Day 13 of Seahawks training camp, and another entry in my visual journal of camp.
What started as a daily challenge to get myself ready for the upcoming season has become a project that is equal parts fun and…nerve-wracking.
It’s hard — at least for me — to get “up” every day and try to make something visually interesting, storytelling, or hopefully both.
In this frame, Seahawks quarterbacks Sam Darnold, Drew Lock and Jalen Milroe are practicing their dropbacks and throws to targets under the watchful eye of passing game coordinator Jake Peetz. I worked hard on this one — and made a LOT of frames — moving with each snap, trying to find the exact position where the composition would come together.
To the untrained eye, the quarterbacks are simply dropping back, finding a target and throwing. But so much of what they’re working on is footwork, because so much of the passing game depends on timing.
The steps have to be consistent on every drop. Receivers are running timed routes. The...
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