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A familiar face is reportedly returning to Seattle.ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported on Thursday that the Seahawks have signed Cassius Marsh to a one-year contract. Marsh was released by the San..."A familiar face is reportedly returning to Seattle.ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported on Thursday that the Seahawks have signed Cassius Marsh to a one-year contract. Marsh was released by the San Francisco 49ers last month after they traded for Dee Ford.The 26-year-old Marsh was drafted by Seattle as a fourth-round pick in 2014 , but didn’t really see his playing time on defense increase significantly until 2016. That proved to be his best season with the team, recording three sacks, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Marsh was also a regular special teams contributor, which included a blocked field goal against the Miami Dolphins to begin the 2016 regular season.Seattle traded Marsh to the New England Patriots for fifth- and seventh-round picks in 2017, but Marsh found himself both out of place on the roster and not enjoying his time there. New England waived him midseason and he was picked up by the 49ers. Last season, Marsh appeared in all 16 games, starting three of them, and he had a career-high 5.5 sacks, 38 tackles, and 14 QB hits. He shined in a primetime game against the Oakland Raiders , sacking Derek Carr 2.5 times.This is cheap pass-rushing depth (for the time being) and someone who knows the Seahawks’ defensive system. In case you’re wondering, because he was released by the 49ers, Marsh doesn’t count against Seattle’s comp pick total. Pete Carroll's favorite memory of Paul Allen is an obvious one.February 2014. In New Jersey. On the field of MetLife Stadium raising the Vince Lombardi trophy."He wanted to be a champion and to be up on the stage with him in the crowd and the confetti's flying and all that, and to just be there with him, that's my favorite moment with Paul," Carroll said Tuesday. "Now, there was a great moment later on that night when he was on stage and he was playing (the guitar). He was hitting it and he thought he was Eddie Vedder or something up there. He was going."I think that was the great moment that we got to share. He got to have it because you can have all the money in the world, but it's really hard to have that world championship and it meant everything to him. To be able to share that with him was amazing."The Seattle Seahawks coach was in a reflective mood Tuesday, a day after team owner Allen died at 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.It was Allen's message and approach that lured Carroll away from college football and back to the NFL in 2010. Along with general manager John Schneider, Seattle's power structure created a franchise that has reached the playoffs in six of Carroll's eight seasons in charge, twice claiming NFC championships and winning the first Super Bowl title in franchise history.Carroll described Allen as "shy ," but the pair communicated regularly. Until this season, Allen was a regular at home and road games for the Seahawks and typically had pregame conversations on the field with Carroll."He just wanted to know how much we were going to blitz or if we had any trick plays and stuff, basically," Carroll said. "By that time, that close to game time, there would always be questions about guys who were hurt or healthy and all that kind of stuff. Always wanted to know about the quarterback and what we were hoping to do and how we were going to defend the other quarterback, so it was pretty basic fundamental stuff that a fan would want to know going into the game if they could ask the head coach."Carroll said the team is still figuring out plans to honor Allen for the remainder of the season. He believes the best way is by keeping Seattle competitive and in contention for a playoff spot in the NFC. The Seahawks are 3-3 entering their bye week after last weekend's 27-3 win over Oakland in London."We're going to battle for him. You're either competing or you're not. That's kind of the way I think we can best give tribute to what he would want us to do," Carroll said. "I'd love to live in his image of wanting to win championships and keep moving forward and do great things. I don't see any reason why that's not still out there, we're going for it. I feel pretty good about telling you that that's how we're going about it."