Seahawks take on Chiefs

 The Seahawks play the Chiefs in CenturyLink Field Friday night in a national televised game. Coach Pete Carroll plans to play the first team most of the first half. Running back Thomas Rawls will miss the game again and Eddie Lacy will start in his place. Also running back CJ Prosise is expected to miss the game.

 On the offense the Seahawks will be trying different players at the left tackle position in place of George Fant who got hurt last week and is out for the season. The Seahawks hope in having one player to start and not move offensive lineman around like last year. This game will answer who will start the season for the Hawks on the offense and defense side. It will be important for the players who are expectant to be the backup players as well and round out the roster.

The offensive line starting should be Luke Joeckel at left guard. He can move over to the left tackle if necessary however with Fant out now for the season the Seahawks will start Reese Odhiambo at left tackle. Justin Britt who signed a three-year extension last week will start at center. On the right side will be Oday Aboushi at guard and Germain Ifedi at tackle. It is important game for Ifedi because he is marginal right now. How he plays will determine whether he starts the season. Offensive line coach Tom Cable along with Carroll will decide how it will go. Cable knows that they don’t want to move players around like they did last year.

Jimmy Graham will start again at tight end and Luke Willson will see his first action of the fall since he has been injured. This game may decide the third tackle spot between Nick Vannett going into his second year and converted quarterback Tyrone Swoops.

Doug Baldwin will start at one receiver while Paul Richardson will be on the other side. Jermaine Kearse will likely be the one in on third receiver sets. Again Kasen Williams who has had an outstanding pre-season will see action on Richardson’s side too along with special teams. He most likely already has made the team however this game may seal it for him. The Seahawks likely will keep Tyler Lockett on the side lines.

We will likely see Russell Wilson the whole first half while Trevone Boykin will be in the third quarter and Austin Davis in the fourth at quarterback. At this point Boykin likely will be the backup quarterback.

On the defensive side the ends will be Michael Bennett on the left and Cliff Avril on the right. In the middle between them will be Rubin on the left and Reed on the right. The linebackers will be Bobby Wagner in the middle with KJ Wright be back on one side of him and Michael Wilhoite on the other side. Richard Sherman will start on one cornerback while Jeremy Lane or Shaquill Griffin on the other side. Also Pierre Desire and Mike Tyson will see action on that side. Kam Chancellor will start at strong safety while Earl Thomas will be at the free safety spot. It has been great to see Thomas able to play after being injured at the end of last season.

Blair Walsh will be the place kicker while Jon Ryan continues to do the punting. Tyler Ott is the long snapper while Paul Richardson will be on kickoff returns and JD McKissic will be at the other for Tyler Lockett while taking his spot as punt returner as well.

Again this will be a big game for those who are trying to make the team as the backups and special teams. The Seahawks final pre-season game will be on Aug. 31. Go Hawks!