After taking Sunday off, the Seattle Seahawks kicked off Week 2 of coaching camp on a wet Monday in Renton. That is the primary padded follow for the Seahawks, who had an early 9:45 am begin to follow. On Saturday, Mike Macdonald cited Seattle’s a number of 10 am kickoffs as a purpose to schedule follow this early,
“The very first thing is simply so it’s not monotonous,” Macdonald stated, “after which the opposite thought is, we’ve got a few East Coast journeys the place, ‘Hey, guys we’ve carried out it earlier than. We’ve gotten up. We’ve gotten after it. We’ve gotten activated and had a fantastic day,” so simply one other little set of confidence going into a few of these East Coast video games.”
Listed here are the notable tidbits and quotes from Monday.
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Dre’Mont Jones sits out one other follow
Defensive finish Dre’Mont Jones tweaked his hamstring in Friday’s follow, sat out Saturday’s follow and even with the time off he was not on the market on Monday. No actual want to fret in the meanwhile.
D.J. James additionally not training
Seattle’s rookie cornerback has missed two straight practices, having entered camp on the Non-Soccer Harm (NFI) record. Remember the fact that in the course of the preseason there isn’t any formal harm report required like within the common and postseason.
Mike Morris leaves follow early with harm
The second-year former Michigan defensive finish missed virtually all of his rookie season with a shoulder harm, ended up leaving the sector early with a hand/arm harm. It’s reported that the harm occurred on an tried wrap-up—stay tackling just isn’t allowed in camp.
Seahawks understanding a operating again
No trigger for alarm bells to sound or something, however the Seahawks are scheduled to work out former Southern Illinois again Justin Sturdy. His professional day numbers have been much more spectacular than his productiveness.
I do know I am not first on this however per his agent, former Southern Illinois College RB Justin Sturdy is ready to work out and take a bodily with the #Seahawks tomorrow in Renton.
The 6′ 205 posted sturdy professional day numbers, with a 4.46 40 yard sprint, a ten’4″ broad leap and a 39″…
— Dan Viens (Seahawks Eternally Podcast) (@SeahawksForever) July 30, 2024
Bob Condotta famous that the Seahawks seemingly had simply 4 operating backs training on Monday, and since Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet have been on the market, it’s clearly simply filling bottom-end camp depth. Ricky Individual Jr didn’t follow.
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Protection wins the day
First day of pads? First day the place the protection has the sting over the offense.
From John Boyle:
The primary 4 days of coaching camp has featured loads of positives for each the offense and the protection, however what in all probability stood out essentially the most in these practices was the play of quarterback Geno Smith and his weapons, who all appear to be thriving in Ryan Grubb’s offense.
Day 5 of camp, nonetheless, noticed the protection take pleasure in a robust day, taking advantage of a bodily follow. Whether or not it was a diving Riq Woolen move breakup early in follow or a leaping Julian Love interception on a move supposed for DK Metcalf, or Uchenna Nwosu capturing into the backfield to explode a run play, there have been lots of defensive highlights on Monday.
Would you quite hear never-ending good reviews concerning the offense at a time when one of many greatest query marks is whether or not or not the Seahawks protection will enhance from its sub-par final a number of seasons? I might use some excessive marks and massive performs from the protection.
Julian Love will get Geno Smith once more
Contemporary off his contract extension, the Seahawks security recorded one other interception off Seattle’s beginning quarterback.
Love’s interception got here on an over-the-middle throw by which Smith was attempting to hit Metcalf on a crosser. Appeared he did not see the security beneath in protection. Love, he of the current three-year extension, had one other spectacular decide on Thursday.
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) July 29, 2024
Extra Bobo?! Extra Bobo!
We have already got a separate article of this diving catch from Jake Bobo (off a Sam Howell move). Reporters and Tyler Lockett have been all in awe of the seize that the second-year receiver made. A hell of a spotlight for somebody who’s rapidly turn out to be a fan favourite. It’s simply coaching camp and we’ve seen him make nice performs in video games that rely, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one thing to get enthusiastic about.
Nationwide media, together with NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport and The Athletic’s Robert Mays, have been in attendance for this one. They witnessed greatness in particular person.
Sam Howell’s finest day
From Gregg Bell:
Howell was inaccurate in the course of the first 4 practices. Monday after a gamers’ time off, the Washington Commanders’ starter from final season Seattle acquired in a commerce of two draft picks this spring had his finest day as a Seahawk to date. He threw an impressive ball deep down the center over the defenders onto the fingers of fifth-year free-agent vast receiver Cody White early in scrimmaging. Then he threw the ball over the cornerback onto Bobo’s fingers for that wowing landing. In early practices, Howell’s passes landed brief and effectively underthrown on related deep routes, a few which obtained intercepted.
Quotes
Tyler Lockett on the Seahawks offense:
”Properly, yeah, clearly, there was lots of modifications once you evaluate final 12 months, and also you take a look at this 12 months. And I believe this 12 months, as we form of be taught the offense, it’s quite a bit totally different than offenses that I’ve been part of and, the 9 years that I’ve performed, I believe that (Ryan) Grubb has lots of flexibility relating to the utilization of the gamers that he desires to have the ability to make the most of, how he desires guys to have the ability to get open. I believe there are some cool schemes in there that generally you don’t see until you form of do your like alternate stuff in Madden, you understand, the place you form of alternate routes. So it’s form of cool to have the ability to see just a little little bit of the way in which that they assume and it is smart why they went to the championship if you happen to ask me as a result of it’s so troublesome to have the ability to guard the way in which that they move the ball of their schemes, however then when groups assume they figured it out, you bought a operating again that would be capable to rush for 1,000 yards and nonetheless be capable to take the strain off the passing sport. So I believe for us, it’s simply first down. If we will be capable to get first downs, I believe the offense can be capable to present lots of issues that haven’t been seen earlier than however we obtained to have the ability to transfer sticks.”
Boye Mafe on what he desires to enhance in his third season:
“For me particularly, it’s noticing performs earlier than presnap. There’s lots of issues that occur presnap that can provide you tells and issues which you can see beforehand. One of many issues, particularly from final 12 months, I seen there have been performs that I felt like I left on the desk. To have the ability to capitalize on these performs, and see these performs presnap and earlier, and be capable to make most of these performs.”
The Seahawks maintain their subsequent public follow on Tuesday on the regular begin time of 1 pm. There can be one other 9:45 am follow subsequent Monday, though that one is offered to the general public.
Don’t neglect that Discipline Gulls (effectively, simply me) can be attending the mock sport on Aug. 3, and I’ll have a Saturday night write-up of my observations and takeaways.
