Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio had previously written a story that said the Seahawks are going to be a playoff team that does not make it back to the postseason. He also wrote that the Cardinals are not going to be the team to replace the Seahawks -- which means he had to pick either St. Louis or San Francisco. In his latest installment, Florio picks Josh Brown's new team.

I sat down with safety Brian Russell the other day to write a piece about the secondary, which was in the News Tribune on Thursday. Here is the extended version of that interview:

A year into this, and with everybody familiar with both each other and the system, what do you try to accomplish as a group now? I think we have hit the ground running. We are really trying to improve on last year. I think we did some things well, but we have evaluated ourselves, really studied our mistakes last year, and there are some things we can correct, and that should help us be a shutdown secondary. I think we did a good job of limiting big plays last year, we didn’t give up many touchdowns, we had a number of interceptions. But I think we can really dominate games and limit passing yards in total and be better in third down, and I think that will really help the team. That is kind of what we are focusing on.

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Well, for his charity softball game in Olympia. Here is a link in the Olympian to the happenings on Friday evening. Engram apparently did not address his contract dispute or was not asked about it.