The biggest difference around Seahawks training camp this year isn’t a new face in the locker room or a fresh wrinkle on the field. It’s the HBO crew following everything.
“Hard Knocks” has turned Seattle’s camp into a constant production, with cameras tracking players on and off the field. That kind of attention takes some getting used to, but Mike Macdonald says the Seahawks are focused on staying true to themselves no matter what gets filmed.
“Well, I said they're really good at capturing and doing what they do. Let's make sure we're us.
And then trust that what's displayed is us, Macdonald said. “You can't control what they capture.
All those things - what you can control is how we go about our business.”
Macdonald also pointed to a moment when the team didn’t quite live up to that standard, and he put the responsibility on himself.
“We had an episode the other day that we weren't us, and I was really the culprit. I was responsible for it.
And when you notice it, you just gotta go make it right. But that's what we do,” Macdonald said.
“If we mess up or if we go across the line or we chase an edge and we miss, we gotta be smart enough and have the humility to come back over to the other side and go move forward. So, the guys have been great.
I feel like we've been us the whole time. We had a great spirit today.”
Sam Darnold sounded just as comfortable with the extra spotlight. He said the quarterbacks even joked about whether anyone would act differently once the cameras were rolling.
“It's been great. We're loving it,” Darnold said.
“You know, it was funny. It was a talk in the QB room.
It was like, ‘Who's going to change and who's not when the cameras go on just in the locker room?’ And no one's really changed, which I'm proud of.
It's been fun, though. I think after the first three or four days, you kind of forget the cameras are there, which might be a bad thing.
But, no, I think we're all kind of used to it at this point.”
The series will run five episodes, with the premiere scheduled for 6 p.m. PST on Friday, Aug.
- It will feature the Seahawks’ first few training camp practices after their Super Bowl LX victory last season.
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