Classic Brian Russell
by SSreporters on Sep 25, 2009 3:45 PM PDT
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PrintFirst written on my blog. Sorry about the font sizes (too lazy to fix it now) in the pictures as well as the video quality.
Ladies and gentlemen, these are very depressing times in Seahawks world. Everyone is injured and thanks to Matt Hasselbeck’s moment of bravery/stupidity, the season may very well already be taking a turn for the worse.
So to cheer myself up I looked for Seattle Seahawks highlights, turned the sound down whenever pointless music was added, and enjoyed. Then all of a sudden I find the play where once-loved kicker Josh Brown tackled Devin Hester against the Bears two seasons ago. It was one of my favorite plays all season. But I discovered something I didn’t even remember. That’s why I took snapshots (the video quality sucked so sorry about that) of exactly what happened leading up to the Josh Brown takedown of doom. One of these days I’ll convert the videos into animated GIFs so you won’t see fuzzy screenshots.
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Russell has the best chance to stop Hester. But of course…
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A combination of over pursuing and his sheer hustle drove him to a terrible angle, which of course is finished off with….
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….another shining moment in the Seahawks career of Brian Russell. He’s flying as he barely lays a finger on Hester. You can’t find any more heat-seeking missiles of grit like this in the shops. The Jaguars are in good hands with this man.
Yes, there was a time where Josh Brown did his job (except touchbacks) and didn’t want to be the highest paid kicker in the league. And yes, a kicker is a better tackler than Brian Russell.
This is unhealthy for me to keep talking about any player of Russell’s quality….but it’s become comical in a way. He’s sort of a cult figure but in a really negative form. The developments leading up to the tackle caught my attention and I spotted a posting opportunity for this one.
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BTW Brian if you want the clip for this bit to make into a GIF
I’ll send you the link.
May the Forsett be with you.
Pretty awesome, I hadn't remembered.
I loved Brown making that tackle and being so excited about it.
Does anyone know why the Fanposts all say “A place to bury strangers” at the bottom?
That is probably John's work
SB Nation has a generic text in there that says (using Niners Nation):
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation’s writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation’s writers or editors.
The blog managers can always fiddle with that.
May the Forsett be with you.
We have a place to put a disclaimer about FanPosts that I always thought was insulting to the community
so I put my own spin on it.
Nice. I take it you're a fan of the band, JM?
The bassist is a friend of a friend. Really good guy; I’m excited for him since they’ve been getting fairly big this last year or two.
I do like them.
Not in my regular rotation, but a band I enjoy when I listen.
I used the name because I thought it a good description of the internet.
It should say 'You will die alone'
Just cuase
"I wish the Seahawks were back in the AFCW so we didn’t have to face Willis and Gore twice a year."
by Fearless Frog on Sep 26, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
A consolation for losing Courtney Greene
The same team that thought Brian Russell was a quality FA also thought that Courtney Greene was an NFL-ready player.
Mike Wahle(OG), Walter Jones(LT), Chris Spencer(C), Marcus Trufant(CB), Deion Branch(WR), Sean Locklear(OT), Brandon Mebane(DT), Leroy Hill(LB), Lofa Tatupu(LB), Josh Wilson(CB), Justin Griffith(FB), Matt Hasselbeck (QB)
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