Every rep counts, even in the NFL offseason. And last week's minicamp featured several developments that could shake up the Seattle Seahawks' final roster come August. 

It's still early, but there are several players that have some ground to make up over the coming weeks and months.

Let's take a look at three of those guys.

Three Losers from Seahawks Minicamp

CB Coby Bryant

Bryant was thrown a curveball last week when a toe injury sidelined him for the majority of minicamp.

"He's got a sprained toe that hasn't been able to respond, sometimes it takes a long time so he's going to need the break to get back," said Carroll. "It's not a bad injury, it's just bothering him enough where we're just aggravating it by putting him out there. So he did a lot of the walkthrough stuff early-on and then we backed him off even a little bit more to make sure we get a lot of quiet time on it."

Bryant was the team's nickel in 2022 and holds that role coming into 2023. But, the Seahawks had No. 5 overall pick Devon Witherspoon practice in Bryant's stead. Witherspoon played nickel during his time at Illinois, so he's no stranger to the position. 

"We've seen him play on the slots, and it doesn't matter who he was playing, he covered everybody," said Carroll. "So he's a special cover guy. His quickness and his instincts and all really lend to he could be an effective player there.” 

If the Seahawks like what they see out of Witherspoon at nickel and if Mike Jackson continues his dominant offseason, then Bryant will easily find himself on the bench. Playing Witherspoon at nickel allows defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt to get his three best corners on the field. And as long as Witherspoon is an effective nickel, that's a no-brainer in terms of decision-making. It may be unfair to Bryant and out of his control, but that's simply how NFL life goes.

With the quarterback position now settled, this easily tops the list of what to watch for during training camp.

OLB Alton Robinson

Robinson injured his knee at the start of the 2022 season and spent the rest of the year on IR.

And it still doesn't sound like he's going to be back anytime soon.

"It's going to be a while. I don't have a timeline for you, but they're not able to do any running yet," Carroll said when asked about Robinson and nose tackle, Bryan Mone. 

The outside linebacker and defensive end rooms are getting crowded. Darrell Taylor, Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, and second-round rookie Derrick Hall lead the way in the OLB room and the additions of veteran Mario Edwards Jr. and rookie Mike Morris have the DE rotation looking pretty steady. 

That only leaves about 1-2, maybe three, open spots for Robinson. He's going to have plenty of competition for those spots, as well.

The key, obviously, is Robinson can't compete on the sidelines. The longer he's out, the more opportunities the others receive to pass him by. Plus, there's a big difference between getting back on the field and returning to full form. Who knows how long the latter will take.

Hopefully Robinson is ready to go by the time training camp starts or else he's going to have an extremely steep hill to climb.

The nose tackle position

I know, I know. This isn’t a player. It’s not cheating, however, and this is why:

The nose tackle position -the true nose tackle position- is in serious flux, right now. Mone, the leading candidate for the starting job, is currently recovering from knee surgery and it doesn't sound like he's going to get back to full speed anytime soon. 

The same goes for Austin Faoliu, whom Carroll has high hopes for.

"Unfortunately when Austin (Faoliu) got banged up coming off his season and he had a little wear and tear on his knee and we had to fix him up, that was the spot where I was really counting on for him to have a chance to compete at," said Carroll. "So he's going to be a little while getting back so we have a chance, we're just going to keep looking.”

This leaves rookie fourth-rounder Cameron Young as the leading candidate for the starting nose tackle job. Fortunately, it's a position that can be manipulated personnel-wise in subpackages, but that won't matter because teams will run the ball against a Seahawks defense that doesn't have a stout middle to defend against the run.

The Seahawks have 89 players on the roster, so they can add a guy before camp, if they want. Don't be surprised if that's what happens.

Seahawks Minicamp: Three standouts to remember until training camp starts

There were plenty of Seahawks players who made names for themselves during last week’s minicamp.

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