Updated Apr 12, 2012 - 6:16 pm

Seahawks agree to deals with Leroy Hill, Matt McCoy

By Brady Henderson

The Seahawks have agreed to terms with linebackers Leroy Hill and Matt McCoy on one-year deals, the team announced Thursday.

Hill, 29, returns to the Seahawks for an eighth season. After dealing with injuries and off-field issues in recent years, Hill had a bounce-back season in 2011, making 89 tackles while playing in all 16 games for the first time in his career.

Hill was arrested in February for marijuana possession, but the charges were later dropped.

McCoy, 29, was a special teams standout for the Seahawks in 2010. He was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury during a Week 4 loss to the Falcons.

Linebacker became an even bigger need for the Seahawks when David Hawthorne, a three-year starter and the team leader in tackles in each of the past three seasons, agreed to a five-year deal with the Saints last week.

Hill's deal means the Seahawks will return two-thirds of their starting linebackers. K.J. Wright, a fourth-round pick by the Seahawks, had a strong rookie season once he replaced Aaron Curry in the starting lineup.

The Seahawks have also added linebacker Barrett Ruud, agreeing to a one-year deal last week with the former Buccaneer and Titan.

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ronzilla wrote...

"after suffering a knee?"

April 12, 2012 4:35 pm

A knee to the throat? A knee to the balls? A knee to the ribs? A knee injury?

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dragonmeteor wrote...

ronzilla are you blind?

April 12, 2012 5:31 pm

Apparently so. It clearly says "after suffering a knee injury during a week 4 loss the the Falcons." Apparently you took a knee to the eyes if you can't read what it clearly says

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ronzilla wrote...

dragonmeteor: How dense are you? Pretty dense. Dunce?

April 13, 2012 12:38 am

OBVIOUSLY,Brady altered the original text after reading my comment, and he also added three paragraphs to the original blurb. You should thank me.
Because I called out Brady's sloppy journalism, YOU were afforded the pleasure of reading a more thorough article.

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ronzilla wrote...

Yellow-Bellied-Spineless-Journalism is in practice here.

April 13, 2012 3:03 am

Only a charlatan would alter and improve their article, after receiving constructive criticism from an outside source, and subsequently fail to credit said outside source for the improvements and alterations. For shame, Brady. For shame. Where is your probity? I presume that WWU does not include the word 'probity' in their mission statement or code of conduct. I now comprehend some of the resentful statements made against you by some of your subordinates, who are 25 or more years older/wiser than you. You are a tool. (pejorative) Your mother should have washed your mouth out with soap when you swore, and your father should have made you cut a switch from a tree and spanked you with it when you lied. Your conduct reminds me of Pete Campbell's conduct in the TV series Mad Men. You want to look flashy and important, but you are lacking character development in several fundamental categories. HONESTY being one of the fundamental categories.
Honesty in reporting? What a novel concept!
The zero-accountability policy for AUTHORS, EDITORS and WEBMASTERS on this site is the Bane of its existence. (Accountabilty MUST be being ignored by the Big Boss because improvements are not instituted and corrections/retractions are not mandated.) Get used to it.
This site is run by hacks. It is an obvious fact. If you possess an IQ over 110, these facts are self-evident.
MNW.com issues: Sloppy writing, non-existent editing, six month old comments appearing in articles published today, links that fail to navigate, the list goes on and on...
p.s. The upcoming Seahawks season should be very interesting to watch. I hope the referees allow our cornerbacks to defend their positions to the fullest extent of their capabilities! 5 yards of man-handling beyond the line of scrimmage is allowed! I wouldn't be surprised if the Seahawks won a Divisional Playoff Game.

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Elheffe1974 wrote...

ronzilla

April 13, 2012 9:10 am

Stop visiting this site. That way you don't have to subject yourself to this type of "Yellow-Bellied-Spineless-Journalism". If you stand behind your statements in your last post I will assume that you exercised your freedom of choice and have moved on to another publication. But if you choose to post a rebuttal to my comment. Then I and everyone will know that you have nothing better to do than pick apart a blog post just to see you screen name on the internet. BTW Brady thanks for the update.

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hawksfan81 wrote...

McCoy

April 13, 2012 10:14 am

Are there any updates on McCoy's injury? Curry really did a number on his knee and rehab for those types of things take a while.

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