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Seattle Seahawks: 7 players who should get more snaps going forward

Here are seven players who should get a higher snap count going forward.

The Seattle Seahawks are 1-1 heading into Week 3 of the season. On paper, this is a strong team with a real chance to go deep in the playoffs. However, they face a gruesome challenge trying to get out of the NFC West, the most competitive division in the league right now by far. Seattle will need every advantage to earn a spot in the postseason. Looking ahead, coach Pete Carroll should continue tinkering with his lineups and give promising players more opportunities to see if they can help.

Here are seven players who should get a higher snap count going forward.

Four Verts: The abysmal state of the Texans and hope for the hopeless

Football is back, let’s take a look ahead.

Can you smell it? Can you feel it?

Long sessions of sitting on the couch, tracking players you don’t even root for because of fantasy or financial obligations, allowing the team you do root for to ruin your emotional availability for the week — it’s all back.

With a new NFL season comes the chance to turn off our brains for a few hours on Sundays as the world collapses into brimstone and ashes around us. It’s a very welcome distraction in these utterly insane times. I’m fine. You’re fine. We’re all fine. The pigskin beckons to us all.

This season has had a sense of normalcy to it so far after last year’s debacle of a season that featured games being played on Wednesday, top players getting sick with COVID-19, and Tom Brady winning yet another Super Bowl.

For the first time since 2019, there was a preseason. Fewer players have missed time due to COVID-19 protocols. For a fleeting moment, the football gets to be the focus again.

And boy, there are a ton of reasons to tune into the NFL this year.

Seahawks DE Darrell Taylor excited for future with team

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Darrell Taylor returned to the practice field and is excited for his future with the team, starting in 2021.

Defensive end Darrell Taylor missed his entire rookie season because of a leg injury he suffered during his final year at the University of Tennessee.

Taylor stated that he lamented staying out for the entire 2020 season, but he is fired up for 2021 now that his injury has healed and he has returned to the practice field.

“It was pretty hard last year not being on the field, but I had my teammates helping me out—older guys just whispering in my ear every now and then, coaches talking to me,” Taylor said. “So I stayed the course last year, just trying to be humble and trying to stay positive about what was going on. Just getting out here today was very exciting. Being out here with my new teammates and stuff, it was something or the books, and I’m excited and looking forward to the future, what’s coming up next.”

A versatile player, the Seahawks coaching staff has shuffled Taylor around the formation, looking to take full advantage of his abilities. He has seen reps at strongside linebacker and defensive end, among other positions.

“The SAM position is great,” Taylor said. “I like the transition. I’m still going to be playing LEO as well, trying to be a versatile player. The SAM position requires a little more dropping, but we’re trying to make the SAM a dominant player and just trying to help this defense be more dominant every year we get on that field… I played a lot of SAM linebacker at Tennessee in our 3-4 front, so it’s not really new to me. Tennessee asked me to do a lot, and the Seahawks are asking me to do the same thing, and I can take the challenge, I’m ready.”

Hopefully, Taylor will prove to be a great asset for Seattle’s defense in the short and long-term future.

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Seahawks rookie DE Darrell Taylor not ruled out for postseason play

Seattle Seahawks rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor could be available to the team at some point during the postseason from the NFL list.

Coach Pete Carroll isn’t ruling out the chance that rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor could be available to the team at some point during the postseason if the Seattle Seahawks continue their push into the playoffs.

“He has flashed, obviously, we’ve seen the quickness,” Carroll told reporters Thursday afternoon. “Today, I’m anxious to see this film because this was the best day for him. We’re kind of ramping him up and today he cut it loose a little bit, so I’m anxious to see it, but there’s no question that that he belongs out here with these guys.”

Taylor finally returned to practice this week after spending the entire season so far on the Non-Football Injury list as he recovered from a leg injury he sustained last year while at Tennessee.

The rookie would need to be activated to the roster before he could appear in a contest.

The Seahawks have the healthiest roster of their 2020 campaign as they head into the playoffs this weekend, set to square off against the Los Angeles Rams in the wild-card round on Saturday.

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Rookie DE Darrell Taylor returns to team practice from NFI list

Rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor has returned to Seattle Seahawks practice from the non-football injury list, but he likely won’t play.

Just in time for the postseason, coach Pete Carroll has announced that rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor has finally been designated to return to the Seattle Seahawks’ practice activities. Carroll relayed the news during his press conference on Tuesday.

Seattle placed Taylor on the non-football injury list at the start of preseason training camp and the rookie missed the entire 2020 regular season, which he spent recovering from surgery due to a stress fracture he sustained at the University of Tennessee.

It is unlikely that Taylor will play in this year’s postseason following no regular-season experience in his rookie year, but being able to practice could be a plus for the long-term future, as he can get back into the groove of certain aspects of the game.

Fans will very likely have to wait until the 2021 season to see Taylor in action.

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Seahawks rookie Darrell Taylor could practice soon for 1st time this season

Seattle Seahawks rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor could practice soon for the first time this season from the Non-Football Injury list.

The Seattle Seahawks selected defensive end Darrell Taylor in the second round of this year’s NFL draft out of Tennessee but the rookie has yet to step on the football field.

Taylor has spent his first year in the National Football League on the Seahawks’ Non-Football Injury list after having surgery to repair a college leg injury.

The rookie could soon be making an appearance.

“He’s going to try to practice next week for the first time and he’s getting ready to do that,” coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday. “We’ll find out if that in fact can come to life and all, so we’ll see. Like I’ve said all along, we’ve been waiting and hoping that we could get to this day, he had a lot of consulting that he did to get to that point, saw a number of doctors to make sure that he was confident in what he was doing.

“So now that we have that behind us, I think he’ll get a chance to see if he can jump back sooner than later.”

Taylor would eventually have to be activated to the 53-man roster before he could play in his first NFL game

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Seahawks Rashaad Penny, Darrell Taylor working back from injuries

Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny and defensive end Darrell Taylor are both working back from injuries towards activation.

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The Seattle Seahawks are hoping to get back a couple of players who weren’t able to make it to the active roster in time to start the season. Running back Rashaad Penny – on the Physically Unable to Perform list – and defensive end Darrell Taylor – on the Non-Football Injury list – are both working their way back towards activation to the 53-man roster.

“Both Rashaad and Darrell continue to progress,” coach Pete Carroll said Monday. “Darrell is working out with the strength and conditioning people now; he made a transition to that. So he’s really working hard now, he’s really working on cutting and moving and multiple direction changes and things like that are leading him back. I don’t know how long that will take, we’ll see how he responds. He had a really good day today, and how does he respond tomorrow is really important. So we’ll see what’s going on there.”

Taylor started the year on the Non-Football Injury list after undergoing offseason surgery to repair a leg injury he sustained his senior year. Penny is battling back from a torn ACL and the Physically Unable to Perform list.

“Rashaad, he’s doing all the same stuff,” Carroll continued. “He’s working out, he’s cutting. He’s as strong as he’s ever been, he’s at a good weight for him. It’s just a matter of when they feel and he feels that he’s got the confidence to go out there and bang those cuts. Being a speedster and a stop-and-start kind of guy, he’s got to get all that movement done before we can cut him loose out there.”

Carroll could have more information on both Taylor and Penny during his next press conference set for Wednesday afternoon.

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Despite losing Clowney, Carroll likes Seahawks’ speed on the outside

Despite failing to re-sign Jadeveon Clowney, coach Pete Carroll likes the Seattle Seahawks’ speed on the outside and pass-rush possibilities.

The Seattle Seahawks lost out on the Jadeveon Clowney sweepstakes when he signed a deal with the Tennessee Titans over the weekend. That being said, Seattle did make some moves over the offseason that coach Pete Carroll hopes will help with the team’s pass-rushing efforts.

In particular, Seattle brought back former Seahawks Bruce Irvin and Benson Mayowa and drafted rookies Darrell Taylor and Alton Robinson.

“I sure like our speed on the outside,” Carroll told reporters during his Monday press conference. “All of our guys have had numbers, they’ve got number to bring with them. To bring 16 sacks to us just in Benson and in Bruce, that’s a real positive. Our guys last year didn’t add up anywhere near that, so that’s a positive, and hopefully we can enhance their play.”

Carroll also mentioned veteran Jarran Reed, who got a late start last season due to his suspension over the first six games of the year.

“We really would like to see J-Reed come back to his number somewhere near what he did a couple years ago,” Carroll said. “He had kind of a stilted beginning last season. Now that he’s back and he’s in great shape and ready to go, if he can get his numbers anywhere near where he was to add to it, we can be in good shape.”

The Seahawks return to practice Wednesday to prepare to face the Falcons on Sunday to open their regular season.

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Seahawks expect defensive end Damontre Moore to help with rotation

The Seahawks expect defensive end Damontre Moore to help with the rotation while rookie Darrell Taylor is out recovering from surgery.

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The Seattle Seahawks rarely make a move without having a calculated plan for the future. In this case, the Seahawks signed defensive end Damontre Moore on Thursday just in time for the start of the regular season.

“He really has a chance to help us right now,” Coach Pete Carroll said Thursday after practice. “Without Darrell Taylor for a little bit longer, we needed another guy in the rotation, and Damontre has always impressed me with his effort and his chase of the football. He’s got a great motor, and I’ve always liked that about him.”

Taylor underwent surgery this offseason to repair the leg he injured last year and likely won’t be ready to start the season. With Moore having played for Seattle in 2016, Carroll is familiar with what he brings to the table.

“He’s been up and down to his career and been a lot of places and all,” Carroll explained. “He’s very serious right now, really settled down – all of the maturity process that you would hope to see in a guy who was wild and crazy and all that. He’s really focused right now. He’s a dad and taking care of his little one and his family and all that, it seems to have really given him direction and focus that he has admittedly talked about already.

“So I’m really pleased to get him because he plays so freaking hard – he really gives it up effort-wise.”

Moore will have to survive the 53-man roster cuts on Saturday if he is to see any rotation after all.

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