Happy Birthday to Shaun Alexander, the Seahawks career rushing and touchdown leader. He played for the team from 2000-2007 and won the league rushing title and MVP award in the Super Bowl season of 2005. Yes, he ran behind one of the best O-Lines in the history of organized football, but his speed and shiftiness capitalized powerfully upon the opportunities they created for him. His unheroic habit of taking an occasional dive to avoid big hits probably extended his career, but it rankles when couch potatoes question the courage of a man who exposed himself to potentially gruesome injury by carrying or catching the ball 2,581 times in nine NFL seasons.
Also celebrating a birthday today is Manu Tuiasosopo, who played defensive end from 1979-83, mostly in a reserve capacity, before finishing his career with the 49ers. While his performance was disappointing for a first-round draft pick, Tuiasosopo redeemed himself by returning to Seattle in retirement and making notable genetic contributions to Husky athletic programs in the form of his five children.
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