Seahawks get positive news on last practice before Super Bowl LX

The Friday afternoon injury was about as good as it gets for the Seattle Seahawks. The report showed just two players limited in the limited practice designation.  The two were fullback Roobie Ouzts and tackle Josh  Jones. Ouzts was limited at questionable for the game. Yes perfect injury  report would have been no players limited in practice participation or any  questionable  game day  status.  The Seahawks coaches and players were more than willing to count their lucky stars and keep it pushing.  Why?

INITIAL SCARE

 Rookie safety Rick Emmanwori and quarterback  Sam Darnold were full participants.    Emmanwari suffered a low ankle sprain during Tuesday’s practice, which left his availability for Sunday’s game in doubt. One can imagine all the speculation that blew up the internet.  While the internet was full of speculation, head coach Mike Macdonald and several players said Emmanwori would play. The speculation heightened when Emmanwori missed  Thursday’s practice.   On Friday, Emmanwori joined the defensive backs in drills and was a full practice participant. Emmanwori has no injury designation for Sunday. 

 “No designation for Nick,”  said head coach Mike Macdonald  through  Pro Football Writers  Pool report from Kaylan Kahler  “Turns out he’s alive.”   

SIMULATED PRACTICE ACT PRACTICE

One of the systems Macdonald has  inserted in the team practice schedules   is an ACT practice

“ACT is alignment, communication and technique,” Macdonald said. “It was a normal Friday workload, all the stuff we do on Friday, so par for the course. Just gonna stick to our process.”  Macdonald has been adamant about the team sticking to it’s normal routine at home and on the road.  Being consistent and intentional has been one of Macdonald’s tenets for the program

The first team offense practiced with simulated crowd noise played loudly instead of music. The first team defense also practiced with crowd noise.   “We do [crowd noise] every week,” Macdonald said. “Not sure what the noise level is going to be during the game. We try to hit all those different scenarios.”

ONE LAST  FRIDAY  PRACTICE Huddle TO BREAK UP

Defensive end Leonard Willams broke down the team to finish their final Friday practice of the season. Players’ families are now in town and Macdonald said they will have the rest of the night to spend with family. 

  “They’ll get a chance to be with their families, which would be great and we’ll be back to work in the morning,” Macdonald said.

   Seattle’s three quarterbacks stayed on the field after practice closed to work with passing game coordinator Jake Peetz. 

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