New Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora joined KJR’s Mitch Levy on air for the first time this morning to talk Seahawks stuff. Listen to the conversation in this audio link.

Mora addressed several topics. He talked about his time as head coach for the Atlanta Falcons, and said he wished he had stayed closer to his passion of being involved in the defense. Mora said he became more of a head coach instead of a defensive-minded head coach, and wants to make sure that he does the latter here in Seattle.

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West Coast Defense – it’s a catch phrase uttered in the latter stages of our interview with new Seattle Seahawks defensive backs coach Tim Lewis.

Lewis referred to the “dynamic” process the defensive coaches were going though in building Seattle’s defense from the ground up, and used the term West Coast Defense to describe what Seattle’s defense might be in the 2009 season.

Well, we’ve heard the term West Coast Offense used to describe the offensive system created by Bill Walsh in San Francisco and Don Coryell in San Diego, which relies on a quick-timing, passing game to move the ball down the field. But what’s the West Coast Defense?

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Some links to chew on this morning.

Seattle finishes in the middle of the pack at 15th overall in this special teams ranking performed annually by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.

NFL.com's Pat Kirwan lists the top 10 things to look for this offseason.

The cutting has began, as the first day of the NFL waiver period began on Monday.

ESPN’s Mike Sando looks at ways the Seahawks can save money under this year’s cap.

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