Seahawks notes for 8/14: Home runs and Erik Walden

The Seahawks had some fun amid their training camp work on Wednesday. And also signed a linebacker. Here are the news and notes for August 14th.

The Seahawks needed another pass rusher for the one they can’t count on

Seattle signed linebacker Erik Walden on Wednesday. Walden comes to the Seahawks after playing last year with the Tennessee Titans. Walden is a 12 year veteran who started every game but four between 2013 and 2016 for the Indianapolis Colts. In 2016, Walden had 11 sacks.

And therein lies Seattle’s hopes in Walden. All those sacks in 2016, though, represent an outlier for Walden. His second-highest sack total in a season is six in 2014. Walden is not a long-term consistent pass rusher.

Seattle signing Walden is not a judgement on the state of the linebacker unit. What it really signifies is that Seattle is going to try to get pressure on opposing quarterbacks in any way possible and is desperate to get it. And that is not a good feeling if you are a Seahawk fan.

The re-signing of Dion Jordan seems to be a bigger and bigger mistake.

Russell Wilson can hit home runs

In Seattle’s annual home run competition, the quarterback who is also a baseball player won. This should come as no surprise. In fact, had Wilson lost, that would have been the shock.

Wilson faced a final round against backup quarterback Austin Davis and tight end Will Dissly. For losing, both players get nothing and continue to be football players.

Other news

Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times writes that if the season were to start tomorrow, Tedric Thompson and Bradley McDougald would be the starting safeties.

Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune says the news is good on Rashaad Penny’s broken finger, but there may be more issues to go along with it.

Mike Vorel of the Seattle Times writes about Michael Dickson, seemingly the most popular man on earth.