RENTON, Wash. (AP) -Pete Carroll is out running, clapping and smiling through the morning fog in his first NFL preseason since 1999.
The new Seahawks coach had the rap music of Jay-Z pumping along with his fists Saturday as he led drills in Seattle’s first practice of training camp.
Running back and recent Pro Bowl kick returner Leon Washington was running with Carroll. The former New York Jet was participating nine months after a compound leg fracture put his career in doubt.
Seattle’s two first-round draft choices were missing the fun. Sixth-overall pick Russell Okung and 14th-overall choice Earl Thomas remain unsigned.
The agents for both Okung, the replacement for retired left tackle Walter Jones, and for starting safety Thomas had been hopeful their clients would be on the field.
Thomas tweeted he was “waiting patiently …..seems like forever.”
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