Tubbs’ Injury Brings New Meaning to Exhibition

Marcus Tubbs wanted to get up.
He tried to ignore the pain in his right knee and get to his feet and show that his season was not going to end before it even began.
The right knee is his good one, after all. At least it was. So Tubbs tried to get up. He got to [...]

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Tubby Brings Sexy Back to Seahawks

Before anything else, a word about the nickname: Tubby.It’s a derivation of Marcus Tubbs’ surname, not a reference to his level of fitness.
Still, the fact he is leaner, fitter, stronger and more motivated than ever only adds to the Seattle Seahawks’ anticipation of Tubbs’ return to action.
A defensive tackle taken in the first round of [...]

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Tubbs takes big step in return to Hawks

All eyes should have been on Marcus Tubbs’ left knee at Seahawks training camp Tuesday morning when the wide-bodied defensive tackle practiced for the first time.
Leave it to the former first-round draft choice to come up with a diversionary tactic.
Gone were the dreadlocks that had been his signature look during an on-going rehab from having [...]

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Tubbs Not Yet Ready to Perform

The list no Seahawk wants to be on has a rather harmless name: PUP.What it stands for is not so benign: Physically unable to perform.
And that’s where defensive tackle Marcus Tubbs finds himself on the day before training camp opens.
The bad news is that Tubbs, a former first-round draft choice who was expected to play [...]

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Marcus Tubbs: A Seahawk to Watch in ‘07

If Lofa Tatupu is the heart of the defense, then Marcus Tubbs must be the guts.  Take just one look at the Seahawks run defense and red zone defense in 2005 with Tubbs, then look at 2006 without him.  Or if you’re not a Seahawks fan, look at the difference Haloti Ngata made for the [...]

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