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Seahawks Round-Up: Training Camp Is Back, Julian Love's Extension And More

All the Seahawks news you might have missed this week.

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Good morning, 12s. Here's a look at what's going on out there and any news you might have missed, about your Seattle Seahawks this week.

Good morning, 12s. Here's a look at what's going on out there and any news you might have missed, about your Seattle Seahawks this week.

If you've kept up with any Seahawks news, then you might've seen that safety Julian Love earned a three-year contract extension. And although he hasn't even played a snap under head coach Mike Macdonald, The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar talks about how Love fits into Macdonald's plan.

On Love's interception, for example, Seattle appeared to be keeping a lid on the defense, but that turned out to not be the case. Smith figured it out ahead of time, but it didn't matter — the defense won the rep and turned the offense over.

"For us to be successful, I think we have to be multiple," Love said. "We have so much talent, but it makes no sense if the talent is lined up in the same spot every play. Moving guys around, we're going to be really fluid in that. What that takes is higher responsibility for guys to learn more things. … If you look at what the Ravens were doing defensively last year, guys were everywhere. That's what we need to get to. And we have the ability, which is so exciting."

Macdonald's goal is to avoid such stagnancy. Second-year defender Devon Witherspoon is part of that puzzle, too. He's arguably the most versatile defender on the roster, and he demonstrated that last year, with his ability to blitz and bounce from left cornerback to nickel all within the same drive. Witherspoon is more of a corner than safety, but between him, Jenkins and Love, Seattle's vision is for the offense to think twice about who's coming at them, and from where.

Seven teams represented the Seahawks at the 2024 NFL Flag Championships

NFL FLAG hosted an Olympics-style opening ceremony to kick off their championship tournament, where each of our Seahawks flag teams were introduced on stage prior to competing against other clubs. Seven teams represented the Seahawks, and fans were able to watch them compete on ESPN+, Disney+, and YouTube. Also, Oakley helped recognize top athletes from the weekend who raised the bar both on and off the field and showcased exceptional skill and sportsmanship. Milan Heisdorf from the Seahawks 18U girls team, Conquer SoCal, was named to the All-Tournament Team.

With it only being the first week of training camp, there is only so much that can be taken away from practices, but KOMO News' Niko Tamurian details out a few things that he's seen so far.

Vets help offensive line

The offensive line is an interesting place to look at what might be happening with this team. Charles Cross enters his third season with the Hawks but his fellow 2022 draft pick Abe Lucas is dealing with a knee injury that has something of an unknown timeline. So the Seahawks added veteran presences in George Fant and Laken Tomlinson.

Mike Macdonald has some cool phrases to describe his team

Much like we learned nuances about Pete Carroll after a period of time, like his love of chucking a football in practice warmups, we're learning Macdonald has some catchy and cool descriptions of what he's expecting from his team.

For starters? He's looking for... elegant simplicity.

"We want to be physical, we want to dictate terms, we want to be efficient," he said. "We want to operate fast for the quarterback and keep it consistent for him. We want to be able to get to a lot of things like elegant simplicity. We're not just going to run inside zone 70 times a game. We're going to try to have answers and really attack what defenses do."

Love's role in the secondary

Speaking of Love, he's been in the Seahawks headlines for signing a new deal to keep him here for three more years. He takes more of a leadership role with the departures of Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams.

But how will the departure of those former mainstays impact the way he plays?

"I kind of will keep that same thing," Love said. "That's what I do. I think that's what I do best. My entire career playing football I've been able to do multiple things, and for us to be successful, I think we have to be multiple. We have so much talent, but it makes no sense if the talent winds up in the same spot every play. We're moving guys around. We're going to be really fluid in that, especially on defense. What that takes is a higher responsibility for guys to learn more things. Not just learn inside slot, you got to learn corner, safety has to got learn the slot, outside linebacker stuff.

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The Seahawks held their second practice of training camp on July 25, 2024 at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.

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