Tell me what to Watch for at Seahawks Training Camp

But also your thoughts on whether training camp is a venue in which an outside observer, such as yourself or the rest of the media, can actually project player performance in a real-game situation. That might also tell us something about whether coaches are able to make those projections.

The theory is that coaches, management, and others, but most importantly coaches and management, place too much importance on camp performance.

Pleased you’re going to be there for six days of camp and looking forward to the output.

1. Does Curry look like he now ‘gets it’?
2. Does Trufant look nearer the ’07 probowler or the ’09 PI machine?
3. Has Bates really got Matt running bootlegs / deep throws every other passing play?
5. Lofa – closer in build to a large safety (2005) or a DT (2009)?
6. Whitehurst – he at least looks ok in practice…? right…?

more origami hippo.

WE GOTTA KNOW.

whats kind of alignment are we looking at, depending on situations. how often is clemmons in a two point? does lojack come in often to give a more tradtional look? how often is curry blitzing/hand in the dirt? is the secondary ballhawking and flying around?

obviously, the progression of the rookies and the recovery of thurmond and washington will be excellent topics to cover. offensively, is force still head and shoulders above jj? is matt comfortable throwing to all the new receivers? does branch still blow? how does the line look under gibbs? is gibbs spitting fire and shitting tornadoes like ive always imagined? is carroll a little ray of sunshine?

i cant wait to read what you see john, really looking forward to it

and why isn’t his name Josh Wilson?

Really now isn’t this the only really big concern?

Are the 2nd string LBs getting more 1st team reps than one would expect? If so, possibly a precursor to trading Leroy Hill during preseason?

Is he getting reps at RG, or is he pushing Spencer for the starting job at C?

I was one day late on my last trip up to meet in Seattle for the SBN Seattle site, but I’d be interested in meeting you at one of the practices.

I have plenty of questions, most of which I’ll be focusing on myself.

Health: Thurmond III, Washington, Trufant, Hasselbeck. For the first three, do they look like elite athletes again, my expectations are Trufant will, then Washington, then Thurmond. And that might be week 10. For the last three, are they near where they used to be when they looked like productive, great players?

How good is(rookies): All. Plenty of questions about things like ET’s range and ability to get to the ball in the air, Golden’s ability to compete for the ball in the air, various questions about athleticism and ability for the rest of the rookies.

How good is(newbies): Mike Williams. He hasn’t been cut yet, and we all know what he looked like in college. But is he anywhere near consistent or even dominant enough to be a #1 or #2, or is he just a nice #4 WR? Vickerson? Maybe our best chance to be rid of Colin Cole in the next two years, and great value, or nothing at all.

Then various other questions like this one about the ZBS. Does Wrotto, Toledo, Vallos, Gibson, Byers, or someone else look like they are taking to the ZBS well? I’m guessing one of them might be a future starter on the interior of our line. If not them, a new crop next year.

Who really looks like the best Leo? How does Red look at DE? Who is starting in practice at linebacker, strong safety, running back, RCB? Who is kick returning the most?

There are so many questions about this team, which is a lot more exciting than last season.

Everyone has hit on the majority of the good stuff. Who are the leaders on this team, old and new? What is the sense of morale, attitude that this team has about itself and its chances; will we get our swagger back?

How does the special teams look, specifically who is doing kickoff returns, who is going to do punt returns?

Team speed. I have to beleive we are a lot faster of a team overall, how do we look in terms of speed.

The deep pass. Will we ever see it return to the land of the Silver & Blue?

Will Kelly Jennings or Kam Chancellor start? Who generally is a huge surprise?

The Seahawks ranked 30th in punt coverage last year and 21st the tear before. Their kickoff coverage ranked 19th last year and 31st in 2008.

What adjustments will they make to improve their coverage units? Would those adjustments affect how many players are kept at a particular position? For example, would the speed/size combination of the leo candidates make the Seahawks more likely to keep an extra defensive end, and conversely keep one less at some other position?

runningback. Jones? Forsett? Washington?

I want your prediction on which rookies will start after seeing them in training camp. Okung is the only obvious one I see so far. Oh yeah and how many rookies do you predict to start, 1, 2, 3, or more??

Milloy, Chancellor, Ellison, and Babineaux all seem to be in the hunt for the starting job. Here’s hoping youth wins out.

In my opinion one of the most disappointing parst of last season was the return game. with players such as Leon Washington, Earl Thomas, Golden Tate, and Walter Thurmond i can’t imagine they would have forsett or rankin still handling these duties in the future. Does anybody seem to get more reps/ be the clear return men?

also do any of the draft picks look like busts/ not making the team (i haven’t heard e.j. wilsons name mentioned for some time now).