A Couple Of Seahawks Legends Helping Out, Riq’s Return & Other Takeaways From Day 9 Of Seahawks Camp

After missing the first eight practices of camp due to a knee injury, Woolen was back on the practice field Sunday, having passed his physical and come off the physically unable to perform list. Woolen was limited in his workload, much like tight end Noah Fant when he came off the PUP list last week, but still provided a boost to get him back on the field.

“It’s great to get him back,” Carroll said. “He comes off of PUP today. His workouts have been extraordinary, and we can’t keep him on it any longer; he’s just too close. We’re still going to take care of him and make sure that we get him back to the football movements and the football kind of changes in the direction and things in more competitive situations. He took individual (drills) today, and it’ll be a little different tomorrow in the process. He’ll be real quiet this week, we won’t give him a lot of work, but we’re stressing him in the workouts, in the rehab work, to make sure that he’s getting there. He feels great, he’s really confident, and we’re going to make him be begging to get back out there.

And while Woolen will take some time to get all the way back to being full-go in practice, an important part about returning from PUP is that it allows players to take part in the walkthroughs that, while not as high-tempo as an actual practice, feature a lot of important work and learning for players.

“The walkthroughs are really important—and I can’t wait to get Jordyn (Brooks) back out, he’s really close too, he and Jamal (Adams) have both looked really good,” Carroll said. “They can imagine more, football wise, even when they don’t get to practice, by going through those reps. Those are high-quality reps for us, their assignments are at hand, the tempo that we maintain to get the reps in there, it’s just really good mental preparation for them. And Riq, he’s a sophomore too, he’s just coming back. He would tell you that he’s so excited to get back out, because he sees the game differently than he did a year ago.”

And while cornerback has been one of the deepest and most competitive position groups so far in camp, Carroll made it clear that, whenever Woolen is all the way back, he’ll go back to his starting spot at right cornerback.

“He’s a starter for us,” Carroll said. “He’s been a starter and he earned it and did a great job last year.”