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[checks grossman]

 Even then, the thought of season ending surgery wasn't even thought of when I was tracking TC earlier today. One guy saying season ending, one guy saying no surgery needed, the other claiming 6 weeks...**** all dat. Just give me official word when it comes.

And out of nowhere...Brandon Browner signs an extension. No details yet just saw it on twitter.

 

[MarvelSux]

 

[651akathepaul]

No sympathy here. Percy's one of the best, but it is what it is.

 

[elpablo21]

You cold as ice bruh

 

[elpablo21]

 Even then, the thought of season ending surgery wasn't even thought of when I was tracking TC earlier today. One guy saying season ending, one guy saying no surgery needed, the other claiming 6 weeks...**** all dat. Just give me official word when it comes.

And out of nowhere...Brandon Browner signs an extension. No details yet just saw it on twitter.

So I guess BB got a pay raise and not the extentsion

[h1]Brandon Browner gets pay raise from Seahawks[/h1]
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on July 26, 2013, 2:59 AM EDT

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Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner is entering the final year of the three-year contract he signed with Seattle in 2011 after four years in the Canadian Football League.

Despite blossoming into a Pro Bowl selection in his first season back in the NFL, Browner has been stuck with the league-minimum contract he originally signed with the Seahawks two seasons ago.

As training camp opened for Seattle on Thursday, Browner was given a bump in pay by the Seahawks for the final year of his contract. Terms of the increase were not disclosed. The deal was only noted as an adjustment/pay raise by a team spokesperson.

Browner lost $109,411 in base salary in 2012 due to a four-game suspension for a violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy and was also fined $7,875 for a personal four against Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers in Week 3.

The pay raise for Browner could act as a pseudo-reimbursement for some of the lost pay from last season and as a reward for out playing the value of the contract he originally signed with the team. Browner was scheduled to make $555,000 in base salary this season.

 

[a55a5in11]

Just got on the bus for training camp

 

[DsLee]

JB need to release some of these!!!!

I may be reaching, but I think ET is wearing XII P.Es to pay tribute the 12th Man.

 

[checks grossman]

News/notes from Sundays training camp - its a copypasta from another Seahawks forum I frequent.

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-- Marquand Manuel came out early with CB/S DeShawn Shead to do some one-on-one work, very close to where we were standing along the fence line. Surprisingly, most of the fans there had no idea who Manuel was...but I did. I chatted him up back and forth for awhile. I think I cursed the memory of Etric Pruitt too.

-- Other than the PUP guys - DT Jesse Williams, DE Cliff Avril, LB Heath Farwell and T Michael Bowie did not practice. FB Michael Robinson and TE Sean McGrath were back in. 

-- LB K.J. Wright has a cast on his left wrist. According to Danny O'Neil (more on him soon), it should come off soon and should not be an issue for the regular season.

-- WR Stephen Williams has really good size and flashed some potential. I see why John Schneider is high on him. He made some plays today. 

-- LB John Lotulelei is definitely smallish, but has quickness and he brings some pop. I can see him as a practice squad guy this season.

-- LB/DE Bruce Irvin is definitely  bigger. He works out with the LB's and spent all his time (that I noted) in a 2-point stance as the SAM.

http://s3.photobucket.com/user/FlyingGreg/media/1_zpsf4a3f823.png.html

-- TE Sean McGrath seemed to be moving well and had a good practice with quite a few nice catches. I'm hopeful he can bring his game from the practice field/pre-season games into the regular season games this year. I did note that he seems to get dinged up a lot and is slow to his feet more often than I'd like. He had several nice plays in scrimmage today and was one of the standouts for me. 

-- TE Darren Fells is a big boy...but raw. I see the practice squad for him too. If he can develop his game, I like the idea of having an athletic 6'7" target for Russell Wilson. 

-- TE Zach Miller is walking with a slight limp. He came by after practice and signed autographs and he said he will be back "soon".

-- Chatted up Danny O'Neil for awhile...he's fun.

-- For whatever reason, Beast Mode was doing individual positional drills (the hand-to-hand engagement drill) with the defensive line for awhile. Just Marshawn being Marshawn, I guess. He was one of the highlights of the day (more later).

-- Even though he didn't practice, it was interesting to see Farwell "coaching up" a few players during the special teams portion of practice. He was right out there in the mix showing guys what to do. Pretty cool.

-- Ashton Wilson sighting! She is pretty nice. Her, Golden Tate's girlfriend and a few other players wives/girlfriends were right next to us for awhile. 

http://s3.photobucket.com/user/FlyingGreg/media/Ashton_zps89ba0f51.jpg.html

-- K Carson Wiggs definitely has some leg. I'm hoping he pushes Steven Hauschka for a roster spot.

-- DE Kenneth Boatright looked "small" to me. He's listed as 6'3", 254...

-- During the LB positional drills, they set up orange rings that the players were race around and then run towards a tackling dummy - a speed drill. Bruce Irvin and John Lotulelei really stood out.

-- LB Malcolm Smith had a brace on his right leg, but it didn't seem to be bothering him.

-- LB coach Ken Norton cracked me up during one of the LB drills. They set up tackling sleds, and the backers would lift them up and then twist them to the ground. After one set of players knocked them down, they just walked back to the end of the line and Ken said, "everyone standing around and nobody helping me pick this sh*t up!"

-- RB Spencer Ware seems to be a little small for a fullback. Just my two cents. He had a rough day today as well, getting smacked around a bit in the scrimmage portion. Welcome to the NFL, rook.

-- The RB vs. LB drill is a lot of fun to watch - considerable violence in a short area. Lots of pads popping and "oohs and aahs" from the crowd.

-- The new RB we signed, #30 (Holley) was out there. He may be the next [color= rgb(0, 128, 191)]Great White Hope[/color]  in the hallowed name of Jesse Lumsden! 

 

-- Beast Mode fought for a swing pass with one of the defenders and couldn't make the catch. He then reacted very dramatically and did a swan drive onto the ground, which brought a lot of laughs from the crowd and also some push-ups from Sherman Smith, lol.

-- DE Chris Clemons looks to be walking around pretty good.

-- DT Jesse Williams is a large man. So is DT Tony McDaniel. So is LT Russell Okung. Heck, they all look big. 

-- TE Luke Willson has a well constructed frame and is athletic. He didn't stand out much today, nothing bad just that they seemed to be featuring Harper/Kearse/McGrath/Bates more.

-- RB Christine Michael is VERY, VERY impressive. He is low to the ground but has great quickness and elusiveness. He runs with a purpose and looks like he is going to be a force in time. Lots of people behind me were asking me, "who is #33??" One of the standout players from today for me...Robert Turbin better get back on the field quick 

 

-- WR Phil Bates was another standout for me today. He has good size and seems to have developed his game the last year quite a bit. He made a lot of catches today.

-- QB Brady Quinn... well, he doesn't really excite me. He loses some steam on his passes beyond 15 yards, and seemed to have some accuracy issues at times, and it looks like he has a tendency to rush his throws. I've seen others post from camp today and they said he looked good, so who knows. I wasn't overly excited. On the plus side, he spent the longest time after practice signing autographs. And his sister is white hot. So there is that.

-- Another standout...and another receiver: WR Jermaine Kearse. He caught everything today.

-- Seahawks.com photographer Rod Mar has a really BIG _________________ camera.

-- It is a blessing that we have this man. Nothing spectacular from Russell today, although he had a few nice gains on read options keeps.

http://s3.photobucket.com/user/FlyingGreg/media/Russell_zps3d99668f.png.html

-- WR Chris Harper had a few catches in the 2-minute drill. Looks like he is getting his feet under him.

-- The Legion of Boom  just looks ... ridiculous. They are like flypaper! Actually, the whole #1 defense today was like that. Our offense has it's hands full every day in practice, which is going to help them. The secondary is particularly tight and close-knit. Sherman was pandering to the crowd quite a bit. Gotta love him. 

-- Beast Mode lined up in the slot on one play during the scrimmage portion. On the next play, Christine Michael went wide. Just a few wrinkles.

-- I noted a lot of camaraderie and closeness - not just between the players but also the players and coaches. You can tell that it is a tight unit. At one point, WR Doug Baldwin walked up and hugged Tom Cable. 

-- SS Winston Guy FLATTENED TE Cooper Helfet on a play during the scrimmage portion.

-- FS Earl Thomas dropped a pick! He needs to stop that. 

 In all fairness, it was a short throw from T-Jack with a lot of zip on it and he broke on it beautifully.

-- DT/DE Michael Bennett got some good interior pressure. I'm pretty sure he got a sack on Wilson during scrimmage.

I'll post the recap from today when I find one.

 

[checks grossman]

We nabbed a pretty good pass rusher out of Arizona. Great pickup, IMO. A lot of Cards fans unhappy with the move.

http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2013/7/26/4558824/why-letting-go-of-obrien-schofield-was-a-bad-move

Seattle claimed former Cardinals outside linebacker O'Brien Schofield  off waivers Saturday, according to a tweet from agent Blake Baratz. 

Schofield started nine games and had four sacks last season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury during a collision with teammate Darnell Dockett  while the two were chasing Green Bay Packers  quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Cardinals released Schofield after signing veteran pass-rusher John Abraham. 

The Seahawks could use outside rush help while Chris Clemons  recovers from knee surgery and Bruce Irvin  serves a four-game suspension to open the season. There are no guarantees Schofield will fill such a role for Seattle. He would have to earn a spot on the 53-man roster to make that happen. But in Schofield, the Seahawks get a 26-year-old player with starting experience. Schofield is 6-foot-3 and 242 pounds, dimensions similar to those for players who have filled the "Leo" defensive end role for the Seahawks. 

The Cardinals made Schofield a fourth-round pick  in 2010, months after Schofield suffered a torn ACL during Senior Bowl practices. Schofield played 10 games as a rookie and all 16 during his second season, collecting 6.5 sacks in a situational role. He started each of the nine games he played last season before suffering a broken ankle against the Packers. The Cardinals have a new defensive staff without strong ties to Schofield. 

Schofield's cousin Bobby Engram was a Seahawks mainstay at receiver during the Mike Holmgren era.

 Bobby Engram FTW.

 

[elpablo21]

Yeah from what I've read, plenty of people were high on him coming out of Wisconsin prior to injuries, hopefully he can stay healthy.

 

[MarvelSux]

 

[a55a5in11]

percy harvin out till week 9 or 10 :x
still better than the whole season

 

[Peep Game]

Where's Michael Bumpus and Keary Colbert when you need them???

 

[100027]

God. Dammit. At least he's supposed to be back. We are really starting from behind with these injuries/suspension early on.

 

[checks grossman]

Sidney Rice had hip surgery his 1st yr here too, and ended up missing the first 8 weeks. I'll gladly take week 9 or 10 as the arrival of Harvin. Consider it a mid-season trade or something. We're still the same offense that averaged 32.4 PPG in the last 10 games of the year.

 

[elpablo21]

Still a third of the season headed into the playoff run

better than nothing

 

[certifiedsw]

As long as he's coming back this year is all that matters to me. Not too worried about the injury to be honest, this offense was crazy good even without him. Just means we get to see Golden, Doug and Sid perform at an even higher level.

 

[certifiedsw]

And I fully expect Golden to have the best year out of all of our WRs.

 

[a55a5in11]

And I fully expect Golden to have the best year out of all of our WRs.

same here. Tate looked very impressive when i went to training camp saturday

 

[elpablo21]

Yeah, he's in a contract year and I doubt he wants to be the odd man out regarding these extensions happening.

The signing signing of Percy seemed to light a fire under him as well

 

[a55a5in11]

Yeah, he's in a contract year and I doubt he wants to be the odd man out regarding these extensions happening.

The signing signing of Percy seemed to light a fire under him as well

yeah true. browner looked pretty bad out there, but then you have to take it with a grain of salt since his game revolves around being able to bully is opponent and he can't really do that in training camp

 

[JCMojica24]

Really bummed about Harvin being out but hopefully he will be back in time for the run to the playoffs! Football needs to hurry man I'm dying over here.

 

[checks grossman]

God I love having Dan Quinn back...his philosophy works best with the personnel we have. Bradley was a good one, too, but Quinn's style of 'attack, attack, attack' is going to make for some even more exciting plays.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130730/SPORTS/707309955

"I made up my mind after the playoff game against the Falcons that I wasn't going anywhere," Howard said. "I've got to play next year. I put that in my mind. And everyday I worked out, I thought about not playing, and not being active. So I was like, 'I'm going to be active this year.'"

The results have been good so far for Howard. He put on 15 pounds of muscle, and at 6-foot-3 is up to 305 pounds. And he's learning a new position, as defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has Howard backing up Red Bryant at strong-side defensive end, along with competing for the starting defensive tackle job left open by the departure of Alan Branch in free agency.

"I've been watching Big Red's film everyday, and I'm trying to play like him," Howard said. "He's physical at the point of the attack, and I'm just trying to add that to my game. I've become more of student of the game."

"That's a spot we felt that he could compete at," Seattle defensive line coach Travis Jones said about Howard playing defensive end. "He's got a really strong upper body, and really strong hands. He understands how to strike and knock people back. He's made some good progress. I'm really pleased with the way he's started with the position."

 

[JCMojica24]

Good looks on the article.

 

[tee eye ehm]

Tate is on a mission to get paid, so I expect a hell of a year from him.

And dont sleep on Baldwin...I feel like he is going to blow up this year. Losing Harvin shouldn't be that much of a blow...remember, he's a bonus pick up. Cant wait until we see him play though!