The Seahawks' "Small and Fast" Defense

Written by Chris Sullivan

Wednesday, 12 August 2009 10:13

Or, you know, lack thereof. Mike Sando has put together another NFC West "roided out roster" piece, and his wrap-up includes a bunch of nice tidbits. Included therein is one that particularly caught my interest:

The Seahawks' starting defensive players average 252 pounds. I haven't updated starting lineups for all teams outside the division. However, that average would be the highest in the league based on my most recent projected starters. It's definitely time to stop talking about Seattle's defense as undersized.

The Hawks clearly have made an effort to get bigger on defense this offseason, which I think we'd all agree is a positive development. It starts on the defensive line, bringing in the 6'4", 292 lb Cory Redding to start at left end and stuffing nose guard Colin Cole in the middle at 330 lbs. Additionally, Darryl Tapp has sized himself up a bit (though Brandon Mebane has lost about 20 lbs to facilitate his move to the three-tech spot).

The linebacking corps has gotten bigger too, retaining Tatupu and Hill and swapping in 255 lb Aaron Curry to replace 230 lb Julian Peterson. Stepping into the secondary, Josh Wilson's starting spot has been taken over by the taller, bigger Ken Lucas.

So, good, we're bigger! If we're not the "lean, mean, blue and green machine" anymore (and no, no one has ever called us that), what should the Hawks' defense be called? The "Puget Pound" has already been claimed by a fan, but let's keep it in the running.

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written by Riggle, August 12, 2009

How about the
Big Beefy Barbarian Birds
Astounding Avian Aggressors
Assassin Sea Raptors?

angry screamer
written by kash, August 12, 2009

The seattle pounders
The pissed off,rip your quarterbacks head off seattle seahawks kill kill get em'
Yell as loud as you can

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How About.....
written by TheBigShow, August 12, 2009

The Neon Green Nightmare!

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written by Hawkdude, August 12, 2009

How about simply Nasty Neon Nightmare?

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written by Tom Wisniewski, August 12, 2009

The Seattle Smackdown

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written by Hawk4Life, August 12, 2009

The Seattle Squish?

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written by jrfspike, August 12, 2009

Northwest Nightmare?

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written by bw, August 12, 2009

too bad the Huskies are taken, since you know, we're husky

NW Beef, it's what's for dinner.

Supersized, Fat hawks, Seattle tonnage, Chubs, The Beef

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written by Bokeh, August 12, 2009

I nominate the Bill Levy Defense. Or maybe the Levy Levee. So good we don't care what BS they call, we're going to shut you down anyway.

The puke Levy needs to be immortalized up here somehow. Never forget.

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written by slickhawk, August 12, 2009

The Puget Pound!

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written by Steve S., August 12, 2009

I don't think they deserve a name until we see a few solid efforts in regular season road games. The projected starters are still about 2/3 the old Pina Colada Posse. How about they earn a nickname by getting their fat butts off the hotel barstools and get after it on the field.

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written by Matt W, August 12, 2009

Good to hear the D is getting bigger. I'm tired of seeing this team's defense get worn down and run over when our offense is sputtering. It would be exciting to see the defense dominate and win some games.

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written by seahawker, August 12, 2009

were not small and fast anymore are big and fast

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written by Dan Graham, August 12, 2009

Well, following the PNW toponymic lead of whoever coined the Puget Pound, here are some other candidates (tongue firmly in cheek):

Skidmark Row
Yesler's No-Sirs
Elliott Bay Bookends (Redding/Kerney or Curry/Hill)
Pioneer Scare
The Washington State Ferries
The Beacon Hellions
The Denny Retrogrades
Shilshole Bane
The Georgetown Juggernaut
The Alaskan Way Viaduct (because all the lanes collapse)
The Chittenden Lockdown

I guess, now that they're big, we can't call them the Micro-Bruisers.

Agree with Steve
written by GnarlyHawk, August 12, 2009

Lets see some dominating defense before we give a proper name, especially some road domination.

But I do like the sentiment and the size increase.

How About...
written by LouieLouie, August 12, 2009

The Blue Meanies, or the Blue-green Meanies.

Well...how about
written by Big Woody, August 12, 2009

Blue Crew. Ya know, short and catchy, but...then that degenerates to Blew Crew, which...degenerates to Blo Crew...OK let's not go there!

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written by whiskey chainsaw, August 14, 2009

How about The Reign Curtain, Wall of Reign, or Reign Wall. Let's use the "Reign" to our advantage here, people.

Reign Storm?

Something along those lines... ah yes, lines. As in our defensive line... as in, it's finally NOT SMALL! Exciting times, friends. Exciting times...