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of the 2016 draft and they were also among the final teams to make a call about the fifth-year option for the player they picked in that round.Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team will not exercise offensive lineman Germain Ifedi‘s option. Seahawks General Manager John Schneider said the team was undecided on what they’d do when asked about Ifedi in mid-April.Ifedi played right guard as a rookie and has spent the last two seasons at right tackle. He’s started all 44 games he’s played since entering the league Delano Hill Color Rush Jersey , but the Seahawks obviously don’t feel strongly enough about his efforts to tie themselves to him beyond this season.Ifedi was the team’s first first-round pick since 2012 when he was selected and they didn’t have a first-round pick in 2017, so they won’t have a decision to make at this time next year unless they trade for a 2017 first-round pick or claim him off waivers at some point over the next year. It’s the last day of July, and that of course means one thing: For those of you with NFL Game Pass subscriptions, today’s the last day to binge on film before it’s time to renew the subscription..." The OffseasonNFL NotebookNFL continuing to stifle the run game in favor of passingNew,53commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:NFL continuing to stifle the run game in favor of passingTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesIt’s the last day of July Earl Thomas Color Rush Jersey , and that of course means one thing: For those of you with NFL Game Pass subscriptions, today’s the last day to binge on film before it’s time to renew the subscription for 2019. Also, it means that the NFL Preseason kicks off Thursday with the Hall of Fame Game at 8 pm Eastern Time. The arrival of the Hall of Fame game means it is just a week until the Seattle Seahawks kick off their own preseason by hosting the Denver Broncos at Century Link on August 8. It will be the first chance to see the Hawks rookies in something resembling game action since they were drafted or signed as undrafted free agents back in the spring. However, it will also be fans first opportunities to see how refs will be officiating the points of emphasis for the league this season that were announced earlier this week. The reason that holding penalties being a point of emphasis could have such an impact on the Seahawks offense in 2019 is very simple: holding is far more likely to be called on a run play than on a pass play. Specifically, as Josh Hermsmeyer found last fall J.R. Sweezy Color Rush Jersey , between 2009 and early in the 2018 season, there were more holding calls on running plays than on passing plays (once holding on scrambles were removed). Now, things are even uglier once looking at the fact that passing plays are called more often than running plays. In fact, according to the Pro-Football-Reference.com Game Play Finder, between 2009 and 2017 Quinton Jefferson Color Rush Jersey , only 42.16% of plays in the NFL were rushing plays, and yet according to the numbers those 42.16% of rushing plays accounted for far more than half of the holding penalties. In any case, fans have no problem recalling the numerous holding penalties that derailed potential scoring drives in recent seasons. Hopefully, though, this point of emphasis will be more of a focus during the preseason than during the regular season Tom Johnson Color Rush Jersey , and by the time Week 1 rolls around the refs have fallen back into their old habits of not caring as much about offensive holding.