We’ve reached the start of July, which means Seattle Seahawks training camp is almost here. Fans will get their first real glimpse at the remade Seahawks in several public practices, of which I can tell you that Field Gulls will be on-site for a couple of these. Stay tuned on that front.
For today’s discussion we want to know which Seahawks camp battles interest you the most. This was a topic on the most recent Pulse of the Hawks episode of the HawksZone Rundown podcast with fellow Field Gulls staffers Bryce Coutts and Ryan MacMillan.
I didn’t really have anything that interested me on the defensive side of the ball because most of those positions are generally set at the top level, and the bubble battles aren’t super interesting to me. It’s a different story on offense, where the following positions intrigue me:
Third running back. No, I don’t think Kenneth Walker is getting traded and I think his trade value is very low after an injury-riddled season with career-worst numbers. Kenny McIntosh, Damien Martinez, and I suppose George Holani are all in the mix for RB3 behind Walker and Zach Charbonnet.
Bottom-end of the wide receiver depth chart. Or, more specifically, how many receivers they do keep? If we assume Cooper Kupp, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling are the top three, who takes the remaining spots? Jake Bobo, Tory Horton, Ricky White III, and Cody White most likely won’t all be on the squad at once. Who will lose out?
Fullback. It’s either Robbie Ouzts or Brady Russell; they’re not keeping both on the active roster.
Starting center and right guard. Olu Oluwatimi vs. Jalen Sundell… versus anyone else? Remember Olu vs. Nick Harris last year turned into Connor Williams getting the nod instead. At right guard there’s Anthony Bradford and Christian Haynes, but we’ll see if Bryce Cabeldue factors in at all. Sataoa Laumea having his minicamp reps at left guard may indicate having him as a backup to Grey Zabel. Josh Jones surely isn’t starting but he has RG experience in addition to being a swing tackle.
Watch our segment in the video below, timestamped at 48:21!
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