What do you get for a 1,250th anniversary? Stardust? It is a significant accomplishment no doubt. As someone who has spent a lot of time on other Seahawks blogs not to be named here, this has become my "go to" so thanks, Ken.
We know the "final 53" is never the "final 53" for the Seahawks, and there is always a surpirse or two at cutdowns.
Those twitter clips may be skewed in Lock's favor, but the QB "competition" doesn't look that close anymore. That int Geno threw to Woolen was really bad. I think you are right that we see Lock practice with the 1s this week, but I also think he may be named the preseason starter for game 1 and never look back. I haven't seen a clip of the 60+ yard bomb that just missed Melton, but think how just that one completion could have further skewed the stats and our perception of these two QBs. Also, does DK, Lockett or Goodwin make that catch?
I do wonder if they want Bryant and Woolen to focus on just a single side for their rookie year and that's why we saw Woolen with the 1s over Bryant (after switching Burns to LCB as the best player available at the position). Looks like they are both making the final 53 and that's great!
It was cool to see Dissly and Walker split out wide on that DK TD from the slot. Interesting formations and trying to generate favorable matchup opportunities is fun to see from Waldron and company.
The right-side OL carrousel seems like it may continue into the season and unfortunately may just end up being whoever is consistently the least bad. Mediocre might be the ceiling there this season.
Our FO’s 53 decisions often hinge on special teams value and freakish development potential - picture punt coverage with Artie, Tariq & Dareke, blazing fast & strong. IMO that’s how Tanner McEvoy and Penny Hart made the team and Kasen W. and a few vet tryouts didn’t, in past years.
I can see a world where Cody Thompson and Dareke Young make the team. This would mean Marquis Goodwin and Freddy Swain get cut
With so many good receivers out there Swain comes back to the P squad. Goodwin may very well get picked up. Goodwin sounds to have been all that he can which is quite good and he is greased lightning. I just think the Seahawks are going to go young. Dareke is very smart, shown by his degrees. He also gives Seattle another large physical receiver. Seattle would be wise to have Thompson make it. The value of having a guy who made it in his fourth try is worth gold to Seattle. That would mean all that coach talk of stick with it, work hard, etc comes true. The shinning light for every Psquad player, and he can play. This and $2.07 Canadian will get you a Tim Hortons Double Double eh !!!
Aug 8, 2022·edited Aug 8, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe
I see Pete treating LCB and RCB as different animals generally. Last year he tried putting his best CB (Reed) at LCB and that was a bit of disaster. Reed is a natural RCB and flipping everything on him halfway through training camp ended up with some pretty awful results that rectified themselves when he got switched back to RCB.
Basically my take is that Woolen is getting groomed to be the CB1/LCB of the future, and him starting there when Jones was out makes perfect sense. My read of the depth chart:
LCB: Jones, Woolen, Brown? next man up
RCB: Burns, Bryant, next man up
SLOT: Coleman, Amadi, Blair, next man up
What are your thoughts?
Also, my wild prediction is that Burns and Amadi get cut, Bryant starts at RCB and Brown is next man up for all positions.
Anybody else see John Gilbert take on QB comp? Comments?
“Why is it that the Seahawks basically ran separate offenses for the different quarterbacks? Is it because they’re different players and they built separate game plans for them? No, it’s because when Lock was on the field the offense was running the dumbed-down-for-Jared-Goff version of the offense that reduces the complexity of the reads for the quarterback, while when Smith was under center they ran the drop-back-read-it-and-sling-it-like-Matthew-Stafford version of the same offense.The reason for that is simple. They know Geno can run the simplified version. The coaching staff of him in real games against real NFL opponents running play action concepts and simplified boots very effectively. They also have film of him playing less effectively when asked to drop straight back, read the defense and get the ball where it’s supposed to go.On the flip side, as for Lock, a big part of his struggles in Denver were making the correct read and getting the ball where it was supposed to be.So, while for Geno the next step is finding success in reading the whole field and getting the ball where it needs to be, for Lock the next step heading into Saturday was taking a simplified gameplan that reduced the complexity of his reads and letting him demonstrate he could get the ball where it was supposed to go.As the stats from the mock game show, Lock obviously did that for the most part, so now he’ll likely have more complex portions of the offense put on his plate through the preseason. But any exclamations that he has overtaken or pulled ahead of Smith at this point are easily premature, as in order to do that he’ll need to execute and put up better numbers than Smith while tasked with executing the more difficult portions of the offense, as Smith was charged with doing Saturday”
What do you get for a 1,250th anniversary? Stardust? It is a significant accomplishment no doubt. As someone who has spent a lot of time on other Seahawks blogs not to be named here, this has become my "go to" so thanks, Ken.
We know the "final 53" is never the "final 53" for the Seahawks, and there is always a surpirse or two at cutdowns.
Those twitter clips may be skewed in Lock's favor, but the QB "competition" doesn't look that close anymore. That int Geno threw to Woolen was really bad. I think you are right that we see Lock practice with the 1s this week, but I also think he may be named the preseason starter for game 1 and never look back. I haven't seen a clip of the 60+ yard bomb that just missed Melton, but think how just that one completion could have further skewed the stats and our perception of these two QBs. Also, does DK, Lockett or Goodwin make that catch?
I do wonder if they want Bryant and Woolen to focus on just a single side for their rookie year and that's why we saw Woolen with the 1s over Bryant (after switching Burns to LCB as the best player available at the position). Looks like they are both making the final 53 and that's great!
It was cool to see Dissly and Walker split out wide on that DK TD from the slot. Interesting formations and trying to generate favorable matchup opportunities is fun to see from Waldron and company.
The right-side OL carrousel seems like it may continue into the season and unfortunately may just end up being whoever is consistently the least bad. Mediocre might be the ceiling there this season.
Our FO’s 53 decisions often hinge on special teams value and freakish development potential - picture punt coverage with Artie, Tariq & Dareke, blazing fast & strong. IMO that’s how Tanner McEvoy and Penny Hart made the team and Kasen W. and a few vet tryouts didn’t, in past years.
Does Goodwin play ST? Melton does.
CONGRATS !!!! on your anniversary
Looking for 1250 more.
I can see a world where Cody Thompson and Dareke Young make the team. This would mean Marquis Goodwin and Freddy Swain get cut
With so many good receivers out there Swain comes back to the P squad. Goodwin may very well get picked up. Goodwin sounds to have been all that he can which is quite good and he is greased lightning. I just think the Seahawks are going to go young. Dareke is very smart, shown by his degrees. He also gives Seattle another large physical receiver. Seattle would be wise to have Thompson make it. The value of having a guy who made it in his fourth try is worth gold to Seattle. That would mean all that coach talk of stick with it, work hard, etc comes true. The shinning light for every Psquad player, and he can play. This and $2.07 Canadian will get you a Tim Hortons Double Double eh !!!
I see Pete treating LCB and RCB as different animals generally. Last year he tried putting his best CB (Reed) at LCB and that was a bit of disaster. Reed is a natural RCB and flipping everything on him halfway through training camp ended up with some pretty awful results that rectified themselves when he got switched back to RCB.
Basically my take is that Woolen is getting groomed to be the CB1/LCB of the future, and him starting there when Jones was out makes perfect sense. My read of the depth chart:
LCB: Jones, Woolen, Brown? next man up
RCB: Burns, Bryant, next man up
SLOT: Coleman, Amadi, Blair, next man up
What are your thoughts?
Also, my wild prediction is that Burns and Amadi get cut, Bryant starts at RCB and Brown is next man up for all positions.
Anybody else see John Gilbert take on QB comp? Comments?
“Why is it that the Seahawks basically ran separate offenses for the different quarterbacks? Is it because they’re different players and they built separate game plans for them? No, it’s because when Lock was on the field the offense was running the dumbed-down-for-Jared-Goff version of the offense that reduces the complexity of the reads for the quarterback, while when Smith was under center they ran the drop-back-read-it-and-sling-it-like-Matthew-Stafford version of the same offense.The reason for that is simple. They know Geno can run the simplified version. The coaching staff of him in real games against real NFL opponents running play action concepts and simplified boots very effectively. They also have film of him playing less effectively when asked to drop straight back, read the defense and get the ball where it’s supposed to go.On the flip side, as for Lock, a big part of his struggles in Denver were making the correct read and getting the ball where it was supposed to be.So, while for Geno the next step is finding success in reading the whole field and getting the ball where it needs to be, for Lock the next step heading into Saturday was taking a simplified gameplan that reduced the complexity of his reads and letting him demonstrate he could get the ball where it was supposed to go.As the stats from the mock game show, Lock obviously did that for the most part, so now he’ll likely have more complex portions of the offense put on his plate through the preseason. But any exclamations that he has overtaken or pulled ahead of Smith at this point are easily premature, as in order to do that he’ll need to execute and put up better numbers than Smith while tasked with executing the more difficult portions of the offense, as Smith was charged with doing Saturday”