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 | Dec 3, 2017
Seahawks make statement against Eagles, 24-10

It’s OK if you didn’t recognize the Seahawks team that played on Sunday night. It's been a while since Seattle has played as well in a game as big as its 24-10 victory over the Eagles.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Dec 3, 2017
Seahawks’ Nazair Jones, Dion Jordan inactive against Eagles

Seattle listed four starters as questionable for Sunday's game, including Earl Thomas. All are playing, but the Seahawks are down on the defensive line.
DANNY ONEIL | Dec 1, 2017
Seahawks will start memorable December with victory over the Eagles

December runs are what have defined this Seahawks team under coach Pete Carroll. Seattle is going to begin another one Sunday night against the Eagles.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 29, 2017
Seahawks Spotlight: Luke Joeckel, November 29

Luke Joeckel is back with the Seahawks after his second knee surgery in 13 months, and he returns to find an All-Pro left tackle lining up next to him in Duane Brown.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 29, 2017
Seahawks Insider: Offensive line investments paying dividends already

After Russell Wilson was not sacked for the first time in nearly two years, the Seahawks are beginning to see dividends of their offensive-line investments.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 28, 2017
What we’re trying to figure out: Why is Seahawks QB Russell Wilson half-bad this season?

The Seahawks Russell Wilson has attempted fewer passes in the second half, but thrown for almost three times as many touchdowns. Danny O'Neil takes a look in his assessment of what we're still trying to figure out about the team.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Nov 28, 2017
Seahawks Spotlight: Nick Vannett already planning 2nd TD celebration

Nick Vannett joined the highest-scoring group of tight ends in the NFL on Sunday, and he tells "Danny, Dave and Moore" about his first Seahawks TD.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 28, 2017
Seahawks Insider: Six penalties doesn’t sound all that bad

The Seahawks were called for six penalties Sunday, which is about average for an NFL team. Well, an average total matched Seattle's season-low for flags.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 27, 2017
O’Neil: We’ve learned the Seahawks need to replace kicker Blair Walsh

In Danny O'Neil's weekly look at what we have learned about the Seahawks, he details why Blair Walsh needs to figure out his kicking issues on his own time, not during a playoff push.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 27, 2017
Seahawks Insider: Jimmy Graham on record-setting scoring binge

The Seahawks' 6-foot-7 tight end has become the de facto putter with Jimmy Graham scoring eight touchdowns in the team's past seven games.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 26, 2017
O’Neil: Bobby Wagner adds to Defensive Player of the Year case with biggest play of Seahawks’ win

The best defensive player in the league made the most important play for Seattle’s offense in the first half of Sunday’s game, as Bobby Wagner's interception practically handed the Seahawks their first touchdown.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 26, 2017
O’Neil: After ugly first half, Russell Wilson rallies Seahawks past 49ers

While Russell Wilson was pretty lousy in the first two quarters, his second half was more than enough for what was the Seahawks’ most routine victory of the season, writes Danny O'Neil.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 26, 2017
Jeremy Lane, Byron Maxwell starting at cornerback for Seahawks vs 49ers

With Shaquill Griffin out, the Seahawks are starting Jeremy Lane and Byron Maxwell at cornerback while Luke Joeckel returns at left guard in Sunday's game against the 49ers.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 22, 2017
Seahawks Insider: Byron Maxwell fits right back in with Legion of Boom

“Maxie played really well,” coach Pete Carroll said of Byron Maxwell, who was pressed into duty Monday at cornerback after a winding road led him back to the Seahawks.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 22, 2017
O’Neil: Huskies don’t hate the Cougs; we whup them in the Apple Cup

Sharpen your crayons all you Cougars because you're going to write some hate mail after reading this Apple Cup assessment.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 21, 2017
O’Neil: What We Learned from Seahawks’ 34-31 loss to Falcons

Danny O'Neil looks at Blair Walsh's missed field goal in the final moments, how much the Seahawks are relying on Russell Wilson, and Pete Carroll's challenges as he takes stock of what we learned from Seattle's loss Monday night.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 21, 2017
O’Neil: Seahawks no longer the heavyweight they once were

The Seahawks have entered a new phase of contention. It's not about recapturing their former greatness, but outlasting opponents.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 20, 2017
O’Neil: Seahawks’ failed fake field goal not one of Carroll’s finest moments

“It would have been a really good call if we would have made it,” Pete Carroll said of the Seahawks' ill-fated fake field goal attempt in their loss to the Falcons.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 20, 2017
Russell Wilson’s one-man show isn’t enough for Seahawks in loss

Russell Wilson ran for 86 yards on Monday, his highest rushing total in any game over the past three years. But the problem is that Wilson was pretty much the only thing the Seahawks had working on offense.
DANNY ONEIL | Nov 20, 2017
O’Neil: Coaching decisions cost Seahawks in loss to Falcons

It wasn’t a foot that decided Monday’s game between the Falcons and the Seahawks. It was a couple of coaching decisions that wound up costing the Seahawks in a 34-31 loss.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Nov 20, 2017
LT Duane Brown active for Seahawks, RB Thomas Rawls out vs Falcons

Left tackle Duane Brown is active for the Seahawks while Eddie Lacy expected to start at running back with Thomas Rawls out for Monday's game against Atlanta.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Nov 20, 2017
O’Neil: Falcons will show if the Seahawks are at the end of an era

Monday night's game against Atlanta will be a test to see if the Seahawks can maintain their success without two key cogs in their defense, Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Nov 17, 2017
Seahawks Insider: When it comes to running the ball, the Seahawks will pass

Russell Wilson is throwing the ball more often than he ever has, but that doesn't mean Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is willing to write off the run game.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | Nov 16, 2017
Seahawks Insider: No news is not good news when it comes to Kam Chancellor’s status

One week after Kam Chancellor left Seattle's game in Arizona with a nerve injury, the Seahawks don't have any answers about when he'll be back.