Monthly Archives: April 2010
Getting work done
On a beautiful day along Lake Washington, Coach Pete Carroll and defensive quality control coach Rocky Seto talk in the head coach’s office this afternoon as the staff continues to prepare for this weekend’s three-day minicamp.
Flying in
The weather’s perfect in the Seattle area today, and good thing. Travel day has commenced for the Seahawks. SeaTac is turning into a Seahawks nest today, as dozens of players are flying in for this weekend’s three-day minicamp, which begins Friday. All players must arrive by this evening in order to complete physicals and be [...]
Halfway home
The offseason strength and conditioning program has reached its halfway point, and it appears the Seahawks are pulling in an A-plus on their midterm report card. “The effort has been out of this world,” head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle said. “Their focus, intensity and the way they went about their work — it’s [...]
Loading up for the weekend
It’ll be a full house at Virginia Mason Athletic Center this weekend. The Seahawks will have the absolute maximum number of players in camp as the organization looks to add competition and fill its roster for the coming season. NFL teams are allowed to have 80 players for a minicamp in addition to their draft [...]
Free-agent Madness: Strong vs. Nash
Yesterday: Points won out over sacks, as Norm Johnson kicked Rufus Porter out of the competition. Johnson, the Seahawks’ all-time leading scorer, collected 57 percent of the votes, or 811. That left Porter, a two-time Pro Bowl player as a special teams performer who also led the team in sacks twice, with 43 percent, or [...]
Taking care of business
It didn’t take Patrick Kerney long to get on with the rest of his life. The former Pro Bowl defensive end for the Seahawks, who announced his retirement two weeks ago, was accepted this week to the Columbia Business School. “Off and running, in another direction,” Kerney said. “Back to school – a 33-year-old student.” [...]
Earl-Gray connection fits to a T
Call it an odd coincidence or a great icebreaker. Either way, safety Earl Thomas has an amazing story to tell. Thomas, the 14th selection by the Seahawks in last week’s draft, had eight interceptions in 2009, breaking the Texas season record for picks held by Jerry Gray. That’s the same Jerry Gray who’s now the [...]
Inside the numbers
For this weekend’s three-day mandatory minicamp, the Seahawks will bring in 24 rookies, consisting of nine drafted players and 15 undrafted free-agents. Their jersey numbers have been assigned, so check out the full list of rookies scheduled to compete in the team’s minicamp starting Friday: #37 • FS James Brindley (5-10, 196), Utah State #4 [...]
Field work
Taking advantage of an afternoon break in the rain, fields assistant Sergio Pedroza paints the yard-line numbers on the VMAC practice fields this afternoon as the fields maintenance staff — like the rest of the Seahawks organization — readies for this weekend’s minicamp, which begins Friday.
Start them up
The new arrivals have touched down. Tailbacks LenDale White and Leon Washington — the two new Seahawks acquired in draft-day trades last week — have made their first appearances at Virginia Mason Athletic Center today, and they’re already in meetings learning the offense with running backs coach Sherman Smith. “They’re both really pumped up to [...]
