Identifying training camp darlings in the Pete Carroll era

Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty ImagesEvery year, a member of the Seahawks’ 90-man roster surprises during training camp. It begins with gushing tweets from beat writers; Pete Carroll then echoes those sentiments with one of his standard lines; before long, the first week of the preseason comes along and we wait to see a player who, just a few months ago, we were entirely unfamiliar with.

The nature of Seattle’s team building, and Carroll’s ethos, is conducive to these type of surprises. Hell, John Schneider is out here sending brochures a decade into the 21st century.

Some of these training camp darlings, like Doug Baldwin, go on to become franchise greats. Others, like Kasen Williams, become…