-- Despite holding out of two offseason mini-camps and threatening to boycott training camp over a contract dispute, veteran receiver Bobby Engram was at camp. He said he and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck ran into each other on vacation at a resort in central Washington and worked out together on a high school field - until they were thrown off by a seven-on-seven passing drill for the high school team. "We told them we were eighth-graders, though, and we were going to be freshmen next year," Hasselbeck said.
-- Before the hitting of training camp began, the defensive coaches showed the players film of the some of the best defenses in NFL history, including Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain and Baltimore's 2000 defense that led to a Super Bowl victory. "Just a little first-day motivation. It was good for us," said veteran defensive tackle Rocky Bernard. "Just looking down the line of all the guys we have, there's no reason why we couldn't match those guy's intensity."
-- Seahawks all-pro middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu spoke with the media on the first day of training camp, the first time he has addressed a DUI charge to which he pled guilty and for which he has to spend a day in jail. "I was in the wrong. I used bad judgment," Tatupu said. "Sincerely, as far as all the fans, the organization, my teammate, anybody that I have let down - especially the kids out there - I just want them to know it's not the right thing to do. You shouldn't drink and drive. I'll never forget about it. I'm just glad no one was injured. I think I'll be a better person for it."
-- On his first day of training camp, rookie tight end John Carlson was running a route again Pro Bowl linebacker Julian Peterson. On the way back to the huddle, Peterson ran alongside Carlson and offered some advice. "When I was on the top of my route, I slowed down a little bit to give a head fake," Carlson said. "He said, 'Just don't do that.' He said I would have beaten him if I had just kept running. It's little things like that that are going to help me make a smoother transition. So I appreciate that."
-- LB Julian Peterson switched jersey numbers from 59 to 98, giving defensive end Baraka Atkins his old number. Peterson wore 98 in college, a combination of his high school number and his junior college number. When he first arrived in Seattle, Grant Wistrom was wearing the number.
QUOTABLE: "Last year, it was like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride -- the wind blew us. You never knew what was going to happen." -- Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren on the team's long snapping last season, which has been solidified by rookie Tyler Schmitt.
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