Seahawks’ Noah Fant, Shelby Harris prepared for various experiences dealing with Broncos

For all the apparent give attention to Russell Wilson’s return to Seattle Monday night time, the sport additionally marks the Seahawks debut of six gamers the staff obtained in return.

Three are draft picks — left deal with Charles Cross, linebacker Boye Mafe and receiver Dareke Young. (Seattle additionally obtained linebacker Tyreke Smith with one of many picks acquired, however he’s on Injured Reserve.)

Three others are gamers acquired from Denver — quarterback Drew Lock, tight finish Noah Fant and defensive lineman Shelby Harris.

Lock, who for now could be the backup quarterback to Geno Smith, might not play.

But Harris and Fant are every ticketed for vital roles on Monday and for the remainder of the season.

Harris is listed as a starter at one defensive finish spot within the staff’s 3-4 entrance. Defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt stated this week Harris will play on all three downs, with the Seahawks hoping he can add inside go rush within the nickel in addition to stout play in opposition to the run on base downs.

“He adds a lot,” Hurtt stated. “He helps out the defensive linebackers, too, with things that he sees on the field so we can trust and listen to his expertise. So, he’s going to be a valuable asset to us on all downs — first, second and third.”

Fant, in the meantime, is listed as a co-starter at tight finish with Will Dissly, with each more likely to be on the sphere recurrently.

“Even though Noah is still a young man [24 years old], he comes in and has a really good sense for the game, can do everything, and is a natural player,” coach Pete Carroll stated this week.

Denver is the one different staff Fant has performed for within the NFL after he was drafted by the Broncos twentieth general in 2019.

Harris was a seventh-round decide of the Raiders in 2014 and, after taking part in eight video games with them over two seasons, additionally had temporary stints with the Jets and Cowboys earlier than discovering a house in Denver, beginning 49 video games over the previous 5 years.

So for Harris, taking part in in opposition to a former staff is nothing new, and he stated he’s realized some classes in these earlier video games he’ll attempt to apply to dealing with the Broncos Monday night time.

“When I was playing with the Broncos, I got drafted by the Raiders, so playing the Raiders the first time, I’ve learned from my mistakes of you can’t put too much emotion into it, otherwise it will sometimes get you off of your gameplan and you got to just play football,” Harris stated. “You got to go out there and play your game and do what you’ve been doing. This is my ninth year in the league and I have to keep doing what got me here. Obviously playing against a bunch of guys you practiced against the last five years, played a bunch of games with, shared a lot of memories with, that’s for after the game. We could talk about all the stuff and remember all those good memories after the game. We got to handle business and come out of there 1-0.”

For Fant, it is going to be a brand new expertise. But he says he’s not anticipating it to be all that totally different.

“To me it’s like, ‘Yeah, I came from Denver, we’re playing them,’” he stated. “But once it comes down to it full speed in the game, I’m not going to be thinking about any of that. It’ll be cool to see my guys before the game, but once the ball is snapped, we’re playing football, so I’m ready for it.”

But if Harris goes to strive to not make an excessive amount of of the sport, he stated he’ll attempt to make so much out of getting been traded by the Broncos and making them miss him.

“I’ve been cut before, but this is my first time being traded and I want to do everything I can and do my part to make sure that Seattle came out the winners of this trade,” Harris stated. “Make sure that after this game maybe they look out and are like, ‘Damn, maybe we traded the wrong person.’”