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Hawks sign Giacomini to 2-year deal

First reported by Brian McIntyre, the Seattle Seahawks confirmed the team signed offensive lineman Breno Giacomini to a multi-year deal.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Giacomini was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins on March 13. According to NFLPA records, Giacomini will make base salaries of $1.5 million the upcoming season and $3 million 2013.

Giacomini, 26, indicated during locker room cleanout in January that he wanted to remain in Seattle.

“I want to be here,” he said. “I like the way this is headed. I like …

Morning links: Richardson an option for Hawks?

Former NFL scout and currentt analyst for the NFL Network Bucky Brook argues that the best player in this year’s draft could be Alabama running back Trent Richardson.

But with the running back position being devalued because of the short life span of runners in the league, and the availability of good runners later in the draft, Brooks believes Richardson could slip outside the top 10, and a team like Seattle could wind up with an elite player.

And Brooks believes Seattle could be interested if they were to lose Marshawn Lynch in free agency.

Brooks: Pete Carroll has

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Morning links: Bring Manning to Seattle

Dave Boling of The News Tribune believes the reward outweighs the risk, and the Seattle Seahawks should go after quarterback Peyton Manning if the Indianapolis Colts release him and he becomes a free agent in March.

Boling: Other teams will be after him, too, but Seattle seems well positioned.

And it wouldn’t mean that you still couldn’t draft a young prospect in the lower rounds and allow him to learn the game from Manning. By not drafting a quarterback in the first round, the Seahawks save the pick (11th or 12th) for another prime need.

Everybody in the

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Live chat with WR Doug Baldwin, Thursday at Noon

We’ll host a live chat here at Seahawks Insider with Seattle Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin on Thursday (tomorrow) at noon, so bring your questions for the Stanford product and we’ll “see” you then.

Super Bowl in Seattle? Slow your roll

The Seattle Seahawks confirmed an earlier report by Q13 Fox News that the team has filled out preliminary paperwork in response to an inquiry by the league sent out to northern cities about the possibility of hosting a Super Bowl in the future.

However, I want to caution that this is a preliminary step, and the team has many hoops to jump through before being asked to submit a formal proposal to the Super Bowl Advisory Committee to host a Super Bowl.

And the Seahawks aren’t the only northern city to show interest, as Washington, Denver, New England, Philadelphia, …

Morning links: Wooing Peyton Manning

In an open letter to his former teammate, Brock Huard of ESPN 710 Seattle provides a convincing argument for Peyton Manning landing in Seattle once the Indianapolis Colts ultimately decided to part ways with the aging quarterback in March.

Huard cuts the 32 teams down to seven, and ultimately argues the best landing spot for Manning is Seattle because of Pete Carroll and his commitment to winning, Tom Cable and the continuation of the improvement along the offensive line, a young and talented roster filled with emerging, Pro Bowl-type players, a strong home-field advantage and owner Paul Allen’s commitment …

2013 Super Bowl odds: Hawks 60 to 1

It didn’t take long for Bovada.lv to release odds for the 2013 Super Bowl. In somewhat of a surprise, the Green Bay Packers, not this year’s champion the New York Giants, are the favorites to win the Super Bowl at 6 to 1, followed by New England (7/1), New Orleans (8/1), Philadelphia (12/1), Pittsburgh (12/1), Houston (12/1), Baltimore (14/1) and then the Giants (15/1).

The Seahawks once again get little respect, and can be found way down the list at 60 to 1.

Also of interest for Seahawks fans, Bovada gives the Arizona Cardinals the best chance of …

Morning links: Eli proves he’s elite

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning answered critics who had any doubt of his status as an elite quarterback in the NFL with his performance in the Giants 21-17 win in Super Bowl XLII.

Playing in his brother Peyton Manning’s house at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Manning finished 30 of 40 for 296 yards and a touchdown, earning his second Super Bowl ring, and second MVP trophy in the big game.

Pete Prisco of CBS Sports writes that Eli doesn’t have to play second fiddle at the family dinner table because of one statistic now – Eli 2 …

Morning links: Kennedy’s case for Hall of Fame

ESPN’s Mike Sando presented former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy’s case for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the selection committee on Saturday.

Sando said all he had to do was stick to the facts, which pointed to Kennedy being one of the most dominant defensive tackles ever to play the game.

Sando: Kennedy played 16 games nine times, 15 games once and eight games in his only injury-shortened season. He matched Reggie White and Bruce Smith as the only defensive linemen with eight Pro Bowls during the 1990s. He went to

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