The Seahawks’ seventh public training camp practice came with all the familiar Renton extras on Wednesday: heat, wildfire smoke, and a packed berm at VMAC. Even without pads, the reigning Super Bowl champions still gave observers plenty to chew on during the roughly 2.5-hour session.
Seattle is now 10 public practices into camp, and Day 10 had a little bit of everything that tends to jump off the field in this kind of setting. The defense stood out.
So did the growing Sam Darnold-Rashid Shaheed connection. Safety also offered up a name worth keeping in view.
Rylie Mills showed off the kind of versatility teams love. And the running game, as expected, still looks like a work in progress.
That was the gist of the immediate on-site read after practice from Field Gulls staff writer Bryce Coutts and the outlet’s coverage crew, who broke down the day’s biggest impressions right after the session ended. The focus was on what showed up in real time: a strong defensive showing, an encouraging connection between Darnold and Shaheed, and a backfield that still has some rebuilding to do.
The practice itself was non-padded, but it still carried plenty of training camp significance for a team trying to sort through roles and identity. Seattle’s on-field work at VMAC continues to offer those little snapshots that matter in August, especially when the defense is making life difficult and certain individual matchups start to stand out.
The broader takeaway from the day was simple enough: the defense was the cleaner side of the ball, Darnold and Shaheed kept flashing chemistry, and there are still a few position battles and roster puzzles worth watching as camp moves forward.
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