The Seattle Seahawks finished up their sixth training camp practice on a beautiful Friday afternoon at team headquarters in Renton. For the 12s, this was their first opportunity to watch the Seahawks practice in pads, and as is customary when the pads are put on and the physicality and intensity ramps up, things got a little heated during practice. Nothing to worry about when it’s something that happens across NFL training camps all the time on an annual basis.
Let’s get to the Day 6 recap!
Seahawks training camp news and notes
It got testy, and Leonard Williams was involved in the chippiness
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You’re not going to get any video from beat reporters or fans due to team rules, so if you’re absolutely hankering to see a training camp skirmish then you might just have to wait for Hard Knocks. Either way, Leonard Williams took down A.J. Barner on a catch down the field and Barner took exception, while there was a little incident between Connor O’Toole and Bryce Cabeldue.
It’s football, it’s physical, it’s emotional, and I would not hold a strong reaction to this whatsoever.
An important Jalen Milroe development
Friend of Field Gulls and Seahawksdraftblog.com guest contributor Curtis Allen was at training camp again on Friday. Second-year quarterback Jalen Milroe throwing to Elijah Arroyo immediately caught my attention, if only because that statement certainly wasn’t a thing last year. Milroe was almost exclusively limited to third-team offensive duties, but based on Curtis’ observations, Milroe has mixed in some work higher up the depth chart.
If there is to be any semblance of a promising leap for Milroe’s development, it starts with actually getting valuable reps with 1s and 2s in training camp, not preseason. Once he gets those in camp, as long as it’s not a disaster, we may yet see a different preseason out of Milroe in a couple of weeks.
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Tory Horton confirms last year’s injury was a cracked tibia
The second-year receiver had a promising start to his rookie season before a somewhat vague shin injury unexpectedly shut him down from November onward. Horton has since confirmed that he cracked his tibia, with the feeling in his shin stemming way back in Week 3 before it became too much of a problem following the Week 9 win over the Washington Commanders.
“It was weird. About Week 3, I started feeling my shin and worked through it through a couple games. Got to Week 9, got it checked up and found out there was a crack. Ended up getting surgery on it and that was that. Something that you work through until you can’t. It’s not something that I wish happened but it did and we got the issue solved and the leg isn’t going anywhere now. I feel good.”
Horton had a metal rod inserted into his leg after the Super Bowl, and his recovery went smoothly enough for him to avoid PUP and start training camp Day 1.
Jadarian Price on his pass catching, pass blocking
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Seahawks first-round rookie Jadarian Price is undoubtedly a talented pure rusher, but there’s obviously more to that to be a complete running back at the professional level. His lack of catches at Notre Dame has been brought up as a concern for a team looking to get running backs more involved in the passing game, while pass protection is typically a struggle for any rookie. Here’s what he had to say on both fronts in his first media availability of camp.
(On pass catching ability) “That’s one thing I have worked on since high school. I’ve continuously gotten better at it throughout college and that’s one thing people question going into the pros, so I worked on it and continue to work on it and understand the space and catching abilities.”
(On his pass protection) “I’m improving. I’ve shown countless times in practice that I can catch the ball. Still need to show my pass protection more, but we’re going day by day and we’re day six in camp.”
Brian Fleury: Getting his tight ends and fullbacks involved
It’s only training camp. It’s only training camp. But if this is going to be a major wrinkle in Fleury’s offense compared to Klint Kubiak (who heavily used A.J. Barner, in fairness) then this could be an exciting development. There’s always a positive in diversifying the passing attack, particularly in Seattle’s case with opposing defenses likely to be hell-bent on slowing down Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Highlight: Yes, Devon Witherspoon is practicing
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He doesn’t have a new contract just yet, but he’s not doing a hold-in. With two years left on his existing deal, talks are ongoing to make Witherspoon the highest paid cornerback in the NFL. In the meantime, he’s putting in the work on the practice field.
Highlight: Sam Darnold to Rashid Shaheed
Hey, we get them for a full offseason! Let’s see the chemistry continue to improve.
The Seahawks return to practice on Saturday at 1 pm PT as part of Back Together Weekend.
Reminder: Meet Field Gulls at Seahawks training camp!
In just a few days Field Gulls will be on site as part of the Seahawks Syndicate crew, which features myself, Bryce Coutts, Dan Viens, and Brandon Cain (who won’t be attending in-person this year). We’ll be at three practices on Aug. 5, 7, and 8, with live podcasts streaming from Fast Fashion Brewing in SoDo! Emerald City Spectrum‘s Corbin Smith will be a special guest on Aug. 5 at 7:30 pm PT. You’re all invited to all three recordings, but especially a special Town Hall style show on Aug. 7 at 7:30 pm. Our last show is 2:30 pm PT before Fan Fest at lumen Field. Myself, Bryce, and Josh Hite are among the Field Gulls staff that will be at camp in some capacity during these days. Come hang with us at Fast Fashion and/or meet us at the berm on those two VMAC days.
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It’s more fun when we can do our own reports instead of aggregating from others.
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