The Seahawks have waived quarterback Josh Portis, who earlier this month was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Portis, who took part in Monday's organized team activities, was in his second stint with the Seahawks, competing for the backup job with Brady Quinn and Jerrod Johnson.

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Seahawks quarterback Josh Portis was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on May 5, and will be arraigned in King County District Court in Redmond on May 28.

According to the Washington State Patrol arrest report, Portis was pulled over for driving 80 MPH on eastbound I-90 on the night of May 5. According to the report, the officer "smelled a strong odor of intoxicants" coming from the vehicle, and that Portis said he had not been...

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Running back Christine Michael, the Seahawks' first pick in last month's draft, has signed a multi-year deal, leaving fifth-round pick Tharold Simon and seventh-rounder Michael Bowie as the last two unsigned players from Seattle's 11-player draft class.

In addition, the Seahawks have signed TE Darren Fells. Fell, who played professional basketball overseas and is the brother of...

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The Seahawks were back on the field for OTAs Monday, but much of the talk surrounding the team had more to do with recent off-field issues. On Friday, the league announced that defensive end Bruce Irvin had been suspended four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing drugs, and on Monday word came out that quarterback J

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So we can probably put those "What's wrong with the Sounders" questions to bed, right? Well that was probably the case a week ago when the Sounders beat San Jose 4-0, but if there were still any lingering doubts about the team after it's league-worst start to the season, they're surely gone now after Saturday night's 4-2 victory over first-place FC Dallas.

It's kinda crazy that the team we saw Saturday was only a month ago the last winless team in...

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Another marquee Seahawks player is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances, and former first-round pick Bruce Irvin said he will not appeal.

Irvin, who led all rookies with 8.0 sacks last season, apologized in a statement saying he took a banned substance without a medical exemption. According to Sports Radio KJR's Dave "Softy" Mahler, the suspension was for Adderall, which has become the...

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Prior to last year, Eddie Johnson had been left off of the US national team roster for more than two years, but now the Sounders forward has become a regular on Jurgen Klinsmann's squads. It's hardly a surprise then that Johnson was one of 26 players called in by Klinsmann Thursday for training camp in advance of the next round of World Cup qualifiers.

The US plays a pair of friendlies against Belgium (May 29) and...

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So did you hear the latest one about Seattle's most famous Jet Ski enthusiast?

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who is hosting a celebrity softball game at Tacoma's Cheney Stadium this summer, announced via the...

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Wednesday brought expected, but bad news for basketball fans in the Northwest when the NBA Board of Governors voted 22-8 against relocating the Sacramento Kings.

Perhaps worse than that news--we did, after all, know the result of an earlier vote recommending the league deny relocation--is that NBA commissioner David Stern made it clear that there was no firm plan in place to bring basketball back to Seattle. There had been hope...

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Now that rookie minicamp has come and gone, what's a Seahawks fan to do between now and the next set of workouts? Well, for now, spend your lunch break reading a bit about what has become one of the trendiest teams in the NFL.

Don't believe me? Well according to football fans who voted on NFL.com's "Predict the Season" game, the

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When the Seahawks' three-day rookie minicamp ended Sunday, Pete Carroll was asked if any of the tryout players had made an impression. Carroll singled out Benson Mayowa, a defensive end from Idaho, though Carroll either could not remember Mayowa's last name, or didn't want to try to pronounce it. Even so, the fact that of all tryout players, Mayowa was the one Carroll mentioned, was a good sign for him.

"The kid from Idaho did a nice job, Benson,"...

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After watching his newest players--plus a lot of tryout guys who will likely never be back--go through a three-day rookie minicamp, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he liked what he saw.

No, this wasn't as "flashy," as Carroll described it, as last year's minicamp when all eyes were on first-round pick Bruce Irvin and quarterback Russell Wilson, but there were plenty of positives in Carroll's eyes...

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Seahawks rookies were on the field for the first day of their minicamp Friday, and one notable veteran was also nearby, watching from the lake.

As practice was getting started, Richard Sherman wrote on Twitter that he was going to ride his jetski over to watch practice.

Gonna ride my Jet Ski up to watch the rookies from the Lake ....

— Richard...

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About to head to the VMAC for the first day of the Seahawks' rookie minicamp, but first a quick note that the team has announced the signing of seven of its 11 draft picks. With the new CBA that was signed in 2011, there is a lot less drama involving getting rookies signed. Gone are the days of long holdouts by first-round picks, because the money is pretty much slotted for each pick. Still, it's worth pointing out when the deals get done, so here you go.

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The Seahawks announced that defensive lineman Greg Scruggs has a torn ACL and underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Thursday.

Scruggs, a seventh-round pick last year, carved out a role for himself in Seattle's defensive line rotation as an interior pass rusher, and appeared in 11 games, recording five tackles and two sacks.

The Seahawks did not announce how the injury happened, though players have...

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With rookies reporting to their first training camp on Friday, I thought it’d be a good time to go back and take a look at the impact rookies have had in the past three years since Pete Carroll and John Schneider took over.

It’s not that those past years are predictive of what this year’s rookie class will do—Carroll and Schneider have said repeatedly that the 2013 class will have a tough...

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Two months ago, the Seahawks made a rather unconventional signing, adding Darren Fells as a tight end despite the fact that Fells, who had been playing professional basketball overseas, had not played football since high school.

Well that experiment is now over, with the Seahawks waiving Fells Wednesday. The move hardly comes as a big surprise--despite...

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As you may recall, Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill found himself in trouble with the law again in January when he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in Issaquah.

Hill will not, however, face a felony charge in that case. A King County Prosecutors Office spokesman said Wednesday that it was determined that there was legally insufficient evidence...

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After 10 seasons with the Seahawks, Marcus Trufant's time in Seattle officially came to an end when the cornerback signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars Tuesday.

Trufant, who came to Seattle as a first-round pick in 2003, was an unrestricted free agent, and considering that the Seahawks added Antoine Winfield to its secondary to play the nickel corner role that Trufant occupied last season, it had been assumed for a while that Trufant's...

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Seahawks rookies will be on the field starting Friday for their first minicamp, and while no jobs will be won during a three-day rookie minicamp, there is something to be said for making a good first impression.

In case you somehow forgot, it was at last year's rookie minicamp where Russell Wilson put on such an impressive display that Pete...

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As a way to keep people talking about the NFL 12 months a year, NFL.com has been for the last few years putting out a list of the top 100 players in the league. It's a list voted on by players, or so they say (I've talked to more than a few players in the Seahawks locker room who said they have never voted, nor do they know a player who has, so take it for what it's worth).

And lists like these really don't mean a whole lot in the end. I mean, the...

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I’ve been saying for the past couple of years that the immediate draft grade for every NFL team should be "incomplete." As in. . .

John Boyle’s 2013 NFL Draft Grades

Seattle—incomplete

San Francisco—incomplete

Arizona—incomplete

St. Louis—incomplete

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OK, time to wrap up the blog coverage of the draft and get to finishing my stories for Sunday's paper. Before I do, here is a partial transcript of Pete Carroll and John Schneider's press conference after Saturday's picks.

GM JOHN SCHNEIDER: "Obviously today was our most exciting day. I’m really excited about the toughness that we added to this team, the speed, the intensity of the guys. I...

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Seahawks GM John Schneider admitted that signing undrafted rookie was tougher this year because Seattle's roster is so much deeper--"This was the hardest rookie free agent period we’ve had. Pete was recruiting like crazy right now" he said--but the Seahawks did still end up signing nine player to fill out their roster.

Here's the list of players hoping to become the Seahawks' next Doug Baldwin.

WR Matt...

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With their last two picks, the Seahawks took Jared Smith, a defensive tackle from New Hampshire, and Michael Bowie, a tackle from Northeastern (Oklahoma) State.

With Smith, the Seahawks are hoping to replicate the success they had moving J.R. Sweezy to the offensive line last year. Like Sweezy, Smith got a visit from Seattle O-line coach Tom Cable, who worked him out and asked him if he'd be willing to...

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In 2010, the Seahawks used the No. 6 pick on an offensive lineman (Russell Okung), and in 2011 their first two picks, James Carpenter and John Moffitt, were O-linemen. Now, for the second straight year, Seattle has waited until the final round of the draft to add to its line, taking Vanderbilt guard Ryan Seymour.

Seymour, who went to Vandy as a defensive lineman, then switched to offense as a freshman, has played all over the line...

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Another running back? Yup, another running back.

Good thing we all stopped trying to understand John Schneider and Pete Carroll's draft methods a while back.

With pick No. 194, the Seahawks took LSU running back Spencer Ware, adding to a position group that already includes Marshawn Lynch, Robert Turbin, and this year's second-round pick, Christine Michael.

But the fact that...

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The Seahawks used their third pick of the fifth round on Rice tight end Luke Willson, an intriguing prospect from an athletic standpoint, but a player who didn't do a ton in terms of pass catching as a senior.

In part because of injuries, and in part because Rice also had second-round pick Vance McDonald at tight end, Willson caught...

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As Seahawks GM John Schneider has pointed out in the past, there are no sure things at this portion of the draft. If somebody has a ton of upside, they're probably still around on the third day because of either injury or character concerns. And to an extent, that explains both of Seattle's picks early in the fifth round.

Seattle had pick No. 158 coming into the day, then traded up with Detroit to also get No. 157, sending the Lions picks 165 and...

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The Seahawks used the first of 10 Day 3 picks on receiver Chris Harper, a receiver from Kansas State. Or if you're a fan of Pac-12 football, you might know him as Chris Harper, the former Oregon quarterback.

Harper, a top recruit out of Wichita, Kansas, went to Oregon as a QB, the moved to receiver. He transferred to K-State after his freshman year and eventually became the Wildcats' starting flanker.

Harper...

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