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Seattle Seahawks 2012 Season Preview

Pete Carroll isn't afraid to go against the grain, and that out-of-the-box thinking was never more evident during the Seattle Seahawks' preparations for the 2012 season.The always-effervescent head coach shocked -- and borderline appalled in some instances -- draft experts both professional and of the armchair variety with his selection of West Virginia pass rusher Bruce Irvin with the 15th overall pick in this past April's draft. Carroll's perceived third-round reach of height-challenged Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson the next day raised some more eyebrows, and possibly even drew a few chuckles, as the pundits wondered aloud whether a guy who's nearing social security eligibility had began to lose his wits.Carroll may be the one getting the last laugh, however, after Wilson put on an absolutely clinical display in the preseason to wrest the starting job away from expected heir Matt Flynn, hailed as one of the prized possessions on this spring's free-agent market off a pair of im...

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