*Up and down day for Darnold, Lock shines*

> During a seven-on-seven session about midway through (meaning, no linemen for either side), Darnold had a rough stretch with two interceptions in the span of three plays, one by safety Julian Love and another by cornerback Josh Jobe. Love’s came on a play when the safety simply jumped a route on a pass to Cooper Kupp. Jobe’s came when Darnold scrambled and tried to fit it in to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Darnold also a few times struggled to find someone to throw to and held on to the ball.

> But Darnold, who ran the number one offense throughout, also had some good moments, with at least two TD passes to Kupp and another to Smith-Njigba during red-zone sessions.

> Drew Lock, who is back for his second tenure with the Seahawks, worked with the second-team offense and seemed on target with just about every throw he made and turned in a couple highlight-reel worthy plays. One came on a fade route for a TD in the back of the end zone to Marquez Valdes-Scantling and another to Cody White in the back of the end zone, and the second straight he threw to White in that session.

> As for Jalen Milroe, the third-round pick exclusively ran the third-team offense and didn’t get as many plays as the other two. But he connected at one point with fellow rookie Elijah Arroyo on a fade route in the end zone.

* Zabel securing left guard spot, Bradford/Haynes battling on the right*

> As expected, first-round pick Grey Zabel worked at left guard with the starting offense and appeared to take every snap with the ones.

>Also as expected, Charles Cross was the left tackle and Abe Lucas usually the starter on the right side, though veteran Josh Jones — who projects as the game-day swing tackle — also appeared to mix in there at times.

>Olu Oluwatimi also got most of the work with the starting offense though second-year player Jalen Sundell also got some snaps with the ones.

> The right guard spot, though, indeed appears up for grabs between third-year player Anthony Bradford and 2024 third-round pick Christian Haynes. Those two appeared to get all of the snaps at that spot with the ones with Sataoa Laumea — who ended the 2024 season starting there with Bradford out due to injury — working at left guard behind Zabel.

>The RG battle is likely to be one that goes down to the final weeks of training camp.Interestingly, Haynes also took some snaps at center during early drills though he did not appear to get any during team sessions.

> Jones appeared to get some backup work at both left and right tackle with Michael Jerrell also usually working with the twos at left tackle when Jones was on the right side.

*Emmanwori a quick study?*

> Second-round pick Nick Emmanwori spent much of the day working with the ones in nickel and dime defenses, generally lining up in the slot and often assigned to cover running backs and tight ends on passing plays.

*Kupp appears in mid-season form*

> Most of the skepticism regarding Seattle’s signing of Cooper Kupp to help replace DK Metcalf is rooted in his age (he turns 32 on June 15) and having missed 18 games due to injury the past three seasons. But Kupp appeared his usual self Monday, making a handful of catches throughout the workout and appearing to take part in everything.

*Roll call — Most appear present*

> The only two players reporters didn’t notice in attendance were veteran defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence and tackle Johnathan Hankins. Lawrence, though, was shown in some pictures released by the team taking part in OTAs last week.

> A few sat out or were limited, including linebacker Ernest Jones IV and edge rusher Uchenna Nwosu (each recovering from off-season surgery), running back Kenneth Walker III (who was present but didn’t appear to do anything in team drills) and defensive lineman Bryon Murphy II (who did some individual and conditioning drills but didn’t appear to take part in team sessions).

>Coach Mike Macdonald did not speak to media afterward so there were no personnel updates. The Seahawks will be back on the field at the VMAC in Renton for OTA workouts Wednesday and Thursday that will also be open to media.




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