James McKnight
OFFICIAL GAMEDAY COUNTDOWN!
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Paul Skansi
Lagartixa
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Darrell Jackson is probably the one who did the most with uniform #82 for the Seahawks, but today I'm going with the one I remember from the 1980s
EDIT: I had only seen @Aros's comment with the pic of Darrell Jackson. The next two comments were posted while I was writing mine, and @Aros beat me to Skansi by a few minutes.
EDIT: I had only seen @Aros's comment with the pic of Darrell Jackson. The next two comments were posted while I was writing mine, and @Aros beat me to Skansi by a few minutes.
Ooops! Sorry for hogging the 82s! LOL!
BASF
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Just see the profile pic
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For the Skansi pic. Mark out moment for sure.
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For the Skansi pic. Mark out moment for sure.
SoulfishHawk
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Skansi was TOUGH. He got blasted all the time, and got back up on a regular basis. Great hands, great route runner and could def. take a hit.
Lagartixa
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We're 81 days from the Seahawks' first regular-season game of 2023.
Seahawks uniform number 81 is currently being used by undrafted free-agent WR Tyjon Lindsey.
Two #81s come to mind as the ones who did the most with that uniform number for the Seahawks: Koren Robinson and Golden Tate.
I'll go with a pic of Tate because he was part of the 2013 Seahawks team that got to XLVIII and won.
Seahawks uniform number 81 is currently being used by undrafted free-agent WR Tyjon Lindsey.
Two #81s come to mind as the ones who did the most with that uniform number for the Seahawks: Koren Robinson and Golden Tate.
I'll go with a pic of Tate because he was part of the 2013 Seahawks team that got to XLVIII and won.
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Yea I’m not sure about Tate behind the rumors involving RWs wife.
ie true not true etc.
But I sure enjoyed him as a player/ on the field.
I was very fortunate to have been down on the field for his return to Clink as a Lion.
I got to see how our guys treated and responded to him first hand and up close.
Every thing I saw personally was cordial, warm and respectful.
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Darryl Turner
BASF
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The best ever:
Linked due to possible copyright
Linked due to possible copyright
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Lagartixa
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80 days out.
Nobody on the current roster is using that uniform number, because it's been retired.
Nobody on the current roster is using that uniform number, because it's been retired.
Lagartixa
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Good morning, .NET!
Lagartixa
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And here's a pic I took from where my seat was for my first Seahawks home game...
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It was meant as a very high compliment when I said early in the Carroll-Schneider era that I didn't mind Red Bryant using Seahawks uniform #79.
Of the non-retired Seahawks numbers, #79 is one of the three that mean the most to me. We can talk about the other ones 51 days and 69 days from today.
The number is currently held by M.J. Anderson, a rookie signed as an undrafted free agent who hopes to make the roster as a 3-4 DE behind Reed and Jones. I'll be rooting for him just because of his uniform number, just as I rooted for Mone when he had that number in 2019.
I thought it was pretty cool back in Bryant's time that he was approved by the Seahawks #79 to use that number, and we had no way to know how much of that was because Bryant was Green's son-in-law. Green himself said that Bryant was like a son to him.
Of the non-retired Seahawks numbers, #79 is one of the three that mean the most to me. We can talk about the other ones 51 days and 69 days from today.
The number is currently held by M.J. Anderson, a rookie signed as an undrafted free agent who hopes to make the roster as a 3-4 DE behind Reed and Jones. I'll be rooting for him just because of his uniform number, just as I rooted for Mone when he had that number in 2019.
I thought it was pretty cool back in Bryant's time that he was approved by the Seahawks #79 to use that number, and we had no way to know how much of that was because Bryant was Green's son-in-law. Green himself said that Bryant was like a son to him.
Lagartixa
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I've broken the rules a little before, and now I'm gonna do it again a little.
I've got two things to say about yesterday's number, both from my first Seahawks home game. And then I'll talk a little more about today's number. If you read what I say below, you'll see that the things I say about yesterday's number and today's number are closely related in my mind, and why.
So... when I went to my first Seahawks home game, I stayed at the home of a friend from high school and her family in Puyallup. On the day of the game, my friend took me to where I could catch the train that would take me to the game. On the train, I was surrounded by people in Seahawks gear in a way I never had been before. I had seen a bunch of other Seahawks fans at my hotel in Las Vegas in November of 2018, the first time I had watched a Seahawks game with other Seahawks fans, but it wasn't like this. On the train to the game, I was completely surrounded by fellow Seahawks fans wearing the team colors (mostly the current colors, but the original colors were represented too). At that point, I thought about my dad, who had supported me being a Seahawks fan so much over the years, and I wished I could call him and show him what I was seeing. That was the first time that day I noticed the serious dust-in-the-air problem that would affect me a few times that day.
I saw one guy wearing a college-navy (current-color) jersey with the number 80 on it, and it occurred to me that that combination had never existed. When the guy looked my way, I asked him "what name is on the back of your jersey?" He said "Largent." I said "that's pretty cool. I asked because when I saw it, I realized that combination of number and color never existed." A few seconds later, I saw him explaining to the woman with him why I had said that.
I had splurged on the ticket for that game. After 42 years, I thought I should get a great seat, so I did. I was pretty much right in front of the 50-yard line on the Seahawks side of the field. I was in the club level, not the field level. I did this because I thought I'd be able to see the action on the field better from there, and I suspect I was right. If I lived in the PNW and could get season tickets, that's where I'd want them to be. Anyway, at halftime, I was inside the area with the food counters (I ate a surprisingly good meatball sub) and I saw a kid wearing a royal-blue Largent jersey. When I say "kid," I mean he looked like he was somewhere in the range of 16-20 years old. I said something about his shirt and said to him "I have to ask, because you can't possibly be old enough to remember..." He didn't even wait for me to finish before explaining "he's like my great uncle" or "he's, like, my great uncle." I', not sure how to punctuate what he said because I wasn't sure if it was just kidspeak or if the "like" meant that Largent wasn't actually this kid's great uncle by blood, but I didn't think it was important enough to ask.
OK, sorry 'bout that. Back to today's number.
When I was at my seat and looking around at the stadium I'd only seen on TV and the web before that day, I noticed that the sign representing Jacob Green's place in the Seahawks Ring of Honor was right behind and above my seat, and that dust-in-the-air problem I'd noticed on the train flared up again. I once again thought of my dad and wished I could show him the sign. Green had been one of my favorites when I was a kid. Even though I knew I wouldn't be able to show it to Dad, I took the picture, and it's in my second comment from today in this thread.
I've got two things to say about yesterday's number, both from my first Seahawks home game. And then I'll talk a little more about today's number. If you read what I say below, you'll see that the things I say about yesterday's number and today's number are closely related in my mind, and why.
So... when I went to my first Seahawks home game, I stayed at the home of a friend from high school and her family in Puyallup. On the day of the game, my friend took me to where I could catch the train that would take me to the game. On the train, I was surrounded by people in Seahawks gear in a way I never had been before. I had seen a bunch of other Seahawks fans at my hotel in Las Vegas in November of 2018, the first time I had watched a Seahawks game with other Seahawks fans, but it wasn't like this. On the train to the game, I was completely surrounded by fellow Seahawks fans wearing the team colors (mostly the current colors, but the original colors were represented too). At that point, I thought about my dad, who had supported me being a Seahawks fan so much over the years, and I wished I could call him and show him what I was seeing. That was the first time that day I noticed the serious dust-in-the-air problem that would affect me a few times that day.
I saw one guy wearing a college-navy (current-color) jersey with the number 80 on it, and it occurred to me that that combination had never existed. When the guy looked my way, I asked him "what name is on the back of your jersey?" He said "Largent." I said "that's pretty cool. I asked because when I saw it, I realized that combination of number and color never existed." A few seconds later, I saw him explaining to the woman with him why I had said that.
I had splurged on the ticket for that game. After 42 years, I thought I should get a great seat, so I did. I was pretty much right in front of the 50-yard line on the Seahawks side of the field. I was in the club level, not the field level. I did this because I thought I'd be able to see the action on the field better from there, and I suspect I was right. If I lived in the PNW and could get season tickets, that's where I'd want them to be. Anyway, at halftime, I was inside the area with the food counters (I ate a surprisingly good meatball sub) and I saw a kid wearing a royal-blue Largent jersey. When I say "kid," I mean he looked like he was somewhere in the range of 16-20 years old. I said something about his shirt and said to him "I have to ask, because you can't possibly be old enough to remember..." He didn't even wait for me to finish before explaining "he's like my great uncle" or "he's, like, my great uncle." I', not sure how to punctuate what he said because I wasn't sure if it was just kidspeak or if the "like" meant that Largent wasn't actually this kid's great uncle by blood, but I didn't think it was important enough to ask.
OK, sorry 'bout that. Back to today's number.
When I was at my seat and looking around at the stadium I'd only seen on TV and the web before that day, I noticed that the sign representing Jacob Green's place in the Seahawks Ring of Honor was right behind and above my seat, and that dust-in-the-air problem I'd noticed on the train flared up again. I once again thought of my dad and wished I could show him the sign. Green had been one of my favorites when I was a kid. Even though I knew I wouldn't be able to show it to Dad, I took the picture, and it's in my second comment from today in this thread.
Great stuff as usual! Okay there's no way I can let Day 79 go without piggy backing as Green was one of my all-time favorites...
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Thanks guys for the great contributions.
Hopefully everyone appreciates it like I do.
Hopefully everyone appreciates it like I do.
Kamcussionator
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Dang. I was going to use this image for 49...
Lagartixa
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We're 78 days from the Seahawks' first regular-season game.
The current holder of jersey #78 for the Seahawks is Stone Forsythe.
The first was probably also the one who's done the most with that number for now, so I'll go with a pic of him.
Bob Newton
The current holder of jersey #78 for the Seahawks is Stone Forsythe.
The first was probably also the one who's done the most with that number for now, so I'll go with a pic of him.
Bob Newton
