Connor Benintendi
Deputy Editor and Writer, Seahawks On SI at Sports Illustrated
Seattle Storm Reporter @EmeraldSpectrum • Writer @SeahawksOnSI • @Locked_Seahawks • 2024 WNPA Sports Writer of the Year • former: @CascadiaDaily, @lyndentribune
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1 day ago |
yardbarker.com | Connor Benintendi
"Aside from Ernest Jones, the Seahawks‘ linebacker corps lacks experience," PFF writer Dalton Wasserman wrote. "The veteran leader Jones has earned an excellent 87.5 PFF run-defense grade over the past three seasons. The other projected starter is second-year man Tyrice Knight, who recorded a 65.4 PFF overall grade in his debut season.
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si.com | Connor Benintendi
Ever since first-ballot Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner departed the Seattle Seahawks the first time in 2022, the team's linebacker position has been shaky at best. They finally got some stability in the second half of last season after trading for Ernest Jones IV and thrusting 2024 fourth-round pick Tyrice Knight into the starting lineup. Seattle is now heading into Year 2 with that combination after awarding Jones a three-year, $28.5 million contract this offseason.
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2 days ago |
yardbarker.com | Connor Benintendi
The flaw in these lists is the fact that it appears PFF ranked them almost exclusively based on their own grading system, which is an imperfect system. It doesn't seem to factor in how good the unit could be if Murphy has a breakout season, or if rookie fifth-round pick Rylie Mills boosts the group once he's healthy.
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2 days ago |
si.com | Connor Benintendi
The Seattle Seahawks' defensive line is on the rise, led by Pro Bowl veteran Leonard Williams — the NFL's most underrated player in the defensive trenches. Despite being top-10 among interior linemen in tackles, pressures, sacks and run stops, Williams was left off both All-Pro teams and only made the Pro Bowl as an alternate. He also had the longest pick-six by a defensive lineman in NFL history (92 yards).
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2 days ago |
si.com | Connor Benintendi
The Seattle Seahawks put together some of their best draft classes from 2010-12, bringing in the talent the franchise needed to win Super Bowl XLVIII at the end of the 2013 season. Among them was one of the best defensive player picks in team history. Seattle selected linebacker Bobby Wagner with the 47th overall pick in 2012, and the six-time First Team All-Pro went on to become the Seahawks' all-time leading tackler (1,566).
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Updated story following the @espnW report that the league was responding to an allegation of a #Storm assistant coach cursing at a Las Vegas Aces player following Seattle's 75-70 loss on Sunday. More: https://t.co/eq0Zy0UphJ
#Storm center Li Yueru requested a trade from the team on the same day the WNBA launched an investigation into the franchise’s coaching staff, per @Khristina and @robertawbb. More, free on @EmeraldSpectrum: https://t.co/eq0Zy0UphJ
#Storm center Li Yueru requested a trade from the team on the same day the WNBA launched an investigation into the franchise’s coaching staff, per @Khristina and @robertawbb. More, free on @EmeraldSpectrum: https://t.co/eq0Zy0UphJ
RT @Khristina: Per sources: There is currently an investigation being launched into the Seattle Storm coaching staff by the WNBA and league…