3 HRS AGO - Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The trend of fewer and fewer 1,000-yard running backs continued in 2018, with just nine players hitting that mark. Compare that to a decade prior, it was 16 backs in 2008, and there were 20 such individuals in 1998. The 20th-leading rusher in ‘98 was Priest Holmes at 1,008 yards with the Baltimore Ravens. Last season, the number nine rusher in the league was Phillip Lindsay at 1,037 yards. Whether or not Lindsay’s name will ever invoke the kind of reactions that Holmes does as a player who is in the Hall of Fame (of players who only had 3.5 peak seasons) remains to be seen, but my gut tells me he won’t be. No offense to Lindsay, but the NFL doesn’t work that way anymore. Maybe it will again some day, but as of now Lindsay is viewed by many as replaceable as C.J. Anderson ... the running back that Lindsay replaced, and all the Denver Broncos had to do to get him was be aggressive in pursuing him during undrafted free agency. Anderson himself was Collapse

4 HRS AGO - Postgame reaction from the Minnesota Vikings following the team's 25-19 win to the Seattle Seahawks in the 2019 preseason at US Bank Stadium. Collapse

7 HRS AGO - Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports The Seahawks have been rotating through different receiving options for Russell Wilson over the last few years and no season in awhile has had more uncertainty headed into it than 2019. With Doug Baldwin not a part of the offense for the first time since 2010, Seattle is looking at Tyler Lockett as a number one option and a flurry of competition to grab targets behind him. And months after D.K. Metcalf became the fan favorite as WR2, it seems more and more likely that Jaron Brown is the coach’s favorite and in the best position to be second-in-line when the Seahawks host the Bengals in a few weeks. Coaches hinted earlier in the year that they regretted not involving Brown into the offense more often last season, our first clue that he wasn’t going to be released despite a cap hit that far outweighed his 2018 production. Brown had five touchdowns but on only 19 targets in 16 games. On Sunday night against the Vikings Brown had two catches for 52 Collapse

10 HRS AGO - Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images While it seemingly took forever for the Seattle Seahawks to make it through the offseason after the devastating season ending defeat at the hand of the Dallas Cowboys, the preseason, on the other hand, has flown past. In losing the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday the Hawks are now halfway through their preseason schedule, with the final two games rapidly approach. This Saturday Seattle will take on the Los Angeles Chargers before closing out their prep games against the Oakland Raiders. Before getting ahead of ourselves, though, here is a look at how some of the team’s vast number of rookies fared against the Vikings. Ugo Amadi Amadi has made some plays on defense, but Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll loves special teams, and on Sunday night Amadi showed phenomenal potential as a gunner and if there was any doubt about him making the team, there is a chance this may have erased that doubt. Ugo Amadi with the hit stick on the punt return! Heck Collapse

21 HRS AGO - Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Vikings 25, Seahawks 19, Seattle’s three most recent drafts 0 Paxton Lynch, the importance of Chris Carson, (the importance of all running backs), the concerns around Rashaad Penny, the battle for the last two wide receiver positions, the concerns around Jazz Ferguson, the issues at tackle and guard depth, the concerns around the defensive line, the back injury to Marquise Blair, the concerns around the cornerback position, the concerns around the last three drafts, and injuries, injuries, injuries. That and more as Spike Friedman joins me on the Patreon podcast Seaside Reactions to discuss the Seahawks 25-19 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in preseason week 3! Seaside Reactions will be available after every game this season to Patreon supporters at the $2 per month and up level. That gets you every episode of any podcast that I do this year. Listen to Seaside Reactions here! May I also recommend the Goofballs podcast, an NFL-based comedy show that I’ve Collapse

21 HRS AGO - Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images The hits keep coming to what has looked like a very impressive 2019 draft class for the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle’s first pick - L.J. Collier. Currently struggling to recover from a training camp “rare sprain.” Seattle’s second pick - Marquise Blair. Exited Sunday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings with back spasms. Seattle’s third pick - D.K. Metcalf. Held out from multiple practices, scrimmages, and both preseason games. Now we’re being told he’s going to have some work done on his knee in some type of minimal procedure. Pete Carroll says DK Metcalf may be able to make a quick recovery from Tuesday knee surgery. There is an optimism he can be back for #Seahawks opener. https://t.co/szKLkSFCHj— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) August 19, 2019 Asked a follow-up on DK Metcalf, Pete Carroll said Week 1 is still a possibility, but they'll know more after his surgery this week. #Seahawks— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) August 19, 2019 Metcalf Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images D.K. Metcalf won’t play in week 2 of the preseason. General Manager John Schneider told ESPN 710 Seattle that the wide receiver will miss tonight’s action @ the Minnesota Vikings with a sore leg that needs checking. The 2019 second-round pick was targeted four times in week 1 of the preseason, for which he was a “wait and see” pre-game. Metcalf’s two deep opportunities resulted in incompletions, with the first overthrown by Geno Smith and the second dropped by Metcalf. We will have to wait until week 3, the dress rehearsal of the tantalizing offseason, to see Metcalf again—presuming his leg is healthy and passes said checks. The hype train is halted...momentarily. DK Metcalf not in uniform and will not play tonight. #Q13FOX pic.twitter.com/zlAWTbNduG— Ian Furness (@IanFurnessSea) August 18, 2019 John Schneider says on ESPN 710 Seattle pregame show that "we're going to protect some guys this evening.'' He also says DK Metcalf will not play Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Sunday night the Seattle Seahawks are back on the field against the Minnesota Vikings in a matchup of two teams that played in both the preseason and regular season in 2018. In both of those matchups the Vikings strong defense frustrated the Seattle offense, and while the Hawks ended the night victorious, it was the definition of an ugly game. In any case, with the 2019 preseason entering its final two weeks, the Hawks are set to play three games over the next twelve days. In those three games the team will get a chance to gather enough information to make decisions at a ton of positions on the roster, and Sunday night will be the first of these auditions. Thus, here are a few things Seahawks fans can watch for starting on Sunday against Minnesota: The battle for roster spots for wide receivers: Jazz Ferguson opened the preseason against the Denver Broncos with a statement, if he can continue to show out in the final three games of the Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports We have no reason to believe that the Seattle Seahawks would, could, or most importantly should make a trade for Houston Texans defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney, and yet I can’t seem to read the comments section on a post or replies on Twitter without fans obsessing over this player. Will the Seahawks trade for Clowney? No, probably not. The odds would have to be less than 5%, maybe less than 1%, but here we are. There’s a former number one pick who wants the Texans to sign him or trade him, so hey, let’s all get out our GM hats and pretend this is a simple acquisition. One that I’m sure the compensation you propose Seattle giving up won’t even hurt. “A 2021 second round pick and an oft-injured player I don’t like that much anymore oughta do it!” No, it ain’ta do it. And it ain’ta gonna cost’a the Seahawks anything less than all the money they wouldn’t give to Frank Clark. But don’t let that kill fantastical speculation. Houston beat reporter Collapse