That's a Spicy Vindaloo

Written by Chris Sullivan | 10 August 2009

Aaron Curry can rush the quarterback. We saw it first hand at camp today, as Curry absolutely blew through Justin Forsett twice (who held his own a number of times against other guys) and made Cameron Morrah look sillier than he has usually looked, which is fairly silly in the practices I've seen. Eric Williams has a great write-up focusing on the camp today, and he had a better view than most (in fact, because the Hawks were practicing on the field away from the Berm, very few people had a decent view today):

With the team in full pads today, Curry twice used a quick rip move to blaze past running back Justin Forsett in blitz pick-up drills today. Yes, I know were talking about Justin Forsett and not Walter Jones. However, Curry’s footwork and speed up the field still was impressive, and he looked just as good going against rookie tight end Cameron Morrah.

Danny O'Neil continues the Curry feast:

First, he treated fullback Owen Schmitt like a traffic cone and ran right around him. Later, his one-handed swipe knocked Justin Forsett off balance, allowing him to go around. Curry was asked afterward if it was a Deacon Jones-like head slap? "I'll have to check the film," Curry said. "When I'm rushing the passer it's no-holds barred."

The only linebacker who looked close to Curry (and even then he didn't have the same violence that Curry seems to play with) was David Hawthorne, who has the speed and trickiness to get past his blocker, at least once with him hardly even being touched. Now, mind you, this is a one-on-one drill: it's damn hard not to be touched.

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A couple of other notes to clean up my post from earlier:

• Cameron Morrah has done nothing to impress me and continued looking bad today. Mora said that its possible all the draft picks will make the squad this year, but I would be surprised if Morrah gets a roster spot. Tereshinski is just outplaying him. Still, Morrah has the upside and we know that Ruskell likes his Cal guys.
• It takes a lot of self-restraint to not keep pointing out what a special player John Carlson is. I don't have that amount of self-restraint. He's incredible.
• TJ Houshmandzadeh came out of practice with a minor ankle issue according to Eric Williams. Courtney Taylor sat with a knee injury of some sort, hopefully not serious. At one point, John Carlson got up and walked around a bit gingerly after planting his ankle strangely; he got his knee/ankle worked on for a minute but ran back in to finish up practice. Phew.
• I am hereby changing Red Bryant's nickname from "Big Red" to "Bryant the Giant." Seriously, every time I see him, I see Andre the Giant (hopefully without the drinking problem).
• The offensive line continues looking mediocre at best, though the second team holds up a bit better than the first team which I suppose means either they should be starting or our first team defense is much better than our second team defense? Hard to say.
• Max Unger looked very good again today, while Steve Vallos botched a number of snaps in drills and at least one on a shotgun play where Seneca was practically beaned in the nose.
• If you're a fan of the Seahawks, do NOT heckle the players. There was a guy who was all about the defense, that's great, but he was yelling crap at Duckett (who looked like he was about to come into the crowd and crush him with his six pack) and mocking Hasselbeck for his injury. What is wrong with you dude?

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