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Walter Jones among former Seahawks helping rookies learn how to deal with ‘real-life stuff’

Twenty-four players are taking part in the three-day Rookie Transition Program at the team facility. They receive guidance on the unique off-field challenges that come with being an NFL player.

RENTON — One of the greatest attributes for a football player on the field also can be one of the greatest curses off it, says Mo Kelly, the Seahawks’ vice president of player development.

“That’s the power of the athletic mind-set, that when you tell them something they think you are talking to everybody but them,’’ Kelly said. “That’s why they are the best of the best in the world when it comes down to doing what they do for a living, because people have told them all their lives they are not big enough or strong enough or fast enough; they just brush that off.