Report: Seattle Seahawks to hold joint practice with Green Bay Packers

The Seattle Seahawks will as soon as once more conduct joint practices this preseason.

The Athletic reviews that the Inexperienced Bay Packers will host practices with the Seahawks in Inexperienced Bay earlier than their week three preseason recreation on August twenty third.

Final season the Seahawks had their first joint practices in over three a long time once they performed these with the Tennessee Titans. The Titans went on to win that preseason recreation 16-15. Underneath Pete Carroll, joint practices had been by no means thought-about. There have been Seahawks followers who had been hoping that Carroll would possibly change his tune on joint practices this season, and that he and the Las Vegas Raiders would be part of the Seahawks this offseason. Sadly, that was not the case.

Nevertheless, with the Packers now internet hosting the Seahawks, that can make two years in a row below head coach Mike Macdonald that the Seahawks may have a scrimmage in opposition to one other NFL workforce. When requested final 12 months about joint practices, Coach Macdonald acknowledged that these practices could be very helpful to the workforce.

“Actually it’s a chance to place it in a setting the place you may management the tempos, management the drills, get some excessive depth for the fellows so that they’re able to roll come the opener time,” Macdonald stated. “And it’s simply simpler to manage them than true recreation reps. Nonetheless working by way of who’s going to play within the preseason and for a way a lot, however an important alternative should you do it the precise strategy to get some actually good competitors in and sharpen one another and attempt to prepare for the common season.”