flanked by a wall of rock that climbs to the sky on one side and a cliff that dives into the sea on the other....
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An Early Look: Saints And Seahawks Evenly Matched

Photo by Jeff Marsh Experiencing the glory that was a 34-7 beat down of the Saints earlier this season can make it difficult to assess a rematch. Seattle so thoroughly destroyed the Saints in nearly all phases of the game that the convenient narrative is that the Seahawks will impose...
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Seahawks vs Saints: A Look At What Has Changed

No two games are the same. The teams may be the same. The location may be the same. But football teams morph across a season, and even after just five weeks since the last time the Seahawks played the Saints, there are key differences between the teams that battled that...
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Seahawks Playoff Freshmen

Something happens when the playoffs start. The field is the same. The rules are the same. Yet, every decision, every action is amplified, and the amplification grows with each tick of the clock as the teams hurdle toward the ultimate prize. Some people are wired to thrive in those moments....
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