Earl Thomas News

Four safeties from the NFC earned Pro Bowl honors last season. All four played in the NFC West: Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor from Seattle, Dashon Goldson from San Francisco, and Adrian Wilson from Arizona.

Eric Stokes, who worked the past 12 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, has joined the Buccaneers' player personnel department as the team's new director of college scouting With the 2012 NFL Draft now in the books, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' player personnel department will soon be turning its attention to the next class of prospects.

ESPN's Tedy Bruschi played for Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll in New England years ago and seemed to have a strong feel -- and respect -- for Carroll's current team.

Three years ago, Earl Thomas was wreaking havoc in the Longhorns secondary. Five years before that, Derrick Johnson was doing the same at linebacker.

With the Seahawks OTAs going on last week, Seahawks players and front office people were on the radio quite a bit, so I went around and collected them for you to check out here.

Dave Krieg, Jacob Green, Cortez Kennedy and Curt Warner are all in the Ring of Honor.

Jaye Howard, one of the team's fourth-round draft choices, became a more-productive player at Florida last season and credits former Seahawks coach Dan Quinn for improving his pass-rushing technique.

The Seattle Seahawks had a little skirmish during their final OTA practice of the week before a four-day holiday weekend, Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

During an appearance on PFT Live, Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider told Mike Florio that HBO and NFL Films had approached the team to gauge their interest in "Hard Knocks", but the team declined .

We've been talking about the 4-3 Under/Over and propensities for the 3-4 , the Defensive Front Seven , and modern hybrid fronts - a Beekers must-read from a few months back - and just in general, player types and schemes to watch for on the Seahawks defense in 2012 a lot recently, so I thought I'd share a few more notes on the subject.

New offseason rules have long-term benefits for players - Blog - MyNorthwest.com Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson sees another long-term benefit: players will be better prepared for life after football.

Fantasy Football Top Tens - Goal Line Stand - Rotoworld.com The wheels are officially spinning on Rotoworld's 2012 Fantasy Football Guide after Chris Wesseling, Mike Clay, Pat Daugherty, and myself each submitted player-position rankings to spreadsheet wizard Adam Levitan on Tuesday.

They were two of the brightest spots for the Seahawks last year, and two of the biggest reasons more is expected from Seattle in 2012.

Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas checked in at No. 66 on "Top 100: Players of 2012" rankings, joining teammate Marshawn Lynch on the list and further validating a key decision head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider made early in their inaugural season at the helm of the franchise.

That headline felt a bit weird to write, since no one is thinking that Kam Chancellor is in need of replacement, but the Seahawks have huge expectations for 6th round pick Winston Guy.

Sweezy on the move The Seahawks saw enough in J.R. Sweezy that they sent offensive line coach Tom Cable to North Carolina State to determine whether the defensive tackle has what it takes to play guard at the next level.

Due to the new rules of the CBA, the team is unable to engage in any contact drills and cannot lineup offense and defense against one another.

Despite having the Pro Bowl tandem of Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, the Seahawks selected Winston Guy in the sixth round of the NFL Draft to fill the important third safety spot in their big nickel.

Wait. That's not quite right. It was impressive especially by NFL standards considering Irvin signed a four-year contract with Seattle less than two weeks after the Seahawks chose him in the first round with the No.