Really, I mean it !

Hawks46":14ooaiqh said:

I honestly think Jesse Williams makes this team.

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Hawks46":2v6g22wm said:

Christine Michael really can't hold the ball in his left hand. I don't know if I've ever seen anything like it. That said, I can see how it's tough for the coaching staff to just cut the kid. He flashes so well, then it's an "ugh".

How do you pick between Kasen Williams and Kevin Smith ? Damn, really ?

Not sure Lockette makes the team. He doesn't bring anything as a receiver and his ST play is matched by both Williams and Smith.

Not going to make a big deal about Lockett's TD catch against backups, but Damn ! Russell dropped a dime on that one.

I honestly think Jesse Williams makes this team. He's missed most, if not all of the last two seasons and offseasons, gets cancer, gets a kidney removed, then just goes out and makes play after play in the preseason. Funny, I was watching him make a play and watched him blow up his blocker, flow down the line and was just about to make a stop for a loss.....when Clark slaughters his blocker and catches the RB 2 yards deeper. 4 yard loss, Williams would've gotten him for 2 yard loss.

Speaking of which, Clark is an ANIMAL. It's seriously unfair watching him play backups.

I would've liked to see Smith play more, but I get it. He just doesn't finish his runs.....right. For a guy his size, you would like to see more broken tackles and falling forward more.

Return of the Read Option. Daniels running that RO was a thing of beauty. Soon as we did that, Rawls found all kinds of room. I think Rawls makes the PS over Smith at this point.

Daniels is Russel Wilson's evil twin. Running the RO, he'll run it when Wilson will throw it, and look damn near as good running it. I really like the pump fake to get his man up in the air then blow by him on the ground. I really hope he makes this team. I thought he looked pretty decent at QB given that he got mostly WR reps in TC.

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Anthony!":16ajzb5h said:

Hawks46":16ajzb5h said:

Christine Michael really can't hold the ball in his left hand. I don't know if I've ever seen anything like it. That said, I can see how it's tough for the coaching staff to just cut the kid. He flashes so well, then it's an "ugh".

How do you pick between Kasen Williams and Kevin Smith ? Damn, really ?

Not sure Lockette makes the team. He doesn't bring anything as a receiver and his ST play is matched by both Williams and Smith.

Not going to make a big deal about Lockett's TD catch against backups, but Damn ! Russell dropped a dime on that one.

I honestly think Jesse Williams makes this team. He's missed most, if not all of the last two seasons and offseasons, gets cancer, gets a kidney removed, then just goes out and makes play after play in the preseason. Funny, I was watching him make a play and watched him blow up his blocker, flow down the line and was just about to make a stop for a loss.....when Clark slaughters his blocker and catches the RB 2 yards deeper. 4 yard loss, Williams would've gotten him for 2 yard loss.

Speaking of which, Clark is an ANIMAL. It's seriously unfair watching him play backups.

I would've liked to see Smith play more, but I get it. He just doesn't finish his runs.....right. For a guy his size, you would like to see more broken tackles and falling forward more.

Return of the Read Option. Daniels running that RO was a thing of beauty. Soon as we did that, Rawls found all kinds of room. I think Rawls makes the PS over Smith at this point.

Daniels is Russel Wilson's evil twin. Running the RO, he'll run it when Wilson will throw it, and look damn near as good running it. I really like the pump fake to get his man up in the air then blow by him on the ground. I really hope he makes this team. I thought he looked pretty decent at QB given that he got mostly WR reps in TC.

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I agree with a lot the only question is on BJ. I do not think he showed enough as a WR to beat out Smith or Williams, and they will only keep 2 QBs. SO not sure were he fits.

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Baldwin
Lockett
Mathews
? Kearse
?Williams (bigger)
?Smith or BJ or Lockette
Richardson (pup)


Now if they let TJ go then BJ makes it hands down

Not sure having a 3rd QB is worth loosing Williams or Smith

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Mike 4G":25qpilnf said:

All I know is our cuts are going to make a bunch of other teams happy. I don't know what's going to happen when we go after other teams cut players. This is going to be rough.

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Hawks46":bye04k5w said:

Anthony!":bye04k5w said:

Hawks46":bye04k5w said:

Christine Michael really can't hold the ball in his left hand. I don't know if I've ever seen anything like it. That said, I can see how it's tough for the coaching staff to just cut the kid. He flashes so well, then it's an "ugh".

How do you pick between Kasen Williams and Kevin Smith ? Damn, really ?

Not sure Lockette makes the team. He doesn't bring anything as a receiver and his ST play is matched by both Williams and Smith.

Not going to make a big deal about Lockett's TD catch against backups, but Damn ! Russell dropped a dime on that one.

I honestly think Jesse Williams makes this team. He's missed most, if not all of the last two seasons and offseasons, gets cancer, gets a kidney removed, then just goes out and makes play after play in the preseason. Funny, I was watching him make a play and watched him blow up his blocker, flow down the line and was just about to make a stop for a loss.....when Clark slaughters his blocker and catches the RB 2 yards deeper. 4 yard loss, Williams would've gotten him for 2 yard loss.

Speaking of which, Clark is an ANIMAL. It's seriously unfair watching him play backups.

I would've liked to see Smith play more, but I get it. He just doesn't finish his runs.....right. For a guy his size, you would like to see more broken tackles and falling forward more.

Return of the Read Option. Daniels running that RO was a thing of beauty. Soon as we did that, Rawls found all kinds of room. I think Rawls makes the PS over Smith at this point.

Daniels is Russel Wilson's evil twin. Running the RO, he'll run it when Wilson will throw it, and look damn near as good running it. I really like the pump fake to get his man up in the air then blow by him on the ground. I really hope he makes this team. I thought he looked pretty decent at QB given that he got mostly WR reps in TC.

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I agree with a lot the only question is on BJ. I do not think he showed enough as a WR to beat out Smith or Williams, and they will only keep 2 QBs. SO not sure were he fits.

Wr
Baldwin
Lockett
Mathews
? Kearse
?Williams (bigger)
?Smith or BJ or Lockette
Richardson (pup)


Now if they let TJ go then BJ makes it hands down

Not sure having a 3rd QB is worth loosing Williams or Smith

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I'd agree and it makes it tough. BJ does a lot pretty well, but nothing REALLY well. I can see positions for and against giving him a roster spot. Gotta love the way the kid is battling for a roster spot though.

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Laloosh":13tw87gx said:

Mike 4G":13tw87gx said:

All I know is our cuts are going to make a bunch of other teams happy. I don't know what's going to happen when we go after other teams cut players. This is going to be rough.

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Yeah, it's unfortunate that we can't assign guys to the PS before they hit the waiver wire. Or can we?

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kearly":3rqukajq said:

I wonder if Seattle might go the Mike-Rob method with Turbin and release him with an injury settlement, then bring him back in two months? My guess is that Rawls would get picked up if Seattle released him, but an injured Turbin probably wouldn't.

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vin.couve12":1cljday7 said:

OK, maybe a couple more things....

Jesse Williams had been a guy I was particularly hard on. Never liked his structural integrity from the waist down. He was always going to have leg injuries. He looks a little thinner up top now, however. He no longer looks like some extremely uneven Popeye villian type cartoon character. Why is that important? He's staying on his feet, pad level is better, power is greater, and he's showing a burst I hadn't ever seen before. He's playing like the player everyone said he was that I disagreed with. The cancer thing I don't even want to get into. That's a difficult topic I'm all too familiar with. As a football player, he's showing something I hadn't ever seen even in his junior year at Alabama. Will he be kept, however?

Brock Coyle has been really consistent, very fast, and a player who's imposing what he wants to do...where he wants to go in the run game. As a rook you could see some potential, but he was catching some blocks and even catching tackles at times. He'd make the tackle, but end up on his back.

Not this year. He has very direct intent and not with good intentions. I agree with Bobby Wagner that Coyle and KPL would start for a lot of other teams.

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Pandion Haliaetus":2l26vdiz said:

vin.couve12":2l26vdiz said:

OK, maybe a couple more things....

Jesse Williams had been a guy I was particularly hard on. Never liked his structural integrity from the waist down. He was always going to have leg injuries. He looks a little thinner up top now, however. He no longer looks like some extremely uneven Popeye villian type cartoon character. Why is that important? He's staying on his feet, pad level is better, power is greater, and he's showing a burst I hadn't ever seen before. He's playing like the player everyone said he was that I disagreed with. The cancer thing I don't even want to get into. That's a difficult topic I'm all too familiar with. As a football player, he's showing something I hadn't ever seen even in his junior year at Alabama. Will he be kept, however?

Brock Coyle has been really consistent, very fast, and a player who's imposing what he wants to do...where he wants to go in the run game. As a rook you could see some potential, but he was catching some blocks and even catching tackles at times. He'd make the tackle, but end up on his back.

Not this year. He has very direct intent and not with good intentions. I agree with Bobby Wagner that Coyle and KPL would start for a lot of other teams.

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I would add Morgan too and even a extremely raw guy like Pinkins has looked like he's played LBer his whole life.

Barrows and Tatupu have done a marvelous job with these guys, it also helps when your D-Line is playing at such an elite level.

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kearly":3l6xaa9c said:

This game helped show that our backup RBs are actually pretty good when you give them some actual run blocking and a QB who kicks ass at the read option. Rawls had a nice game and Michael showed his speed around the edges. It would shock me if Seattle released Michael with Turbin being out until sometime in October. I'm expecting Rawls to make it now as well. They gave him a huge audition in this game and he did about as well as he could have.

I wonder if Seattle might go the Mike-Rob method with Turbin and release him with an injury settlement, then bring him back in two months? My guess is that Rawls would get picked up if Seattle released him, but an injured Turbin probably wouldn't.

Kearse didn't see much action the last couple weeks which tells me that he's a lock to make it. Obviously Baldwin and Lockett will make it. That leaves probably 3 spots for Lockette/Matthews/Smith/Williams/Daniels. I think Matthews and Smith are probably in, and Daniels is probably headed to the PS again. That leaves one spot for Lockette or Williams. I would personally choose Williams but I would understand Seattle going for Lockette's special teams contribution.

I wish we could keep almost every DT on the team right now. Almost all of them look like NFL players.

I think Clark will be good in real games, but part of me can't help but notice just how much more dominant he becomes vs. backups. Still, he has been one of the most dominant preseason defensive lineman I can ever remember seeing in a Seahawks uniform.

BJ Daniels had roughly three times as many yards per carry as he did passing. Was anyone else chanting "Tebow" watching him play? Not sure if he is a real QB, but he's fun at that position and the offense moved so much better with him in there. Night and day.

Tyler Lockett will be good for us. I think he'd be a breakout megastar on a few teams in this league.

Seattle's backup DBs hate intercepting passes. Even when they get good looks at the ball they bat it down. Ricardo Lockette should consider converting to corner based on this game, he'd fit right in.I
I thought Lockette must have had a spot locked up because he had barely even been on the field during the pre season but he was on the field a lot today. i think both Williams and and Smith are way better WR's than he is, he better hope his special teams play carries him through. I love him as a gunner but are you going to let a guy go like Kasen Williams who has huge potential as an actual receiver so you can keep a guy who can make huge hits and has had a history of stupid penalties?
I don't know how bad Oakland is in the trenches or how many starters they had out. But I had heard their OL is a solid group coming into this season, and our backup DL mostly ravaged them.

I know Coleman flipped that one guy, but his lead blocking continues to be incredibly ineffective. I swear, half the time he looks like he's trying to block dudes with his belly button while digging change out of his pockets. I know Pete loves a feel good story but at some point this team needs to find a real FB who Lynch will trust.

Glowinsky did some really awesome stuff on the plays I watched him.

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