I began following the Seattle Seahawks in the mid-to-late 90s, so names like Anthony Simmons and Chad Brown definitely carry a lot of weight for me. They came after Eugene Robinson and Tony Wooden, before Lofa Tatupu, but it’s really those formative years of fandom that’ll always stick with you. I remember the hope that Brown brought as a marquee free agent signing in 1997 combined with the excitement of Simmons as the 15th overall pick in 1998 out of Clemson.
In ‘98, Brown was amazing, totaling 149 tackles, 7.5 sacks, an interception, and two touchdowns off of fumble recoveries as the Seahawks went a middling 8-8 under Dennis “If Jeff Fisher Was Fired When He Should Have Been Fired This Is The Career He Would’ve Had” Erickson.