Seattle Seahawks training camp: 3 studs and 2 duds

Seahawks dud number 2: Rasheem Green, Defensive end

This is more of a temper your expectations ‘dud’ than anything. Many writers, as do I, chose  breakout players well before the off-season work began. We do this by examining opportunity, growth (both realized and expected) and a gut feeling. For the Seahawks, many (including myself) believed it to be Rasheem Green this year.

I would suggest you temper your expectations. His camp has not been bad. However, it has been very quiet. This is not typically a good sign for a player who is newly stepping into a starting role. Teams typically want to highlight their young new players and help build their confidence. For Rasheem Green, it has been radio silent.

This could just be because they believe he doesn’t need a hype man. However, when asking his fellow players who they have been impressed thus far, not a single one has mentioned Rasheem Green. This is troubling.

It could also help explain why the Seahawks have kept so much cap space. If you ask me, I looks to me that the Seahawks are still holding out hope that they could bring back Jadeveon Clowney.

The team has so much talent at the LEO. However, the 5-technique is barren. The rotation as of now consists of Rasheem Green and LJ Collier. Collier has received a moderate amount of praise for the shape he is in. Otherwise its fairly quiet there as well.

Here is a video of Kyle Fuller (a back up player) going 1-on-1 with Rasheem Green.

Rasheem Green tried to dominate Fuller using the bull rush. However, Green’s bull rush had no real juice behind it. His footwork was completely erratic. His push and pull (rip move) was lacking. This is very concerning from a pass rushing perspective.

I am not saying Green is going to have a bad year, just not likely to be the 15 tackles for a loss and 8+ sack season many had him pegged for. This is purely meant to temper expectations.