News, notes, and quotes from Day 5 of Seattle Seahawks training camp

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 apply for the Seahawks, who had an early 9:45 am begin to apply. On Saturday, Mike Macdonald cited Seattle’s a number of 10 am kickoffs as a motive to schedule apply this early,

“The very first thing is simply so it’s not monotonous,” Macdonald stated, “after which the opposite thought is, now we have a few East Coast journeys the place, ‘Hey, guys we’ve completed 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 below are the notable tidbits and quotes from Monday.

Information

Dre’Mont Jones sits out one other apply

Defensive finish Dre’Mont Jones tweaked his hamstring in Friday’s apply, sat out Saturday’s apply and even with the time without work he was not on the market on Monday. No actual want to fret in the meanwhile.

D.J. James additionally not practising

Seattle’s rookie cornerback has missed two straight practices, having entered camp on the Non-Soccer Harm (NFI) checklist. Take into account that throughout the preseason there isn’t a formal damage report required like within the common and postseason.

Mike Morris leaves apply early with damage

The second-year former Michigan defensive finish missed nearly all of his rookie season with a shoulder damage, ended up leaving the sphere early with a hand/arm damage. It’s reported that the damage occurred on an tried wrap-up—dwell tackling 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 Robust. His professional day numbers had been much more spectacular than his productiveness.

Bob Condotta famous that the Seahawks seemingly had simply 4 operating backs practising on Monday, and since Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet had been on the market, it’s clearly simply filling bottom-end camp depth. Ricky Individual Jr didn’t apply.

Notes

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 probably 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, nevertheless, noticed the protection take pleasure in a powerful day, profiting from a bodily apply. Whether or not it was a diving Riq Woolen go breakup early in apply or a leaping Julian Love interception on a go supposed for DK Metcalf, or Uchenna Nwosu capturing into the backfield to explode a run play, there have been a whole lot of defensive highlights on Monday.

Would you somewhat hear endless good experiences concerning the offense at a time when one of many largest query marks is whether or not or not the Seahawks protection will enhance from its sub-par final a number of seasons? I may use some excessive marks and large 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.

Extra Bobo?! Extra Bobo!

We have already got a separate article of this diving catch from Jake Bobo (off a Sam Howell go). Reporters and Tyler Lockett had been all in awe of the seize that the second-year receiver made. A hell of a spotlight for somebody who’s rapidly turn into a fan favourite. It’s simply coaching camp and we’ve seen him make nice performs in video games that rely, but it surely’s nonetheless one thing to get enthusiastic about.

Nationwide media, together with NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport and The Athletic’s Robert Mays, had been in attendance for this one. They witnessed greatness in particular person.

Sam Howell’s finest day

From Gregg Bell:

Howell was inaccurate throughout the first 4 practices. Monday after a gamers’ time without work, 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 this point. He threw an imposing ball deep down the center over the defenders onto the palms of fifth-year free-agent large receiver Cody White early in scrimmaging. Then he threw the ball over the cornerback onto Bobo’s palms for that wowing landing. In early practices, Howell’s passes landed brief and nicely underthrown on comparable deep routes, a few which received intercepted.

Quotes

Tyler Lockett on the Seahawks offense:

”Properly, yeah, clearly, there was a whole lot of modifications if you examine final yr, and also you take a look at this yr. And I believe this yr, as we type of study the offense, it’s so much totally different than offenses that I’ve been part of and, the 9 years that I’ve performed, I believe that (Ryan) Grubb has a whole lot of flexibility on the subject of 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 type of do your like alternate stuff in Madden, you already know, the place you type of alternate routes. So it’s type of cool to have the ability to see slightly little bit of the best way that they suppose and it is smart why they went to the championship in case you ask me as a result of it’s so tough to have the ability to guard the best way that they go the ball of their schemes, however then when groups suppose they figured it out, you bought a operating again that would be capable of rush for 1,000 yards and nonetheless be capable of take the strain off the passing recreation. So I believe for us, it’s simply first down. If we will be capable of get first downs, I believe the offense can be capable of present a whole lot of issues that haven’t been seen earlier than however we received 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 a whole lot of issues that occur presnap that may give you tells and issues that you would be able to see beforehand. One of many issues, particularly from final yr, I observed 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 of make most of these performs.”

The Seahawks maintain their subsequent public apply on Tuesday on the regular begin time of 1 pm. There will likely be one other 9:45 am apply subsequent Monday, though that one is accessible to the general public.

Don’t neglect that Subject Gulls (nicely, simply me) will likely be attending the mock recreation on Aug. 3, and I’ll have a Saturday night write-up of my observations and takeaways.