“Keep the head out of the game!”
That’s been the buzzwords from Pete Carroll down through his assistants, quality-control coaches, heck, just about every Seahawks employee except the receptionists since spring minicamps and especially during this training camp at team headquarters.
Wednesday’s 14th practice of camp provided yet another example.
Running backs coach Chad Morton ran his guys through a daily drill of backs running through a gauntlet of six stand-up blocking pads arranged side by side in three pairs attached to a metal frame. The pads simulate defenders banging into the ball carriers. There is a larger pad hanging by a vertical chain after the six other pads.