There is another new player on the field, though this one is an old player. With Chris Gray announcing his retirement (officially he was placed on the IR) -- which must make Ben Claxton feel a bit more secure -- the Seahawks signed defensive lineman Kevin Brown, who was here for the mini-camps but was released when the roster had to be trimmed to 80. With Chris Cooper and Larry Tripplett sidelined and Red Bryant out for the preseason, there was an immediate need for some help along the defensive front. Brown is wearing N0. 60.

Interception was the play of the day. Though there have been relatively few during this training camp, there were three in a span of about 5 minutes on Monday. First Deon Grant intercepted Matt Hasselbeck, then Kelly Jennings stepped in front of a Hasselbeck pass, after which Lofa Tatupu laid a pretty good pop on T.J. Duckett that brought cheers from his teammates. Finally, Marcus Trufant intercepted a deep Hasselbeck pass intended for Nate Burleson to complete the trifecta. After that, as you can imagine, the D backs started talking a lot of junk, particularly Deon Grant.

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The odd part about the three interceptions is I thought that besides that the offense actually looked pretty good today -- which may be like saying a marathoner ran a pretty good race until his foot fell off in the 24th mile. But for the most part, the quarterbacks were completing a lot of passes and the backs were hitting the holes. Mike Holmgren did get upset twice, once at the QBs for not running plays like Holmgren wanted, another for sloppiness. After practice, Holmgren called his coaches together for a coaches-only meeting. No idea what was said but I'm guessing it wasn't pretty.

Here is a snippet of esoterica for those who love this type of stuff: As I was walking around to one side of the field, I watch as Kelly Jennings gets beat deep on a post pattern by Michael Bumpus. The ball was overthrown. As he walked back to the huddle, Jim Mora pulled aside Jennings and told him, "Everybody out here thinks you just got beat. But you didn't, because what they don't realize is you had the safety right over here to help you out."

Jeb Putzier and Kyle Williams were back practicing, but Samuel Gutekunst was missing, as was Chris Cooper, who practiced the last two days but was back among the injured. Will Herring was on the side doing some sprints and agility drills. Ryan Plackemeier said he will be back next Monday fully ready to go.

Howard Green had another nice play, slipping a block and getting into the backfield to stop Maurice Morris. D. D. Lewis quickly showed why Justin Forsett’s size is a liability: After Forsett caught a pass and tried to sprint away from Lewis, Lewis took his jersey with just one arm and flung him to the ground with a look of disdain.

I have to say, Jason Babin is having a pretty good training camp. Babin bullrushed Joe Newton on one play and pushed him into the backfield, right into Owen Schmitt, who was coming up to the line for a block. The play fell apart. It is the one concern with Newton: he is a very good receiver but his lower body is too small to sustain blocks. Later, Babin beat Kyle Williams to the quarterback.

John Carlson had one very nice reception when Lota Tatupu tipped a pass and Carlson, a few feet behind Tatupu, still was able to bring it in. Carlson continues to look pretty good overall.

William Robinson had a much better day today, perhaps because he was in full pads. But after everybody had their eyes on him to see if he had to suffer through the same misery as yesterday, he made a couple nice blocks and held them.

Craig Terrill may have had the play of the day, bulling past new center Ben Claxton and getting into the backfield to half Maurice Morris. Claxton worked with the second team while Mansfield Wrotto slid to guard – I’m sure much to his delight. Steve Vallos still worked out with the first team. That didn’t stop Vallos from being disrespected; during one pass-rushing drill, Rocky Bernard picked up Vallos and slammed him to the ground.

The Blue Angels pilots – and I guess support staff, since there were more than six people – attended the practice. Afterward, Courtney Taylor met with them and did some photos and hand-shaking.