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The pads were on, the physicality increased, but Mike Macdonald wasn’t pleased with what he saw on offense.
The Seattle Seahawks began Week 2 of training camp on Monday with their first padded practice. When the pads come on, the intensity and physical nature of practice tends to ramp up, and usually by the end of the week it leads to the odd skirmish here and there. Nothing to report on the roughhousing front, but there was some rough news that was confirmed by Coach Mike Macdonald.
Let’s get to the Day 5 recap!
Kenny McIntosh’s season over, Seahawks sign DK Kaufman
As expected, the Seahawks placed running back Kenny McIntosh on injured reserve after Mike Macdonald confirmed he tore his ACL in Saturday’s practice. He’ll have surgery on Tuesday and obviously his season is over. A real awful way for McIntosh’s season to end before it even begins.
NC State rookie DK Kaufman was signed as McIntosh’s replacement, switching over from defensive back to running back. He’ll also factor in special teams as a kick returner.
Seahawks bring in five players for tryouts
The NFL transaction wire says the Seahawks brought in five players for tryouts.
Martin and Texada are undrafted rookie defensive backs, Luketa spent four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, Sapp has spent time with the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons, and Obada has the distinction of being the first player from the International Player Pathway program to make a 53-man roster. His backstory is as heartbreaking as it is amazing that he’s made it to the NFL. Obada is 33 years old and has been in the NFL in some capacity since 2015, recording 15 total sacks (although none since 2022).
The rotation continues at center and right guard
After a few days as credentialed media, former Field Gulls podcast host and current Seahawks Forever podcast host Dan Viens was in attendance with fans at VMAC. Not every 11-on-11 session will be like this, as Mike Macdonald has indicated significant rotation at center and right guard, but Monday’s practice predominantly featured Jalen Sundell over Christian Haynes and Anthony Bradford.
Jalen Milroe gets pick 6’d by a familiar foe
We had a rookie-on-rookie moment at camp. Third-round pick Jalen Milroe was intercepted by second-round pick Nick Emmanwori, a familiar foe given Alabama and South Carolina played each other last season. I’m pretty sure this is the first pick-6 of camp for any Seahawks QB, and if it’s going to happen, you’d love to see a rookie make a big play even at the expense of another rookie.
Riq Woolen also picked off Sam Darnold, which is good news less because of the interception and more because Woolen was limping a bit earlier in practice.
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