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Ian Furness 10/29 H1: Emmanuel Wilson joins Ian live at the VMAC and we hear from Mike MacDonald. · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 1: Now, from the Star Reynolds Sports Desk, your 93.3 KJR
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  Speaker 1: FM Sports Headlines. All right, headlines are brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Frostbrook Coors Light. Cold as the Rockies. Live at
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  Speaker 1: the Virginia Mason Athletic Center today. Today is a Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: but it's like a Wednesday, so away we go. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the trades keep on coming. What a week in the
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  Speaker 1: National Football League. First, the Seahawks added guard Quentin Nelson.
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  Speaker 1: You know that from the Colts. Then the Niners countered
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  Speaker 1: by adding DeForest Buckner. Now today, the Chicago Bears. Ash,
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  Speaker 1: do we see the Chicago Bears soon? I believe we do, Ian.
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  Speaker 2: I believe very soon.
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  Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears stepped up and had a defensive tackle.
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons, one of the best in the business, and
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  Speaker 1: a 2028 fifth-round pick for the Titans in exchange for
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  Speaker 1: two first-round picks and a fourth-round pick as well. Crazy.
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  Speaker 1: This one's weird. I just don't want to get into this,
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  Speaker 1: but it's news. Chiefs signed kicker Justin Tucker to their
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  Speaker 1: practice squad today. Harrison Butker has struggled. Tucker hasn't been
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  Speaker 1: on a roster since the Ravens released him in May
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  Speaker 1: of 2025. Why did they release the guy that maybe
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  Speaker 1: was heading to the Hall of Fame? Well, he's a creep.
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  Speaker 1: I'll just leave it. Yeah. Ian, what are you talking about?
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  Speaker 1: He's a creep. Just take my word for it. Just
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  Speaker 1: Google his name. Thank you. Later.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, God.
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  Speaker 4: Did I just say that?
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  Speaker 1: You did. You did.
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  Speaker 2: You can't undo that.
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  Speaker 1: That's a minus. Minus one. Haven't started the show yet.
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  Speaker 1: Kraken got a big win last night. Speaking of minuses,
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  Speaker 1: despite third period struggles, Brandon Montour put the game winner in.
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  Speaker 1: 32 seconds left. Seattle gets a 5-4 win over Toronto.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, Calgary on Friday. New World Series champion. Brewers
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  Speaker 1: capture the first title in franchise history. 4-1 over the
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  Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Rays yesterday. Brewers manager Pat Murphy during the
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  Speaker 1: celebration told Jake Bowers, you're going to be a rich
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  Speaker 1: mother blanker. Just remember when you're on that horse. blank
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  Speaker 1: Yankee team and you're playing for yourself, just remember the
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  Speaker 1: way you used to do it. Wow. I loved it.
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  Speaker 1: That's fantastic. Let's get to the show. Playing Monday night.
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  Speaker 1: This Thursday is actually a Wednesday, Ashley. It's a Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: not a Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get too excited.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get too excited because that's what today is. We
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  Speaker 1: are here at the Virginia Mason Athletics. And Emmanuel Wilson
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  Speaker 1: will join us here in a few minutes.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. I mean, coming off a 100-yard game. So
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  Speaker 1: we'll have him check in here coming up very soon.
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  Speaker 1: Looking forward to that conversation. So stand by for that.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 5: Me?
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  Speaker 2: You know, a little tired, but good. How about you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you worked late last night as well, didn't you?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I heard you on your way home when I
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  Speaker 6: was on my way home.
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  Speaker 1: We were, yeah, I jumped on with the captain, with
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  Speaker 1: Mike Benton last night, and after the Kraken's big win,
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  Speaker 1: so that was fun. And then now we've got, you
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  Speaker 1: were doing Sounders. I didn't get that. I should have
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  Speaker 1: got that in there. They lost, right? That's bad. That's
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  Speaker 1: not good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For the mighty Sounders. But we're going to, I'm just,
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  Speaker 1: I'm fascinated by what's going on in the NFL right now. Like,
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  Speaker 1: it is nuts what we're seeing with these teams. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: there's fire sales taking place. Tennessee's not going anywhere. Indianapolis
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  Speaker 1: isn't going anywhere. But, I mean, contending teams, this is
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  Speaker 1: usually kind of what we see in like a baseball
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  Speaker 1: trade deadline. Honestly, the NHL is like this. The NHL
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  Speaker 1: goes crazy at the trade deadline every year. They're the
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  Speaker 1: league that really kind of gets after it, although it's
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  Speaker 1: getting a little worse with all the non-trade clauses. I
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  Speaker 1: would say to a certain extent, right, Ashley, the NBA
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  Speaker 1: will do that as well. baseball has really kind of
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  Speaker 1: calmed down with trade deadline stuff over the last few years.
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  Speaker 1: There'll be a few, but not much. The NFL has
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  Speaker 1: just said, you know what? We're the NFL. We dictate
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  Speaker 1: how things work. We dictate how this, how the sports
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  Speaker 1: world does things. And so we're just going to go
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  Speaker 1: crazy this week and we're going to go ahead and
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  Speaker 1: just make all these nuts, these crazy deals with big
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  Speaker 1: time players going to contending teams. And Oh, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: if you're the Seahawks, it's affected you in every way,
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  Speaker 1: shape or form. How crazy is it? Like now, right?
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  Speaker 1: Like it's just nuts. You go, okay, we got Quentin Nelson.
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  Speaker 1: We're feeling good for about three hours. And then DeForest
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  Speaker 1: Buckner comes in. I'm like, really? Did you have to
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  Speaker 1: do that, San Francisco? And then today, like, okay, Chicago's
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  Speaker 1: here on Monday. They don't have a very good defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: We think maybe we take advantage of that. Oh, we
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  Speaker 1: just added the premier, you know, one of the premier
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  Speaker 1: defensive tackles in the league. I think you can make
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  Speaker 1: an argument who's more of an impactful player, him or
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  Speaker 1: Leonard Williams, but it doesn't matter. Jeffrey Simmons is damn good.
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  Speaker 1: We're just going to add this guy. Like, that's fun. Huh?
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  Speaker 1: That's fun.
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  Speaker 2: What a blast.
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  Speaker 1: Really fun. Really fun. It's highly entertaining. I didn't mention
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  Speaker 1: this to you, by the way. Thursday Night Football tonight
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  Speaker 1: is on KJR, 93.3 KJR FM. That's a hell of
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  Speaker 1: a game tonight. Green Bay and Carolina. Like two teams
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  Speaker 1: that are, I don't want to say desperate for a win,
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  Speaker 1: but there's a sense of urgency there in the NFC
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  Speaker 1: right now. So I don't know where we even start,
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  Speaker 1: but fun time of the year if you're a football
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  Speaker 1: fan now.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, very fun.
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  Speaker 6: And it was fun even just like looking at the
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  Speaker 6: headlines today and thinking like.
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  Speaker 2: Gosh, just these three big things.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, those are not small trades that happened this
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  Speaker 6: week and for them to have all happened. I mean, yeah, it's,
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  Speaker 6: it's really fun. And then just to add that extra element,
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  Speaker 6: it's already fun, right? We just played Sunday night football.
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  Speaker 6: Now we're already excited to play Monday night football. It's
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  Speaker 6: our third primetime game in a row. So I think
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  Speaker 6: everyone's pretty pumped about that. And then, oh, let's add
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  Speaker 6: this extra element that not only do we have a
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  Speaker 6: stellar offensive lineman, but, The Bears just countered with this guy.
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  Speaker 1: Don't need that. They've already got a guy named Caleb Williams.
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  Speaker 1: We should run down the show. Emmanuel Wilson is coming
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  Speaker 1: off his second 100-yard rushing game of his career. He'll
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  Speaker 1: join us in here coming up in just a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: But he's excited about Quentin Nelson?
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  Speaker 1: I would assume so. I would very much assume so. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so they're just getting a text from them. They're still
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  Speaker 1: on the field, it sounds like. Okay. We're going to,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, monitor, and Ashley's going to roll on
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  Speaker 1: Mike McDonald today. Actually, let me go back to the
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  Speaker 1: show rundown. I'm all scattered today. I'm sorry. I'm messed up.
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  Speaker 1: I'm tired.
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  Speaker 2: You're all good.
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  Speaker 1: Steve Palazzolo will join us probably at 1 o'clock today,
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  Speaker 1: either 1 or 1.20. We'll get checking with Steve. 3013,
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  Speaker 1: check the Mike podcast. I'm going to spend the entire
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  Speaker 1: time talking about probably the trades. Yeah, that's fair.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, biggest story there.
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  Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson trade, DeForest Buckner trade, and then today's trade
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  Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Simmons going to Chicago, who Seattle plays on
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  Speaker 1: Monday night football coming up this week. So we'll spend
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  Speaker 1: some time with him. And next thing coming up after that,
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  Speaker 1: we'll check in with, oh, I didn't even tease this
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  Speaker 1: with Greg. This is how messed up I am today, Ashley.
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe I did this. We're back for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in, we've missed, the last two weeks have
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  Speaker 1: been off. Not off. We haven't been off, but we've
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  Speaker 1: been off in terms of how we do things on Thursday. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The unofficial start of the weekend at 2 o'clock today
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  Speaker 1: is back in its normal slot. So at 2 o'clock,
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Funston is going to join us. Phone calls and
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  Speaker 1: your text at 49451. So we're back to normal there.
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  Speaker 1: That's a good thing, right? We're all good with that.
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  Speaker 1: Funston at 2 o'clock. Palo Zolo at 1. Breaking down
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  Speaker 1: everything Seahawk-related, Bears-related, and all the trades going on. We'll
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  Speaker 1: preview tonight's Thursday night game, which is a doozy as well,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned, with Carolina Green Bay. Carolina, the entire
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  Speaker 1: NFC South is bad. Carolina could fall below 500 like
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  Speaker 1: everybody else. In terms of the NFC North, where Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay resides, they're in last place, but they're above 500
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  Speaker 1: at 4-3. That just tells you how crazy the NFL
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  Speaker 1: is this year. So we'll check in with them. In
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  Speaker 1: this next hour, Ashley is rolling on. We're monitoring, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll probably play some sound at some point from A,
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  Speaker 1: Mike McDonald. I don't know if you heard. Greg and
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  Speaker 1: I did the mock interview with Mike McDonald and Greg
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes ago during Crosstalk. We may not find...
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  Speaker 1: Did I say may? We won't find out as much
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  Speaker 1: as we want to know, but nor should we because
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  Speaker 1: you're the Seahawks. Why the hell would you tell us
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  Speaker 1: anything right now about Quentin Nelson? But we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: he says about just acquiring the player. We'll have that,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll try to get to that at some point today.
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  Speaker 1: I believe just talking to them, the Seahawks PR staff today,
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  Speaker 1: it sounds like after Mike McDonald speaks, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it's before or after Leonard Williams or Cooper
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  Speaker 1: Cupp or whoever else is coming in today, I believe
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  Speaker 1: they'll bring in Quentin Nelson to the main auditorium there.
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  Speaker 1: And if that's the case, we will definitely let you
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  Speaker 1: hear from the newest Seahawk interior offense alignment.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So I think, so that's, that's kind of where
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  Speaker 1: we're at. Actually got a ton going on today. How's
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  Speaker 1: that sound?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it sounds busy. It sounds great. I like
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  Speaker 2: it all.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to squeeze a daily power play in today.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll have time. If not just a hell of
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  Speaker 1: a win last night by the Kraken as they get
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  Speaker 1: that victory. And just, let's just put a ball in
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  Speaker 1: baseball for two seconds here. Obviously, our team's been done for,
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  Speaker 1: what's today, the 29th of October. Our team's been done
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  Speaker 1: for about a calendar month now. But baseball season officially
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  Speaker 1: ended last night with Milwaukee winning its first ever World Series.
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  Speaker 1: I know in this town we're all making a deal.
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  Speaker 1: I get it. Yes, now there's only four teams that
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  Speaker 1: haven't won the World Series. We're one of them. And
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  Speaker 1: we're the only team here in this city that's never
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  Speaker 1: been to a World Series. We get all that.
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  Speaker 2: I've never heard any of that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Never heard any of that stuff. I'm over it. I
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  Speaker 1: don't care. Let's just get to next year. The problem is,
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  Speaker 1: the question is, when will we see baseball again? When
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  Speaker 1: will we see baseball again? More than likely, there's going
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  Speaker 1: to be some form of work stoppage starting December 1st,
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  Speaker 1: I guess it is. More than likely, there will be
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  Speaker 1: at least a delay to spring training, which I know
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: I'm in the minority here. I don't care. Spring training,
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  Speaker 1: to me, is the most overrated thing in sports. Good
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  Speaker 1: topic for a quieter day. It's just to me... I
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  Speaker 1: don't care. None of the games matter. Nothing that happens
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  Speaker 1: in spring training matters. It's just guys ramping up, amping up,
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  Speaker 1: and getting ready for the season. I don't care about
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  Speaker 1: spring training. I care about first pitch, opening day. There's
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  Speaker 1: nothing more magical than opening day in baseball. I care
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  Speaker 1: about that a lot. I think it's safe to say
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  Speaker 1: we're going to see some sort of stoppage and delay
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  Speaker 1: for that. We may not see baseball. There's a magic number,
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  Speaker 1: and we talked about it, I think, with Eno Saris
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  Speaker 1: here on one of our last visits from the Athletic.
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  Speaker 1: There's a magic number, and I think it's June 1st.
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  Speaker 1: It's 60 days once the season's scheduled to start. After that,
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  Speaker 1: TV contracts become an issue for the networks and for,
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  Speaker 1: more importantly, the owners and their bottom line. So we'll
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  Speaker 1: keep an eye on that because right now, Ashley, I
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  Speaker 1: think June 1st is when we're going to see baseball again.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we'll see it beforehand. That's sad. It
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  Speaker 1: is sad. Because I think we'd all like to see
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  Speaker 1: this little thing I just mentioned, the whole World Series
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  Speaker 1: and never winning and never being there. Let's end that.
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  Speaker 1: Did you watch much World Series? Did you care about
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  Speaker 1: the World Series? Were you glancing at it? Me, I
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  Speaker 1: was in and out. Flipped it on, flipped it out.
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  Speaker 1: Watched the other night. Really competitive. That 12 inning game? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was fun. Yeah. Outside of that, none of the
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  Speaker 1: games were great, I don't think, right? There was a
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  Speaker 1: couple blowouts. Yeah. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It just seemed like the Brewers were far and away
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  Speaker 2: the better team.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: But I had it on every night, except last night,
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  Speaker 6: because obviously I was here. But I did have it
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  Speaker 6: on every night, and I did watch it, not intently,
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  Speaker 6: but it was on the side TV.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard this as well, in
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  Speaker 1: addition to the Mariners never being there. Milwaukee plays the
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  Speaker 1: game the right way.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, do they? Never heard that either.
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  Speaker 1: God. I'm just like, ugh.
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  Speaker 5: Ugh.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it fun?
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  Speaker 5: Okay, whatever.
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  Speaker 1: It's great. So... baseball cop tells us he's playing the
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  Speaker 1: game the right way. I don't know. They win. That's
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  Speaker 1: the right way to me. Just win. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The Mariners did send out a memo today. Did you
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  Speaker 2: see that, by the way?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: So they exercised the club option for Mooney for 2027.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows?
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  Speaker 6: Declined the club option for Bryce Miller, but he stays
• 11:52
  Speaker 6: under club control. And then Robles, they declined his club option,
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  Speaker 6: so he'll join Randy, JP, Taylor Ward, and Hobie Milner
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  Speaker 6: as free agents.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: The Milner thing is a tough one. How do you
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: get away without having him?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, did I say his name right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right. Actually, we're going to keep it right here.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're going to have him off the field
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  Speaker 1: in just a couple seconds.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, perfect. And we are rolling on Mike McDonald, so
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  Speaker 2: we'll have that after.
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  Speaker 4: We'll be ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just Seahawk-wise, Monday was– already huge. It was massive.
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  Speaker 1: It was everything you could want in a game for
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  Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. You know, oftentimes we complain about some
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: of these, the primetime games not being good. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: tonight's game is sensational. Tonight's game is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be good.
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  Speaker 1: Green Bay, Carolina. Carolina getting just absolutely boat raced last week,
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  Speaker 1: and they're not that team normally. Green Bay is on
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: a little bit of a heater, so that's, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is a hell of a football game tonight. And
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  Speaker 1: It's one of those ones that I don't even know
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: if you're... I think you're probably a Seahawks fan. You
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  Speaker 1: want Carolina to win. I think that's how you kind
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: of have to look at it. I'm a big fan
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  Speaker 1: of rooting interest for games, not just for the obvious, gambling,
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  Speaker 1: or fantasy, what have you. But I think just when
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  Speaker 1: you're watching a game, you always kind of have some
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  Speaker 1: sort of rooting interest. Your rooting interest as a Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: fan is simple. You're rooting against Green Bay because you
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  Speaker 1: need some of those teams in the NFC North to
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: kind of take a step back. And I know that there's...
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  Speaker 1: The loss by the 49ers in Atlanta was good for Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: The win against Kansas City coupled with that, really good.
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  Speaker 1: All those things came into play. The problem you're going
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  Speaker 1: to run into, there's probably going to be musical chairs.
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  Speaker 1: There will probably end up being five teams for maybe
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  Speaker 1: three spots as far as wild card goes. And the
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  Speaker 1: five teams would be whoever doesn't win the NFC North,
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  Speaker 1: the other three teams, Seattle and the Rams. Now, I
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  Speaker 1: know we can all hold out hope that the 49ers
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  Speaker 1: continue to fall off and the substation does its thing
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  Speaker 1: and takes control of the world. All those things happen.
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  Speaker 1: We can all hope for that. You can hope all
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  Speaker 1: you want. The problem is, the reality, you're still in
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  Speaker 1: a pretty big hole. Even if you beat the 49ers,
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  Speaker 1: you're still in a pretty big hole to try to
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  Speaker 1: catch them. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but you're now
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  Speaker 1: relying on other teams to knock them off as well. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, the Rams are only one game behind you.
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  Speaker 1: Look at their schedule. They should be just okay, too.
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  Speaker 1: So you start looking around. Like, just getting in. We
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  Speaker 1: all know the division's everything. We all know the stats.
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  Speaker 1: Haven't been to the Super Bowl without having home field
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  Speaker 1: advantage here in Seattle. Blah, blah, blah. All those things.
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  Speaker 1: Different team, different time, different coach. I don't worry about
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  Speaker 1: those things as much. I just want to see this
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  Speaker 1: team get in. Obviously, you want to see them get
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  Speaker 1: in with a division win. Obviously, you want to see
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: them play home games at Lumen Field because of what
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: that means. But just getting in. So, yes, we're seven
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: games in to a 17-game schedule. A lot of football
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: left to be played, but I'm going to tell you
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: right now, if you're a Seahawks fan, you're rooting for
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: Carolina tonight because ain't nobody coming out of the NFC
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: South that's going to be a wild card team. Those
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: teams are all below. 500. They're going to stay that way,
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: and they still play each other. You don't worry about them.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: You don't necessarily worry about the NFC East either as well.
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: You worry about the NFC North. The NFC North, frankly put,
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: is a problem. It is a big problem for the Seahawks.
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: It's a big problem for the Rams. and anybody else
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: thinking about the wild cards. So you want the Green
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: Bay Packers to lose. They did lose last week, which
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: was nice. They did a great job of losing. Thank
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: you to, even though they overcame, they were able to
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: lose that game despite Dan Campbell's best intentions to lose
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: that game himself for Detroit. But they are doing that
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: right now. So I'm just going to tell you, we're
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: rooting hard tonight for the Carolina Panthers. Go Panthers. Get
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: a win tonight, and away you go. Our guy, Manuel Wilson,
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: is walking this way. He should be here in just
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: a couple of seconds. Excited to talk to him. A
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: guy that has really been kind of a cool story
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: along the way. Came from a small school and is
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: just coming off his first 100-yard game for Seattle. Had
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: a 92-yard game earlier against Arizona as well. And is
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: part of what now may be kind of a crowded
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: running back room, depending on what Judarian Price is doing,
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: what may end up happening with Zach Charbonnet this week
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: as well. And I can't wait to get his thoughts
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: on seeing Quinton Nelson walk into the building as well.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: The big fella that's probably going to be sitting there
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: at left guard. Because, Ashley, that's a difference maker. I'm
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: going to give a little shout out. Our buddy Hawk Blogger,
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: Brian Nemhauser, does a terrific job. He did some numbers.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: Quinton Nelson's done very well against Jeffrey Simmons. And they
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: play each other twice a year. Because I know there's
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: this panic. Oh, Simmons this, Simmons... Great. I'm not... A
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: D tackle that's playing 60%, 70% of the snaps on Monday,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: I don't think he'll play that many. I'm not as
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: worried about that. So, yes, Emmanuel Wilson's walking in right now,
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: excited to talk to the Seahawks running back coming off. Hi, Ian.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. I'll have
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: you throw that on there. We're live right now on
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: KJR Radio and get you all set to go. Make
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: sure this isn't too loud. How does that sound for you?
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: That's fine. Is that fine?
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Okay.
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: How are you doing?
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: I'm good. Are you?
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: I'm good. Nice to meet you finally. Seahawks fans want
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: to hear from you. 100 yards, baby. Let's go.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: What did that mean to you?
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: It meant a lot. The guys believed in me to
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: go out there and finish the game. Honestly, I didn't
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: even know I had over 100 yards until after the game.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: That was it? You were just like, oh, how about that?
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: I got 100 yards. That's cool.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: You come here, and they draft a first-round pick in
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: Jadarian Price. Sharves is coming off an injury. There's some
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: other guys in there. Let's go back in time. Why
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: did you come here in the first place?
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Really, it's my childhood team. It was between The 49ers
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: in here.
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: Oh.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: It was.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: It was. Me and my agent.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: Don't worry.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: I can bleep that out.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Thanks, Ash. Yeah.
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: Me and my agent just had a great conversation. He
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: said it's probably a good opportunity for me here.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah. What's it been like here?
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: It's been wonderful, man. The guys here are wonderful. It
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: feels like a family. And the guys just always joking
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: around and stuff like that. And I love that.
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: I want to go back in time. You played at
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: Fort Valley State after playing at Johnson C. Smith University.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: What level is Johnson C. Smith?
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Division II.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: Division. So both Division II. Yes, sir. I have a
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: son that played Division III.
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: If you play that level, II or III or NAIA,
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: you love the game. Yes, sir.
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: It's just like you're getting it out the mud for
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: real because everybody views the D1 like, talented and stuff
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: like that. There's a lot of players in Division II,
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: Division III, NIA, IA, and stuff like that. Really, when
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: I go back home and stuff like that, I'll be
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: giving little nuggets to the guys and letting them know.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: You just put in the work, you stay in your Bible,
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: and you put up the numbers, they'll come find you.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: I love that, though. Did you ever have second thoughts, regrets,
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: or anything like that?
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: Transferring-wise?
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and just even like, hey, why am I doing this?
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: It's probably a partial scholarship. It's not the big money.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: You're not getting the NIL deal?
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I never had no regrets about it. I
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: always ask the coaches, like, do you see me going
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: to the league from your school? And they always told me, yeah,
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: I had the talent. I just got to do it.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah, good for you, man. Emmanuel Wilson joining us here.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: 92 yards against Arizona, 100 yards this past week. That
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: was a finish game. Like, you guys finished that game
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: on Sunday against Kansas City. You know, had you played
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: in Lumen before you came here?
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Yes, back in 2024.
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: 2024.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: So you know what this place was like. Sunday night, though,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: is a little different. Kansas City is a little different.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: What was that experience like in terms of, you know,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: especially a guy coming from, ain't nothing like Lambeau. Lambeau
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: is a different beast. I've covered a bunch of games
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: there over the years. Love Lambeau. But lumen on a
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: night game is something else, isn't it?
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah, man, it's crazy. You can feel the ground shaking
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: when the crowd's going crazy, man. I love it. It
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: was different, different atmosphere, and I love it.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: You've got a big one this week against Chicago. Before
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: I get to that. I'm assuming you've seen the new
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: big guy walk in the room. You lay eyes on
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson yet? Because all we hear is that this
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: dude is just like a dude, like a beast.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Not yet, but I heard he was an eight-time pro bowler.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: We love that.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: You know, they got him for a reason. I feel
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: like he could get a job done for us.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: That offensive line, though, they've given you some room along
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: the way. But you just add a good player. Everyone's
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: adding players. DeForest Buckner goes to the 49ers the same day.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this. Jeffrey Simmons. I'm
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: sure this is mentioned in the meeting. Jeffrey Simmons goes.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: and he's now a member of the Chicago Bears. It
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: almost feels like teams are like counterpunch. Every time Seattle
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: does something, they've got to try to play catch-up here. Yeah,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: that's what it seemed like. Let's talk about the Bears
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: on Monday night a little bit, what you're looking at.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: You've watched some film by now and stuff, and we
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: don't know what Simmons is going to do and how
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: much he's going to play. But along those lines with
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons, and what you've seen with Chicago. What do
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: you see with their defense? Because everyone talks about the
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: offense of Ben Johnson. What do you see with their defense?
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Their defense, guys fly around on their defense, and they're
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: a great defense. They blitz a lot, so we're just
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: going to be extra cautious on that and getting out
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: of protection.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: For you as a running back with maybe... Sharps coming back,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: maybe Jadarian coming back, but there was always going to
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: be probably a role for you here. Did your role
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: change at all? What goes through your mind when you
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: see these guys that close to getting back and being.
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: In the NFL? Really, I just try to prepare the same.
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: You know, try to go out there and prepare as
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: a starter and just continue to do what I have
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: to do to, like, when the opportunity's called, just go
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: out there and execute.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: It feels like with a running back position, every guy's different.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: There's a unique skill set, right? Like, does every guy
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: on this team have kind of a unique skill set? Like,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: for you, George, maybe it's Valus, doesn't matter, and then
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: these other two guys. Sharps, we've always heard about him.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: For us in the media, he's very quiet. He's kind
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: of like you. He's kind of a quiet dude, kind
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: of understated to say, I'm just going to do my job, man.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Let me go do my job. Mike McDonnell, whether it
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: was hard knocks or what he's talked to us about
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: in the media and his media sessions, he talks about
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Zach Sharpen as kind of being very much a leader
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: and a guy that really is there for everybody, especially
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: the right background. What has he meant to you? He
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: hasn't been on the field, but he's been in all
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: those meetings. What is Sharves like?
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: You know, Sharves is a funny guy, actually. He'd be
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: talking and stuff like that, yeah.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: So he talks to you guys, just not us.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: We have our conversations and stuff. But all that aside,
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Zach is a wonderful leader in that room. He tells
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: us what we need to see, what he's seeing, and
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: how we can go out there and execute things. Even
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: on Sundays, like, I ask him what he's seeing out
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: there and stuff like that. He'd give me great feedback.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Is it a tight room? Even though there's– Cause
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: I always wonder with you guys all want carries. Like
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: everybody wants, like if you're in the D line room,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: you know, you're going to get your snaps, right? You're
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: going to get, I'm going to play 30, 40, 50%,
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: whatever it's going to be. Uh, you, you, you know,
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: you're getting your snaps. If you're a corner, if most
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: of those guys on defense, right. If we're being honest,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: those guys know they're going to get their snaps, whether
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: or not, but for you guys, it's about the touches. Yeah.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Is there competition? Is it friendly competition? Do you root
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: for each other? How does that work?
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: We always going to root for each other. It's, it's
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: one ball. Like, you know, uh, the receivers get it.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: We get it.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Sam might take off around with it. Um, you know,
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: we just always dare for one another. I mean, it's competition.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: It's friendly competition, but we always going to support one another.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Well, listen, welcome to Seattle. Uh, great job so far
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: this season. I, not knowing you were at a hundred,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: but you got to a hundred. That's a magical number
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: for running back and a guy that gets yards the
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: hard way like you do as well. Uh, that's a
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: really cool number to see. Uh, and so congratulations on that.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: Welcome to Seattle. And, uh, how much are you looking
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: forward to a Monday night game in Seattle? You said Sunday.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: What about Monday standalone, end of the week, what that
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: crowd could be like on Monday when they have all
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: damn day to get juiced up?
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to it.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: I love the fans here. I love it. Emmanuel Wilson,
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: thank you so much. Go get them. We'll take a
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: quick break. Come back with more 93.3 KJFM. All right,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: we are back here at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Big thanks to Emmanuel Wilson. Man, easy guy to root for.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Just an easy guy to root for. He's not going
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: to be a 1,000-yard rusher for you, but I think
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: there's definitely a role for him here when everybody's healthy.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: There's a little misnomer out there. I think people always
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: thought that Charbonnet's not a great short yardage back necessarily.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: It's kind of a good all-around back. Wilson should be
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: there to get you some hard yards as the year
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: goes on. And he got you 100 last weekend, that
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: 21-yard touchdown run. Really cool to see. Fun to talk
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: to him. Things might be brightening up, too, on the
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: offensive line. Mike McDonald just a few moments ago.
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: It starts with today's practice. Obviously, we're really excited to
• 24:40
  Speaker 7: have the opportunity to acquire Quentin Nelson. I think John
• 24:44
  Speaker 7: and his team did a great job of making that happen.
• 24:46
  Speaker 7: We're excited for him to join our squad, join the 12s. Also,
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: I just felt like it's necessary saying I think our
• 24:57
  Speaker 7: offensive line probably played their best game of.
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: The season this past Sunday night.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: And I.
• 25:03
  Speaker 7: Just want to be clear, this isn't like a commentary
• 25:05
  Speaker 7: on any of our personnel or anything like that.
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: We love our guys.
• 25:10
  Speaker 7: It's a situation where you understand how it affects the
• 25:15
  Speaker 7: guys that have been here and working really hard and
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: have earned a great role in our team. But also,
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: two things can be true at the same time. It's
• 25:23
  Speaker 7: an opportunity to bring along He's probably a surefire Hall
• 25:31
  Speaker 7: of Fame guard with a great track record and for
• 25:34
  Speaker 7: our understanding about the type of person he is to
• 25:35
  Speaker 7: join our locker room. It's an opportunity that is going
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: to make the Seahawks better. Today's day two with him
• 25:45
  Speaker 7: in the building and it's exciting to be out there
• 25:46
  Speaker 7: practicing today.
• 25:47
  Speaker 8: As a defensive coach who's seen plenty of his tape
• 25:50
  Speaker 8: over the years preparing for that, what does he bring.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: To the game?
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: I think the style of play is the first thing
• 25:57
  Speaker 7: you think of when you think of Quinton. Obviously, he's
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: got incredible ability, but the physicality, the relentless play.
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: We talk about decisive, shocking, relentless.
• 26:10
  Speaker 7: I think that's probably a good way to sum up
• 26:14
  Speaker 7: what it looks like on tape. Again, we've put a
• 26:19
  Speaker 7: lot of time and effort into the chemistry of our
• 26:21
  Speaker 7: offensive line. And, uh, we've got a couple of things
• 26:24
  Speaker 7: shaken up right now and, but the guys will do
• 26:26
  Speaker 7: a great job of meshing and getting on the same page.
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: And, um, I think we'll be better for it.
• 26:30
  Speaker 9: What was your reaction like when you found out that
• 26:33
  Speaker 9: the trade went down?
• 26:34
  Speaker 7: I think, I think the way I summed it up
• 26:37
  Speaker 7: earlier is, is a way to go as the head coach,
• 26:39
  Speaker 7: you wear two hats, you understand how it's going to
• 26:42
  Speaker 7: affect your team in the short run, but you think
• 26:44
  Speaker 7: in the long run, how great it is for, for
• 26:46
  Speaker 7: the Seahawks.
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: So, uh, it's really exciting.
• 26:49
  Speaker 7: Um, Call me crazy, I don't really like to react
• 26:54
  Speaker 7: as things are kind of happening in the wild because
• 26:57
  Speaker 7: we like to be active in a lot of things.
• 27:00
  Speaker 7: And so kind of put your eggs in all in
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: one basket. And then to me emotionally, it's just like, hey,
• 27:06
  Speaker 7: let's just stay the course and we'll coach the heck
• 27:09
  Speaker 7: out of whoever ends up on our team.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: So that's really how I choose to look at it.
• 27:15
  Speaker 7: But it's definitely an exciting opportunity for us.
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: What's the plan? Does he play left guard?
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's going to play left guard, and Gray's going
• 27:27
  Speaker 4: to slide to the right.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: How does the.
• 27:28
  Speaker 8: Number of games that Quentin has played help with this
• 27:31
  Speaker 8: fairly quick transition, as we would expect?
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: Well, I think it's definitely going to help. I mean,
• 27:35
  Speaker 4: he's a really sharp guy.
• 27:37
  Speaker 7: He's been working really hard since he got here.
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: He got caught up to speed.
• 27:44
  Speaker 7: You know, there's a lot of things that we do
• 27:46
  Speaker 7: that there's a lot of carryover from what he's familiar with,
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: and there's some things that are different, so.
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: He'll do a great job. Our coach has done a
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: great job of getting him up to speed. He's going
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: to be fine. He's going to be great.
• 27:58
  Speaker 10: It wasn't that long ago that guard was considered a
• 28:01
  Speaker 10: pretty low-value position in the NFL hierarchy. Why is someone
• 28:06
  Speaker 10: like Quentin valuable?
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: Why is he valuable?
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: He's a great player.
• 28:14
  Speaker 7: I think when we're looking at people to join our team,
• 28:17
  Speaker 7: I think it's the whole package, too, of what they're
• 28:20
  Speaker 7: like every day in the building and how they approach,
• 28:22
  Speaker 7: what kind of teammate they are.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: And then, I mean, it's going to help us in
• 28:28
  Speaker 4: the run game, the pass game. It makes us better.
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: You know, it's pretty simple.
• 28:35
  Speaker 9: Moving Gray to the right side. He's obviously played a
• 28:37
  Speaker 9: lot in his career. Does that kind of help with
• 28:39
  Speaker 9: the transition for him.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: Trying to do this now?
• 28:41
  Speaker 7: Yeah, that's the thought is that he's had a lot
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: of experience playing on the right side.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: So that'll help with the learning curve. But, you know,
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: I mean, these things.
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: Are, There's a process that has to be had, and
• 28:53
  Speaker 7: we've got the right guys for the job, but we
• 28:55
  Speaker 7: understand it's a process as well, and we've got to
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: attack the heck out of it.
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: Mike, how's Charles doing?
• 29:00
  Speaker 7: Charles has come along great. He's not going to practice today,
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: but he's doing great.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: Do you expect.
• 29:10
  Speaker 10: Quentin to play all of Monday night?
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: We expect him to play, yeah.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Have you ruled out injured reserve for Charles?
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: As of right now, he's not going on injury to reserve.
• 29:21
  Speaker 9: Mike, you guys weren't the only ones that are making
• 29:23
  Speaker 9: a trade involved in this game this week.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: When you found out about the Jeffrey Simmons ad this week,
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: what did you think of that?
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: Obviously, you know him from practicing against him and all
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: of that.
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Jeffrey's a great player. I feel like the two
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: practices with him has been a great experience.
• 29:42
  Speaker 7: I think you just got to understand how that's going
• 29:45
  Speaker 7: to affect what we do. He's on the team now.
• 29:49
  Speaker 7: We got a lot of respect for him. They do
• 29:51
  Speaker 7: a great job on defense, so he's only going to
• 29:53
  Speaker 7: make them better, obviously, and we expect him to play
• 29:56
  Speaker 7: and be out there, so we have to have a
• 29:57
  Speaker 7: plan for him.
• 29:59
  Speaker 5: Hats and you've taken care of the guys who've been here.
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: What do you tell Anthony Bradford? What's the message?
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: It's, it's a, it's not an easy situation.
• 30:07
  Speaker 7: Uh, I thought Anthony played really good football for us
• 30:09
  Speaker 7: and he has, and he's, uh, and he's, he's earned
• 30:13
  Speaker 7: a significant role in our team, a starting level role. And, um,
• 30:17
  Speaker 7: so it's, it's one of those three on around type
• 30:20
  Speaker 7: of things with, with AB that, uh, is not easy.
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: So really know where to sugarcoat it.
• 30:26
  Speaker 7: And, um, And I think, and I think he believes
• 30:28
  Speaker 7: this when we say this is how much we love him.
• 30:30
  Speaker 4: His teammates, I mean, the guys love him in the
• 30:32
  Speaker 4: locker room. He's a fantastic teammate.
• 30:35
  Speaker 7: Um, we don't expect him to be like jumping over,
• 30:38
  Speaker 7: over joy in this situation because that's not realistic, but
• 30:42
  Speaker 7: he's going to be a great teammate and he's going
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: to stay ready. And we know that we know how
• 30:46
  Speaker 7: this league works. I mean, you're a play away from
• 30:47
  Speaker 7: him playing every play again. So, um, you know, it's, uh,
• 30:52
  Speaker 7: it's not an easy situation, but he's, he's a, he's
• 30:55
  Speaker 7: a tough cookie. And, um, The guys will have his
• 30:57
  Speaker 7: back as well, and so we're behind him as well,
• 31:00
  Speaker 7: but it's not easy.
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: And Josh Jones stays a left tackle?
• 31:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Josh is our third tackle.
• 31:08
  Speaker 9: Rasheed Shaheed, how is he doing?
• 31:11
  Speaker 7: Rasheed's doing well. Practice status today, I don't think he's
• 31:15
  Speaker 7: going to practice today.
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: I've been wrong before, but I don't believe he's going
• 31:20
  Speaker 4: to be out there.
• 31:21
  Speaker 8: When you look at this Bears team, defensively, they're among
• 31:24
  Speaker 8: top five in a lot of categories.
• 31:25
  Speaker 9: Offensively, they look explosive.
• 31:27
  Speaker 8: How would you describe what they have done for the
• 31:30
  Speaker 8: first six, seven weeks?
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: As their team? As their team, yeah.
• 31:33
  Speaker 7: I think probably the best compliment we can give them
• 31:35
  Speaker 7: is that they have a clear identity on how they
• 31:37
  Speaker 7: want to operate in all three phases.
• 31:39
  Speaker 4: And they do a great job of backing it up.
• 31:44
  Speaker 4: So it's going to.
• 31:46
  Speaker 7: Be a great challenge for us. It really starts with today,
• 31:49
  Speaker 7: with how we prepare and how we practice. I think
• 31:51
  Speaker 7: we're off to a good start, but.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: You're right.
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: It's very clear on what they're trying to get done
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: in all three phases, and that's a compliment to them.
• 32:00
  Speaker 9: What about their pass rush with they're getting Montez Sweat back?
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a tremendous player.
• 32:06
  Speaker 7: He hasn't been out the whole season, obviously, but getting
• 32:11
  Speaker 7: him back will help.
• 32:12
  Speaker 10: You and Ben Johnson have had– background, obviously back to
• 32:16
  Speaker 10: Baltimore where they came in in Detroit and you guys
• 32:19
  Speaker 10: did pretty well against his offense. And then you guys
• 32:21
  Speaker 10: went into Detroit, uh, a couple of years ago and
• 32:24
  Speaker 10: they did pretty well against your defense. What makes Ben Johnson, uh,
• 32:28
  Speaker 10: you know, good at what he does?
• 32:31
  Speaker 7: Well, um, we ha we haven't had, I mean, playing
• 32:34
  Speaker 7: once a year doesn't necessarily mean we have a, or once,
• 32:39
  Speaker 7: twice in four years. It's not like a rich history. Uh,
• 32:44
  Speaker 7: We have a lot of respect for their offense.
• 32:47
  Speaker 4: Again, they have an identity.
• 32:48
  Speaker 7: I think he does a great job of utilizing their
• 32:50
  Speaker 7: personnel to the best of their ability. Their offense has
• 32:53
  Speaker 7: evolved over that amount of time, going back to 23, which.
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: Is a tip of the cap to how they operate.
• 33:01
  Speaker 7: They play decisive. Talk about play style, it's very clear.
• 33:08
  Speaker 7: It's a style that we respect. I think the stats
• 33:12
  Speaker 7: back that up too. The tape backs it up as well.
• 33:14
  Speaker 9: One more on Nelson. You've obviously had to design defenses
• 33:17
  Speaker 9: going against him. What really stood out when you watched
• 33:20
  Speaker 9: the film of him?
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: They run it left.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: I just made that up.
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: I actually don't know if they ran left or right.
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: He's a guy you want to run behind.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: I know that.
• 33:33
  Speaker 7: He's a great puller. I remember him pulling out in
• 33:35
  Speaker 7: space and getting the alleys and stuff.
• 33:36
  Speaker 4: He was a great athlete.
• 33:37
  Speaker 7: Get to the second level. Some of the run schemes
• 33:40
  Speaker 7: were a little bit more wide zone than they've been,
• 33:42
  Speaker 7: but We think that skill set is going to transfer
• 33:46
  Speaker 7: just fine.
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: He went to Notre Dame. He met his wife in Indiana.
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: He was a Colts for eight years. Who takes the
• 33:52
  Speaker 5: lead in indoctrinating him to the Seahawks culture, your culture?
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: Do you step in or do you let the veterans
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: do that?
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: It's everybody.
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: I think it'll just happen naturally.
• 34:01
  Speaker 7: I just had an opportunity to talk to him for
• 34:03
  Speaker 7: probably a little.
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: Bit more than briefly, I would say.
• 34:07
  Speaker 7: Having a similar experience of you're coming out here and
• 34:11
  Speaker 7: your wife's going to be back at home and It's
• 34:13
  Speaker 7: a transitional period.
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: I think it's a blessing in disguise right now where you.
• 34:15
  Speaker 7: Can focus on football 100%, but it's also going to
• 34:19
  Speaker 7: be a process that we understand is inevitable, but I
• 34:23
  Speaker 7: think we have a lot of great people in place
• 34:25
  Speaker 7: to help them through that, between Mo and Soup and
• 34:29
  Speaker 7: Connie and all those people, as well as our teammates.
• 34:32
  Speaker 7: It's actually a great opportunity for us because I think
• 34:37
  Speaker 7: you can deploy some really great people to help them out,
• 34:39
  Speaker 7: and I think we'll be better for it.
• 34:43
  Speaker 9: Jadarian, coming back to practice, I guess how realistic is
• 34:47
  Speaker 9: it he could play one day if he just gets
• 34:49
  Speaker 9: a couple days of practice?
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, realistic.
• 34:52
  Speaker 10: Ben Johnson is kind of known for a lot of
• 34:54
  Speaker 10: trick plays. What makes it effective when an offense corner
• 34:58
  Speaker 10: throws some of those unconventional plays in versus, you know, just.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: How do you get effective at mixing those in? I
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: don't know.
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: I mean, I think.
• 35:15
  Speaker 4: I mean, you want to see those plays in practice,
• 35:17
  Speaker 4: but I.
• 35:20
  Speaker 7: Think it's a function of, like, are you guys looking
• 35:22
  Speaker 7: at the right stuff? Are you disciplined defense? I'm not
• 35:25
  Speaker 7: saying that, like, trick plays only work against undisciplined defenses.
• 35:28
  Speaker 4: It's just they obviously game plan them.
• 35:33
  Speaker 7: They work really hard at them, you know, to have
• 35:35
  Speaker 7: the confidence to have those things ready in some of those, like,
• 35:39
  Speaker 7: higher leverage situations. It's definitely an awareness on our part
• 35:41
  Speaker 7: to know that– You know, things are on their menu
• 35:45
  Speaker 7: that they can get to. But, I mean, that's really
• 35:48
  Speaker 7: the case. Anytime the ball's snapped, it's really a function of, like,
• 35:51
  Speaker 7: how well we can play our rules, our defense together,
• 35:56
  Speaker 7: whether it's a trick play or if it's a dive play.
• 35:58
  Speaker 7: You know, it's really the same mentality, honestly.
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: When you look at these.
• 36:02
  Speaker 8: Teams, both defenses are great in third down opportunities. This
• 36:05
  Speaker 8: might be a silly question, but are there different ways
• 36:07
  Speaker 8: to get to that mentality or the execution needed on
• 36:11
  Speaker 8: third down?
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: I mean.
• 36:14
  Speaker 7: Coach Allen does a great job. They operate a little
• 36:17
  Speaker 7: bit differently than we do. I think, again, it's another
• 36:21
  Speaker 7: testament to how he's been able to evolve their scheme
• 36:24
  Speaker 7: and grow it over the years.
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: He's always been aggressive.
• 36:26
  Speaker 7: They've always done a great job, but building it around
• 36:28
  Speaker 7: their scheme and their people.
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: Is a challenge.
• 36:34
  Speaker 7: We have to do a great job of really studying
• 36:36
  Speaker 7: and understanding the things that they're capable of doing and
• 36:39
  Speaker 7: understanding how we're going to protect everything and be able
• 36:41
  Speaker 7: to get the ball out on time and have a
• 36:44
  Speaker 7: great plan for third down as well.
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: There's a lot of great gifts. It's the same process
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: every week.
• 36:51
  Speaker 7: It's understanding what makes them go and how that fits
• 36:55
  Speaker 7: into the things that we like to be able to
• 36:56
  Speaker 7: get to and working through our process through the lens
• 37:01
  Speaker 7: of what makes them go as well.
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: There you go. That's Mike McDonald, head coach of the Seahawks.
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: Big news is that, indeed, Quinton Nelson left guard. Gray's
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: able right guard. Anthony Bradford becomes a backup. Charles Cross
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: out this week. You'll see Josh Jones at left tackle.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: There's a lot to discuss. We'll wrap up hour number one.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson is going to speak to the media. He's
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: about ready to start that. We'll hear that in the
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock hour as well as Steve Palazzolo's reaction from
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: a national perspective. All coming up live from the Virginia
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: Mason Athletic Center, 93.3 KJFM. Virginia Mason Athletic Center. Busy
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: day today. Busy day today out here. A lot's going on.
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson, we will get his audio coming up in
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: the 1 o'clock hour. New Seahawk offensive guard, and as
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: we find out, new Seahawk offensive right guard. We'll hear
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: him probably, I hate to blow it off. Yeah, we're
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: going to blow off probably Daily Power.
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: Oh.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: We'll go Daily Quentin.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: Daily Quentin. Cracking win last night. Big win. Awesome. Fantastic. But, yeah,
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: we'll hear from Quentin Nelson probably about 145. We've got
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: Steve Palazzolo coming up here probably at about 120 today.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: The big news out here for the Seahawks, obviously, is
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson is in the building. He's learning the playbook.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: He'll be your left guard. And Grace Abel moves to
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: the right side. Charles Cross out this week. Phelous Jones
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: won't practice today. Sounds more and more positive on both
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: Jadarian Price and Zach Charbonnet. But, you know, this is it.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: This is a Wednesday, even though it's a Thursday, so
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: things change. We were pretty much convinced last week Charbonnet
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: was going to play. If you missed it earlier, we
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: had Emmanuel Wilson. He was absolutely fantastic as well. So, hey,
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: one thing, too, that I just want to mention as
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: well is there's a story out there. The Mariners did
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff today, declining and taking options, all
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: those fun things as well. One of the things is
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: that they– Decline the option on Bryce Miller and Bob
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: Nightingale reporting he's a free agent. He's not. He's not.
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: No.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: He's still under club control.
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: Yes. All right. We'll take a quick break. Come back
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: with more. 93.3 KJFM.