Seahawks Insider - Morning links: Cardinals preseason debut on TV tonight

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Morning links: Cardinals preseason debut on TV tonight

Posted by Eric Williams @ 09:29:24 am

Today's links, and a reminder that the Arizona-New Orleans game is on TV tonight, 5 p.m. on ESPN.

Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks new practice facility, the VMAC (Virginia Mason Athletic Center) opens to rave reviews according to Frank Hughes.

In this story Scott Johnson of the Everett Herald discusses the adversity Mike Holmgren faced during his 10 years as head coach in Seattle, including the passing away of his mother Barbara and good friend, defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur in 2002.

Associated Press reporter Tim Booth also writes about the new practice facility here.

For those who want to get a look at Brett Favre in a Jets uniform, he’ll play against Seattle on Dec. 21, as New York plays against NFC West teams this season.

An update on former Seahawk and current Carolina Panther D.J. Hackett, who will start the first two games of the season with Steve Smith suspended.

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San Francisco 49ers

J.T. O’Sullivan gets the start on Friday over Alex Smith and Shaun Hill as the Niners take on the Raiders in Oakland.

Head coach Mike Nolan had this to say about his decision:

“I have a lot of familiarity with the other two players,” Nolan said. “J.T. O’Sullivan has done a very good job as the other guys have, but yeah, more than anything else, I want to see him in a game situation.”

Another story, this one in the San Francisco Chronicle, where tight end Vernon Davis claims he belongs among the elite tight ends in the league, even though his numbers do not warrant the lofty comparison at this point.

Arizona Cardinals

Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic outlines the Cardinals’ strategy for evaluating players heading into tonight’s preseason game against New Orleans. The game will be televised tonight at 5 p.m. on ESPN.

Kurt Warner might not play tonight in order to give a rusty Matt Leinart a few more snaps.

The Cardinals also will take a look at safety Antrel Rolle as a kick returner.

St. Louis Rams

The Rams and Titans get physical during a controlled scrimmage between the two teams in Nashville.

And Rams rookie defensive end Chris Long looked good in one-on-one passing drills against the Titans.

Categories: Seahawks Insider, Blog News • 13 comments

COMMENTS:

Comment by mikew177 @ 11:15 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Haha, Vernon Davis needs to do something notable before he starts flapping his lips about being an elite tight end. He definately has talent but not much common sense. Maybe we should just go ahead and nominate him for the Hall of Fame right now and he can go to Canton and thank all the people that are going to make his future career spectacular.

Comment by maynerd @ 11:39 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Just had to post somewhere that I don't like that they've taken www.seahawks.com and turned it into a qwest thing. :P

Comment by klm008 @ 12:07 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I think Jets just got a little better.

Comment by mrchu @ 12:59 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Guys if you're visiting Seahawks.com be careful, looks to have been compromised and serving something nasty. Logs from my antivirus (Kaspersky):

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2008.08.07 12:38:22 URL: http://www.uhwc.ru/js.js detected Trojan program 'Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.ccv'
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2008.08.07 12:38:22 URL: http://www.seahawks.com/favicon.ico ok scanned
2008.08.07 12:39:19 URL: http://www.uhwc.ru/js.js detected Trojan program 'Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.ccv'
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Comment by tacomaboy46 @ 13:11 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

My mac intercepted the same virus this a.m....You guys with pc's be careful...

Comment by mrchu @ 13:32 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I've fired off an email to their webmaster addy but that often isn't read. Trying to logon from a Linux VM result in a "site under maintenance" screen but from Windows the site is still live, so this is not likely a false positive.

Comment by HawkFromDay1 @ 13:50 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Has Vernon Davis ever been thrown to? I have no recollection of this ever happening.

Comment by GeeMan @ 13:53 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Jerramy Stevens must have visited Seahawks.com early this morning. If his computer is anything like him, it must be rife with disease and viruses.

Comment by airbags @ 14:07 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

i think it's funny that hackett moves to a new team, and he can only start now that smith has been suspended. who is supposed to start along smith? mushin?

great pick, dj. you could have stayed here and at least gotten the opportunity to kick some butt instead of get your butt kicked.

geeman - man, that's funny.

Comment by seahawk0824 @ 15:23 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Frank, can Logan Payne be placed on the practice squad this season?

Comment by John_Morgan @ 16:10 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

To answer your question, seahawk0824, Payne should still be eligible having neither more than two years of time on a practice squad nor an Accrued Season of NFL experience.

Comment by Ray @ 19:50 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Right now it's late in the the forth Qtr of the Saints/ Arizona game and the Cards look poorly coached.

I know it's the first game of the pre-season, but Jim Zorn's RedSkins looked much better last week. I'm anxious to see how the 'Hawks look tomorrow.

Comment by klm008 @ 21:23 - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

108 degrees in the jiffy pop dome. Glad we don't go there till end of the season.

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