Seahawks Sign Safety Atari Bigby

Age: 29 (Born in Jamaica)
College: University of Central Florida

The Seahawks signed former Green Bay Packers safety Atari Bigby today. This is big news for the Seahawks, who were planning to start former Virginia Tech Safety Kam Chancellor at safety for the season.

With the signing of Bigby, the Seahawks gain a lot of experience and a veteran presence in the secondary. Bigby, a three year starter, started 33 of 46 games while on the Packers. Known as a hard hitting safety, Bigby should pair well with Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, who is more of a coverage safety. In his best season, 2007, Bibgy started 16 games and racked up 86 tackles, with 5 interceptions. 

In 2010, Bigby played in just 4 games and totaled just 4 tackles. Hopefully Bigby won’t suffer any injuries this season, as Seattle could use a big hitter like Bigby as a presence in the secondary. 

Bigby’s impact went past the defense though, as he helped on special teams as well. Bigby will get plenty of the same in Seattle, where he will probably end up covering punts and kickoffs.

If Bigby can stay healthy, he can surely find a way to help the Seahawks, one way or another.

More coming this week when I cover the Seahawks position previews for safeties.

Seahawks Position Previews: Wide Receivers

Starting WR: Mike Williams 6’5”, 235

Wide Receiver 2: Sidney Rice 6’4, 202

Slot Receiver: Golden Tate 5’10”, 202

Fourth Receiver: Deon Butler 5’10” 182

Fighting for spots: Ben Obamanu, Isaiah Stanback

The Seahawks come into this season with Mike Williams and Golden Tate once again, but have also brought in Pro Bowler Sidney Rice to help their cause.

Wide Receivers on the Seahawks have long had a stigma of being very injury prone. It seems every year, the ‘Hawks are searching free-agency or deep into their backups to find receivers capable of filling in for their injured starters. The key to this season is going to be staying healthy on the Seahawks end, and Tarvaris Jackson giving the passing game time to develop before breaking off the play. That being said, here's a look at each of the Seahawks receivers and how they can help.

Faced With a Lockout, Players and Owners Are at Odds

The owners and NFLPA aren't getting along in regards to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement

On April 6, a Minneapolis judge will decide the fate of the the season for the NFL in 2012. As of now, the NFL faces a lockout because there is no new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), since the owners and NFL Players Association (NFLPA) failed to reach a consensus on numerous issues that need fixing. Many suspected that the two sides were close to completing a deal at the March 11 deadline, but sources indicated that in reality, they weren't even close.

Many different issues were the cause of failure by the two sides in making a new CBA, including revenue sharing, retirement benefits, proposal of an 18 game season, and rookie wage scales. Part of the real problem is the complete lack of trust between both sides, especially suspicions by the players that the owners are not complying because in the players opinion, it doesn't matter to the owners if there will be a season in 2012- they are already rich and face no financial consequences if a lockout happens.

Where Does Favre Go from Here?

(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

It’s official. The retirement papers have been filed. The wheel of uncertainty that is Brett Favre’s career has finally been put to rest. After much speculation, Brett Favre has finally decided to hang up his pads and retire. This comes as no surprise, as his season was a less-than-satisfactory end to an otherwise storybook career. Now that he is officially retired, everyone will be asking: What will he do next?

Now That the Seahawks Season is Over, the QB Search Should Begin

Kyle Orton, Kevin Kolb, and Matt Flynn are all possible targets to be the next quarterback in Seattle

With the Seahawks season over, everything turns to draft day. The Seahawks have the 25th pick, and that raises a lot of questions. First, with the success of Matt Hasselbeck in the playoffs, Seattle has to answer the question of: What do we do for a QB? If the Seahawks are truly set on keeping Matty H, then one would have to pose the question of drafting a QB. The draft is full of many quarterbacks who are first-round caliber, like Ryan Mallett of Arkansas, Blaine Gabbert (Missouri), and hometown hero Jake Locker. Some even say Heisman winner Cam Newton is first round worthy, though I couldn't disagree more.

New Hit Policy is a Detriment to the Game

Following week six of the NFL season, and a plethora of big hits later, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell put his foot down. The NFL decided that beginning week seven, hits on defenseless players, especially hits to the helmet, would be met with new fines and possible suspensions, depending on the situation as deemed by the NFL. Although many people see the new rules as beneficial, there is no way this will end up being a successful move for the future of the NFL.