It was Pete Carroll who coined “always compete” in Seattle, but it’s Mike Macdonald who has given that mentality a new face.
In Nashville, with the first Seahawks joint practice since 1991 - a two-day affair, by the way - coach Macdonald was able to position his team to embody the spirit of disciplined toughness that’s been building all summer.
“We know a lot of the coaches over there, how they operate and it’s an opportunity to put it in a setting where you can control the tempos, control the drills, get some high intensity [workouts] for the guys so they’re ready to roll.