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As for the players who are here, Carroll is excited about the flexibility he has at that position, particularly with Bradley McDougald, who started at both safety spots last year. Thursday’s practice opened with McDougald at strong safety and Tedric Thompson at free safety, but McDougald’s flexibility means a lot of options are in play, including Delano Hill playing strong safety with McDougald at free, or getting former Rams starter Maurice Alexander on the field. Mike Tyson, who played safety in college but moved to cornerback last season, also played safety on Thursday, as was also the case some in offseason workouts.
“We’re going to do some rotating to see these guys,” Carroll said. “The competition is on. This was the first time we got to see Mo Alexander; I’m excited to see what he can do. I was really impressed with what Mo did that I’ve seen in years past. He was unable to participate throughout the offseason. This was his first time on the field. We’ll ramp him up in the next five or six days. He’s ready to go, but I’m excited to see how he fits in as well. So, it’s a great competition. T2 (Thompson), he looks sweet. He’s looked great throughout all of the time we’ve had him. He’s got great feel for what’s going on. He’s a great studier, he’s had a fantastic offseason, and he looked great out here to get us going. He’s right in the middle of it all.”
Carroll noted that the team’s “tremendous flexibility” at safety means the Seahawks can just aim to “find the two best guys to play for us and figure out how to fit them in. For years, we’ve been coaching safeties based on their personal makeup and attributes, and we’ve had so much experience that we have different things that we can do with different guys. This is a real fascinating challenge to me to see how we tweak it and fix it so we can put these guys in the best position to get the most out of them. They’re not all the same. They’re different makeups, and Delano Hill is going to be a fantastic competitor in this one as well, so we’ll see how it goes.”
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Good to see Tedric Thompson is getting the first crack with the first team defense. Thompson is a highly instinctual ball hawk and great tackler, but he only ran a 4.60-second 40 at the combine. The thought of many is that Thompson is simply not fast enough to play in a single-high defense. I don't know if this is true. Thompson plays fast on the field. But it's interesting that they are contemplating altering the defense to play to everyone's strengths.