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Camp Confidential: End run for Holmgren regime

While all 11 starters return from a star-studded Seahawks defense, an offense in transition might hold the key to Mike Holmgren's swan song in Seattle, writes Mike Sando.

Updated: August 16, 2008, 9:29 AM ET
By Mike Sando | ESPN.com

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks are a team in transition as they chase a fifth consecutive NFC West title.

Coach Mike Holmgren is entering his 10th and final season with the team. Defensive backs coach Jim Mora already has signed an agreement naming him the sixth head coach in franchise history and will begin in 2009.

As training camp breaks, the organization is moving into a $75 million waterfront facility nine miles south of its outdated longtime headquarters.

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