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This is the last real practice at the facility in Kirkland before the team moves to Renton on Monday. They have one more practice this afternoon and then a substitution practice tomorrow morning, and then they are out of here.
There were a bunch of people back at this practice, including Patrick Kerney, Matt Hasselbeck, Leonard Weaver, Sean Locklear and Josh Wilson, who never really left but had a scare yesterday. Hasselbeck's participation was limited, and he is not likely to play this weekend, but Mike Holmgren said it is nothing to be concerned about. Kerney will not play this weekend but said he hopes to be suited up on Monday morning and wants to play the final two preseason games.
Hasselbeck's dad, Don, attended the practice.
During special teams drills, rookie Brandon Coutu got an earful for kicking a kickoff out of bounds. Coutu did not have a good day. During field goals, he failed to get one above the crossbar, and he missed on another. Mare may have missed one, though it was tough to tell from our angle.
During 11-on-11 drills, Nate Burleson beat Kelly Jennings deep but dropped the pass. That was the only time I saw a WR beat the secondary deep. It made me wonder if the defensive backs know the plays so well that they aren't going to let anybody get behind them, or the Seahawks have a dearth of wideouts who can stretch the defense. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Jordan Kent had a tough practice, dropping two passes within a few minutes of each other. Right tackle Kyle Williams also jumped up before the ball was snapped, which always makes Holmgren happy.
Charlie Frye actually looked pretty good during the hurry-up offense, finding a number of receivers as the offense moved the ball downfield. The first drive ended with Julius Jones going up the middle for a score, though since the practice was in helmets and shorts he did not get hit, which may have changed things.
Frye also ran the second unit in the hurry-up and completed four straight passes before Holmgren ended practice.
After, he said no decision has been made on if Frye will start, which means he doesn't want to say. He said he is not really concerned about the injuries other than those to Engram and Spencer. He kind of made light of them, in fact, saying that with all the MRI equipment, they invariably find injuries and put it in the players' head that they are injured. Then it gets close to game day and all of a sudden they are healed. He didn't say there had been any real movement on Spencer's injury.
He said the vets should get a little more time this week, as they have done in the past. He said Julius Jones will start this week, and Mo Morris is likely to start again next week. For all you fantasy folks, he said the flanker spot in this offense should get the most catches.
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2 RECIEVERS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HAD 1,000 YARDS IN THEIR ROOKIE SEASONS
We NEED to go get a Vet WR in a trade or at worst pick up some value when teams start cutting guys.
I also didn't realize Engram is a defense stretcher. Neither is Branch. Worry more about the center situation. WRs will be okay. Holmgren is a genius when it comes to throwing the ball around. These guys don't drop it, they just have to be open sometimes.
im so sick of stupid people...next time anderson, dont comment
Frank - "made me wonder if the defensive backs know the plays so well that they aren't going to let anybody get behind them, or the Seahawks have a dearth of wideouts who can stretch the defense. I guess we'll find out soon enough".... absolutely, 100% correct. We don't know & I'd be pretty confident that even Holmgren doesn't know... we all hope it is the former scenario.
I challenge any of you to name a WR available who can step in and contribute in a WCO predicated on timing and rhythm.
Obomanu is in his third year. Taylor is in his second year, as is Payne and Kent. All of these guys have been with the team for 2 full training camps (three for Obomanu), and they were all on the team for the entire season last year.
You can't even say that they are first year players with the 53 man roster except for Kent. Obomanu and Taylor both had several games played last season and Payne was placed on the active roster late into the season and into the play-offs.
No rookies there at all.
But by all means keep talking about going out and getting some cast-off WR that has NO FICKIN CLUE about how Seattle's offence works just so you can sleep at night.
If we blow out the Bears, fine, we can say the receivers are all good. But anything less and I still won't have a solidified opinion...it'll have to wait until Week 3.
It doesn't matter. The coaching staff will see the mistakes and work on correcting them regardless of the outcome. The only people who might be confused are the talking heads, the column scribblers and us guys. We're not important.
Frye needs the work, the receivers need to work with Frye and, if Vallos is going to be the backup center, then he needs to learn how to adjust to different quarterbacks. A tough defensive opponent is an optimal test for all of those things. Fine tuning or overhauling, you might as well do it vs the best competition available.
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