TABLE OF CONTENTS Beast Quake 9 Taking Flight 17 Ground Chuck 24 The Seahawks Surge 37 Always Compete 43 GRIDIRON GREATS Houston’s Loss Seattle’s Gain 11 The Total Package 14 Tez Takes Control 19 Too Short Nope 28 The 12th Man 34 A Study in Contrasts 41 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
Seahwaks Seattle CenturyLink Field BEAST QUAKE In 2010 the National Football League NFL had an unusual end to the season None of the four teams in its National Football Conference NFC West Division had a winning record Sportswriters nicknamed it the NFC Worst The Seattle Seahawks were the best of the worst They finished 7 9 to top the division As division champs they were in the playoffs and would host a first-round game Home-field advantage was significant for the Seahawks Seahawks Stadium now CenturyLink Field had opened in 2002 Microsoft cofounder and Seahawks owner Paul Allen had taken a keen interest in the stadium’s design He asked the architects to direct the crowd noise onto the
