On Friday the Hall of Fame announced some new bylaws, including one that allows coaches to be enshrined after just one year being out of the game rather than five.
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Seattle will no doubt have much bigger roster needs next offseason, but the idea of pairing Hunter with Riq and Spoon on one side of the ball and DK and JSN on the other is just too exciting to pass on.
It may not be as cool as former head coach Pete Carroll's free-wheeling, spontaneous and relentlessly optimistic kind of approach, but nerds know their business.
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The appeal for the Bears is obvious. Aside from Montez Sweat their edge rotation was lacking proven options going into the season.
Murphy has frequently drawn double and triple teams during his brief time on the field and he's been described as "unblockable" at times in 1-on-1 drills at practice.
Additionally, Barrett has previous experience working for head coach Mike Macdonald, who was Michigan's defensive coordinator when he was there during the 2021 season.
Even though the regular season hasn't even begun yet, a bunch of players are currently sitting out with injuries, forcing first-year head coach Mike Macdonald to make some adjustments to his lineups going into the final week of the preseason.
That likely means less snaps for key pieces like DK Metcalf and Jaxon Smith-Njigba and more for the new-look starters along the offensive line, who could use the work after not playing at all yet this preseason.
Michael Barrett is changing teams before he plays in an NFL regular season game.
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However, Jackson became expendable a few months ago when Seattle doubled up at the cornerback position in the draft, picking Nehemiah Pritchett and D.J. James out of Auburn.
However, there are some signs that Cross may finally be breaking through and reaching the potential that made him a top-10 overall pick in the first place.
While it's only been two preseason games, the Seahawks have to like what they've seen from Hall so far. One franchise legend certainly has.
Despite being a 10-year veteran, Lockett has only missed three games in his career due to injury.
While they share a similar build, Woolen is far more physically gifted than Sherman and may have an even higher ceiling than both Sherman and Witherspoon.
That means after Saturday's preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, general manager John Schneider and head coach Mike Maconald will be hard at work shaping their team for the regular season ahead of the deadline.
Bellore has a lot of tread on his tires, having appeared in 200 regular season NFL games, including five years in Seattle, four with the New York Jets, and two years each with the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers.
Good news: Smith is posting again on his Instagram. Earlier this morning. Geno shared three photos from recent Seahawks practices, which would seem to contradict the idea that he's in a serious disagreement with the front office.
At the time, the team said that Carroll would stay on in an unnamed advisory capacity. That seemed the prudent move given Carroll's popularity in the locker room and his long run of success with the organization.
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Last night Aaron Wilson reported that the team has signed both Devon Garrison out of Pittsburgh State and Michael Ezeike out of UCLA.
Nix is coming off a strong preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, having completed 8 of 9 pass attempts for 80 yards, one touchdown and a 140.7 passer rating in a 27-2 blowout win for the Broncos.
Wilson came into the league back in 2012 a talented QB with go-for-broke instincts, but he never really grew out of his initial game.
According to a report by Aaron Wilson, the team worked out former Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Casey Bauman on Sunday.
There are still some position battles and roster bubbles to sort out, but by now we have a pretty good idea of what the team's roster is going to look like come Week 1 against the Denver Broncos.
The two highest-graded players for Seattle's offense were naturally the duo of backup quarterback Sam Howell and fourth-string wide receiver Easop Winston. Together they hooked up for three receptions, totaling 47 yards and one touchdown.
It is only one preseason game, but it's important to remember that even though this is Howell's third season in the NFL, he's still practically a rookie.
Apparently Baker is now dealing with a hamstring injury after missing most of the offseason program with a broken wrist. Macdonald said he couldn't give a date when Baker will be back but the plan is to have him back Week 1, for sure.
This time around there were no starters to be found on the field for either unit. That gave us an extended look at the Seahawks' depth on both sides of the ball.
The new numbers for Williams' deal means that Seattle is in slightly better shape financially than we had been expecting. Over the Cap now has the Seahawks ar $8.34 million in salary cap room left for this year.
Apparently the last thing Geno Smith posted before wiping his Instagram clean was a set of lyrics from a Drake song, which includes the line "you know the price of everything but the value of nothing."
Position battles on offense to watch include the third-string running back competition between Kenny McIntosh and undrafted rookie George Holani, who both flashed against LA.
The most-important element of Grubb's new gig will be getting the most out of Seattle's veteran starting quarterback Geno Smith.
Many fans had hoped Diggs might return on a new contract, but apparently that was never in the cards and he wound up signing with the Tennessee Titans.
Grubb has more talents than just calling plays like a master, though. Apparently he also has a fairly impressive rap game - especially for a 48-year old.
Smith is currently heading into his third year as a Seattle's starter in the post-Russell Wilson era, and he has one more season remaining on his deal after this one.
Truth hurts. However, actions always speak louder than words and the Seahawks responded in the best possible way, led by second-year cornerback Devon Witherspoon.
Today a couple different characters came to the forefront, including two of the team's most-importing rising young contributors.
Based on what we've heard coming out of training camp this particular team's blood is going to run hot, not unlike those early Legion of Boom squads where fights at training camp were a regular thing.
Assuming that Murphy continues ascending and does become a disruptive star up front for Seattle, he'll be their first dominant defensive lineman since they traded Michael Bennett back in 2018.
Sherman has acted as a consultant for the Seahawks in recent years, specifically working a lot with Woolen - who comes in the same-sized package but is much, much faster than Sherman ever was in the open field.
The news wasn't all positive coming out of Tennessee today, though. The Seahawks suffered at least two injuries during the joint practice.
Here's their assessment of today's practice, beginning with Macdonald, who liked what he saw up front but not so much on the back end.
Joint practices are generally more important than preseason games are as far as evaluating rosters and seeing how certain players and position groups compare to live competition.
The Seattle Seahawks have been subjected to a lot of disrespect this offseason when it comes to the national media and their expectations for this team in 2024.
The Seattle Seahawks have made a habit of announcing roster moves before practically every single training camp practice so far this year. Even though they're on the road, today was no exception to the rule
NFL teams are required to share an unofficial depth chart every week of the preseason, which Seattle did last night.
On offense, the pecking order remains the same in the passing game even though they have a new playcaller in offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb. Specifically, that means DK Metcalf remains at the top of the depth chart at wide receiver.
On Monday we learned from Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski that he will be playing franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson in that game against Seattle.
The Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans are both going to see some familiar faces when they take the field across from each other later this week for their joint practices. While there were no trades involved, these teams wound up swapping a few safeties during the offseason.
We already have an idea what Seattle's offensive line depth chart is going to look like with Williams in the middle of the starting lineup (sans Harris). Now let's take a look at what the team's salary cap situation is after these two moves up front.
This reflects the most recent reporting coming out of the building, courtesy of Gregg Bell at the Tacoma News Tribune, who says players are beyond impressed with the job Macdonald is doing.
That should help Haynes navigate what is often a brutal gap between playing at a high level in college and just trying to survive your first year in the NFL.
While it's technically accurate that Purdy completed a higher percentage of passes last season (5% higher), it's also true that sometimes the numbers can lie and it's frankly absurd to suggest that Purdy has better ball placement than Smith.
Harris became somewhat of an afterthough about a week ago when Schefter reported that Seattle has agreed to terms of a one-year deal with former Miami Dolphins center Connor Williams.
Mike Macdonald and the Seattle Seahawks defeated Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers 16-3 on the road yesterday afternoon in their first preseason game of the 2024 NFL campaign.
We're pleased enough to think Murphy doesn't need to play another snap in the preseason. He's too valuable to risk injury and they should keep him fresh, healthy and ready to destroy come Week 1.
Preseason is preseason, but Macdonald's defense was dominant again vs. LA on Saturday night. That was especially true when the starting unit was on the field for a few series in the first quarter, which saw the Chargers net just 15 total yards.
In Howell's defense it's alot easier to write about playing quarterback in the NFL than it is to actually do it, but at least it's not as difficult or frightening as public speaking.
The Chargers learned quickly that they had to account for Murphy on every play. So, they started double teaming him - and occasionally even triple-teaming Murphy in order to keep him out of the bakfield.
It was only against a backup Chargers offense, but our first look at Seattle’s new starting defense was overwhelmingly a positive one.
Thanks to some solid defense from their starting unit and a few big plays from backup quarterback Sam Howell, third-year safety Coby Bryant and undrafted rookie running back George Holani, the Seahawks now lead the Chargers by a couple of touchdowns
We won't be getting to see a Geno Smith vs. Justin Herbert matchup at quarterback, but the featured attraction will be on the sidelines for both teams, in any case.
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Harbaugh's last gig at the NFL level was 10 years ago as head coach of the 49ers, where he was a part of the most-thrilling rivalry in the league at that time against Richard Sherman and the peak Legion of Boom era teams.
The Seahawks have come to expect perennial excellence from their head coaches and so the next man up is Mike Macdonald, who enters this gig with a reputation as having the sharpest young defensive mind in the NFL today.
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On that count, it seems like Seattle's young core on the back end of the defense genuinely respects and likes new Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald.
That's one of the things that Seahawks great Richard Sherman loves about it. Here is 25 gushing about Macdonald's scheme on his latest podcast.
However, his offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb believes Smith belongs in the "elite" club of quarterbacks around the league. This comes from a conversation Grubb had with beat reporters earlier this week at Seahawks training camp.
Most of them are solid and proven vets, but the biggest unknown has yet to play a real snap at this level. That would be rookie Byron Murphy II out of Texas, who was the team's first-round pick in this year's draft.
That said, this 2024 version of the Seattle Seahawks is definitely the fightingest group the franchise has put together since the early Legion of Boom years.
Macdonald also added that star wide receiver DK Metcalf spoke with the team after practice and things ended on a good note.
There have apparently been multiple dust-ups and head coach Mike Madonald has had to pause practice, only to see more fights break out later on.
New Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald appeared almost starstruck when he talked to reporters about Bam Bam after practice.
There's no such thing as a perfect unit.
Former Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is entering his third act in the NFL this season.
The deal includes $3 million in guarantees and is worth up to a total of $6 million.
The Seattle Seahawks may have gotten something special in first-round pick Byron Murphy II.
This latest move involves their outside linebacker rotation, which is getting tweaked at the very bottom.
The Seattle Seahawks released their first unofficial depth chart of the 2024 NFL season yesterday.
Seattle is one of the teams with nothing more than a couple of question marks at this spot going into the 2024 season.
For now, all the Seahawks can do is hit eachother, and that's exactly what they've been doing the last several days at practice as training camp has gotten particularly physical.
To be completely fair to Witherspoon, he's only played 14 games at this level and Metcalf is going to do that to a lot of defenders, even some of the game's best.
Those last two names are both deserving of a bust in Canton, as far as we're concerned. However, neither one of them has a slam dunk case to make it.
It's tough coming up with good comps of former NFL players for Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon.
The Tennessee Titans apparently looked at the Seattle Seahawks' safety room last season and said we've got to get ourselves some of that.
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Love has become a consistent ball hawk and on Friday he posted his third interception of training camp so far.
It's like the Legion of Boom never even happened based on the way these Seattle Seahawks are being treated in the media.
All that being said, the Seahawks front offiec made the right move to go in a different direction this offseason.
According to Adam Schefter at ESPN, the imaging did not reveal any significant problem and Smith should not miss any time.
Seahawks QB Geno Smith missed his second straight practice at training camp today.
This year it seems like their great error was overlooking the remarkable tandem on the back end of the Seattle Seahawks' defense.
It's a nice carrot for a player who's earned one, and it also helped free up a little bit more breathing room for Seattle's salary cap space.
In any case, yesterday's practice was no big deal to miss.
During the Legion of Boom years the Seahawks fell behind early when facing inferior competition, and they weren't always able to pull off those emotional comebacks.
Starting quarterback Geno Smith decided that left tackle Charles Cross should get the award this time around.
This is a very sad way for such a promising career to end.
If there's a better fourth wide receiver in the NFL than Jake Bobo we aren't familiar with him.
This should come as music to the ears of Seattle fans who grew tired of seeing the defense underperform.
Sometimes a thing is just meant to be.
Here are five takeaways from the team and the beat reporters who were on-site at the VMAC.
Little by little we're getting to know new Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald.
Here's what Smith told the media about Metcalf earlier this week.
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If Macdonald is as good as advertised remains to be seen, but so far every indication is that he'll have a positive impact.
The one player who has the most-difficult standard to live up to is Tyrel Dodson.
Here's what veteran nose tackle Jarran Reed had to share about his Smith.
The idea that Geno Smith might be supplanted by Sam Howell was always more than a little bit silly.
Lockett isn't just a sentimental fan favorite.
The Seattle Seahawks have been busy this week, both on the practice field and in the front office.
If the Steelers really wanted Metcalf that badly, they should have drafted him when they had the chance.
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For the moment the most-senior member of the offensive line unit is left guard Laken Tomlinson.
The Seattle Seahawks are doing what they can to liven up those games, at least.
Even though Manning has five years of experience playing on the blindside, Seattle is listing him as a guard.
Love played well the first four years of his career with the Giants, but he's coming off a breakout season in Seattle.
None of that will matter if Seattle ends up signing Williams, though.
Veteran Seattle nose tackle Jarran Reed certainly still has that spirit.
If Mike Macdonald can turn that dynamic around it will represent a massive improvement in this department.
Before we dig in with training camp there's one more item to add to the team's bulletin board for motivation.
The Seattle Seahawks have announced a handful of roster moves on the eve of their first training camp practice of 2024.
So far three Seattle players have made the cut in the first 20.
Before the pads go on and the real work preparing for the 2024 NFL season begins, Seattle's front office still has a couple more boxes to check.
If the Seattle Seahawks can manage to put all the disrespect they've gotten this offseason from the national media to use they're going to be a real dangerous team.
He is currently by far the best center that's still on the market.
Witherspoon's ascension is impossible to ignore, even for the national media.
Louis Riddick writes that the coaching change from Pete Carroll to Mike Madonald is the biggest cause for concern.
Macdonald didn't have a ton of star-power in Baltimore, either - and those results speak for themselves.
Here's Fox Sports TV personality and Washington state native Colin Cowherd sharing who would make his top four for the Seahawks.
Odds are the Seahawks will have to sign a free agent linebacker or two in the coming days.
The most important name on this list is at the top.
While it's good to see Spoon at least make the cut, consider us a little annoyed at how low he is on the list.
One potential fly in the soup that could spoil the whole thing is their offensive line.
Watch Geno Smith talking about how innovative Grubb's playbook is and you can see the enthusiasm shining in his eyes.
Apparently they are committed to sitting Penix and letting him learn behind Cousins.
Geno Smith is now arguably the game's most-accurate passer and one of the fiercest competitors.
This will be a bitter pill to swallow for Seahawks fans, but the truth is Metcalf has elite ability but as of yet he hasn't consistently produced at a top-10 level.
Here are three questions we have for three key rookies as training camp begins.
All together, Eskridge has missed 27 games due to injury and only appeared in 24.
Any genuine deeper look at his stats or his film will reveal that the Seahawks have something special here in Geno Smith.
Going back to the 20023 season, the Seahawks have won nine of their last 10 games against the Lions.
At the very least, second-year cornerback Devon Witherspoon should have made the list.
Yesterday we got a brief glimpse behind the scenes of Geno Smith working out with some of his teammates.
Former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll credited Monte Kiffin for helping mold his coaching philosophy
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Here are four players who we can see getting the boot if things don't go right over the next few weeks.
The Seahawks made several sharp under-the-radar personnel moves this offseason.
One can't escape the feeling that Metcalf has not really reached his ceiling.
Apparently his new head coach agrees.
In July of 2020 the Jets traded Adams to the Seahawks in exchange for two first-round draft picks, a deal that may go down as the worst in franchise history for Seattle.
Trevor Sikkema at Pro Football Focus has identified Sanders as the one offensive player to watch for Seattle.
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As good as he's been, it's not difficult to imagine Geno Smith no longer being around next year.
The numbers cited here are all accurate, but it's far from JSN's fault that his production in 2023 was lower than expected.
Smith has become an indispensable leader for Seattle.
Over at NFL.com they are expecting big things from Murphy right away.
There's no better Do-You-Know-Ball metric in the NFL right now than Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith.
DK Metcalf remains the greatest athlete on the team heading into his sixth season.
Watch Wentz talk about how hard it was to compete while dealing with Seattle's famously noisy crowd.
Williams was arguably Seattle's MVP in the second half of the season.
In fact, if you squint a little bit you can even see glimpses of a current Pro Bowler in Sanders' game.
If nothing else Howell has sufficient arm talent to make it in the NFL.
The one place where they improved the most was their defensive line.
Seahawks fans should keep their fingers crossed that Lucas is ready by Week 1.
It's likely that this coming season is going to be Lockett's last with the Seahawks.
Walker has always had a powerful build for his position, but he's looking especially ripped and lean.
Step one should be using their first-round pick in next year's NFL draft on the best offensive line prospect available.
The biggest reason to be bullish about these Seahawks is their youth movement.
Watch Williams going through a brutal offseason training regimen, including uphill sprints in full gear.
This 84-second highlight reel of Geno throwing on the run is great example of just how far his game has come.
There seems to be a consensus that the Seahawks got good value out of their third-round selection.
This particular take is just a little too spicy for our palette.
