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Every preseason brings its share of surprising cuts. Last-minute transactions by other teams have a ripple effect [url=http://www.seahawksfootballauthentics.com/hoodie-authentic]Seattle Seahawks Womens Hoodie[/url] , or the way a player practices elevates his standing in ways we don’t observe, or the team is thinking ahead to 2019 and beyond, when the fan is thinking of the immediate future.Four young and returning Seattle Seahawks, who are penciled in to the final 53 by many, grounded in feelings of familiarity and unrealized potential, are featured here today as possible camp casualties. Not for injury reasons, either. Just for on-field performance reasons. Amara DarbohOne camp ago. Darboh was the highly touted, highly drafted Michigan product who was going to provide size (6-2, 215) and reasonable WR speed (4.45) to the Seahawks pass offense.One camp later, he’s hanging around with eight career catches for 71 yards and a hip issue that’s kept him out of some practices. With several expensive players on the roster, the Seahawks need players on their rookie contract to produce. Bargains such as the 2013 version of Doug Baldwin ($561k), Russell Wilson ($682k) and Byron Maxwell ($583k) would be useful. Yes, there were more Seahawks who outplayed their deals en route to Super Bowl XLVIII. But you get the picture.Of course, the other career path for Darboh would be to break out in his sophomore season, like so many receivers before him. Randall Cobb went 25-375-1 his rookie year [url=http://www.seahawksfootballauthentics.com/customized-authentic]Womens Customized Seattle Seahawks Jerseys[/url] , then exploded for 80 catches and eight TDs. Antonio Brown had all of 16 receptions in nine games his rookie year, then hit 69-1108-2 his second season. Closer to home, Golden Tate rose from 21 catches his first season to 99 in his fifth.There are paths to stardom that begin with humble steps. But those same steps are more often the ones away from stardom.Austin DavisAlex McGough, the seventh-round draft pick, didn’t give observers much reason to celebrate in his first live pro performance. Davis, a veteran who’s already won the backup job here once, has started 10 career games and hasn’t completely shat the bed, with 13 TDs to 12 interceptions and a completion rate north of 60 percent. So why might the Seahawks go with the far more unproven option?The cap savings of a rookie seventh-rounder over Davis would be $205,000. It’s negligible but we’ve seen the Seahawks take small cap savings where they can get them, a la Nolan Frese over Clint Gresham in 2016, a move that saved $395,000 at the time (but didn’t pan out the way the team envisioned).But mainly, McGough is also the second quarterback John Schnieder has ever — ever! — drafted for Seattle. In eight seasons he’s only found it in him to spend draft capital on a QB twice. It’s hard to believe, but there it is. There’s reason to believe the team might want to look at McGough for longer than four preseason games, which would mean carrying him on the 53. And if they elect to allocate a roster spot to him [url=http://www.seattleseahawksteamonline.com]www.seattleseahawksteamonline.com[/url] , Davis is probably headed elsewhere.Delano HillIdeally you’d like the 95th overall pick of a draft to survive multiple seasons with hs original team, but it’s pretty clear that Hill is below Tedric Thompson, Bradley McDougald, and Maurice Alexander on the safety depth chart. If (when) Earl Thomas returns to his college navy and action green threads, Hill is Seattle’s fifth safety. And third at SS behind McDougald and Alexander. The fifth or sixth safety doesn’t make the team every year.In the first game of preseason, Hill made two tackles for loss but was also caught somewhat out of position at the edge on this play —— and missed a crucial third-down tackle to extend a Colts drive.Hill found his way into 15 games last year. There’s a chance it won’t be any this year.Neiko ThorpeWho doesn’t love the Thorpedo? He’s the first to arrive on the scene when a fake punt goes awry.He tackles with all the subtlety of a famished bear.Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY SportsBut he’s 28 and played only 119 defensive snaps the past two seasons combined. Other guys can be gunners; other Seahawks can be special teams aces. They might not look as cool as Thorpe doing it, but on Pete Carroll’s squads, it helps for fringe roster members to have two roles. Either Thorpe will finally carve out some time as a defensive back or he’ll probably move on, to be remembered fondly in the northwest corner of the country.Snap Reactions: Notes on the Seahawks’ snap counts from Sunday’s loss to the Broncos More so than usual, the Seattle Seahawks’ snap counts on Sunday were of interest. A couple of contributing factors—mainly the health of certain players and altitude—led to curious usage for a few players.Every week, we’re going to go over any player’s snap counts that are worth noting or otherwise worth discussion. First, here are the full snap counts from offense, defense and special teams from Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos:Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny’s equal workloadsIn Seattle’s first game with both Carson and Penny, the two backs finished with the same number of snaps: 25 each (44%).This is a curious decision by the coaching staff. On Thursday, Brian Schottenheimer was asked how the running back group would split the workload. He stressed they didn’t have a specific split in mind [url=http://www.seattleseahawksteamonline.com/t-shirts]Seattle Seahawks T-Shirt[/url] , saying:Out of the gate, it was clear Carson’s form he came into training camp with had carried into the regular season. His first two carries went for 34 yards (essentially book-ending the first quarter) only for Penny to get two consecutive drives, where he struggled.Meanwhile, as former Field Gulls writer Sam Gold so aptly put it, Carson literally jumped a dude:Between Carson’s tremendous form and Penny’s uninspiring play, the rotation between the two left something to be desired.Earl Thomas’s usageDespite only being added to the active roster on Saturday, Thomas starting the game came to the surprise of no one. However, playing his first game since January’s Pro Bowl, he was eased back in, sitting out an entire drive after picking off Case Keenum. After the game, Carroll admitted they were resting Thomas “As much as they could.” Carroll later said they wished they had played Thomas even less.In total, Thomas played 86% of the defense’s snaps. Perhaps Bradley McDougald’s injury forced the Seahawks to play Thomas more than they would have liked. The more interesting part of Thomas’s workload was how it was handled. Would Seattle have been better off featuring Thomas on every drive, while spelling him on early downs? Denver’s first touchdown drive, which came on an all-too-easy six plays, was with Thomas on the sideline. Dion Jordan and Frank Clark aren’t 100%One of the most discouraging parts of the Seahawks’ opening day loss was how poorly Seattle played along the defensive line. A contributing factor towards this was Jordan and Clark’s workload. Jordan played just 20% of snaps — no surprise — while Clark played 58%. The ends were led by Rasheem Green (62%) and and Quinton Jefferson (65%). This [url=http://www.seattleseahawksteamonline.com/hats]Seattle Seahawks Hats[/url] , more than likely, was temporary. Jordan is working back from a stress fracture in his leg, while Clark began training camp limited as he recovered from hand surgery. However, while the duo remains slowed, Jefferson and Green will be forced into roles larger than the ones planned for them. As the season goes on, expect Green and Jefferson’s snaps to fall into the 45-55% range. With a lower workload, the entire unit’s effectiveness should increase. Doug Baldwin slowed, even before leavingI don’t have much to add here, but it’s still worth noting. Before leaving the game for good ahead of the second half, Baldwin played just 11 of 26 first half snaps. Of course, he missed some after initially leaving, but still perhaps a sign of what was/is to come with Baldwin playing with pain in 2018. They’ll be managing his work and likely even more so now. With a long week—the Seahawks don’t play until Monday night—the rotations should begin to settle in Week 2. Thomas will be back to full speed, while Clark and Jordan will be another week closer. In the coming days, we’ll get a better idea of Baldwin’s health moving forward. Sunday’s loss was just the beginning and all reactions should be tempered.
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