Uchenna Nwosu, Seattle Seahawks EDGE Group Looking to 'Sharpen the Sword' in OTAs

RENTON, Wash. - With the regular season still months away from kicking off, OTAs present a unified moment of hope around the NFL. Before a snap has been taken, optimism springs eternal across the league with players in the best shape of their lives and every team believing they will contend in 2024.

Sep 10, 2023; Seattle, Washington, USA; Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers stiff arms Seattle Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu during the second half at Lumen Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports / Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports "It's great to see them out there working and communicating," Macdonald said. "We're working through how we're going to structure the pass rush and who is playing what spot and what shakes down and what makes sense and what hits and all those things. This is a great time of year to sharpen the sword so to speak and build the foundation, platform to the jumping off point when we come back in the fall.

To take the next step in his development, aside from continuing to sharpen his pass rushing toolbox, Mafe still has room to grow as a run defender. Following a solid rookie season in that department, he missed five tackles against the run a year ago and finished 38th in run defense grade out of 54 qualified edge defenders, taking a bit of a step backward as the rest of the defense crumbled in the closing months last season.

Taylor has also approached defending the run as if it was optional much of the time, which led to him losing a starting job each of the past two seasons. Between missed tackles and botched gap assignments, per PFF, he has never finished a season with a run defense grade above 48.0 and posted a career missed tackle rate exceeding 25 percent, making him a liability on early downs.

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