Another practice under cool, gray skies, though the rain held off for the most part, a few sprinkles here and there. But the practice was not affected by the weather, which hopefully will turn by the time Saturday's scrimmage at Qwest Field rolls around.

The play of the day was turned in by Howard Green, who essentially lumbered into the backfield unblocked to blow up Justin Forsett. It looked like he swallowed him on the play. Fullback Owen Schmitt also had a very nice block on linebacker Matt Castelo on a kickout run, and afterward Gil Haskell was very complimentary of Schmitt and his willingness to put his head in there and block.

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Marcus Trufant continues to have a good camp, reaching over the shoulder of Nate Burleson to knock down a pass from Matt Hasselbeck. Tru is playing with great confidence and seems at ease in his spot.

The practice ended with some four-minute offense between the third offenses and defenses, with Charlie Frye leading the offense and T.J. Duckett getting a lot of the carries. On the first possession, Kevin Hobbs quickly ended it with an interception of Frye. Then, as good as the first-team defense has been, Frye shredded the third-team defense, completing some nice passes to John Carlson, Schmitt and Michael Bumpus for an eventual touchdown run by Frye around the right side.

Mike Holmgren was at times peeved in this practice, muttering some frustrations occasionally, completely stopping practice at one point and calling everybody together. Holmgren doesn't get irked at the big stuff, like a fumble, but goes crazy on the little stuff, like not knowing a formation. That's what makes him such a good coach, though, his attention to detail that can decipher one little thing that might make a play work or fail.

A few other observations:

* Bryan Gilmore dropped another pass in simple passing drills, and Holmgren was watching at the time. Gilmore has a lot of NFL experience, but he has dropped more than a few passes where no defenders were around.

* The offensive line had a few problems on successive plays, with Julian Peterson getting a sack of #8 if sacks were allowed, then Josh Wilson getting to the QB undeterred on a corner blitz. Wilson did the same thing on the next play and almost got there, slipping around Carlson.

* On a running play in the same sequence, Darryl Tapp completely stonewalled Mo Morris with a big hit. On the next play, Baraka Atkins ran down Morris in the backfield.

I spoke with Haskell for a little after practice, and he essentially said that while all the receivers have ups and downs right now, nothing will be determined until the first preseason game. Anybody can catch balls in practice, he said, but the real talent will be exposed once competitive play starts. To start handicapping that spot right now is way premature. Nothing can be said until Aug. 9.

Haskell said Duckett looks a lot better than he did over the offseason. He has lost some weight, he has good vision and he hits the hole rather than dancing around. He also likes Julius Jones, who he said ran with a lot of "pop" once he got the ball. I asked him if Jones looks different now than he did in his final months in Dallas, and he said that was tough to answer because Jones was much farther along in the regular season in his final months in Dallas than he is now. He also said he liked the way the offensive line run blocked today, and for the first time it seemed like they were not knocked back on their heels by the defensive line.