Here's the unedited column on Hawks' minicamp from Saturday -- Boling

RENTON _ The Seahawk veterans were dismissed to hit the showers and grab some lunch after Saturday morning’s rainy and cool minicamp practice.
But as the rookies and young players were kept afterward to get extra repetitions in unit drills, defensive linemen Darryl Tapp and Brandon Mebane stayed on the field to help with tips for their new teammates.
Tapp grabbed the jersey of free-agent rookie defensive end Michael Bennett and yanked it around, showing him a trick to employ against tackles.
“Hey, I’m a veteran on this team now, I’ve got to step up and be a leader,” Tapp said of his tutorial. “I was in their situation four years ago … I know what they’re going through.”

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Rain steadily drizzled on the practice field this morning as the Seattle Seahawks trudged through the second day of practice.

The coaches seemed to crank up the intensity a notch or to and do more coaching on the run as the younger players still try to adjust to the speed of the game and the playbook they're trying to memorize.

Rookie receiver Deon Butler continues to make plays during seven-on-seven and one-on-one drills.

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Here's some interesting scuttlebutt on the Leroy Hill contract negotiations from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com.

Florio says according to a league source, Seahawks GM Tim Ruskell did Leroy Hill a favor by offering him essentially the same six-year, $36 million deal with added, unreachable incentives that the team had previously offered and Hill turned down.

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