Seahawk: A Super Bowl derailer?

Greg Shaw

Greg Shaw Jul 3, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Seahawk: A Super Bowl derailer?</h1>
                <h2><p>Seattle Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond is out for four games after violating the NFL's substance abuse policies. His transgression is a little different than the team's previous suspensions for performance-enhancing drug use: Various reports indicate that Thurmond dabbled in some unspecified recreational substance. The News Tribune&</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/grshaw-microsoft-com/">Greg Shaw</a></p> 
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            <p>Seattle Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond is out for four games after violating the NFL's substance abuse policies. His transgression is a little different than the team's previous suspensions for performance-enhancing drug use: Various reports indicate that Thurmond dabbled in some unspecified recreational substance. The News Tribune's John McGrath is incredulous that Thurmond did something so stupid in what was shaping up to be a breakthrough year for him as a full-fledged member of the Legion of Boom defensive backfield. The <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/25/2913007/thurmonds-foolish-mistake-stresses.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">standout sports columnist writes</a>: "I just hope his trashing of the best year of his life doesn't deprive the Seahawks of the best year in their history."  — J.C.</p>
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond is out for four games after violating the NFL's substance abuse policies. His transgression is a little different than the team's previous suspensions for performance-enhancing drug use: Various reports indicate that Thurmond dabbled in some unspecified recreational substance. The News Tribune's John McGrath is incredulous that Thurmond did something so stupid in what was shaping up to be a breakthrough year for him as a full-fledged member of the Legion of Boom defensive backfield. The standout sports columnist writes: "I just hope his trashing of the best year of his life doesn't deprive the Seahawks of the best year in their history." — J.C.

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By Greg Shaw

Greg Shaw is a senior director in Microsoft’s strategy group. He served as publisher of Crosscut and prior to that was a director for the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. He writes for Crosscu