Found January 31, 2012 on Oregon Sports News: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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In a division that is now under San Francisco’s reign, this offseason may make or break the Seahawks for the next handful of years. Only a little over a year ago, Marshawn Lynch made one of the most memorable NFL playoffs runs in history as the Seahawks knocked off the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. This year was ironically the same end of regular season result but no playoff berth with a losing record, luck runs out eventually. Nobody seemed to tell the Seahawks that normally you need to win at least eight if not nine games to win an NFL division and make the playoffs, especially two years in a row. But it is what it is and the Seahawks have to look towards the future. The need at the quarterback position was blatant last year even before Matt Hasselbeck departed for the Titans. But to make matters worse, the Seahawks skipped over Andy Dalton, which in hindsight is easier to call now, and took offensive tackle James Carpenter. Nothing against Carpenter at all, he...
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  • The Seahawks best move would be th sign Matt Flynn as a free agent and draft a much needed pass rusher in the first round.
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