The second episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Seahawks (which was grossly overhyped as potentially the best episode in series history) included multiple references to the team\u2019s recent workout of former Lions first-round cornerback Terrion Arnold.<\/p>\n
There was no mention of the specific extent of the off-field problem Arnold is facing \u2014 life in prison for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping.<\/p>\n
The show included a conversation between G.M. John Schneider and assistant G.M. Joey Schneider. In discussing the potential ramifications of signing Arnold, they danced around the allegations, calling it an \u201coutstanding thing.\u201d John Schneider openly wondered about similar situations that may have arisen in the past.<\/p>\n
During a conversation between John Schneider and coach Mike Macdonald, the G.M. said he spoke to former Alabama teammate Jalen Milroe about Arnold. Per Schneider, Milroe said \u201cthis place would be awesome for\u201d Arnold. <\/p>\n
John Schneider also said of Arnold, \u201cJoey thinks he is going to be able to play in the preseason.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a coin toss at best, in our view. Given the gravity of the pending charges, the NFL\u2019s first move if\/when Arnold is signed could be to put him on the Commissioner Exempt list.<\/p>\n
The episode concluded with footage of Arnold\u2019s workout, under this narration from Liev Schreiber: \u201cMike Macdonald has questions. Will Arnold make the team better? And equally important, does he understand the culture and what Seattle is building?\u201d<\/p>\n
The far more important question is whether the Seahawks will ultimately end up paying Arnold to not play, if he\u2019s signed and then promptly placed on paid leave until his criminal case is resolved.<\/p>\n
With new ownership arriving soon (the vote on Vinod Khosla\u2019s bid is set for August 26), it\u2019s hardly an ideal time for the coaching staff and the front office to have the first impression consist of an unforced error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Seahawks (which was grossly overhyped as potentially the best episode…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-811324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}