6th round Long Snapper Tyler Schmitt is on Injured Reserve. Tim Lindsay is erratic. What do the Seahawks do?

Call Jeff Robinson out of retirement. Again. Horay for Bruce DeHaven, who I assume is BFF with Robinson.

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Just got a call from Dave Boling, who is up at the VMAC, and boy did he have some interesting news. The Seahawks are bringing back 38-year-old Jeff Robinson to be the team's long snapper.

I think it's fairly well known that the Seahawks under Mike Holmgren have been a disciplined team as far as accruing penalty flags. But Mike Sando did something interesting in his NFC West blog on ESPN, his researchers went back to 2001 and collected Personal Foul records to answer the question: who is the dirtiest team? The results are a little surprising:

1	Tampa Bay	127
2	Arizona	124
3	Detroit	124
4	Tennessee	119
5	NY Giants	119
6	Washington	117
7	New England	116
8	Atlanta	113
9	Chicago	112
10	Miami	110
11	Oakland	109
12	New Orleans	108
13	Baltimore	108
14	Carolina	107
15	Philadelphia	105
16	Cincinnati	104
17	Green Bay	101
18	Buffalo	99
19	Denver	95
20	Cleveland	95
21	Jacksonville	93
22	San Francisco	93
23	Dallas	93
24	San Diego	92
25	Kansas City	89
26	NY Jets	87
27	Pittsburgh	86
28	St. Louis	86
29	Minnesota	85
30	Indianapolis	77
31	Houston	71
32	Seattle	57

Link to Sandoblog
Holy crap. And keep in mind that the Texans didn't even start play until 2002! Holmgren sometimes turned a blind eye when drafting to off-field events (coughStevenscough) but it seems he knew what he was looking for in on-field discipline. I hope Mora can continue this strong trend.

According to Jay Glazer, at least!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7764658/Sources:-'Hawks-tab-Mora-as-next-head-coach

So there we go. Mora in '09. I bet Ty Willingham feels a bit better now. What's the over/under on number of shots of Mora standing on the sidelines next season, as the announcers talk about his future job?

Update: You can watch the press conference here. It should be a meaty mix of "thank yous" and football platitudes. I'll run a quick recap afterwards.

On a related note, with Mora officially hired, keep an eye on the Lane Kiffin situation in Oakland. Kiffin isn't likely to accept a position as lowly as quarterbacks coach, but Greg Knapp, Mora's offensive coordinator in Atlanta, might.

The sole mention of "We want the ball, and we're gonna score!" does *not* melt Hawks fans into a catatonic, drooling heap of shame and embarrassment.

Irregardless (er, regardless) of the fact that the targeted WR ran the wrong route, that it was 4 years ago, and that Matt has matured immensely as a QB, if you want to tell us why a Lambeau victory is inevitable, could you just be so kind and mention the words "Brett Favre" or "Greg Jennings" or "Aaron Kampman"? Or use any argument that mentions current performance?

Ahem. Thanks. Here's to a good game next weekend.

With the Redskins' win tonight, our playoff picture narrows considerably. The Giants clinch the #5 seed, which leaves the Redskins, the Vikings, and the Saints as potential opponents for the Qwest home game.

If the Redskins win against Dallas, a team that's clinched the #1 seed and should be resting starters, they take the 6 seed either outright or through tonight's head to head tiebreaker.

If the Redskins lose to Dallas, and the Vikings win against the Broncos, the Vikings take the 6 seed.

If the Redskins and Vikings both lose, the Saints must win against the Bears to take the 6 seed through the conference record tiebreaker of three 8-8 teams.

If all three teams lose, the Redskins take the 6 seed through tonight's head to head tiebreaker.

Just in from the Q13 postgame- Craig Terril will be performing a song from his new CD, and Josh Brown will be the backup singer. This must be recorded for YouTube.

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The full rankings aren't out yet, but according to the sidebar at Footballoutsiders.com, through Week 7 our Special Teams are now the #1 ranked in the NFL.

....Go team?

P.S John Morgan, the Captain Morgan account still exists so I had to register using my college email address. Could you delete the C. Morgan?