Brian Russell

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From a Seahawks blog after their loss on Sunday. Whether or not it reflects his play accurately or not, it sure shows how the fans feel about him.

Brian Russell's bad play is proof of bad coaching on the defense. If the team thinks it needs Russell, for his leadership, lack of pigment or veteranossity, that's moronic, self-defeating and outright befuddling, but it can be done. If the team thinks it can employ Brian Russell in a Cover 1, that's suicidal. Against an offensive coordinator famous for his deep passing routes, I never saw Russell provide deep cover once. I often saw him ineffectually running towards the play. I once saw him throw down an uncalled roughing the passer tackle on a J.T. O'Sullivan slide. I never saw him look even vaguely like an NFL caliber safety. He's done. His continued presence on this roster is as moronic, self-defeating and outright befuddling as Shaun Alexander's was last season. He's not going anywhere.


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Disgusting.
 

Jack Lambert

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Russell's out of Seattle.
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Apparantly he didn't fit the proper pigmentation Jim Mora likes to have in his secondary.

From Rotoworld:

Seahawks released FS Brian Russell.

Seattle will probably start Jordan Babineaux at free safety this year, and the downgrade is negligible. Russell, 31, wasn't worth his $2.1 million salary as a declining backup-caliber safety. He could draw interest from Oakland, where former Seahawks coordinator John Marshall is now running the defense. Then again, Russell lacks "Raider speed."
 

celticdb15

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"Raider Speed" ya look where that has gotten them.
 
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