Seattle has made a pair of moves on defense.
The Seahawks have signed linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala and waived cornerback Kam Alexander.
Tuputala is an undrafted rookie out of Washington. He previously participated in Seattle’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
Alexander, also an undrafted rookie, had signed with the Seahawks last month.
Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker missed practice for the second straight day on Monday, but head coach Mike Macdonald said it’s part of the team’s approach to making sure Walker is good to go for the start of the season.
Walker missed time with foot soreness earlier in camp and Macdonald said that the rest is part of the team’s desire to manage his workload heading into September.
“We have a plan for Ken, and we’re sticking to the plan,” Walker said, via Brady Henderson of ESPN.com.
Neither Walker nor Zach Charbonnet played in Seattle’s first preseason game. George Holani, Jacardia Wright, Anthony Tyus, and Damien Martinez handled the running back duties against the Raiders.
Center Olu Oluwatimi also missed practice Monday. He’s been sidelined by a back injury, which has left Jalen Sundell to get the first-team work at the position.
Raiders quarterback Geno Smith flipped off a Seahawks fan before Thursday night’s preseason game. Pete Carroll had a great view of the encounter and then tried to snatch the sign the fan held.
The sign read: Bigger Bust — Geno or Jamarcus Russell?
On Sunday, Carroll was asked about Smith’s obscene gesture, and he defended his quarterback.
“Did you see what the sign said?” Carroll asked, rhetorically, before adding, “Next question.”
Russell was the No. 1 overall pick of the Raiders in 2007 and made only 25 starts in three seasons with the team before flaming out of the NFL. Smith, a second-round pick of the Jets in 2013, started two seasons in New York before a seven-year wait to become a full-time starter again when he replaced Russell Wilson in Seattle.
Edge rusher Maxx Crosby also flipped off the fan, and both Smith and Crosby are expected to be fined by the league this week.
Raiders quarterback Geno Smith played five seasons in Seattle, three as the Seahawks starter, before the team traded him to Las Vegas. There apparently is no love lost.
Smith was caught by photographs and videographers flipping a fan a double bird before the preseason game in Seattle on Thursday night.
Edge rusher Maxx Crosby made the same gesture as he ran onto the field.
The fan held a sign that read: Bigger Bust — Geno or Jamarcus Russell?
Russell was the No. 1 overall pick of the Raiders in 2007, who made only 25 starts in three seasons with the team before flaming out of the NFL. Smith, a second-round pick of the Jets in 2013, started two seasons in New York before a seven-year wait to become a full-time starter again when he replaced Russell Wilson in Seattle.
Smith played only four snaps against the Seahawks before taking a seat on the bench. Crosby played nine snaps.
Smith and Crosby both face fines for their obscene gestures as Lions safety Brian Branch lost $10,128 for flipping off fans last season.
Seahawks rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe had a solid preseason debut on Thursday night, playing the entire second half of Seattle’s matchup with Las Vegas.
Milroe led one touchdown drive, finishing the contest 6-of-10 passing for 61 yards. He also rushed three times for 38 yards.
“I thought Jalen played well. I thought he made good decisions,” head coach Mike Macdonald said in his postgame press conference. “Operation-wise there are some things we want to be a little cleaner on. Throwing the ball accurately, throwing it on time, and then when it wasn’t there, extending plays with his legs, I thought was really cool.”
Milroe called it a “dream come true” to just be in his first NFL game.
“I think the best thing for all of us is to regroup, but also build on this game. I think that’s so important,” Milroe said postgame. “As you go on any journey, you have to start somewhere. With that, you’re able to look upon what we did well, what we didn’t, and just try to build upon that, get one percent better as we have this opportunity. For me, it was just awesome to be in Lumen Field. That was my first time here in the stadium. So now the biggest thing is to keep on building and see every opportunity for us to get better.”
Milroe added he wasn’t surprised by the designed runs he got during the game, though some of them got called back due to a penalty.
“That’s definitely a weapon that will be utilized now or even in the future against defenses,” Milroe said. “You know how much of a threat it is against defenses when you’re able to throw and run. I know no matter what game plan it is, utilizing the passing game and the running game is going to be beneficial for us.”
Milroe’s next test will come against Kansas City next Friday night before taking on Green Bay on Aug. 23 to end the preseason.
Pete Carroll’s return to Seattle ended in a weird fashion, as most likely could have predicted.
But after Daniel Carlson’s game-ending field goal attempt was blocked to have the game finish in a tie, Carroll told reporters that being back at Lumen Field as Raiders head coach wasn’t anything too wild.
“I’m sorry to tell you it wasn’t like something that was obvious. It’s a football game,” Carroll said in his press conference. “I’ve been fighting wars for other people my whole life, coaching. I mean, I was with my team and we were battling. It was cool to be here. I loved it here. I’ve always loved the whole experience that we had here all those years together and all of that. I don’t forget that. I don’t disrespect that one bit. But it didn’t translate to something crazy to me. It was just an opportunity to play in a great setting.
“Thanks to the league for putting us in this game. When they figured it out, it was a good idea. A good one to look forward to. I thought we handled it all right.”
Despite calling Lumen Field home for 14 seasons as Seahawks head coach, Carroll noted that the experience didn’t feel too weird for him at any moment.
“There [were] a couple times when guys made plays. I’m looking at the screen in the end zone. I thought that was our guys making the play. That did happen a couple times,” Carroll said with a smile.
The Raiders will be at home to play the 49ers next Saturday before taking on the Cardinals on the road to conclude their preseason on Aug. 23.
The Raiders will be in New England to face the Patriots in Week 1, but Tom Brady won’t be at the matchup between two teams he has close ties to on September 7th.
Brady will be in the broadcast booth at Northwest Stadium with Kevin Burkhardt for Fox Sports’ broadcast of the Giants and the Commanders. Sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi will also be at the matchup between NFC East clubs.
The same crew will also call Fox’s marquee matchup in Week 2. They will be in Kansas City for a Super Bowl rematch between the Eagles and the Chiefs.
Fox also announced that Joe Davis, Greg Olsen, and Pam Oliver will be on the call for the 49ers’ visit to Seattle in Week 1.
Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, and Megan Olivi will be in Atlanta for the Buccaneers-Falcons game while Kevin Kugler, Moose Johnston, and Allison Williams will call the action for the Browns’ home game against the Bengals. Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth, and Jen Hale will be the network’s team for the Panthers’ visit to the Jaguars. Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez, and Kristina Pink will call the Titans’ road game against the Broncos.
Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino remain the Fox rules analysts for the 2025 season.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said this week that fifth-round pick Tory Horton has been “making multiple plays every day” in practice and the wide receiver kept that going in the team’s first preseason game.
Horton caught three passes for 31 yards and a touchdown in Seattle’s 23-23 tie with the Raiders on Thursday night. Horton also returned one punt and Macdonald said after the game that he was pleased to see more of the same from the rookie.
“Yeah, it was great,” Macdonald said, via a transcript from the team. “Then to see him catch the punt was awesome, I’m not sure how long that return was, but that helped us there. Then obviously the touchdown and you just felt him out there in those situations, which was a continuation of what we’re seeing in practice. Great to see it in a game setting.”
Quarterback Drew Lock threw the touchdown to Horton and he said the wideout’s performance was “everything I expected of him to go out and do based on how he’s been performing in training camp.” If that continues over the coming weeks, Horton should be in position to show he can make plays in the regular season as well.
The Seahawks intercepted two passes in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Raiders. And they followed both interceptions with unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
The interceptions were by Josh Jobe and Nehemiah Pritchett, but the penalties weren’t on them. They were on the veterans on the Seahawks’ defense who weren’t even in the game but ran onto the field to celebrate.
After the game, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said he’s glad the veterans were cheering on the players who were on the field, but he needs to emphasize that it can’t happen in the regular season.
“We really can’t afford to be doing that moving forward. But having the enthusiasm, having the guys being fired up for guys making plays, that was pretty cool,” Macdonald said, via Brady Henderson of ESPN.
Both interceptions were thrown by Raiders backup quarterback Aidan O’Connell, who played most of the game after a brief appearance by starter Geno Smith.
Defensive lineman Seth Coleman was waived by the Seahawks earlier this week, but he didn’t have to wait long to get a call back to the team.
The Seahawks announced that they have re-signed Coleman to their 90-man roster. Wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. was waived with an injury designation in a corresponding move.
Coleman initially signed with the Seahawks in May after going undrafted out of Illinois. He had 183 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries while in college.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said that Foster, who was also undrafted this year, suffered a hamstring injury. He had 108 catches for 1,426 yards and eight touchdowns at Michigan State.
