The Seattle Seahawks’ solely dwelling recreation of preseason can have starters in motion on either side of the ball.
Head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed his plans following Thursday’s media availability session. Which means each the Seahawks and Cleveland Browns ought to have first-team gamers (properly, those match sufficient to play) for not less than a quick portion of Saturday’s recreation.
“The plan is you’ll see a number of starters to start out the sport,” Macdonald stated. “What number of reps and all that it form of on a per particular person kind foundation. However the plan is to see a superb quantity of the fellows. We obtained a pair nicks and bruises right here. We’ll maintain some guys out so there’s some guys you won’t see that you just may anticipate. For essentially the most half, many of the starters will begin the sport. Geno (Smith) included.”
The Seahawks first-team protection performed two sequence in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers, recording consecutive three-and-outs. On offense, backup working again Zach Charbonnet and Jaxon Smith-Njigba had been among the many first-team regulars who performed, however that was equally transient. It was virtually solely backups for the whole lot of the Week 2 recreation in opposition to the Tennessee Titans, albeit with the caveat that the starters took half in joint practices earlier within the week.
So what’s the reasoning behind getting starters in for the final recreation?
“Offense, we simply hadn’t had an opportunity to get all people on the market and function, particularly at our dwelling area,” Macdonald stated. “Undergo all these issues and there’s one thing to placing the pads on and truly going out and shifting the ball earlier than we do it for actual. Defensively, we solely obtained six snaps within the first recreation so (that is) a possibility to go on the market and put some extra good movie on tape and have some confidence going into the primary recreation.”
It must be famous that one starter who’s not anticipated to play is new middle Connor Williams, who’s solely simply began practising this week after signing with the Seahawks earlier within the month. The aim is for Williams to nonetheless be all prepped for Week 1 in opposition to the Denver Broncos.
