One of the things I always loved about Shaun Alexander was his ability to switch gears and accelerate. No doubt: he had a phenomenal offensive line but 37 had a nose for the end zone, too. Alexander looked like a Mercedes in cruise control. He just hit the line and in two or three steps was pulling away from everyone. For me, two games jump out at me and really highlight his game-breaking ability: the 266 yards against the Raiders at Husky Stadium in '01 and the five TD's in the first half against the Vikings in '02. And then, for all the naysayers that said he was soft and couldn't handle the hard yardage, there was that Monday Night game in the snow in '06 where he ran for over 200 yards on what seemed like 50 carries. And just one more highlight, again for those who questioned his toughness: the TD run up the middle against the Bears in Chicago in the playoff loss at the end of the '06 season. He blew up two defenders at the end of a 13 yard run and still found the end zone...accelerating right into them. I think it could be argued that his five year run between the 2001 and 2005 seasons is among the greatest stretches any running back has ever had in the history of the NFL. If Gale Sayers and Terrell Davis can get into the Hall of Fame based on what they accomplished in shorter career windows I think it so should Shaun Alexander.
I would love to see this Guy as a running back coach. Positive, and patient with a lot of great insight. Also hope he coaches for the Seahawks, it's always nice to see our former players sticking around. Wishing him the best.
Shaun Alexander It was an extreme honour and pleasure to watch you play on the field man I got home from Iraq March 1st of 05 And you took us to the Super Bowl or 1st time ever The year I came homeThat season was an extreme pleasure to watch
Love the upstanding guys we get on this team. It remarkable how good teams are when you have people like Alexander who focus on up lifting other people. The credit he gives his line and his focus on loving others. That's a good man, not just a good player.
I feel like Alexander didn’t get quite the love he should have by Seahawks fans in general, but the ones that did know football really respected him. He wasn’t a violent runner like Beast Mode or even Carson he really glided and saw the field almost like a grid/matrix style. We should of had a ring in 2005 I steel get queasy every time I have to see highlights of the Steelers celebrating their bullshit victory. Not only did we get robbed but they robbed football fans of seeing what would have been a really good competitive game.
RB Misty their defense is crap... they need to fix that shit bad. This team isn’t going to go far at all unless they fix the mistakes on defense. They play too soft!! Griffin always missing tackles..
Mr Alexander. Boy was he a good one. He was special. Hell of a running back
Needs to be in the hall of fame
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That 2004-05 offense was simply a well oiled machine. O-line and d-line, matt, Shaun Alexander...
Never the same when hutchinson left...
Shaun a great athlete and much more he is just a great human being. Go Hawks.
Alexander the Great, good watch, HOF bound this year, get in there you deserve it
Go Hawks! @Seahawks
One of the things I always loved about Shaun Alexander was his ability to switch gears and accelerate. No doubt: he had a phenomenal offensive line but 37 had a nose for the end zone, too. Alexander looked like a Mercedes in cruise control. He just hit the line and in two or three steps was pulling away from everyone.
For me, two games jump out at me and really highlight his game-breaking ability: the 266 yards against the Raiders at Husky Stadium in '01 and the five TD's in the first half against the Vikings in '02.
And then, for all the naysayers that said he was soft and couldn't handle the hard yardage, there was that Monday Night game in the snow in '06 where he ran for over 200 yards on what seemed like 50 carries.
And just one more highlight, again for those who questioned his toughness: the TD run up the middle against the Bears in Chicago in the playoff loss at the end of the '06 season. He blew up two defenders at the end of a 13 yard run and still found the end zone...accelerating right into them.
I think it could be argued that his five year run between the 2001 and 2005 seasons is among the greatest stretches any running back has ever had in the history of the NFL. If Gale Sayers and Terrell Davis can get into the Hall of Fame based on what they accomplished in shorter career windows I think it so should Shaun Alexander.
I would love to see this Guy as a running back coach. Positive, and patient with a lot of great insight. Also hope he coaches for the Seahawks, it's always nice to see our former players sticking around.
Wishing him the best.
Real one! Sometimes people forget how good he was
Shaun Alexander It was an extreme honour and pleasure to watch you play on the field man I got home from Iraq March 1st of 05 And you took us to the Super Bowl or 1st time ever The year I came homeThat season was an extreme pleasure to watch
Love the upstanding guys we get on this team. It remarkable how good teams are when you have people like Alexander who focus on up lifting other people. The credit he gives his line and his focus on loving others. That's a good man, not just a good player.
Shaun Alexander was beast!! In those days💯
Brian W. Pepper passed 8/13/05 a Hawks Nester. Much Love Hawks of History, Amazing Shawn Glory Be To God🇺🇸🙏
lmfao no one cares about them or your imaginary sky daddy
Awesome.
Great watch.
I loved Shaun, still one of my all-time favorite Hawks
imagine us with the o line we had back then now.....
Shaun thanks for being such a large part of my childhood 💙💚💙💚
Broooo 🐐
I love these series, hope to see more!
What a great man. So much character, love for others, humility, total package along with the greatest vision of running back in his era
Alexander had all time vision and awareness
One of the smoothest runners ever
Lets go hawks!
There are only two certainties in life.... Death and positive yardage when running behind Walter Jones
and 1 more, you're gay
Na Death, Taxes and #85 will always be open. Who Dey.
Walter Jones doesn't get enough credit as possibly the best left tackle ever!
Before it was the Great Beast Mode.... It was MVP Shaun A The Great💯💯💯
So fun to remember
I feel like Alexander didn’t get quite the love he should have by Seahawks fans in general, but the ones that did know football really respected him. He wasn’t a violent runner like Beast Mode or even Carson he really glided and saw the field almost like a grid/matrix style. We should of had a ring in 2005 I steel get queasy every time I have to see highlights of the Steelers celebrating their bullshit victory. Not only did we get robbed but they robbed football fans of seeing what would have been a really good competitive game.
M V P and Madden Video Game cover..Alexander was such a beast.
Great RB! Dude looks like he could still put the pads on and go!
That 2005 championship game vs the Panthers. Alexander running the ball and you see Walter Jones just laying the block to pave a lane for #37.
Fun fact:
Shaun Alexander is tied with Marshall Faulk for 8th All Time In TD in NFL history with 100.
Put the man in the hall of fame already.
Still my all time favorite player in the nfl
Don’t get it twisted... if we had beast mode with Walter jones we’d have superbowlS
Dont forget about steve Hutchinson when steve left to vikings adrian peterson had an amazing year
Shaun is a good example of a Paul Allen style Seahawk
Hawks better bring a game no dumb boneheaded penalties and defense got to be consistent offense is good so far and consistent tho
Let’s get the rams!
RB Misty their defense is crap... they need to fix that shit bad. This team isn’t going to go far at all unless they fix the mistakes on defense. They play too soft!! Griffin always missing tackles..
RiFF RAFF it’s not total crap it is just inconsistent. Their was sparks of great d through the season so far we just got to be more consistent
RiFF RAFF ya there tackles need lots of work tho
Greatest #37 ever fr fr, I don't know nobody else who Won MVP wit #37🔥
I wonder how many rings the seahawks would have if Holmgren were to coach the 2013 to 2019 Seahawks
@A Fucking Bird Hard to imagine Russ being any better than he is right now. Enjoy the ride because you are witnessing history right now.
Shaun was my childhood hero lol
My childhood 🥺
Steve Hutchinson had a lot to do with his success . Then steve went to vikings and adrian peterson had an amazing year
Walter was better but the team really fucked the offseason up not franchising him. Fucking transition tag man.
If it wasn’t for a disgusting officiated game, 2005 Seahawks woulda been the Super Bowl champs.... I stand by that, the better team lost in 2005
Can we get walter jones at right tackle
Hawks
They should brand that suite The Alexander
if we had put this oline with the LOB imagine all the SB we be in
My dad went to high school with him
I’m from Washington and love my hawks... but my favorite team is the patriots!! I know... shoot me!! I’m sorry!!!!!!!