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Seattle Seahawks Experimenting With Coby Bryant’s Best Positional Fit
Following a promising rookie season, Seattle Seahawks defensive back Coby Bryant saw a drastic decrease in his usage last season once the team added No. 5 overall pick Devon Witherspoon, an enforcing slot corner who was one of the lone bright spots for an inconsistent defense.
Landing on injured reserve soon after with a toe injury, Bryant played 77.3 percent of his 146 snaps in 2023 in the first two games of the season, while Witherspoon played opposite of Riq Woolen on the outside. Once Witherspoon moved inside most of the time, Bryant’s role diminished — playing just 23% of the team’s total defensive snaps after being on the field for 65% as a rookie in 2022, according to Pro Football Reference.
However, there is hope for the third-year pro. New Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde said the coaching staff continues to actively experiment with different roles for Bryant to try and get him involved in head coach Mike Macdonald’s new scheme that utilizes versatile playmakers.
“We’re just moving him in a couple of positions,” Durde said of Bryant after Seattle’s seventh OTA practice on Monday. “He’s playing safety at the moment and then he moved and got some reps at nickel as well, but we’re just really looking at all those situations and going through it.”
In his college and professional careers, Bryant has insubstantial game experience in either safety position. Bryant has lined up at free safety or in the box on just 5.5 percent of his career snaps, with most of those in the latter position, according to Pro Football Focus. He’s been used mostly in the slot in the NFL after being a boundary corner at Cincinnati in college.
But, as Durde explained, the 6-1, 193-pound defensive back has potential at various positions that could at least make him valuable as a rotational player in specific defensive sets, potentially giving him an advantage over some of the players he will be competing against for a roster spot this summer.
Bryant has displayed a nose for the ball, as he forced four fumbles as a rookie in 2022 and added another in extremely limited play as a sophomore. He was also fairly effective as a pass rusher, generating two sacks, two quarterback knockdowns, and four pressures on just 12 pass rush snaps as a rookie, according to Pro Football Reference.
In his first two NFL seasons, Bryant’s struggles have primarily been in coverage, where he has allowed an average passer rating of 108.3 while mostly seeing the field in the slot, where his underwhelming change of direction athletic testing has shown up at times trying to defend NFL receivers.
When final roster cuts are made in late August, Bryant’s versatility and experience — at least in practice — in a wide range of positions will certainly give him an edge. As of now, he is the only player in the Seahawks secondary truly getting reps at both cornerback and safety, which speaks to the versatility he brings to the equation for a defense that values that trait immensely.
“Definitely you can see it, but I think on the back end there’s a bit less room for error,” Durde said of Seattle’s overall defensive versatility. “So, right now … before you can build on the versatility, it’s really understanding your job, understanding the checks, understanding how they align and the detail within that. Once they master that, that’s when you can start the versatility.”
The potential of what Seattle has on the back end won’t be fully apparent until training camp when contact is permitted and defensive backs can contest catches. That will be when Bryant either solidifies his place on the Seahawks roster or falls out of favor with the new coaching staff, and he will be a player who bears close watching once the team reports in late July.
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Where to watch Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels: TV channel, start time, streaming for Apr. 5
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Baseball is back and finding what channel your favorite team is playing on has become a little bit more confusing since MLB announced plans to produce and distribute broadcasts for nearly a third of the league.
We’re here to help. Here’s everything you need to know Sunday as the Seattle Mariners visit the Los Angeles Angels.
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What time is Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels?
First pitch between the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners is scheduled for 4:07 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Apr. 5.
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- Matchup: SEA at LAA
- Date: Sunday, Apr. 5
- Time: 4:07 p.m. (ET)
- Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- Location: Anaheim, California
- TV: FanDuel Sports West and Mariners.TV
- Streaming: MLB.TV on Fubo
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New York Sirens beat Seattle Torrent in front of sold-out MSG crowd in historic game for women’s hockey
History was made Saturday night at Madison Square Garden as the New York Sirens played the Seattle Torrent before a sold-out crowd.
It was the first time a Professional Women’s Hockey League game was played at the iconic arena.
The ceremonial puck drop didn’t just signify the start of a game, but a new era in women’s sports.
“We got women in space right now. We got women on the ice,” Queens resident Aaimz Davis said. “We got women everywhere.”
For Sirens season ticket holders, a sold-out MSG to see their ladies play was less of a “who would’ve thought?” and more of a “it’s about time.”
“Women’s sports have come a long, long way and this just means– this is just an awesome feeling,” fan Patricia Fraser-Morales said.
“You had the Liberty, yeah, OK, then you have Gotham, the soccer,” fan Myrna Morales-Fraser said. “Now you have hockey.”
It was a history-making game for the sport — both the first home game at the legendary arena for the Sirens, and the first time it’s drawn a crowd this big for women’s hockey.
On hand to mark the occasion was 39 Grand Slam-winning tennis great and trailblazer Billie Jean King.
“My dream has always been to help women’s sports grow because I come from a time when nobody cared about women in sports. It was horrible,” she said. “So when I see this, and I’m so happy I’m still alive to see it, you have no idea.”
Girls from the New Jersey Colonials youth hockey team, coached by Sirens Coach Greg Fargo, were excited and inspired. They see themselves going far, hoping to see their names up alongside the legends’ banners at New York’s center-stage arena.
“Maybe it’s gonna start growing more and more, and it’s gonna inspire more girls,” player Quinn Doherty said.
To give fans even more reason to celebrate, it ended up being a thrilling 2-1 shootout win for the Sirens.
The NFL draft is less than three weeks away, and one of the things I keep hearing is people excited about the idea of the Seattle Seahawks trading up from pick No. 32 in the first round.
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I’m not necessarily opposed the idea of trading up, but I want to throw two big caveats in that. One, I’m not giving up any of the picks from next year, certainly not next year’s first round. Next year is supposed to be an incredible draft. This is supposed to be a mediocre draft where there are starters, not stars. If you got the opportunity to get stars next year, I want to take as many of those as possible, so please do not trade away certainly your first-round pick for next year.
But then Brock Huard has brought up this whole idea of trading up for Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love because he’s the best player in the draft. He might very well be right that he is. You know what I just can’t get myself to agree to? It’s trading up for a running back and certainly not trading next year’s first-round pick and this year’s first-round pick and probably more than that to get up into the top 10 for a running back, for a skill-position guy.
Should Seahawks consider trading up for NFL Draft’s top RB?
Look, you were just barely able to keep me on board with paying $225 million for wide receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Rashid Shaheed knowing that you’re gonna be spending a whole bunch of money on cornerback Devon Witherspoon. I love all those players. I get nervous about spending that much money that far away from the line of scrimmage.
You wanna now go trade two first-round picks and try to get a running back? I’m sorry, that’s where you lose me. I just can’t go that far. I don’t care how good he is. I’m out.
This post is a transcript of the video at the top of the post. It is edited for clarity. Catch Mike Salk weekdays from 6-10 a.m. on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk.
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