For our Dline? We have the "Boom" for the secondary...but what about the front line?
Not unprecedented.
The Fearsome Foursome
The Purple People Eaters
The Steel Curtain
Our Dline is badass and needs something also......

The Sea Wall...comes to mind...but it doesn't have that "nastiness" to it...any suggestions?

Am I the only one who cringes at these nicknames? Don't get me wrong I love our D but I feel kind of silly every time I hear the legion of boom used. Maybe it's cause I'm old but I don't think a nickname is deserved until the team has actually achieved something and while I have high hopes for the hawks they haven't achieved a thing yet, so please no more bad nicknames.

Duly noted!
But, its still fun...for me and others I'm sure. So in that spirit....I'm gonna continue, soooo....
For the whole defense...Doom and Boom....lol...sorry, I had to....lol

yeah legion of boom is too wordy and was kind of a forced bob and groz contest call in thing.

Real nick names are just organic. people just ran with 12th man,
This entire D needs a name, just one name and something that is real.

Lol, legion of boom is just silly sounding and a terrible nickname IMO haha

The Big Red Wall (or Big Reds Wall)
After all, big Red is the defacto leader......okay...I'm reaching .....lol

the sea bass (spelt like the fish but pronounced like the sound)
then we have the bass and the boom

and the treble of linebackers

our defense is the symphony of destruction




I'm aware of exactly how ridiculous it sounds, because nicknames for teams suck.
Does the 85 Bears defense have a nickname?
Yes
The 85 Bears
We'll never have a better opportunity to take advantage of the 12th man and refer to this defense as "the 12 hawks"

This defense was named Legion of Boom, it's been pinned several times during the MNF game and it's here to stay

We could just call them "good".

Tech Worlds wrote:We could just call them "good".

That works for me.

Guess the short answer would be no.

Not a huge fan of nicknames... unless you're talking a dynasty of some sort.

If i had to make one, i like:

The Flood

how about "still underrated" ?

At least we didn't have to hear Gruden on MNF use the term "Boom Boom Squad".

How about Hawk's D.

Ill be fine with the nickname.. That defense that won a super bowl for the Hawks.

No more nicknames, please. Just stop it.

Cringe.

I think nicknames only worked when reporters had pieces of paper sticking out of their fedoras that said "PRESS"

mass attack

Lets just call our D ... Dominate

themunn wrote:Does the 85 Bears defense have a nickname?
Yes
The 85 Bears The Monsters of the Midway

Correction.

I do think "Legion of Boom" is a bit silly. Sounds cartoonish. But the guys in the secondary seem to like it so I guess it's sticking. Maybe it'll get shortened to "The Legion" over time if it really catches on. I like the sound of that better.

For the whole defense, if they eventually earn a nickname, I think it should play on either our isolation or "hawks". Something that other teams couldn't really use. "The Northern Front" maybe? I think "North Face" might have ruined that one though.

I dunno. Checking out wikipedia's list of team nicknames, it's littered with teams that were only good for a year or two. It'd be nice if we could get some real success before adding ourselves to the list. Worth nothing, though, is that nicknames aren't really as spontaneous as we like to think. Plenty of them were created intentionally by some beat writer.

"Big Red and the periods"

Seeker wrote:yeah legion of boom is too wordy and was kind of a forced bob and groz contest call in thing.

Real nick names are just organic. people just ran with 12th man,
This entire D needs a name, just one name and something that is real.

Pain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E

Who started this thread anyhow?.....dude should be beaten to a pulp for suggesting anything so silly......oh...wait.......lol

Seatown001 wrote:Am I the only one who cringes at these nicknames? Don't get me wrong I love our D but I feel kind of silly every time I hear the legion of boom used. Maybe it's cause I'm old but I don't think a nickname is deserved until the team has actually achieved something and while I have high hopes for the hawks they haven't achieved a thing yet, so please no more bad nicknames.

No your not the only one i feel the same way and i am not that old lol

Sacksquatches

The Great Wall

Bluenami.

The hungry hungry hippos

Under rated.

The Tsunami Defense.

We just wash right over them in a sea of blue.

No thanks. Nicknames are stupid. Why does everyone always spend so much time thinking about this? There is about a 1 in 50 chance that I will like any nickname but only about a 1 in 5 chance that I would actually use it, even if I like it. Porkchop Womack is the only one I can think of. The Hawk's Nest. The 12th Man. But those last two aren't really nicknames. Let's not worry about this topic anymore. Please. It doesn't matter if someone comes up with a good one. It will not catch on. Maker my words.

The SEA-FENSE defense just like the sign Big Lo uses, because we come in waves

http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/10/8/347 ... don-mebane

Great article

Wow! That's a real eye opening article about how incredible our defense is. Super Bowl Caliber Defense.

I about spit up my pop when I read this on that article though:

The Seahawks have allowed three passing touchdowns, one of which was to Hekker. The Ravens and Rams have allowed two. The Rams faced Russell Wilson though.

Player A - 63.2% completions, 815 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT, 6.5 YPA, 75.2 QB rating, Sacked 10 times

Player B - 56% completions, 1,053 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT, 6 YPA, 72.4 QB rating, Sacked 16 times

That second line is quarterbacks (and Hekker) that have faced Seattle. Quarterbacks facing Seattle are worse than Russell Wilson, so I guess that other teams should probably bench those guys for Matt Flynn.

The Explosive Sea Men.

slargent4ever wrote:The Explosive Sea Men.

Lol, just call em Seamen, much like the tea party how can you go wrong with a nickname right?

Well, if you combine this one and

slargent4ever wrote:The Explosive Sea Men.

This one...

seahawkswin1 wrote:The SEA-FENSE defense just like the sign Big Lo uses, because we come in waves

um, nevermind