As a reward for two competitive, physical training camp practices, the Seahawks took a step back on Wednesday, opting to focus on the mental aspect of the game.
kept their helmets, pads, and game jerseys at their lockers on a light, walkthrough-heavy seventh training camp practice.
"Shoutout to Coach Macdonald," a surprised Witherspoon said when speaking with reporters after practice. "Appreciate ya, my boy. Fo sho." Rather than provide multiple off days as Carroll previously did, Macdonald opted for a different strategy implementing field work of the mental variety with players doing drills and running plays at walkthrough tempo, providing rest while still continuing install on offense and defense. For most of the session, the Seahawks ran plays on air, walking through assignments at half speed with hopes of those reps helping things run more smoothly when the pads return on Thursday.
"I think the biggest thing for that is attention to detail," Witherspoon explained. "Know what you're doing, go through everything, and communicating, making all the adjustments you need to make. Just got to pay attention to what's going on out there and that's what we've got to focus on."
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