The Seattle Seahawks went over three decades without doing joint practices during training camp. When Mike Macdonald arrived, Seattle changed course and had scrimmages ahead of road preseason games against the Tennessee Titans (2024) and Green Bay Packers (2025).
What’s in store for 2026? Well, the Seahawks themselves haven’t served as joint practice hosts since the 1980s. The Dallas Cowboys looked like a viable candidate for a scrimmage at VMAC before their preseason opener, and Seattle Sports’ Brock
Huard even reported that it was a possibility. Here’s Coach Macdonald to squash that thought.
“The only one we could possibly do is with Tennessee,” Macdonald said at Tuesday’s media availability. “Good news for you guys. So we’ll see. I wouldn’t say it’s a done deal yet, but just trying to finalize some details, but we’re hopeful that will work out.“
Andy Reid famously does not do joint practices, hence the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle’s final preseason opposition, were seemingly ruled out by Macdonald.
The Cowboys ordinarily train in Oxnard, California, and they’ve held joint scrimmages there against the Los Angeles Rams in recent years. Dallas may be inclined stay in Oxnard for any scrimmage, but either way you won’t see this happening in Renton.
Seattle will release its training camp schedule at some point in June. Maybe you’ll end up on Hard Knocks.
