There are all types of Seattle Seahawks coaching camp storylines to comply with this yr.
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All of it begins with first-year head coach Mike Macdonald and his model new employees.
Then there’s an fascinating rookie class headlined by first-round decide Byron Murphy II, the primary defensive participant to be taken within the 2024 NFL Draft.
And similar to how Macdonald is putting in a protection that was the speak of the league the previous two years when he was Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator, all people desires to see how former UW Huskies offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb’s high-flying schemes will look within the NFL.
There are all the time surprises that come alongside throughout coaching camp, too, and Seattle Sports activities’ Brock Huard thinks a Seahawks tight finish goes to show some heads.
Requested who may very well be essentially the most nice shock of coaching camp, the FOX school soccer analyst pointed to someone he noticed up shut a number of instances lately.
“One man we’ve not talked about, and a few of it’s an (damage) he had within the OTA season they had been very guarded with, is their tight finish out of Michigan, AJ Barner,” Huard mentioned.
This is a fast take a look at the newest version to the TE room: AJ Barner. 😯@_ajbarner_ x @UMichFootball pic.twitter.com/DYW0hoekAJ
— Michigan On BTN (@MichiganOnBTN) December 21, 2022
Barner was taken by the Seahawks within the fourth spherical of April’s draft after the 6-foot-6, 245-pounder caught 22 passes for 249 yards to assist Michigan win the 2023 nationwide championship. Despite the fact that it was his Wolverines that beat Grubb’s Huskies within the title sport, Huard thinks he’s going to suit effectively into Grubb’s offense.
“We all know that tight ends could be difference-makers, and my goodness, the blokes at UW had been fairly darn good for Ryan Grubb,” Huard mentioned. “He knew not solely learn how to transfer these receivers round, he did the identical with Devin Culp, he did the identical with Jack Westover – who can also be there (as a Seahawks rookie) and I’m sort of anxious to see compete at this stage.
“However AJ Barner must be a man that hits the bottom operating. Didn’t speak so much about that fourth-round decide, however he’s bought some upside and I wager you in a day or two we’ll hear his identify talked about right here at coaching camp.”
Hear Huard’s full ideas throughout Blue 88 from Wednesday’s Brock and Salk, which is the final section within the podcast at this hyperlink or within the audio participant close to the highest of this put up. Blue 88 is a every day section at 7:45 a.m. the place Huard solutions three soccer questions on Brock and Salk, which airs from 6-10 a.m. weekdays on Seattle Sports activities.
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