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Back At Lumen Field For Week 4 | Hawk Talk Podcast · Hawk Talk

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Hawk Talk with former Seahawks wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus.
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  Speaker 2: Powered by Seahawks.com. Now, here's your host, NASA Chobie. Welcome
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  Speaker 2: to another edition of Hawk Talk.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks looking to get back in the winning column
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  Speaker 1: as they go back to Lumen Field.
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  Speaker 2: Come on. Got the Los Angeles Chargers coming to town.
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  Speaker 2: And some good news, Bump.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get the show started right off with that update
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  Speaker 1: on Julian Love. Julian Love returned to practice this week.
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  Speaker 1: He practiced on Wednesday morning. And on Thursday, he also
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  Speaker 1: went to the podium today, and he kind of talked
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  Speaker 1: about what happened. His calf, you know, he tweaked it
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  Speaker 1: last week during practice in a walkthrough. He's expecting to play.
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  Speaker 1: He thinks he's going to play on Sunday. Well, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to wait. We have to see how his
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  Speaker 1: body responds today and tomorrow and all that stuff. But
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  Speaker 1: he feels pretty good. He's expecting he's going to play,
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  Speaker 1: and if he's back out there, I think this will
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  Speaker 1: be a big lift for the Seahawks because he's been
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  Speaker 1: playing at an all-pro level.
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  Speaker 3: That's great news, man. He's the freelancer back there. Gets
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  Speaker 3: guys lined up. I think the safeties in– you know,
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  Speaker 3: substituting for him, did a good job. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: they did a bad job. But there's nothing like having
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  Speaker 3: your guy back there. So, J-Love, come on, get right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, A.J. Finley did a great job.
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  Speaker 1: He played 100% of the snaps last week against the Commanders. But, again,
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  Speaker 1: you just said it. Julian Love, his instincts, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've seen him mic'd up in the Super Bowl, picking
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  Speaker 1: off Drake May. Just the way plays that he makes
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  Speaker 1: is just different. And he's a general out there. So,
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  Speaker 1: we're excited to hopefully see Julian Love back on the
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  Speaker 1: field as the Seahawks get ready to take on the
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles Chargers.
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  Speaker 2: What's on tap? What's on tap? Oh, and three bump.
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  Speaker 3: Not great. Oh, and three in the talented Justin Herbert
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  Speaker 3: over there too. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to get into Justin Herbert and all that.
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  Speaker 1: But so they lost to the Cardinals 26, 14. I
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  Speaker 1: think that was a big shocking one. So you think, okay,
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna get back on their feet.
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  Speaker 2: Nope.
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  Speaker 1: Get shocked again by the same score, 26, 14 of
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  Speaker 1: the Raiders. And then it was 24 to 16 against
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  Speaker 1: the bills. So let's just recap this high level looking
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  Speaker 1: at this chargers team, John Harbaugh or Jim Harbaugh, excuse me,
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  Speaker 1: Goes to the Chargers, right, after winning a national championship
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  Speaker 1: with the Michigan Wolverines last time we saw him. They
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  Speaker 1: beat the Huskies in the national championship. Third year in SoCal, right?
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  Speaker 1: He's gone to the playoffs twice, back-to-back, 11-6 records with
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  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. So big expectations. They haven't done well in
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs. They kind of got blown out in those
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  Speaker 1: two playoff games. But, yeah, they're expected to be really
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  Speaker 1: good and really compete in that AFC West this year. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs coming off of injury with Patrick Mahomes, seeing
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  Speaker 1: how they're going to do. Obviously, they're flourishing right now. Denver,
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  Speaker 1: very close to the Super Bowl. Bo Nix comes back.
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  Speaker 1: They seem to be pretty good right now. But this
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  Speaker 1: Chargers team, Bum, not looking great. Bum, let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: that Bills game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, man. The Bills turned the ball over five times
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  Speaker 3: and lost the turnover battle 5-1, but somehow they still
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  Speaker 3: won that football game. That doesn't make sense to me,
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  Speaker 3: but football can be weird sometimes. The Bills outscored the
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  Speaker 3: Chargers 14-3 in the fourth quarter, which was the difference.
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  Speaker 3: Then the Chargers led 13-10, and Josh Allen fumbled on
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  Speaker 3: their own 34-yard line but the Chargers could not take
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  Speaker 3: advantage as Justin Herbert threw a pick on a ball
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  Speaker 3: intended to MVS. Remember that guy. The Bills would then
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  Speaker 3: go 13 plays for 58 yards, ending with a Josh
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  Speaker 3: Allen rushing touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: That made the score 17-13. Yeah, and again, Chargers, they
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  Speaker 1: can't get out of their own way. They turn the
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  Speaker 1: ball over on downs on the next possession, and this
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  Speaker 1: is what put the nail in the coffin. James Cook
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  Speaker 1: gets in the end zone, touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: They go up.
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  Speaker 1: They win the game. Josh Allen, he was 16-26, 204
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  Speaker 1: yards left. Zero touchdowns, two interceptions. He did have two
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  Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns. He didn't play his best football, obviously. But
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  Speaker 1: James Cook, he's been balling. He's actually the last person
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  Speaker 1: to rush for 100 yards against the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 2: Really?
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  Speaker 1: That's how long it's been. It was that long ago.
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  Speaker 1: But he ran for 154 yards, 24 carries, and a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Justin Herber, again, not great. 20 for 34, 226, one touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: one interception. Ladman Conkey, four receptions, 66 yards. But, man,
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  Speaker 1: look at this bump. Their Chargers offense had more punts, 10.
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  Speaker 1: and committed more turnovers, six, than they scored touchdowns this year.
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  Speaker 3: Wow. That's wow.
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  Speaker 1: On Sunday, the Chargers managed a touchdown and three field
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  Speaker 1: goals despite having six drives that ended inside the Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: 30 bump.
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  Speaker 2: No one expected this production because they hired Mike McDaniel.
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  Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel had a lot of success with the Niners'
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. He goes down to Miami, kind of revives
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  Speaker 1: Tua's career at the time, right? Gets them to the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs a couple times. Obviously, things don't go his way there, but, man, it's–
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  Speaker 1: I'm shocked, honestly. I thought that was a big hire.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they'd be firing all cylinders, but the production
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  Speaker 1: just isn't there.
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  Speaker 3: I thought the weirdness of McDaniels and Harbaugh would be
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  Speaker 3: perfect together. You know what I'm saying? They're both quirky guys.
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  Speaker 3: They love the game. They study the game. But it's
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  Speaker 3: just not working so far. Early in the season, but
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  Speaker 3: numbers say when you go down 0 for 3, chances
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  Speaker 3: of you making the playoffs are really slim. Let's look
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  Speaker 3: at this head-to-head. All right, now the numbers are starting
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  Speaker 3: to kind of shake. They're starting to make a bit
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  Speaker 3: more sense now. Offensively, the Seahawks are 10th overall. The
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  Speaker 3: Chargers are 20th. Running the ball, the Hawks are 18th.
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  Speaker 3: The Chargers are 12th. Throwing the football, the Hawks are 4th.
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  Speaker 3: The Chargers are 20th. And then points per game, the
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  Speaker 3: Hawks are averaging 25 points per game. That's 13th. And
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  Speaker 3: the Chargers, 14 per game. That is 29th. But the
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  Speaker 3: defense is looking good. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the defense, even though it felt like for
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks that the defense didn't perform at the level
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  Speaker 1: we're used to seeing them at, the numbers tell a
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  Speaker 1: different story. Mm-hmm. Number one in total defense in the
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  Speaker 1: National Football League, giving up 228 yards per game. Sixth
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  Speaker 1: against the run, 87 yards per game. First against the pass,
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  Speaker 1: only allowing 141 yards through the air. And third in
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  Speaker 1: points per game, just 16.7. The other side of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: the other team chargers, they're 23rd in total defense, 19th
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  Speaker 1: in rush defense, 21st against the pass, and 20th when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to giving up points. Both teams actually have
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  Speaker 1: an even turnover differential. So the thing about the Chargers,
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  Speaker 1: they force a lot of turnovers, but it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: skewed because they got five last week. Before that, they
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  Speaker 1: had one. They're third in the NFL when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to turnovers. But obviously so far, looks like advantage Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: but that's why you play the games, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you got to square up and let's go. I
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  Speaker 3: think one more week and then we'll really see what
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  Speaker 3: these numbers mean. But so far, I think they're pretty
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  Speaker 3: accurate on the Hawks side. I think this is probably
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  Speaker 3: where the team is. You want to see some numbers
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  Speaker 3: jump up offensively. But defensively, they are looking pretty dang good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think, honestly, as long as this offense
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  Speaker 1: is in the top 10, that's probably all you can
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  Speaker 1: ask for, I think, at that point. Obviously, you want
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  Speaker 1: the rush offense to go up a little bit, but
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  Speaker 1: we will see how those numbers continue to progress. But
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  Speaker 1: these teams definitely have a long history of being old
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  Speaker 1: foes in the AFC West.
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  Speaker 2: Let's know the history.
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  Speaker 3: Know your history.
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks lead the all-time series 27-25. They played a lot, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: in the AFC West before realignment in 2002. Now these
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  Speaker 1: teams are only playing every four years. Last time these
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  Speaker 1: two teams played, it was down at SoFi. The Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: won 37-23 in 2022. The biggest thing from this game
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  Speaker 1: bump that immediately came to my head was Ken Walker's
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  Speaker 1: long 74-yard touchdown run that kind of put ice on
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  Speaker 1: that game. And there's a vivid photo of a nice lady,
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  Speaker 1: Chargers fan, giving Mr. Walker a nice little salute as
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  Speaker 1: he scored that touchdown. So that was kind of my
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  Speaker 1: lasting image of that game. The Seahawks got that thing done.
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  Speaker 1: Geno Smith had a good day. Marquise Goodwin, a name
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  Speaker 1: that was here for a blink. He had his best
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  Speaker 1: game of the season. Two touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Neal. Shout out to Ryan Neal. Ryan Neal is
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  Speaker 2: one of my favorites.
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  Speaker 3: Me too.
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  Speaker 2: Seven tackles, four passes defended, one interception. He had a
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  Speaker 2: good day.
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  Speaker 1: And Justin Herbert was 33 of 51, 293, two touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: one interception.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get to Herbert in a little bit. People forget
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  Speaker 2: he's been in the league for a while.
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  Speaker 3: Seven years.
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  Speaker 2: He played at Oregon.
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  Speaker 1: That was a long time ago. It doesn't feel like
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  Speaker 1: that long. I kind of feel like, oh, he's been in, what,
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  Speaker 1: two or three? No, no, it's been seven. It just
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  Speaker 1: goes a long time. way, but a lot has happened
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  Speaker 1: in the division. Let's flip it over there. What's the word?
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  Speaker 2: Where my soldiers at? Westside! Where my soldiers at?
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  Speaker 3: Westside! And the Seahawks are the NFC West champs again.
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  Speaker 2: What's the word in the West on Hawk Talk?
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  Speaker 3: All right, Niners. 3-0, playing some good football. Gotta tip
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  Speaker 3: the cap. They are at the top of the division.
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  Speaker 3: Got the Seahawks at 2-1 right behind them, and then
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  Speaker 3: the Rams at 1-2, and the Cardinals at 1-2. Not
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  Speaker 3: what I expected. I expected, you know, the Rams... the
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  Speaker 3: Seahawks and the Niners to be kind of battling, which
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  Speaker 3: they are, I guess. The Rams ain't out of it.
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  Speaker 3: But one and two for the Rams, that is surprising.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, obviously, everyone crowned them. They were the
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl champs in June, for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Going undefeated.
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  Speaker 2: Now, are they healthy?
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  Speaker 1: No. They don't have Miles Garrett. They don't have Puka Nakua.
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  Speaker 1: But they got a lot of other people that are
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  Speaker 1: probably wearing gold jackets. They've underperformed for two, three games.
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  Speaker 1: It's early in the season. All the teams playing right
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  Speaker 1: now are going to look different come December, come, like,
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  Speaker 1: money time but uh not what i'd expect.
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  Speaker 3: Right now right now they probably have four gold jackets
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  Speaker 3: over there with a potential five if puga can get
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  Speaker 3: his mind right and continue to play some good ball
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  Speaker 3: so yeah i'm surprised but this is the nfl don't
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  Speaker 3: take nobody for granted uh niners are playing good ball
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  Speaker 3: and the hawks are playing good ball too one game
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  Speaker 3: with some turnovers got away from me they're playing good
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  Speaker 3: ball and you can't sleep on the cardinals i don't
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  Speaker 3: think they're going to win the division or even be
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  Speaker 3: um in contention to win it, but they're a team
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  Speaker 3: that could jack up your season if you sleep on them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no question.
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  Speaker 1: And the case in point of the game that they
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  Speaker 1: just played against those 49ers, another season, another year, injuries
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  Speaker 1: are piling up for those Niners.
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  Speaker 2: Crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Evans, he leaves with a rib injury. Trent Williams
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  Speaker 1: leaves the game with a stinger. Dre Greenlaw hurt his quad.
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  Speaker 1: All these guys are questionable. They might come back.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows? But, like, if you're a 49er fan, that's
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  Speaker 2: got to be like, here we go again. Here we
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  Speaker 2: go again.
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  Speaker 1: Every single year. But in terms of this game against
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  Speaker 1: the Cardinals, they jumped out to a 14-0 lead. But
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  Speaker 1: the game did get very close in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 1: 251 in the game. Jacoby Brissett ran it in for
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  Speaker 1: a one-yard touchdown. That made the score 29-27. 49ers answer
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  Speaker 1: with a seven-play 65-yard touchdown drive that sealed the game,
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  Speaker 1: holding on to 36-30 wins. So it was competitive. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you'd think the 49ers are a much better football team,
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  Speaker 1: but the Seahawks know the Cardinals have some dogs on
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  Speaker 1: the team. In that game, Brock Purdy, he was 15-27, 297,
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns, zero interceptions. We've said this for years on
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  Speaker 1: the record.
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  Speaker 3: One person.
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  Speaker 1: Takes care of the football, he's one of the best
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  Speaker 1: in the game. When he doesn't, the Niners lose, and
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  Speaker 1: he's playing some really good football right now. Christopher Caffrey,
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  Speaker 1: he also added 15 for 75 and a touchdown. George
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  Speaker 1: Kittle doing his thing. Six receptions, 82 yards, and two
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  Speaker 1: of them things, two touchdowns. Jacoby Brissett did okay, 38-52, 280,
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  Speaker 1: two touchdowns. No interceptions. Jermai Love started kind of figuring
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  Speaker 1: things out. He had his best rushing performance. Trey McGride
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  Speaker 1: continues to do what he's doing. Now, the Cardinals kept
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  Speaker 1: it close. I'm really concerned, though, for the Niners injury-wise.
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  Speaker 2: It's early.
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  Speaker 1: They're coming to Lumen Field in a couple weeks, so
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  Speaker 1: that'll be very interesting to see how this continues. They
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  Speaker 1: got a big game against the Broncos on Sunday, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm very interested to see how that's going to shake
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  Speaker 1: out because the Seahawks then, after the Niners, have those
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  Speaker 1: same Broncos, so two really good teams coming up after
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're going to beat each other up. And let's
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  Speaker 3: see how that goes down. But the best game of
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  Speaker 3: the weekend, I would say, was the Rams at the Broncos.
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  Speaker 3: And they both had Super Bowl aspirations, a lot on
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  Speaker 3: the line for this one. And I went down to
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  Speaker 3: the final play, literally went down to the final play.
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  Speaker 3: The Rams jumped out to a 16-0 lead, and the
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  Speaker 3: Broncos didn't get on the board until 7.44 left in
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  Speaker 3: the third quarter when Bo Nix found Pat Bryant for
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  Speaker 3: a five-yard touchdown. They would get a two-point conversion as well.
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  Speaker 3: The Rams punted on the next drive. Then the Broncos
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  Speaker 3: marched right down the field again, ending with a Nate
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  Speaker 3: Adkins touchdown from Bo Nix. They would go for two
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  Speaker 3: and get it, which tied it at 16. The Rams
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  Speaker 3: didn't kick a field goal, and the Broncos had to punt.
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  Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford was picked off by Hufunga, like that dude,
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  Speaker 3: who ran it back for a touchdown. The Rams would
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  Speaker 3: immediately answer with a 48-yard bomb to Konota Mumfield. There
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  Speaker 3: we go. For a touchdown, making the score 26-21. 223.
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  Speaker 3: And then the Broncos would take the lead back. 47
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  Speaker 3: seconds left after a Bo Nix one-yard touchdown. Maybe instead
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  Speaker 3: of a controversial PI, not even maybe, this thing was
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  Speaker 3: the interception. I don't know what referees were looking at.
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  Speaker 3: I know I'm not a Ram supporter.
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  Speaker 2: Of course not.
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  Speaker 3: But I... I appreciate accurately called football games. And that
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  Speaker 3: was interception. Did you hear the explanation? I mean, listen,
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  Speaker 3: we all saw what we saw. Come on now.
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  Speaker 2: I think in.
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  Speaker 1: The grander scheme of things, I feel like there's some
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  Speaker 1: people down in New Orleans from years ago saying.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, we missed a P.I. call, too. But what did that?
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  Speaker 2: So anyway, so there isn't a lot of tears, I
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  Speaker 2: would say.
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  Speaker 3: No, no tears.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, it is what it is. It happened. It happened.
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  Speaker 3: So then the Rams would drive down. to the Rams
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  Speaker 3: right down to Denver, 14-yard line. And on the game's
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  Speaker 3: final play, Matthew Stafford was picked off again by Hufanga,
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  Speaker 3: and that ended the ballgame. Matthew Stafford, 30 for 55,
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  Speaker 3: 390 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He is turning
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  Speaker 3: that thing over this year. Devontae Adams had another big game,
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  Speaker 3: 7 for 137. Goodness gracious. Kyron Williams had 88 yards
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  Speaker 3: and 15 carries. And the Rams are missing Puka. They're
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  Speaker 3: missing Myles Garrett. But there's a reason you play these games.
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  Speaker 3: You cannot crown people. Okay. You got to play these
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  Speaker 3: games and the Broncos band pulled off a close one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, they played really well. So it'll be interesting
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  Speaker 1: to see us as a play. Obviously all those teams,
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  Speaker 1: the Rams.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Stafford turned the ball over.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He he's looked good in moments, but that's, that's something
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  Speaker 1: to watch out for as the season goes on. Cause
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  Speaker 1: if they're turning the ball over, it'll be interesting to see.
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  Speaker 1: But again, lots of good things happen in the NFC West.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks have a really good opportunity of the next
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks to really set themselves up for a
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  Speaker 1: good position as, as the season goes down the stretch. Well,
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  Speaker 1: let's focus our attention back on those Los Angeles Chargers.
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  Speaker 2: Man up. Hey, who you got?
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  Speaker 3: Who you got?
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  Speaker 2: You know what time it is. Man up. Man up, brother.
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  Speaker 3: Man up.
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  Speaker 2: Man up on Hawk Talk.
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  Speaker 1: We start what we always do, quarterbacks. Justin Herbert against
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks defense. We said it earlier, it's crazy to
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  Speaker 1: think he's been in the league for seven years. And
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: he's got an interesting track record because everyone knows the talent.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone knows two-time Pro Bowler, Offensive Rookie of the Year
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  Speaker 1: in 2020, thrown for over 4,000 yards three times. for
• 14:00
  Speaker 1: over 30 touchdowns twice, but the Chargers in the playoffs
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: three times. Now, he's only three in those games, two blowouts,
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: and he's also part of that crazy wild card loss
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: where they were up 27-0 against the Jags, ended up losing.
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  Speaker 2: That ball game. Now, he's done a lot of good
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: things in this league.
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: He's already thrown for over 25,000 yards, 166 touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: He's also a guy that's dangerous with legs.
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: He's rushed for almost 2,000 yards with 15 touchdowns on
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: the ground. His best season, 2021, can't deny it. He
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: threw for over 5,000 yards, 38 touchdowns. Last season, production
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: wasn't there. When I say wasn't there, less than the 5,000, right?
• 14:36
  Speaker 3: Right, right.
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: He threw for 3,727 yards, 26 touchdowns, 13 interceptions. Rushed, though,
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: for a career high, 490 yards on two touchdowns. So
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: he put up decent numbers so far this year, three games.
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: He's 52 of 88, 627 yards, 59 completion percentage, three touchdowns,
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: and four interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the one thing that jumped out to me, Bob.
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  Speaker 1: According to NextGenStats on deep throws, 20-plus yards in the air,
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: Herbert was one of seven for 29 yards and an
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: interception against the Bills. Herbert has now thrown more interceptions
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: on deep balls this season than three than each of
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: his previous two seasons. So the talent is there. I
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: don't know how you evaluate him, Bump. He's obviously good
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: enough to be at that next tier of quarterbacks. We're
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: not seeing that production so far this year. We know
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: the talent is there. We know he's been close, but
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: just not where I think people thought he'd be at
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: this point.
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  Speaker 3: No, by year seven, I think people thought he'd be
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: in at least a conference championship game and pushing for
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: a Super Bowl. You give him a new head coach,
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: a new offensive coordinator. You're thinking things are going to
• 15:35
  Speaker 3: be fixed over there, but they're just not. It's still
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: early in the season, but they're 0-3, and it's going
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: to be tough for these guys to climb out of
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: that because I'm anticipating they're going 0-4 after this week. So, Justin,
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: get your game right, but not this week, my man.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: Let's talk about our quarterback, Sam Darnold. Man, he played
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: solid against the Commanders. He was 31-45. 379, four touchdowns,
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: did have two interceptions. That 379 was a career high,
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: which was funny to me because I swore he had
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: like a 400-yard game in there somewhere. I guess I
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: just got that much love for Sam Darnold. He wasn't
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: sacked at all, but he avoided a lot of pressure.
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: He was everywhere. I think the first play of the game,
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: he's scrambling outside, and I'm just saying, please stay healthy,
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: please stay healthy, and he did throughout the game. According
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: to NextGenStats, Darnold was blitzed on 50% of his drawbacks
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: and then completed He completed 16 of 23 attempts for
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: 230 and a touchdown. And this was like his first
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: game back. You got five snaps that first week, first
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: game back essentially.
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  Speaker 2: No, and he looked great. He looked great.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see what he can do because
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: if he's playing with that kind of confidence, we talked
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: about it on the previous podcast where he was placing
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: the football. And he just, again, even after the interception
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: came right back down the field, one of the most
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: impressive drives you'll ever see. And he's playing at a
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: high level bump. And they're going against the defense now statistically.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: Hasn't been the greatest. 23rd on 349 yards per game.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: 21st against the pass.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: 233.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: But they got some dogs. And we got to name
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: a couple of them we were missing if we didn't.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: Khalil Mack.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: The OG.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: 13-year vet. Nine-time Pro Bowler. Third-time first-team All-Pro. Former defensive
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: player of the year. All-decade teams of the 2000s. He
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: had 17 sacks in 2023, so that wasn't that long ago. Well,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: this year so far, he's balling eight tackles, two sacks,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: four QB hits, three TFLs. So he's been drinking a
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: little bit from the.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: Fountain of youth.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, man. He's looking good. He's looking good. Then you got, okay,
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: here we go. Tuli Tuipu Loto.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: That was pretty good.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: All right. All right. First try. We'll get it right
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: by the game time. He's a four-year vet at a USC,
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: and he's coming off a career year. He's cousins with Ufunga.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: So that's cool, right? A little love out there. And
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: then 49ers has a starter. Excuse me. Ufunga is a
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: 49er starter. And I remember he tore his ACL with
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: the 49ers, right? And he was coming off a Pro
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: Bowl season, I believe. Yeah, he tore his ACL. But
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: you saw the talent in this dude, man. And it's
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: no surprise that he's with the Broncos right now, has
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: a C on his jersey, and he's continuing to make plays.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the cool thing about Tooley, I'm just going
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: to leave it at Tooley.
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: He's had a great year for the Chargers. Obviously, apparently
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: something's running in the blood there between families here. But
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: 49 tackles, 13 sacks, 20 TFLs, 23 QB hits, three
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: passes defended last year. He's another guy on that Chargers
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: defense that can make a lot of plays. Through three games,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: 12 tackles, one half sack, six quarterback hits, and one
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: pass defended. So another dominant defender for this Chargers team.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Deron James. Sneaky. What's crazy is we're naming all these
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: guys on this defense. And these are stars in this league.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: But for some reason, and on offense, too, you got
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: the stars as well. But for some reason, they're not
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: putting it together. You got Derwin James, man. He's 101
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: career games already. That's crazy, man. He's recorded 705 tackles,
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: 40 tackles for loss, 19 sacks. He's one sack away
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: from being just the fifth NFL player to reach 700 tackles,
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: 40 TFLs, 20 sacks in his first 110 games since 2008. Man,
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: Derwin James putting together a nice little career.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and when I think of Derwin James, I know
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: everyone was trying to find a comparison for a Nick Emanuari.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: And people couldn't find it. They were like, he has
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: parts of his game. He has parts of Kyle Hamilton's game.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: That's just how special Nick is. But Derwin James is
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: a baller, teach tape. We want to play safety, put
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: in position in this league. Derwin James is one of
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: those guys. So say all that to say Sam Darnold
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: and the rest of the offense are going to have
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: some guys they're going to need to contend with. Now,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: if we flip it over to the offensive side of
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: the ball for the Chargers or Moran Hampton. against the
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: Seahawks front seven Hampton enters the second season with the
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: Chargers big time expectations right first round pick in 2025
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: coming out of Carolina as a rookie rushed for 545 yards,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: four touchdowns. He also added 32 receptions for 192 yards
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: and one touchdown. However, because of a lot of injuries,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: ankle injuries, he only played in nine games. So if
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: you read anything coming out of Chargers camp leading into
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: this year, a lot of hype around him. They expect
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: him to be a very good football player. And he's
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: doing okay. He's got 193 rush yards on 50 carries
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: and two touchdowns. But the Chargers are definitely hoping he
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: averaged more than 3.9 yards per carry. He has four
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: seven broken tackles this year, which is tied for third
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. But definitely someone you want to watch
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: out for. Another thing, he's put the ball on the
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: ground twice this year. So obviously the same way when
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks have had fumble issues, that's going to be
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: definitely on the radar of the Seahawks defense.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: The talent is there.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: We haven't seen it again so far production wise, but
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: he's definitely a talented back for sure.
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: Loved him when he was at North Carolina. Just has
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: a lot of balance in his game when he runs.
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: The other running back getting some carries for the Chargers
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: is Keaton Mitchell. Mitchell was an offseason free agent addition.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: He tallied 11 runs that went for 10-plus yards in
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: 2025 and led the NFL with an average run speed
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: of 14 miles per hour, according to next-gen stats. So
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: he's the speed guy so far in 2026. He has
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: 85 yards on 17 carries.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then lastly, who's actually their leading rusher in 2025,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: the doll who had 643 yards, three touchdowns, So far,
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: he's only one carry for six yards this year. So
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: very interesting to see what's going on in that backfield.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: But they're going to have their workout for them because
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: they're facing a Seahawks team who's not allowed a 100-yard
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: rusher for a franchise record. Now 29 consecutive games. 32
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: if you want to include the playoffs along this week
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Seahawks, again, are just so dominant
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: up front, whether it's Byron Murphy, Leonard Williams, Jaron Reed.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: The list goes on and on and on. And, yeah,
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: so we'll see. I expect the Seahawks to– continue to
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: handle business in the running game like they have the
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: last 32 games.
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: All right, let's talk about our running backs, man. The Seahawks,
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: we got Price, Helani, we got Wilson. Charbonnet, he's making
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: some progress here. He's returned to practice. Thank you for
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: saying that reminder, everybody. He's returned to practice. That opens
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: his window. Now he can meet some of the rules
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: of change. He can be back sooner than you think,
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: but we'll see. There's no rush there, but the fact
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: that he's back in action, being able to practice is
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: huge for this team. Yep. The run game performed pretty
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: well in the first two games of the season. He
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: rushed for 97 yards in week one and then 162
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: in week two. It was tough sliding last week, though.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Only rushed for 44 yards on 18 carries. They have
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: to be better against the Chargers. Price had a tough night.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Only had five carries for 15 yards. He lost his
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: fumbles the second straight game he's lost a fumble. In 2026,
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: he has 28 carries for 119 yards. So we're hoping
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: that they see how his gift price is going this week.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: And just get his confidence going, man. And McDonald made
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: it clear that they trust, they believe in him. He's
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: still going to be the guy.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not worried about it. I think even in
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: that game, when you watch some of his runs, you
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: can see it.
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: It's there. I think fumbles can be corrected. I'm not
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: really concerned about that long term. You've talked about it,
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: whether it's a pregame show, postgame show, different areas about
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: all the different people who fumbled. Marcus Allen, Dickey Barber,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: all these people who have had a lot of fumbles
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: and they fixed it and corrected it.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: This man has played two games in the NFL.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Could be some bad luck. He'll be one of those
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: streaks that we're talking in 10 years. Like, man, Ice
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: only has two fumbles in his career. Seriously, you just
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: never know. It just could have been the first two,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So I'm not worried about
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: that at all. And then you got Emmanuel Wilson. He's
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: had way less production on Sunday. Just 14 yards on
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: nine carries the week before he had 92 yards. So
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: Coach McDonald spoke about this at his press conference and, like,
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: Don't need to overreact too much because if you're asking
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: about the run game after Arizona, you'd be feeling really
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: good about it.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: So, I mean, ebbs and flows.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: You're hoping the Seahawks can be a little more consistent
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: in front and get this run game going because they
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: are a different team when they are running the football.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: All right, let's get some receiver talking. Ladd McConkie, one
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: of the shiftest receivers in the game. You got Trey
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: Harris and you got Quinton Johnson out of TCU, I believe.
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: Those are the guys for the Chargers. McConkie's been the Chargers'
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: leading receiver since he was drafted in the second round
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: in 2024 from Georgia. His rookie year in 2024, he
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: had 82 receptions for 1,149 yards and seven touchdowns. His
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: production dropped a little bit last season, 66 catches for
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: 789 and six touchdowns. That may have been because Keenan
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: Allen returned last season after spending the first 10 years
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: of his career with the Chargers. It really made a
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: three-headed monster with McConkie, Allen, and Johnston. McConkie is tied
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: for the most receptions by a Charger with them the
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: first two seasons of his career with 147. McConkie is
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: also second in franchise history With 1,938 yards in its
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: first two seasons, he's fourth in touchdowns with 13 in
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: his first two years. So far this year, 12 receptions, 183,
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: one touchdown.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the guy. He's their number one option for
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: a reason. He's done a lot of good things since
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: he's been there. Obviously, you just said all those nice
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: things about him stat-wise. The other two are the options
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: I'm curious about. So Trey Harris is a guy emerging
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: kind of as their number two threat, maybe not by design,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: second-round pick out of LaTeX. And he had 30 receptions,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: 324 yards, and one touchdown last year. This year, through
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: three games, already has 149 yards and 10 receptions. So
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: he's a guy to watch. And then Quinton Johnson's a
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: guy that I was expecting more production from. First-round pick
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: in 2023 from TCU. Back-to-back 700-yard, eight touchdown seasons. And
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: the team liked it enough. They exercised his fifth-year option, right?
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: So they obviously have a lot of faith in him.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: But the production hasn't been there. Three games, six receptions,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: 64 yards, zero touchdowns. He's a guy that was their
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: second option last year, so he's someone that I'd be
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: looking for when it comes to this passing game for
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. But we'll see because the Seahawks are number
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: one in the league in pass defense, but it hasn't
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: all been good. The secondary has been banged up. Obviously,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: hoping to see Julian Love back out there. Hopefully, last week,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin had not really done much. His production was
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: really low, and he made a couple plays, so hopefully
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: we don't see that this week.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: All right, let's talk about our guys, JSN, Cooper Cove,
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: and Rasheed Shaheed. Jason did what he does. Ten receptions,
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: 128 on 14 targets, had two touchdowns, and he threw
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: the rock, too. Under pressure, he threw the rock as well.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: My man does it all. Let's talk about his accolades
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: once again and what he's doing. He's the first wide
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: receiver in NFL history with eight receptions, 120 yards and
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: one touchdown in each of his team's first three games
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: of the season. He needs 100 yards to tie his
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: own franchise record with four consecutive 100-yard games. He has
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: the most receptions, 309, in a player's first four seasons
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: in franchise history. He is the first Seahawks player with
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: five-plus touchdowns through Seattle's first three games of a season
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: since Marshawn Lynch in 2014.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: The stats are obviously clear as day. Jackson Smith and
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Jigba is the best wide receiver in the National Football League.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: It's pretty clear.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: You watch more film than anyone that I know.
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: Why is he the best? Why is he doing what
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: we're seeing right now?
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: It's messed up because he makes it look easy, too.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: His body language is crazy. He understands spacing. He catches
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: almost everything. Did have a drop or two last week.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: But he catches almost everything. And he's never tired. We
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: said it on the last podcast. He is never tired.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: You can put him outside, put him in a slide,
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: put him in motion. He's been in the backfield. Whatever
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: you want a perimeter player to do, he is more
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: than capable of doing it. And I dare you to
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: man him up. He will route you up.
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not standing on that. I might be talking,
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: but I'm not. Good luck. Got to talk yourself into it.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: But inside that same receiver room, Cooper Cupp was really
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: cool to see him have his most productive day so
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: far this year. Four receptions, 46 yards, and a touchdown.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: That touchdown was the 60th of his career. He's the
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: 101st player in the NFL history with 60 career-receiving touchdowns.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: Rashid Shaheed, this has obviously been a big topic out there.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Coach Mike McDonald is not concerned. This is how these
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: things go. The football is going to find him. Six receptions,
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: 53 yards. I'm really expecting that, and I'm hoping, because
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: I know We know the type of player the Seahawks
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: got with Rashid. I'm really hoping to see him make
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: a big impact in whether it's the pass game, special teams,
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: somewhere on this game.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: I'd love to see Rashid Jahid make an impact play.
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, man. He's due. He's like an active volcano. There's
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: red tea to go, and hopefully we see him do
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: his thing on Sunday.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: We're at the end of the show, but we're going
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: to tell you how the Seahawks are going to get
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: a victory over the Chargers path to victory.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: At the 45, waits for the snap.
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: Michael Dixon puts it down. That kick is away.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: And that kick is good! The Seahawks win!
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: It's good! It's a path to victory on Hawk Talk.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: It's been a really long time since the Seahawks have
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: played after a loss.
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: It's been a while.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: It's been so long, November 16th of 2025, when they
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: lost to the Rams and then went ahead and won
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: 12 games in a row, went on to win the
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl, hoping for a similar result.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: But let's take it one game at a time.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: For me, Bump, I think really big key to victory
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: for the Seahawks is they need to start faster offensively.
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: Of the Seahawks, 75 points scored this season. Only 17
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: of them have come in the first half. I think
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: they need to be better earlier in games. I think
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: they are absolutely qualified to do that.
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: And they got to run the ball. I need to
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: be better in all aspects of the run game, but
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: especially in the red zone. You're not getting production. We
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: saw that down the stretch last year. Get better. And
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: that's what the run game did last year, right? Start
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: off slow, and then you start to kind of snowball.
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: And then take care of the football. Three turnovers cost
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: you the game. Simple as that. Got to take care
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: of the rock. And Sam Donald needs to keep playing
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: the way he did last week. I love his confidence,
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: his decisiveness. He plays some good football, minus the turnovers. Yeah,
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: and JSN, best in the world. We've said that. We
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: just talked about it. I want to see a little
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: bit more from the receiving core. As long as all
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: those guys can do what they're doing, we're going to
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: be in good shape. If Jason has another 10, 150,
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: three touchdowns, good. Sign me up for it. I'm all
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: good for that. Defensively, just get off the field and
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: third down. They've been doing that most of the year.
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: They did that really good, actually, on Sunday. Unfortunately, two
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: of them were at the end of the game last Sunday.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: So we have 13, get that corrected. Take the football away.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert has been turning that thing over.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: You have a great opportunity. You're back at home.
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: You're back in front of the 12th at Lumen field,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: huge advantage opportunity to get back in the wind column
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: and set yourself up for a big time matchup against
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: the 49ers the following week. He's been Michael Bumpus. I'm
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: Nassif Chobi. The Seahawks pregame show gets going at 10 a.m.
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: this Sunday. Until then, hopefully we'll be talking to you
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: guys on Monday about a Seahawks victory.