Updated Nov 15, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Chalk Talk: K.J. Wright enables David Hawthorne's INT
At 6 feet 4 inches tall, K.J. Wright has uncommon length for an NFL linebacker.
He's also been praised by coach Pete Carroll for his intelligence and ability to learn quickly, evident in the Seahawks' willingness to throw him into the starting lineup three weeks into his rookie season, even at a position different from the one he played during training camp.
Those traits were on display during the third quarter of Seattle's win over Baltimore on Sunday. As Brock Huard explains in this week's edition of Chalk Talk, that's when Wright's awareness and length allowed him to tip a Joe Flacco pass that was intercepted by David Hawthorne.
You can watch a video of the play here.
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock has also spent five years with ESPN working as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. Brock makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
