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CHAWK LINES, Training camp
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CHAWK LINES -- Training camp new

Some observations from the first two days of camp from those who were there:

Field Gulls focused on the Legion of Boom, with new corner Cary Williams and without the starting safeties.

For Day 2, The Seattle Times guys kept a close eye on the offensive line.

John Boyle of Seahawks.com says the Seahawks are bigger and deeper at receiver.

OC Darrell Bevell says Tyler Lockett will “be a big factor at wide receiver” (as we have always thought).

Hawk Blogger Brian Nemhauser noticed the receivers, too.

Gregg Bell of The News Tribune says players support Kam Chancellor in his holdout.

Brandon Mebane, 30, says he feels more like 24 or 25 as he comes back from a bad hamstring injury.

Contracts, State of the team

Can the Hawks really please them all?

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Kam and BennettOne down. Three to go?

The Seahawks got Russell Wilson signed just in time, but Bobby Wagner, Kam Chancellor and Michael Bennett all are unhappy and showing it in different ways.

It’s funny how back-to-back Super Bowls can make people feel entitled — all three of those guys are signed, Chancellor and Bennett very recently, but they all feel like they deserve more than they agreed to.

Basically, they are flipping the script — knowing NFL teams can cut them at any time and trying to use the power of their all-star play as leverage before they lose it. Pete Carroll understands.

“They’re trying to make the most of their opportunity and trying to figure out what’s best for them,” he said after the Hawks finished their first practice Friday. “They’re difficult decisions, and they’re hard for them.

“Sometimes when they sign, they love what they sign, and it just looks different after a while,” Carroll said, referencing how contracts quickly become undervalued in the constantly growing NFL economy. “I’m compassionate towards these guys.”

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