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The Seahawks shuffled some receivers today, releasing Courtney Taylor, who started at flanker the first two games of the season, and signing former Oregon Duck Jordan Kent from the practice squad.
For whatever reason, Taylor's bravado never translated to success in games, and he quickly went from starter to scout team to, they hope, practice squad if he clears waivers. That has to be a big comedown for the former Auburn star.
| 2008 Stats | Seahawks | Packers |
| Record | 1-3 | 2-3 |
| Total Yards Gained | 1,197 | 1,687 |
| Total Offense (NFLRank) | 299.3 (22) | 337.4 (11) |
| Rush Offense | 143.3 (6) | 95.6 (23) |
| Pass Offense | 156 (28) | 241.8 (8) |
| Points Per Game | 20.8 (t18) | 26.6 (8) |
| Total Yards Allowed | 1,466 | 1,816 |
| Total Defense | 366.5 (27) | 363.2 (26) |
| Rush Defense | 129.5 (24) | 161.4 (27) |
| Pass Defense | 237 (25) | 201.8 (13) |
| Points Allowed/Game | 31 (29) | 25.6 (23) |
| Possession Avg. | 28:47 | 29:08 |
| Sacked/Yds. Lost | 9/52 | 11/71 |
| Sacks Made/Yds. Lost | 11/63 | 9/54 |
| Interceptions By | 1 | 9 |
| Penalties/Yds. | 22/189 | 44/419 |
| Punts/Avg. | 26/40.8 | 22/44.4 |
| Turnover Differential | -4 (t27) | +3 (t4) |
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Here's the full transcript from Holmgren's press conference.
Opening statement: “Well, after viewing the film, I don’t know if I feel worse than I did yesterday afternoon. It was hard to envision that, but we just didn’t play very well.
“Defensively, we missed some tackles. I’ll state the obvious: we missed some tackles. Big plays hurt us, and that’s something we’ve worked hard on. A couple years ago, that was our Achilles heel. Last year, we did a much better job of eliminating big plays in games, and yesterday, it got us again. We coach to it, we talk about it. We just have to try and do a better job of enforcing it, I suppose. But that hurt us yesterday. We couldn’t stop the run. I think when you go against that team, or the team we’re going to play this coming week, there are certain teams that that’s where you start. Otherwise, it gets to be too hard, and we impressed upon them that point. But they did a great job and they pounded us.
Some links to check out. I'll also post the full transcript from Seattle coach Mike Holmgren's press conference from Monday this afternoon.
Seattle Seahawks
Coach Mike Holmgren says offensively the team will try and rely on it’s running game mores and play more of a ball-controlled offense. But in order for the team to do that the defense has to play much better. Ranked 26th overall, Seattle’s defense has given up 24 plays of 20 or more yards so far this season.
Gregg Bell of the Associated Press chronicles Seattle’s defensive woes.
Scott Johnson of the Everett Herald talks about Seattle’s defensive team leaders Lofa Tatatupu, Deon Grant and Brian Russell getting together for an impromptu meeting to sort things out for next week’s game against the Packers.
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers is expected to play against Seattle this week.
Former Seattle offensive lineman Rob Tobeck talks to KJR’s Mitch Levy’s about the Hawks’ abysmal performance against the Giants.
