Seahawks' K.J. Wright Is Making All The Right Moves

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    "One might expect someone from Olive Branch, Miss., to be a natural peacemaker. But NFL linebackers are not paid to be pacifists.

    And second-year Seahawk K.J. Wright has played with such aggressiveness early in training camp that his tackles have established a drum-beat tempo for the practices, and perhaps even for the season.

    On the Hawks' first day in pads early this week, for instance, Wright was such a destructive force that his hits could be categorized by the sounds they made.

    The one against stout running back Robert Turbin had two-beats to it, a KA-thunk that rose from the initial shot followed by Turbin's crumpling.

    But the one on receiver Antonio Bryant had the one-note sonic blast of a detonation.

    It inspired linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr., a noted connoisseur of such matters, to shout warnings to the offensive players: "This is a contact sport ... this is a contact sport.""

    Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/08/02/2237990/hes-making-all-the-right-moves.html
     

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