RENTON – On a drizzly spring afternoon roughly three and a half months after their Super Bowl triumph, the Seattle Seahawks took the field at their lakeside facility Tuesday for their first OTA practice of 2026.
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Technically, this portion of the NFL’s offseason program is voluntary.
But that would have been difficult to glean, with 84 of the 91 players on Seattle’s roster on hand for the 2-hour, 20-minute practice.
“It just shows that all the guys, we’re bought in,” Seahawks standout defensive tackle Byron Murphy II said. “We’re a collective. We’re a family. We move as one, so it means a lot.”
The only players not seen by media members Tuesday were edge rushers DeMarcus Lawrence, Derick Hall and Dante Fowler Jr., running back Emanuel Wilson, and the team’s three specialists.
Hall, Fowler and Wilson each participated in earlier offseason workouts over the past month, according to photos on the team’s website. Macdonald said Wilson was dealing with a personal matter on Tuesday, and that the 34-year-old Lawrence is “working through some things” but will “be here at some point.”
“Guys have been great, been in great spirits,” Macdonald said. “Some of the veterans are on a little bit of a timetable that we worked through, but the spirit is there, attendance is there. And it’s great because when everybody is here you can get more reps, so it just makes everything better.”
Tuesday’s near-perfect OTA attendance was reminiscent of last year, when every single player on Seattle’s 91-man roster was on hand for at least one of the team’s six OTA practices – and most for all six.
On several occasions, Macdonald has mentioned how important that offseason buy-in was to establishing the foundation for last year’s Super Bowl-winning campaign.
And while the Seahawks now own another shiny Lombardi Trophy, the blue-collar mindset that propelled them to the NFL mountaintop doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere.
“I think when you look at some of these high-performing teams that have been able to do it over a long period of time, I think the common thread that you find is a standard that you feel responsible to uphold on a daily basis,” Macdonald said.
“And part of that standard here is chasing edges, a spirit of evolution and a spirit of moving forward all the time. … I’ve just been really pleased with every day’s work, and haven’t sensed an ounce of complacency, and that’s been really positive.”
A couple highlights
• Rookie running back Jadarian Price, Seattle’s first-round draft pick, delivered perhaps the highlight of the day. During a 7-on-7 session, Price ran a route out of the backfield, raced past linebacker Chazz Surratt and hauled in a pass from backup quarterback Drew Lock for a big gain down the sideline.
Price had just 15 receptions over his three-year career at Notre Dame, which prompted some questions during the draft process about his ability to impact the game as a pass catcher. While it’d be a mistake to glean too much from one catch in a 7-on-7 OTA session, it was perhaps a good early sign for Price.
• Fresh off a breakout 2025 campaign and sporting his new No. 32 jersey, linebacker Drake Thomas darted across the middle of the field to intercept a Sam Darnold pass, which he then took the other way for a pick-six. It was unclear whether Darnold made a bad read or there was a miscommunication with his intended target. But regardless, it was a great play by Thomas.
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