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“You got a little preview today in pass rush just how violent a guy he is,” Kerney said Tuesday afternoon at the conclusion of a nearly 2½-hour practice at the team's training camp. “It's going to serve us well.”
Redding, who was obtained in a March trade with the Detroit Lions, also could make life a little less taxing for Kerney this season. That's because the plan is to start Redding at the left end position
Kerney has manned the past two seasons and slide Kerney to the right side.
It makes too much sense on multiple levels.
First, using Redding's bigger (292 pounds), younger (28) body to battle the double-team blocks most opponents throw at the left end means Kerney won't have to do it - not a bad idea since Kerney has had shoulder surgery three times in the past three years.
Also, moving Kerney and his relentlessly disruptive style of play to the other side of the line turns a position where getting consistent play had been a problem into a strong point.
Finally, the ends used in the rotation now will be
“Keeping Cory on the field is what you want to do, because he's a dominant player. And that's a great fit for him over at the left end,” said Kerney, who is four years older and 20 pounds lighter than Redding.
This season will be anything but a stroll through the stadium for Kerney, of course, because playing on the right side means he'll be matched against the left tackle - usually a team's best blocker.
“It's more of a challenge, as far as the tackles you're seeing,” he said. “But it will be good. It will be more of a wide-open position being over on the right. I'll get a lot more one-on-one matchups and get away from the chips and slides and stuff like that.”
At this point, Kerney is just glad to be working against anyone. He missed the final nine games last season because he needed surgery to repair a torn pectoral. After the 2007 season, his first with the Seahawks, he had postseason shoulder surgery. In 2006, his final season with the Atlanta Falcons, he missed the last seven games because he had surgery to repair a torn pectoral. He also had microscopic surgery on his left elbow this spring.
“I'm past all the concerns,” Kerney said. “We tested (the shoulder) pretty well before training camp even started - punching and going against Walter (Jones, the Pro Bowl left tackle).
“I've got a clean slate to start the season. Last year at this time, I had a cast on my right hand already, so it's great to have that healed up and be playing with two hands.”
Not to mention playing in a more aggressive, attacking scheme, and opposite Redding.
“Probably even more so than being more aggressive, we're being more creative in the way we're doing it,” Kerney said. “Most 4-3 teams in the NFL run all the exact same stuff. But there are slight tweaks you can put on it that will make it more effective and make you harder to prepare for.”
When the addition of Redding came up again, Kerney pointed out that the Lions used their franchise tag on him a couple of years ago.
“You don't do that to a guy unless he's a dominant player,” Kerney said.
Redding takes a back-at-ya approach when asked about Kerney.
“We can be a great combo,” Redding said.
Make that a lethal combination. “He's Riggs, I'm Murtaugh,” Redding said, referring to the Mel Gibson and Danny Glover characters in the Lethal Weapon movies.
“Patrick is a great, great, great teammate, man,” Redding said of Riggs, er, Kerney. “He has a high motor. He's smart. He has a passion for the game. That's what I love about him.”
Thanks to Redding's arrival, Kerney also has a new approach to the game - from the right side.
