First the injuries.
LB Leroy Hill (groin), T Walter Jones (knee), T Sean Locklear (ankle), G Rob Sims (ankle), S C.J. Wallace (hamstring) are out.
WR Nate Burleson (back), CB Travis Fisher (pelvis) and DE Patrick Kerney (groin) were limited participants in practice.
And Matt Hasselbeck (rib), Lawrence Jackson (rib), DE Cory Redding (shoulder) and Mansfield Wrotto (ankle) were full participants in practice.
I don’t believe the injury to Burleson is serious, and I would suspect he’ll be ready to play on Sunday.
The Seahawks newest member, offensive tackle Damion McIntosh, did more observing than working on the field during his first practice, as Seattle slowly works him into the lineup.
Fourth-sting offensive tackle Kyle Williams took a majority of the reps at left tackle with the first unit during practice today.
Offensive line coach Mike Solari said that because McIntosh does not know the offense they need to get him up to speed first before giving him a lot of reps in practice.
As for McIntosh, he’s pleased to be in Seattle instead of his former team in Kansas City, and noticed a visible change in terms of the locker room between the two teams.
McIntosh said he stayed in Kansas City and continued to work out there after the team surprisingly cut him at the end of training camp. McIntosh was the team’s starting right tackle at the time.
McIntosh said another team was interested in his services, but Seattle was the play where he wanted to be. He also took a trip to New Orleans.
“Coming here I’m very, very excited to be a part of this team,” he said. “It’s a lot different experience from where I’m coming from. It’s a lot different environment also.”
Asked to elaborate on how Seattle is different than Kansas City, McIntosh had this to say.
“It is,” McIntosh joked. “Just by eyeballing it, it is.”
You can listen to the conversation with McIntosh here.
MP3:
Welcome to the family Mr. McIntosh.
now, go out there on Sunday and sack Warner’s face off so we can start calling you “Sackintosh”.
GO SEAHAWKS!!
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McIntosh is an OT. Sackintosh would be horribly tragic. Let’s go with Smackintosh.
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pfah:
Although that would be great nickname, I don’t think as an Offensive lineman he would have many opportunities to sack Warner’s face off. If we were to call an Offensive lineman “Sackintaosh”, that may be a negative since it would imply he is giving up sacks.
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Pfah:
Watch football before you comment on it.
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Many spelling errors in that pc of writing.
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Sackintosh could imply he prefers to brown-bag it.
Just saying.
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As long as the coaches realize he needs help from the FB/TE/RB… then we’ll be okay…
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Actually, the Cards D line isn’t that great. They only have 8 sacks on the season and the Seahawks have 14. Which is tied for fourth in the league thus far. It seemed as if we weren’t getting enough pressure on the QB these first 5 weeks but apparently we have. And if you have been watching every game then you would have noticed that we would be milliseconds away from getting another sack like 10 or 15 times thus far. So we have done a decent job and we need to throw Kurt Warner’s ass all over the ground come Sunday!
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I have no doubt we’ll do just that at home, the question is, can we do it on the freaking road.
The D-Line had been really good. It seems like it takes a while for rush ends to learn the NFL game, it’s great to see Tapp developing into the type of player he was at Va Tech (which was absolutely dominant), and, of course, LoJack is finally starting to earn his paychecks.
Above all though, how is it that Nick Reed has been so effective so freaking soon?
Must be that Mission Viejo coaching (ah hem), Go Diablos!
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I say Schmitt should be allowed to bash his head open before every game if it means we get a win. It still motivates me.
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=video&file=Owen_Schmitt_cracks_head_open.flv
On a side note, has there been/will there be any talk about defensive schemes for this game, i.e., are we going to see something new? Or are we still going to run our base 4-3 and nickle defenses? I understand the need to keep Arizona guessing, but has anything at all been said?
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Once he gets up to speed @ LT here, I’m really interested in seeing what D.Mac can do to help Hawks get their run game a goin. He has always been one of the better run blockers in the league at LT, and middlin at pass blocking.
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I’m putting some hopes on miserable October Seattle weather impeding the Arizona passing attack. Rain, wind, cold – not good for passers or receivers. It cuts both ways but Seattle’s veterans should be used to it. Hope Mora has them practicing outside at least part of the time.
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Pfah probably just made a mistake, no need to go jump the guy.
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Sackintosh! – I don’t care if he’s on OT, the name sticks.
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If Hass finishes this game he’ll be on a consecutive games played streak.
I would like to see what Forsett could do with 15-18 touches.
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BobbyAyala: “Above all though, how is it that Nick Reed has been so effective so freaking soon? ”
Easy, he has an outstanding motor and he really, really, really wants to play.
I think Reed is on the wrong team. He should be an OLB in a 3-4 defense somewhere. Don’t get me wrong, if I were Seattle there’s no way I would let him go. I wouldn’t be opposed to trading him but I would want a lot more than any teams would be willing to give at this point .
I expect he’ll be gone when he reaches his first UFA year. That is, unless the Seahawks switch to a 3-4 in the mean time.
Seattle could try to maneuver him into an LB spot if they wanted. I think that could work in a 4-3 D. There’s no rule against extra large linebackers. However Seattle doesn’t need any more linebackers. Even with their starters hurt they field a fairly formidable crew. I think Nick Reed is kind of flapping in the breeze a little bit in that lineup.
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IdahoHawk: “I would like to see what Forsett could do with 15-18 touches.”
Forsett has been having all that success because the Seahawks have been running him out of spread formations on passing downs. His small size, speed and maneuverability is really optimized in those circumstances. There’s no way he’s going to have that kind of success in standard, two back run situations.
I think this approach is very clever but I also think that sooner or later defensive coordinators are going to catch on and start shutting down some of those plays. Nevertheless, as long as Hasselbeck can keep the defense wondering “pass or run?” I expect the weapon as a whole will continue to be effective.
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By the way, as long as we’re talking about Forsett, didn’t you love that little pump fake he threw during that one run vs. Jacksonville last Sunday? What a move. It made me laugh. He sucked those guys who were closing on him in pursuit right out of their drawers.
I wonder if he can even throw a decent pass.
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