After a short cameo from the defensive starters and among the first-team offensive gamers final week, it’ll be all concerning the backups for the Seattle Seahawks of their Week 2 preseason sport in opposition to the Tennessee Titans. There are nonetheless roster spots to be received and depth chart hierarchy at stake, which is the final theme for this text’s theme. Exterior of 1 participant, the main focus is particularly on coaching camp battles, so let’s get to it!
Byron Murphy II
I’m engaged on the belief that Murphy is just not part of the “starters received’t play” group contemplating he, uh, didn’t begin the final sport. The explanation to look at Murphy is self-explanatory: there’s no camp battle for the first-round decide, however each rep we see the place he’s overwhelming even second-string competitors is effective. If Murphy doesn’t even play, then that tells you the workers has seen all they should see and received’t threat their first-round defensive lineman any greater than needed this preseason.
George Holani and Kenny McIntosh
With all due respect to Kobe Lewis and Kairee Robinson, they aren’t making this roster barring one thing utterly unexpected. There’s a very good probability each Holani and McIntosh make the roster to present the Seahawks 4 operating backs anyway, however the distinction between being RB3 and RB4 is probably going being a daily wholesome scratch because the latter.
Holani may need the sting on McIntosh because of superior move blocking, however each fared effectively as ball-carriers in opposition to the Chargers final week. They’ve break up time with the first-team in joint follow this week, so we’ll see how this competitors develops heading into the second preseason sport.
Cody White and Dareke Younger
I feel the highest 5 huge receiver spots are set: DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jake Bobo, and Laviska Shenault Jr. If the Seahawks maintain a sixth, which I feel they may (and maybe it’ll be a league-wide pattern below the modified kickoff), I consider it comes right down to Dareke Younger and Cody White. Younger has the higher hand together with his deep particular groups expertise along with his receiving talents, whereas White has emerged as a pleasant coaching camp story. I don’t see Easop Winston Jr, Hayden Hatten, or Dee Eskridge in competition. Typically it’s what isn’t mentioned by coaches that provides away the place gamers stand in competitors.
Christian Haynes, Sautoa Laumea, and Michael Jerrell
I don’t know if Anthony Bradford will play, however Christian Haynes ought to. He obtained first-team work this week and is pushing Bradford for the beginning proper guard spot. After permitting only one strain in 20 pass-blocking snaps, I’d say he’s earned extra alternatives to actually tip the scales in his favor.
Laumea performed effectively within the de facto third-team snaps in opposition to the Chargers. What’s extra intriguing to me is to see him solely at left guard when he was virtually solely a proper guard or proper deal with at Utah. I’m not saying Laumea ought to be the beginning left guard off of third-team reps, however he might have a path on the staff as a backup to Laken Tomlinson.
Whereas sixth-round decide Michael Jerrell is a longshot to make the roster, I consider he’s nonetheless price with no consideration deal with who may a minimum of have an opportunity to be on the follow squad. His fast competitors might very effectively be McClendon Curtis, whose random change out to deal with didn’t look nice in his preseason opener.
Brady Russell, AJ Barner, Jack Westover
Noah Fant probably wouldn’t have performed and now Pharaoh Brown is coping with a foot damage. Tyler Mabry has hung round between the energetic roster and follow squad, however I lean towards the excessive likelihood he’s both on the PS once more or one other staff.
Russell has been one of many standout performers in coaching camp and caught a landing in opposition to the Chargers. The fourth-round rookie Barner was pretty quiet regardless of enjoying probably the most snaps, and it’s notable that the majority of his time was with the third staff. Westover is the native favourite from Washington who’s seemingly in want of a giant push to get on the energetic roster. The dearth of nice measurement for Westover makes it actually arduous to see a path for him on the staff.
Mike Jackson Sr, D.J. James, and Nehemiah Pritchett
This comes with the caveat that I don’t know if Jackson will play, however he ought to. He wasn’t a starter final yr and isn’t a starter proper now. The extent of his sport time might inform us the place he sits so far as roster safety. Till additional discover, he’s the highest CB off the bench in case one thing occurs to one in all Messrs Witherspoon, Woolen, or Brown.
James and Pritchett featured closely final week and can characteristic much more this week in de facto beginning roles. It appears is that if James and Pritchett have been focused closely in camp (a few of which I noticed in-person) and within the joint practices with the Titans, and we must always see that proceed within the precise sport.
By draft standing, Pritchett theoretically is best positioned for a roster spot than James, so maybe James is the one to deal with extra of the 2 ex-Auburn teammates.
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