Field Gulls
The Seahawks’ 2025 training camp kicked off on Wednesday at team headquarters in Renton. Here is a sampling of the day’s events.
We’re one step closer toward the return of Seattle Seahawks football for a 50th season.
Training camp kicked off at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Wednesday, with fans in attendance watching the first of 10 public practices. The first few practices are not padded, so it’s sort of a ramping up process before we get to something closer to physical football, but there are nevertheless several news items to report from Day 1.
The Seahawks outside linebacker has missed over half of all regular season games over the past two years with three separate injuries, and he’s recovering from offseason knee surgery. Coach Mike Macdonald indicated that Nwosu’s return is “not necessarily close” and seemingly indicated that he may not be ready for the start of the regular season.
“We’ll see,” Macdonald said regarding how close Nwosu is to practicing. “We’re going to the season, probably throughout the rest of camp, and then we’ll go from there. We’ll just hold on to the timeline right now, but we’re not necessarily close right now.”
Nwosu was present at VMAC to sign autographs for fans, so at least that’s good.
The veteran nose tackle is on the non-football injury list with a back issue, but there’s no reason to panic based on Coach Macdonald’s comments.
“Yeah, right now he’s NFI, he’s working through a back right now,” Macdonald said. “Long term I think he’s going to be fine, working through it, but Hank’s a vet, he’s a 12-year guy. I mean we’re taking our time with it so we’re not in a hurry.”
The Seahawks moving on from starting tight end Noah Fant may not have been a great surprise within the context of his contract, but the timing was a bit peculiar given it was days out from training camp.
“We released him a few days ago,” Macdonald said. “I’m not going to tell you exactly why, there’s multiple reasons.”
As for what this means for the TE room, which includes rookie second-round pick Elijah Arroyo and second-year player A.J. Barner, it’s seemingly business as usual as far as competing.
“I haven’t had any conversations with them,” Macdonald said. “It’s just understood that what we’re trying to achieve as a football team. And we love Noah, we wish him the best, but we also love the guys that are still here. They know what’s at stake and it’s going to be a lot of fun watching that competition at tight end.”
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