Former Seattle Sports Host

Danny O'Neil

Danny O'Neil was formerly a Seahawks insider for Seattle Sports and SeattleSports.com. He's 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 Seattle Sports. Follow Danny: @dannyoneil

DANNY ONEIL | Mar 27, 2018
O’Neil: Now it’s Felix’s turn to prove Mariners right for opening day nod

It's up to Felix Hernandez to fulfill the Mariners' faith in him when he takes the mound Thursday night, an opening day start that goes much deeper than any single turn in the rotation.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 26, 2018
O’Neil: Middle ground hard to find when discussing Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett's contradictions – and humanity – have become lost in the discussion now that the former Seahawks Pro Bowler has been indicted for an alleged 2017 Super Bowl incident.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 14, 2018
Why the Seahawks have been quiet in free agency

Free agency is underway in the NFL, which means that it’s time for everyone in Seattle who’s even casually interested the Seahawks to start asking, “Why aren’t the Seahawks adding anyone in free agency?”
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 13, 2018
O’Neil: Seattle’s hockey future gets brighter with Tod Leiweke leaving NFL

Tod Leiweke was a key part of the Seahawks' turnaround and the Sounders' incredibly successful expansion franchise rollout, so his stepping down as COO of the NFL is a big positive for Seattle.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 12, 2018
O’Neil: Richard Sherman found a landing spot where he can make Seahawks pay for releasing him

Richard Sherman has always thrived on conflict, so when the Seahawks decided he wasn't worth $11 million, he found a new team that would allow him to make them pay for that decision.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 9, 2018
A letter to Richard Sherman

Thanks for your (sizeable) part in making these past seven years of Seahawks football the best, most decorated in franchise history.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 8, 2018
Seahawks weren’t going to get better by keeping everybody on defense

It’s the end of an era for one of the best defenses in NFL history. But that era for the Seahawks ended well before the trade of Michael Bennett or the looming release of Richard Sherman.
DANNY ONEIL | Mar 8, 2018
Seahawks expected to release Richard Sherman this week

The Seahawks are expected to release Richard Sherman after deciding his contract isn't worth the $11 million that his contract called for him to make in 2018.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 23, 2018
Feds wasting time (and your money) on college hoops

Why in the world is the FBI worried about $10,000 that may have gone to the best player on a Washington team that won all of two conference games?
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 22, 2018
Is preseason game anything more than the NBA insulting Seattle again?

The NBA's proposed Oct. 6 preseason game in Seattle could be the start of the league's return to the city, but it's hard to shake off how insulting it seems on its face.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 21, 2018
O’Neil: Of course the NCAA uses the most ineffective, toothless sanctions

Nothing speaks to the head-in-the-sand ineffectiveness of the NCAA more than the revisionist history the organization pawns off as actual punishment, like stripping Louisville of its 2013 national title.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 20, 2018
Seahawks should sit out this game of tag with Sheldon Richardson

Sheldon Richardson was a good player. Not great -- good. And using the franchise tag on a good player would say more about the Seahawks than Richardson.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 9, 2018
Is Jimmy Garoppolo worth his mega deal?

No one has made more money, period, than the quarterback who just signed a five-year contract that will pay him $75 million at the very least.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 8, 2018
Russell Wilson’s trade to Yankees remains … odd

The trade of Russell Wilson to the Yankees is a pretty naked attempt to generate headlines and photo opportunities for a guy who doesn’t need to create them.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 6, 2018
QB or not QB, that is always the question in the NFL draft

Three of the first five players chosen in this year's NFL Draft are likely to be quarterbacks, which is crazy given the success seen by the Eagles and Vikings with low-cost alternatives.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 4, 2018
Huskies are biggest surprise in Seattle sports in more than a decade

The Huskies won all of two conference games last season and lost most of what was expected to be the best recruiting class in program history after letting Lorenzo Romar go. And that's why Mike Hopkins' team has been such a pleasant surprise.
DANNY ONEIL | Feb 2, 2018
The Bitterman’s Super Bowl preview: Groundhog Day in the NFL

This is the eighth time Bill Belichick’s Patriots have made the Super Bowl in the past 16 years, and Danny O'Neil has heard so much – both positive and negative – that it all jumbles together.
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 31, 2018
Seahawks need only look at history to know they should trade Earl Thomas

There's no tougher thing in sports than to know when to sell high, which is exactly why the Seahawks would be best served by dealing Earl Thomas now.
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 29, 2018
Seahawks won’t be better off trading Earl Thomas, but they might have to

Seahawks' safety Earl Thomas is a generational talent, and one of the best to play for this franchise. But Seattle can't risk the possibility that he'll get worse while making more money.
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 26, 2018
Can Seahawks coach Pete Carroll play disciplinarian in 2018?

The 2017 Seahawks were docked 1,342 penalty yards, the second-most levied against any team in NFL history. Pete Carroll has said a change to his team's penalty problem "has to happen."
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 22, 2018
How has Tom Brady accomplished so much? Just ask him

Time vs. Tom? Well, Danny O'Neil is cheering for the clock given the way New England quarterback Tom Brady has not just bought into his own mythology but is actively selling it.
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 22, 2018
Seahawks want to run so they should pass on Jimmy Graham

The Seahawks' trade for Jimmy Graham wasn't as bad as people think. In fact, it kind of worked. That doesn't mean they should re-sign him, though, writes Danny O'Neil.
DANNY ONEIL | Jan 19, 2018
The Bitterman’s AFC/NFC Championship Guide

This Sunday is going to sting.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Jan 16, 2018
Pete Carroll going ‘Back to the Future’ by hiring Ken Norton Jr.

The Seahawks are trying to go back to the future as Pete Carroll looks to a former assistant to get Seattle's defense back to where it was three years ago.