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SEAHAWKS’ BRENO GIACOMINI KNOWS THE PENALTY GAME


Originally published September 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm Updated September 20, 2013 at
11:39 pm
Breno Giacomini was one of the NFL’s most penalized players last year, but this
season he’s goaded two opponents into personal-foul penalties.
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By
Jayson Jenks
Seattle Times staff reporter

RENTON – In discussing the recent on-field restraint of fiery offensive tackle
Breno Giacomini, there are two things to consider.

First, this has been a long time coming. Offensive line coach Tom Cable said the
staff has talked to Giacomini over the years “ ’til we’re blue in the face.”
Second, Giacomini is not completely reformed. The nastiness that’s gotten him
whistled for personal fouls in previous seasons is still there. He’s just trying
to be smarter about picking his moments.



The net result: In two games, Giacomini has goaded two opponents into 15-yard
personal-foul penalties while he has yet to pick one up.




“Let’s say this,” coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s been on both sides of the line,
and he’s been on one side a lot more than he’s been on the side he’s presently
operating at.”


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He added, “We’re going to take this one game at a time with Breno. I wouldn’t
say he’s arrived.”

Giacomini prides himself on playing right up until the whistle. He often got in
trouble when he crossed that line. Against St. Louis last year, for example,
Giacomini picked up two personal fouls when he ran toward the pile and hit
defenders late.

This year, he’s consciously thinking about when he can deliver a hit around a
moving pile and when he needs to hold back.

“Once I’m on that field, it’s a different me,” he said. “We try to be good guys
off the field, but on the field I turn it up.

“That’s the switch I’ve learned to turn on and off, even on the field now. The
switch on the field is the whistle, I guess. That switch of, ‘when is that guy
going to blow that whistle?’ ”

Giacomini was one of the NFL’s most penalized players a year ago with 12
penalties. He’s been called for two penalties this season, both holds against
the 49ers. He needs to clean those up, but one of the penalties he baited a San
Francisco player into committing was critical.

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On the final drive of the third quarter, with Seattle leading 12-3, the Seahawks
kept moving backward. Because of a holding penalty and two straight plays that
lost yards, Seattle faced a third-and-28. Giacomini squared off one-on-one
against Aldon Smith, one of the NFL’s best pass-rushers, and kept him away from
quarterback Russell Wilson.

After Wilson completed a 15-yard pass on the play, Giacomini swiped Smith’s
hands off his chest. Smith retaliated by quickly shoving his right hand into
Giacomini’s facemask. Giacomini threw up his hands, turned to the official and
said, “Did you see that or not?”

On the NBC broadcast, analyst Cris Collinsworth started chuckling. “Breno
Giacomini … has a way of irritating guys. (Smith’s) not the first one. And he
who punches last usually gets caught in this league.”

Smith’s 15-yard penalty gave Seattle an automatic first down, and the Seahawks
eventually scored a touchdown that gave them control of the game.




“He’s that edgy player on the offensive line,” Wilson said during training camp.
“You need one of those. You’ve got to be careful having two of them, but you
need one of them, for sure.”

Giacomini thinks he could be effective without the nasty streak that has earned
him a reputation among other players. But that’s just not who he is.

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“Never was,” he said. “Never will be.”

Center Max Unger said officials are closely monitoring guys running late to
piles this year, so linemen need to draw a line. It’s one Giacomini will toe all
season.

“Those guys don’t like me anyways,” Giacomini said after the 49ers game, “so
when I get one, it feels good. But it’s still Week 2, you know what I mean?

“I’ve just got to keep playing smart.”

Jayson Jenks: 206-464-8277 or jjenks@seattletimes.com


Jayson Jenks: 206-464-8277 or jjenks@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @jaysonjenks.
Jayson Jenks is a metro general assignment reporter for The Seattle Times.


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