Video: Darrell Bevell on the Seahawks’ tight-end situation

Speaking with the media after Wednesday’s practice, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell talks about the Seahawks’ use of two-tight-end sets, the battle for the third tight-end job between Anthony McCoy and Cooper Helfet and what he’d like to see in Friday’s preseason opener from Seattle’s running backs.

Here’s more of what Bevell had to say:

(On the challenges of not having the center and left-guard spots solidified yet) “Well, we’re just trying to let them compete. We need that thing to shake out. We’re letting Lem [Lemuel Jeanpierre] and [Drew] Nowak get in there and compete. Just as many guys we can put together in combinations. We want all of them to work together as well. Communication is key for all five of those guys. Once they all get together we would love to solidify it as soon as we can. We don’t want to go to fast on it. We want to make sure that we let them compete it out.”

(On rookie wide receiver and former Husky Kasen Williams) “He’s another player who’s really done a nice job of improving through camp. At the beginning of camp I don’t think he quite had his legs under him. Just kind of getting into camp shape. And the last two and a half days he has really started to show up. Really like how he’s releasing, he’s doing a great job of catching the ball at high points, gotten behind the defense a couple times as well. He’s shown that he has the ability to play here.”

On Russell Wilson improving on back-shoulder throws) “Yeah, it’s something we work on all the time. Sometimes it’s hard just to practice it unless you get it in a live situation or in the practice-type situation, and he’s getting pretty good at it. We have all kind of guys, we do have some bigger players that can go up and get some of those types of throws as well, so it’s good to see us working on it.”

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