Seattle Seahawks Training Camp Report: 8/1/2009 (PM)

by John Morgan on Aug 1, 2009 9:41 PM PDT

Danny O'Neil with encouraging news about Justin Forsett:

RB Justin Forsett put a lick on LB David Hawthorne during one-on-one blitz pick-up drills. It was the kind of hit that makes you stop and take a step back, not just as an observer, but as a blitzer because that's what happened to Hawthorne. Forsett knocked Hawthorne backward into offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, no small feat since Hawthorne's got a reputation for his hitting ability.

Straight up: Hawthorne for all his spirited preseason tackling is a fringe NFL player, but he is a hitter and he is a Horned Frog. Hawthorne had five sacks his senior season and 9.5 career sacks at TCU. He played on a Gary Patterson defense that's not afraid to blitz at any time from any position. You will not see many systems that use stunts, twists and second levels blitzes as commonly as Patterson's Frogs. Hawthorne knows how to blitz. Can he do it against pro-level competition? That we don't know. So maybe Forsett blew Hawthorne up, because Hawthorne was stumbling through the lane and off-balanced. And maybe Hawthorne sliced through like a Katana blade, all squared shoulders and velocity, and Forsett put him down anyway. The point is, Forsett showed skills in pass-pro and that's huge for him becoming the kind of rounded running back that can handle a substantial role within a rushing rotation.

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Now it seems like Forsett is a lock for the roster.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Aug 1, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions

Argh.

Forsett 1
Devin Moore 0

Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Aug 1, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions

From Eric Williams at the News Tribune...

“Strong safety Courtney Greene also bowled over running back Devin Moore, who struggled in the drill.”

Forsett 1
Moore -1?

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/seahawks/2009/08/01/training-camp-day-2-night-practice-pad-popping-begins/

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Aug 2, 2009 4:07 AM PDT up reply actions

:)

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Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Aug 2, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm high on Moore like Misfit,

But I’m high on Forsett as well.
I’m willing to have Moore look bad if it makes any of Babs/Greene/Adams look good.

by LantermanC on Aug 3, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm liking Forsett more and more

by aerozeppelin on Aug 1, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, and whoever wrote that caption is a ba$t4rd!

Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Aug 1, 2009 10:34 PM PDT reply actions

Good for Mighty Mouse

I hope he gets on the roster. I like Forsettand I’d love to see him make a career in the league.

by ASeahawkfan on Aug 1, 2009 11:15 PM PDT reply actions

I am with you.

Emerald City Funk Machine

by blackvanilla on Aug 1, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions

You can see the block here:

http://www.seahawks.com/media-lounge/videos/day-2-pm-practice-play-of-the-day/1fa1d1d0-c56c-4b90-8663-03d7b3aabec8

click up there ^

I Bleed Blue and Green

by DSAhawker on Aug 2, 2009 12:00 AM PDT reply actions

Eh, that looked more tenacious than dominant.

by John Morgan on Aug 2, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Not dominant perhaps, but still impressive. He did what he was supposed to:

Which was buy the QB some time, and not let the defender get past him. I know what it’s like trying to push someone who has about a 50 lb. advantage on me.

Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.

by Carl Shinyama on Aug 2, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

It's disconcerting to me

because it indicates that’s what passes for encouraging developments of note during training camp. It raises your eyebrows, sure, but it’s nothing you can hang your hat on.

by jacobstevens on Aug 2, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

but I guess you can’t really expect your 3rd-string, 5’9" RB to pull off pancake blocks. “Tenacious” is probably not a bad place to start.

by ninjasocks on Aug 2, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

That was roughly half as impressive as the blocks that Julius Jones makes routinely.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Aug 2, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

False start.

by Groundhog on Aug 2, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Deon Grant agrees.

Watch him at the very end of the clip.

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Aug 2, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I think they bothcan make it

but that means serious ST work from Moore. He needs to be the clear other kick returner with Josh Wilson and show he can find space to use his speed. If he can catch then he could be a good scat back. I want to see him on kick coverage too. Forsett looks like a good back to spell JJ and return punts.

I think we’re gonna get a good look at both these guys this pre-season.

by Hawkhammer19 on Aug 2, 2009 1:43 AM PDT reply actions

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

I seriously doubt Moore is making it on the roster. Yeah, speed is nice, but we all know that speed doesn’t mean diddly poo in the NFL unless you have the skills to go with it.

Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.

by Carl Shinyama on Aug 2, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

True, but Moore is not just a speed guy, he was phenomal in all aspects of the workouts,

cutting speed, strength, explosiveness, etc. He’s small enough where I could see him developing into a good enough back to be the type that hides behind the o-line makes one cut and then gains 20+.
Not saying he’s going to be a great back, but he has the potential at least.

by LantermanC on Aug 3, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Hell yes Little Big Man.

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Aug 2, 2009 4:03 AM PDT reply actions

Forsett FTW!

by PUO on Aug 2, 2009 9:19 AM PDT reply actions

Jesus... one block?

How many drills do they run in a day? When I played I made a few nice blocks in practice too, but in games I was just too small to handle opposing starting LB’s.

by djafrot on Aug 2, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

Keven Hobbs picked off a pass from Hasselbeck intended for Branch

It’s good to see this kid stepping up and vying for a roster spot. Now is his time if it’s ever going to be.

John, do you know much about Hobbs?

by Hawkhammer19 on Aug 2, 2009 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

I like Hobbs as well.

I keep reading that Kevin is a monster in practice, but when it comes to real games he treads water a bit (meaning he is just ok and not good or great in real games). I think he will push Kelly this year for that 4th CB spot, but he will have to make a huge jump to get past Josh and Kenny this year (in other words, it’s not going to happen).

by JustinWF on Aug 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

If he can claim the 4th corner spot from Jennings

then at least we’ll save a few bucks off Jenning’s contract. He might even see some PT with Babineaux concentrating on and hopefully winning starting safety duties.

He seems to be alright in coverage. I wonder whether he can tackle.

by Hawkhammer19 on Aug 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

During OTAs this year and camp last summer,

he always seems to be around the ball. I’m not John (obviously) but from what I know he seems to have great vertical / straight line speed, but maybe not as quick laterally / change of direction.

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Aug 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Um, OK.

Solid block, on a hard hitter, in drills, and? I really do like Forsett (and think he will make the team), but these are drills that are run over, and over, and over, and over, so some guys will win some battles and some will lose. It is nice to see Justin getting better, but winning a battle here and there at the start of camp, is only good if it leads to winning them in regular season games. I’m just saying, enjoy these wars in camp, but know that a lot of guys look good in camp (and preseason) but it never rolls over to the regular season (but I do think Justin will make the main roster).

by JustinWF on Aug 2, 2009 12:10 PM PDT reply actions

I'm loving these updates from the Seahawks on Twitter/Facebook.

Jamar Adams just picked off a deep pass meant for Deion Branch

Justin Forsett just caught a great deep pass from Seneca…fans loved it

by LantermanC on Aug 3, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

Not quiet as exciting...

Craig Terrill just asked the crowd for some encouragement during the 2-minute drill

by LantermanC on Aug 3, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Better than this one:

Brian Russell just asked the crowd for some encouragement during the 2-minute drill, received none

by Airborne Hawk Guy on Aug 3, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions

What the hell, is that real?

Hahahaha wow.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Aug 3, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

The Adams pick was on a play he was beaten badly.

Branch got behind the defense, QB saw it late, threw it up and Branch had to come back out of the end zone to get to it, Adams just got there at the same time and picked it. He lost Branch and reacted to the poor pass.

Teel looks good though. The pass rush on him was rough, and while he didn’t look like Hasselbeck, he did find some intermediate routes to pass to, he looked like he was reading pretty well for a 6th round rookie.

by cashless on Aug 3, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Good to hear.

You went to the practice?

by LantermanC on Aug 3, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

Now I wish I registered for every day. It was really cool. If you played HS football it was just like that. They had each position(or position groupings) doing agility and other footwork and hitting drills with each coach, running from station to station to begin with. Then each of those groups worked on football aspects on their own.

That led to full defense working as a unit against coaches simulating offensive players, and the O doing the same on the other field. After a while, O and D mixed, CB’s against WRs, DL against OL, LBs against TEs and FBs, before running some 11 on 11.

Then they took a break for kicking, both kickers are very good at making FGs, I think whichever one loses is going to be starting for another team before the season is out, and maybe for years.

The O and D came back, worked on the 2 minute drill, and that was practice. I didn’t see any punting, kickoff/kick return, or any other special teams, just FG practice on the main field. The kickers and punter did work on their own for most of practice obviously, when O and D were separated. It was a very fun time to watch, and everyone had good plays at times, as in any practice.

You’ll hear about the Brian Russell pick, Housh threw an ok ball in terms of length, but it was on a double-team(not fooled) and Russell had an easy time picking it. The Deon Grant pick was nice though, him and Tatupu were coming at a backup TE, Tats tipped it and Grant scooped it out of the air.

by cashless on Aug 3, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions