The second-year player is trying to prove he can be the starting left tackle for the Seahawks. In his first preseason start at the position, his coach labeled his effort as “very solid.”
Rees Odhiambo was conspicuous for being inconspicuous on Friday. He succeeded by not failing. In the universe of possibilities for a raw left tackle thrown into the fire, virtually by process of elimination, well, quiet competence is a perfectly acceptable answer.
Perhaps that’s damning with faint praise, and Odhiambo’s night was not without its triumphs (and one glaring mistake). But the best news of all for the Seahawks, in their first game since George Fant went down for the season with a gruesome knee injury, is that their offense percolated along with no glaring malfunctions.