Field Gulls
The Seahawks kept it light on Wednesday.
The Seattle Seahawks held a lighter day of practice on Wednesday, having conducted their first two days in pads earlier in the week. It’s not unexpected given they’ll be practicing every day until Sunday, so the good news for fans is that they should have normal practices later this week.
Still, the Seahawks practiced and therefore there must be stuff to report on! Here’s a recap of Day 7!
John Schneider gets contract extended
The Seahawks are putting full faith in Schneider, whose contract was due to expire in 2027. His new deal will take him through 2031, which would be north of 20 seasons as general manager. Mike Macdonald’s contract reportedly runs through the end of the 2029 season, but hopefully Macdonald is worthy of his own extension soon. We’ll get to Schneider again a little later on.
Seahawks bring in several players for tryouts, sign one
The Seahawks brought in six players for tryouts, split evenly between three defensive backs and three running backs. Obviously Kenny McIntosh’s injury has put Seattle in a spot for running back help and just depth to get through preseason.
Micah Bernard, RB, Utah
Anthony Tyus, RB, Ohio
Kylin James, RB, UNLV
Keydrain Calligan, DB, Southeastern Louisiana
Braden Price, DB, Rhode Island
Jordan Taylor, DB James Madison
Aaron Wilson reports that the Seahawks are signing Keydrain, who was an All-Southland cornerback at SE Louisiana.
Cooper Kupp’s high school goes to Seahawks training camp
This is a pretty cool story. Kupp, a native Washingtonian, is an alumnus of Davis High School in his hometown of Yakima. Members of the current Davis High School football team were able to attend the practice as special guests. You can read more in Ari Horton’s column on Seahawks.com.
John Schneider reacts to his contract extension
On getting that long-term commitment from Seattle:
“Just a ton of gratitude. Obviously, very thankful, a ton of gratitude to, Jody [Allen], Bert [Kolde], and Chuck [Arnold]. I appreciate Chuck’s time and effort in this whole thing. Everybody on the third floor, everybody in our building, second floor, everybody we love in the cafeteria, all the scouts, sports science, football operations, all the current players and all the great former players that have been through here that we appreciate. And just being able to move forward with Coach Mike [Macdonald] here and go win some championships.”
On how the extension talks materialized:
“I had a trigger in my contract after the [2025] draft, and at that point, we started talking and we just kept it going. To have drafted here 16 times, this is where [my wife] Traci [Schneider] and I want to be. We just kept working together and thank God it worked out.”
How he feels about the changes the team has gone through over the years under his watch:
“I’ve thought a lot about it, and I write a lot. I journal a lot and that’s...
