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More than 800 Renton School District elementary kids were corralled in the Family Fun Center and Bullwinkle's Restaurant Tuesday morning preparing to enjoy their reward for participating in the district's Reading Buddies program.

This may be a slow time of the NFL season, but it's far from listless. Instead, it's the time of year when there are lists galore, of best this and top that, as NFL writers try to fill the void.

I get sick and tired of every draftnik in the world handing out grades that they know are worthless.

If there was a theme for the Seattle Seahawks picks in last week's draft, it was that almost all of the players offered high risk/reward scenarios.

As a way to keep people talking about the NFL 12 months a year, NFL.com has been for the last few years putting out a list of the top 100 players in the league.

In 2012, the Seahawks ran the ball more than any other NFL team - 536 times, for an average of 33.5 attempts per game.

Jan 13, 2013; Atlanta, GA, USA; Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch warms up before the NFC divisional playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome.

Now that the 2013 draft is over, the media outlets, experts, bloggers, basement bloggers, and any sports fan with at least 4 fingers and an internet connection have set out to assign draft grades to the class.

General manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll wrapped up their fourth draft together on Saturday, the theme of which blatantly stood out.

In 2010, the Seahawks used the No. 6 pick on an offensive lineman , and in 2011 their first two picks, James Carpenter and John Moffitt, were O-linemen. Now, for the second straight year, Seattle has waited until the final round of the draft to add to its line, taking Vanderbilt guard Ryan Seymour.

Crazy night number one for the 2013 NFL Draft. Several trades, several big surprises, and a whole bunch of waiting if you're a Seahawks ' fan.

With no first-round pick, John Schneider joked the other day that the Seahawks' draft crew will spend Thursday watching Percy Harvin highlights on YouTube.

Kam Chancellor 's new contract is not a bad investment by the Seahawks, but it does push them over the 2014 salary cap by a couple of million dollars -- for now.

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking at four players for the No. 1 pick because there is no obvious choice.

Give Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider this: They managed to bring the football world to a consensus in 2010.

Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor recently became the fourth 2010 NFC West draft choice to sign a second contract with his original team.

The contract extension signed by Kam Chancellor was good news for the Seattle Seahawks because it means they'll keep one of their key defensive players for the foreseeable future.

Coach Pete Carroll and the Seahawks organization have made it a point to start rewarding some of the team's best young players.