![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, with Bryan Mone still recovering from a knee injury, Adams is the only interior defensive lineman on the roster returning from last season. So I'm really grateful for that."įirst off on Adams, you're right that he has a very real shot to compete for a bigger role in 2023. To me, that's part of winning, that's part of what comes from putting it together and staying together for a long time and having purpose in how we do things and all that. But I'm also happy that they understand that they can count on people and they can trust people, and there's people that will stay with them and will always be part of their world as long as they allow it to happen. I'm really grateful for those relationships, yeah. (Wright) and Doug (Baldwin Jr.) and Jermaine (Kearse) the other night at K.J.'s event. And my guys are still calling, they're still calling, and again asking me for one thing or the other, whatever it is. And so we have a connection with our guys. And I'm not doing that for me, I'm just doing it because that's seems like the right way to live this life. What it really is, it's being willing to develop the relationships where you can show them how much you care and they can count on you caring, and you'll be there no matter what happens forever. ![]() It was important at USC, and it's important here. Other times it is demonstrated by the way former players stay close to the franchise. Sometimes that shows up in players returning as free agents, including Bobby Wagner this year or Bruce Irvin last year. But for as competitive as he is when it comes to winning and losing, what Carroll might care even more about is the relationships he builds with players-he often compares how he treats players to a father-son relationship-and what might best highlight how strong the bonds formed between Carroll and his players can be is the way players so often find their way back to Seattle, even if they didn't leave under the best of terms thanks to the business side of the game. Carroll has accomplished a ton as a coach, winning championships at the college and NFL level, taking USC and the Seahawks to previously unreached heights, being named to the 2010s All-Decade team as a coach, and so on. Now fully healthy, Smith has earned praise from coaches this offseason and very much looks the part of a player who could be a factor in the rotation.Ī: I'm not about to assume I can speak for Pete Carroll, but luckily he was asked a very similar question just last week. And one other name I'll throw into the mix to keep an eye on in camp is Tyreke Smith, a fifth-round pick last year who missed his rookie season with a hip injury. The Seahawks want a deep rotation of edge rushers-Pete Carroll and Clint Hurtt have both said they'd like to reduce Uchenna Nwosu's workload a bit after he played 78.2 percent of the defensive snaps last season-so if you're considering Nwosu and Darrell Taylor as one and two right now for the sake of this question, there will be plenty of snaps to go around or both Hall and Mafe, and perhaps a couple other players as well. ![]() What I will say to this question is that I wouldn't look at it as a situation where Hall is coming to take snaps away from Mafe. To play all of the edge rushers and defensive linemen - plus the three safeties Carroll wants to use - in a pass-heavy league, Wagner may often be Seattle’s only linebacker on the field.A: It's really hard to judge any line-of-scrimmage player in a padless offseason practice, but Mafe continues to show off the combination of size and athleticism that made him an early second-round pick a year ago. The Seahawks gave end Dre’Mont Jones $51 million to sign from Denver and re-signed Jarran Reed to rush the passer and stop the run along the defensive line. Second-round picks aren’t supposed to be on the bench.Ĭarroll wants to see how rookie fifth-round pick Mike Morris, a pass-rushing defensive end at Michigan, can rush quarterback from a down lineman spot. They drafted edge-rushing outside linebacker Derick Hall in the second round. The Seahawks also have Darrell Taylor returning (he was limited some this spring by injury). That’s the spot Bruce Irvin was in last season in his one-year Seattle return. Boye Mafe, the team’s second-round pick last year, got most of the edge-rushing downs opposite Nwosu. Uchenna Nwosu returns as the team’s leading pass rusher, at outside linebacker in Carroll’s 3-4 schemes he went to last season. ![]()
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