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Eric D. Williams took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in December. Williams has covered the Seahawks, Sonics and high school sports for The News Tribune since joining the paper in 2006. Eric lives in Tacoma with his wife and two children.

Tacoma News Tribune columnist Dave Boling also contributes to the Seahawks Insider blog.

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Seahawks Insider
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Posted by Eric Williams @ 07:29:50 am

Looks like the New York Jets will be in the market for a new quarterback. ESPN is reporting that Brett Favre has instructed his agent to tell the team that he plans on retiring. Here’s Favre statement that he released.

“[G.M.] Mike [Tannenbaum] and [owner] Woody [Johnson], as well as the entire organization, have been nothing short of outstanding,” Favre told Werder via e-mail. “My teammates[,] Thomas [Jones] and Kerry [Rhodes] included, were a pleasure to play with. [Coach] Eric [Mangini] could not have been any better. I enjoyed playing for him. My time with the Jets was short, but I’m honored to be given that chance.”

Eleven new coaches will take the field next season. Don Banks of Sports Illustrated takes a look at the new head coaches for 2009 and what the chances are of any of them leading their team to a quick turnaround like Miami and Atlanta in 2008.

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