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Let's Fly · 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 at the ten yard line. Second to day.
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Speaker 1: Three wide receivers now in motion as Puppas left to right,
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Speaker 1: Julius Jones, a single setback Matt pump FECs looking at
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Speaker 1: the goal line, he throws it into the end zone. Touchdown.
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Speaker 1: Say Hawks, it's Michael Bumpas with a diving catching the
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Speaker 1: end zone. Our ten yard touchdown reception for Bumpas, and
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Speaker 1: the kid out of Washington State has found himself a
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Speaker 1: place on this team powered by Seahawks dot Com. But
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Speaker 1: wait is over. Hawk Talk is finally back in twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty two, and I'm here, Nasachoba, your host with the
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Speaker 1: one you want to hear. Michael Bumpus, the hostess with
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Speaker 1: the Mostess, the new host of the Bumping Stacy Show
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Speaker 1: on Seattle Sports seven ten. He's the host of the
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Speaker 1: pregame show number five in Your Cougar Programs, number sixteen
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Speaker 1: on your Seahawk program Back in the day, Michael Bumpus
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Speaker 1: was good. Buddy was good. And it's been too long.
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Speaker 1: It's been too long, but we are back, ready to go.
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Speaker 1: Been some changes with the Seahawk team, but change could
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Speaker 1: be good. So I'm excited to talk about the dudes. Man. Yeah, Man,
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Speaker 1: I think the overarching kind of storyline all training camp
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Speaker 1: was just excitement. People are excited to be in this building.
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Speaker 1: I'm excited to be in this building. This training camp
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Speaker 1: had a different field than really anything that I've been
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Speaker 1: a part of since I've been with the Seahawks. As
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Speaker 1: we know, I'm not breaking any news here. Number three,
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is no longer on the football team, Bobby
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Speaker 1: Wagner is not here. But it's just a different feel,
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Speaker 1: you know. We've heard Pete Carroll and John Schneider talked
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Speaker 1: about getting back in the reelhouse and it's about competition
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Speaker 1: and things have been fun this month at training camp.
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Speaker 1: So I'm so excited that we're actually getting ready to
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Speaker 1: talk about real football. Bump it counts next Monday. Where
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Speaker 1: are your first initial thoughts when you look at this
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Speaker 1: opening day roster for the Seahawks. Man, When I look
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Speaker 1: at this roster, obviously the big focus this offseason was
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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. You got Gino and Drew Lot battling
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Speaker 1: it out. Drew kind of. You got Covid five days
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Speaker 1: six days out the game kind of put them behind,
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Speaker 1: but end of the day, he had an opportunity to
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Speaker 1: when the job didn't When the job, Gino takes it
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Speaker 1: there the running back spot. We know this is Rashad's team, right.
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Speaker 1: Shaw's gonna get every opportunity to show the twelves and
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Speaker 1: everyone across the country that last year was not a fluke.
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Speaker 1: No surprises there, but I gotta show some loves to
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Speaker 1: DJ real quick. Second preseason in the row. This guy
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Speaker 1: has has shown that he deserves to be on this team.
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Speaker 1: Number thirty one was the leading rusher on this team
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Speaker 1: and one of the leading rushers in the preseason. Excited
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Speaker 1: for that. The one position that surprised me a little
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Speaker 1: bit with a cut was wide receiver because Freddie Freddie
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Speaker 1: Swain has been the guy that you can rely on
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Speaker 1: for a big play, who were there every single season
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Speaker 1: and he just didn't get it done. But that lets
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Speaker 1: you know that there's some young guys in that receiver
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Speaker 1: room that are pushing to get some time. Is nice
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Speaker 1: to see dsk Gridge. He seems like he's healthy, Mark
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Speaker 1: he's Gilbin is going to be in the mix. Penny
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Speaker 1: Hart and Therek Young the seventh round pick made the squad.
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Speaker 1: I'm loving when I'm seeing so far. Yeah, we're gonna
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Speaker 1: keep coming back to it all season long and definitely
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Speaker 1: throughout this podcast. In its competition you mentioned it. Sway
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Speaker 1: was that guy last year. He was at number three receiver.
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Speaker 1: He seemed to make a decent amount of plays. He
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Speaker 1: was a good option for Russell Wilson in that offense.
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Speaker 1: But you come in this year in the Seahawks draft
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Speaker 1: a Derek Young late in the draft. Right, you have
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Speaker 1: the es which coming back. Mark he's Goodwin comes in
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Speaker 1: and a guy that people forget about all the time
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Speaker 1: is Penny Hart. Penny Hart is a guy that was
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Speaker 1: it used to kind of be underneath the radar. He
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Speaker 1: was a guy that you knew was going to help
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Speaker 1: you on a special teams. But he just doesn't enough.
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Speaker 1: He's always around the ball and making plays and he's
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Speaker 1: gonna help it. So I just love the competition. You know,
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Speaker 1: just because you were doing something last year does not
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Speaker 1: mean you're gonna be on the team doing it this year.
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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited about that receiving corps. Obviously, Tyler
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Speaker 1: and DK, we know who they are. They're the best
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Speaker 1: combo receivers in the National Football League, But it'll be
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Speaker 1: good to see who emerges as that third receiver. I
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Speaker 1: know a lot of us kind of thought, even going
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Speaker 1: in last year, is gonna be the es Ridge he
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Speaker 1: gets hurt in that Colts game, doesn't really come back
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Speaker 1: towards the end of the year. And now you add
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Speaker 1: markis Goodwin and other speed served between both those guys
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Speaker 1: that can kind of do some of the same things.
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Speaker 1: So it'll be really interesting to see. And shout out
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Speaker 1: to Derek Young for making the ball club kind of
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Speaker 1: just going throughout the rest of this roster tight ends,
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Speaker 1: not a lot of surprise. There will Distlely coming back,
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Speaker 1: Uncle Will doing his thing. Kobe Parkinson hoping that he's
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Speaker 1: a guy that can kind of get after it in
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Speaker 1: the red zone this year. He's a six seven frame,
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Speaker 1: he looks physically amazing. He's been hit in the weight
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Speaker 1: room hard. He looks like a guy that's definitely going
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Speaker 1: to be an impact this year in the red zones.
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Speaker 1: We're hoping to see that. But a guy I want
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Speaker 1: to get your opinion on, Bump is no a fan.
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Speaker 1: You know, he's the big name coming out from Denver
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Speaker 1: in the Russell Wilson trade other than you know Drew
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Speaker 1: Lock and Shelby Harris as well. But No Offense was
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Speaker 1: their leading receiver last year in terms of reception for
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Speaker 1: the Broncos. What are you expecting to see from him
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Speaker 1: within this Shane Waldron offense. Well, No Offense has to
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Speaker 1: be that number three receiver. Now you had Gerald Ever
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Speaker 1: last year who was essentially that number three receiver. He's
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Speaker 1: gone and No Offense does a little bit more. What
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Speaker 1: we loved about Gerald Ever was that he can play outside,
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Speaker 1: he can play inside, and he can block. I like
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Speaker 1: a no A fan, I see the same thing, but
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Speaker 1: I see it at a higher level. No Offense is
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Speaker 1: a guy who can take a scream forty fifty sixty yards.
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Speaker 1: There's not too many tight ends in the league that
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Speaker 1: can do that. If you're talking about the George Kittles,
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Speaker 1: the Wallers and even the Kelsey's, There's only so many
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Speaker 1: tight ends who have those type of attributes. He might
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Speaker 1: be a guy that opens up this offense. The knock
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Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson was you don't use your tight ends enough.
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Speaker 1: You don't throw the ball across the middle. With Russell
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Speaker 1: not being here, you got Shane Walden will feel like
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Speaker 1: it's really gonna evolve as a play caller. You're bringing
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Speaker 1: up over a guy like Noah Fan. All he's gonna
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Speaker 1: do is enhance this offense. And what I like about
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Speaker 1: this room, Nass is that there's three different type tight ends. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: Will Disley the guy who's whose blue collar gonna block.
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Speaker 1: You got Colbe Parkinson up Todd mister six seven, I'm
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Speaker 1: looking about ten pounds heavier this year. And then you
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Speaker 1: got Noah Fan, who does a little bit of everything.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, no a Fan could be a key piece
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Speaker 1: of this thing. You mentioned all the names, the weapons
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Speaker 1: on offense, the receivers, the running bags, no offense in
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Speaker 1: dsk Bridge. I'm looking at those two to kind of
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Speaker 1: insert themselves into this offense and mix it up a bit. No, absolutely,
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Speaker 1: and I love that. And if we're talking offense, Ray
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Speaker 1: Roberts would come after us if we didn't mention the
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Speaker 1: offensive line, So we definitely got to go there. Obviously
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Speaker 1: a lot of big improvements to that offensive line, and
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Speaker 1: we're gonna start first of all with left tackle. You
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Speaker 1: draft Charles Cross out of Mississippi State, and he at
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Speaker 1: the number nine overall pick and he's the guy that
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Speaker 1: you put in right away. There's no questions about this
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Speaker 1: or that. No, you draft him, he walks right into
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Speaker 1: that room and he is your starting left tackle. And
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Speaker 1: he's the guy that looked really good in the preseason.
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Speaker 1: He had the one game against Chicago where he had
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Speaker 1: a bunch of fall start penalties, but that's something that's
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Speaker 1: so easily corrected, you know what I'm saying. So looking
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Speaker 1: past that, he's physical, he has a good bass. He's
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Speaker 1: going to be a guy that I think is going
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Speaker 1: to be a mainstay on this line for the next
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Speaker 1: decade to come. Hopefully. I'm not calling him Walter Jones
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Speaker 1: or anything like that, but just the longevity is that
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Speaker 1: he has a potential. It'll be a guy like that.
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Speaker 1: And then you go down the line. Obviously, Damian lewis
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Speaker 1: coming back. He obviously was hurt in the preseason, but
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Speaker 1: he's back there, coming back. Hopefully he'll be ready to
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Speaker 1: go for the season opener. Austin Blythe, a new addition
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Speaker 1: from previously with the Rams and the Chiefs, taken over
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Speaker 1: at center on the other side, gave Jackson and then
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Speaker 1: at right tackle, one of your koops, Abe Lucas looks
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Speaker 1: like he's won the job at right tackle. And it's
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Speaker 1: crazy if the Seahawks got this right to get two
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Speaker 1: potential bookend tackles in one draft, and Abe Lucas is
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Speaker 1: doing nothing but mauling people. I thought all they did
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Speaker 1: was pass it Wazoo bump apparent of this guy can
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Speaker 1: run block. He's putting people in the turf. And if
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Speaker 1: you're a dB and he's coming around that corner, you're
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Speaker 1: gonna make start making some business decisions because Abe Lucas
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Speaker 1: is a maller and I love what I saw from
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Speaker 1: him in this preseason. Yeah, and Lucas and Charles Cross,
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Speaker 1: those were the focus when it comes to that offensive
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Speaker 1: line for good reason. You mentioned Charles Cross number nine pick,
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Speaker 1: He's gonna play. He could have had the worst preseason
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Speaker 1: in the world, didn't matter. You're picking number nine. You're
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Speaker 1: gonna play. Thankfully, he did not have the worst preseason
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Speaker 1: in the world. Any showed that he can play. Did
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Speaker 1: have some hiccups, but that's what rickies do. They're gonna
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Speaker 1: have hiccups. On the other side, I've been saying that people,
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Speaker 1: this is the best draft I've seen from the Hawks
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Speaker 1: in a long time, and a lot of the reason,
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Speaker 1: not just because of Charles Cross, is because of what
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Speaker 1: they did in the later rounds. And Abe Lucas is
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Speaker 1: one of those guys. You bring Abe Lucas in to
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Speaker 1: play that offensive line? No one. I guess he had
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Speaker 1: the potential to be the starter, but you felt like
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Speaker 1: he had to go through Phil Haynes, had to go
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Speaker 1: through Ja Kerhand, he had to go through Stone Foresife.
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Speaker 1: Guys who have been here and played a little bit,
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Speaker 1: he did exactly that. Man, he showed that. Um, yeah,
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Speaker 1: they passed the ball a bunch of wallazoo. But he's
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Speaker 1: an athlete. You gotta forget. He comes from Archbishop Murphy
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Speaker 1: over there in Evert they r and the football. He
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Speaker 1: played basketball. He's an athletic type of dude. I look
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Speaker 1: at this offensive line. I love the interior. We gotta
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Speaker 1: see how Damian Lewis hills up from his injury. But
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Speaker 1: you got Austin blythe you got Gabe Jackson. I'm optimistic
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Speaker 1: about this offensive line. They're gonna lean on him early
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Speaker 1: because they want to run the football a lot. We
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Speaker 1: were shot pennyback there, but now I look at the
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Speaker 1: d line nast and I see two names that I
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Speaker 1: just want to love off Todd Puna Ford and newly
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Speaker 1: captain Al Woods. Those guys are gonna hold down the interior.
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Speaker 1: Ryan Mulney had a good preseason. Miles Adams one of
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Speaker 1: my favorite players to watch this preseason. He was everywhere.
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Speaker 1: Quentin Jefferson is back for the second time, and they
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Speaker 1: have Shelby Harris who's involved in that Denver trade. This
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Speaker 1: defensive line is gonna be key. They're not gonna get
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Speaker 1: all the glory, right, not gonna be celebrated the way
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Speaker 1: that they should be saying with the offensive line. But
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Speaker 1: you look at the guys who have been here, the
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Speaker 1: guys who are emerging, and the guys who are are
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Speaker 1: back for the are here for the first time, and
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Speaker 1: you gotta look at this this d line and say, Okay,
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Speaker 1: you can work with this absolutely. I think when I
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Speaker 1: see those names, I just think it runs stuffers up front.
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Speaker 1: I think a big out woods Man. You're not moving
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Speaker 1: that dude. He's gonna eat a bunch of double teams
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Speaker 1: and keep guys off the linebackers poona Ford does the
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Speaker 1: same thing. Brian Money is another guy that helps in
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Speaker 1: the interior, and I love bringing Quinn Jefferson back. He's
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Speaker 1: one of my favorites personally over here. He's made a
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Speaker 1: couple of stints with the Seahawks, and he had a
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Speaker 1: great career, you know, outside of this building with the
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Speaker 1: Raiders and the Bills, So it's good to see him
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Speaker 1: back in the building. I think the defensive line is
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Speaker 1: going to be in really good shape. And we're gonna
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Speaker 1: talk about this a little bit more later. But when
9:42
Speaker 1: you think of defensive line, when you see the roster
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Speaker 1: and you go, wait, there's only six or seven defensive lineman.
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Speaker 1: What's that about? Well, it's because of the defense, is
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Speaker 1: because of the three four, right, So we're gonna have
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Speaker 1: all these linebackers that are gonna play that quasi role
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Speaker 1: kind of defensive line kind of linebacker gonna line up
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Speaker 1: on the edge and the offenses constantly has to figure
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Speaker 1: out which guys are rushing the passer. Right. So the
10:04
Speaker 1: thing I love about that, So where would go to linebacker?
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Speaker 1: Because I kind of grew both these the front seven
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Speaker 1: in together. Is boy, Darryl Taylor, come on now, I'll
10:12
Speaker 1: come out. Let's say we'll do the hot takes from
10:14
Speaker 1: the jump, right, Darryl Taylor will have at least twelve
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Speaker 1: sacks this year, all right, And you know, honestly, I
10:20
Speaker 1: shouldn't even really take credit for that because that's not
10:22
Speaker 1: really going out on a limb. If anyone has watched
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Speaker 1: him at practice, if anyone saw what he did last year,
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Speaker 1: he is a dude that he has a motor and
10:29
Speaker 1: he's always singing, he's always dancing on if you follow
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Speaker 1: any of our social media platforms, Darryl Taylor is that
10:35
Speaker 1: dude and brings that energy. I think he's gonna go
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Speaker 1: nuts this year. Huchenna Nuosu is gonna be another guy
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Speaker 1: that helps us a lot. Coming from the Chargers, did
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Speaker 1: a lot of good things over there. You draft boy
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Speaker 1: a mafe from Minnesota. He has that burst and that
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Speaker 1: get off. We saw a little bit of what he
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Speaker 1: can do against the Steelers in that first preseason game.
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Speaker 1: Then you got guys like Alton Robinson who did some
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Speaker 1: things last year. And then the guys in the middle
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Speaker 1: right fifty six, fifty seven, George Brooks, Cody Barton. Those
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Speaker 1: are the dudes that are really stepping up and feeling
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Speaker 1: the void of Bobby Wagner. But these guys are ready,
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Speaker 1: They're ready. Cody Barton has been in waiting in the wings.
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Speaker 1: He's been here for years, waiting for his opportunity, waiting
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Speaker 1: for his opportunity. He finally gets it. Jordan Brooks came
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Speaker 1: out on the scene. He's shown what he could do.
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Speaker 1: Got banged up a little bit his rookie year. Last
11:18
Speaker 1: year he set the franchise record and tackles, so we
11:21
Speaker 1: know he's about that life. So I'm just really excited
11:23
Speaker 1: about the linebackers and this front seven in general. I
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Speaker 1: really think a guy like Jordan Brooks, he's got the
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Speaker 1: dot on the helmet, you're calling the plates. It's a
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Speaker 1: lot more added responsibility. But I think he's a guy
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Speaker 1: that's gonna take a huge step in twenty twenty two.
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Speaker 1: The linebacker group has to be one of the most
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Speaker 1: versatile positions on this field, especially if you're on the edge.
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Speaker 1: Right you mentioned they're gonna walk down, give you that rush. Look,
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Speaker 1: they can also drop into space. That's when you depend
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Speaker 1: on Uchenna and boy at MAFE and Daryl Taylor. What
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Speaker 1: I love about boy at MAFE he hasn't played football
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Speaker 1: for a very long time, so everything you say to
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Speaker 1: him is gold. Everything you say, He's like, look, I'm
11:55
Speaker 1: gonna give him my best effort and I'm gonna try
11:57
Speaker 1: it because I don't have a lot of experience. That's
11:59
Speaker 1: a gift in a curse, right, you don't have a
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Speaker 1: lot of experience, you haven't been through a lot of situations.
12:03
Speaker 1: But when you are a coach to do something, you're
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Speaker 1: gonna do it. Drawing books is signed, still deliver, ready
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Speaker 1: to go. Then Cody Barnes has been waiting in the
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Speaker 1: wings for a few years now for his opportunity. We
12:12
Speaker 1: saw him play early, struggled a little bit. Then you
12:14
Speaker 1: move to special teams. You spot a man here or there.
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Speaker 1: He's been getting these reps. I really like this group.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to depend on this group, and the
12:21
Speaker 1: next group is a cornerback group super Bowl that is
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Speaker 1: going to be targeted. Right the last couple of years,
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Speaker 1: this defense has been the greatest when it comes to
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Speaker 1: the past. But there's reason to be optimistic. Yeah, guys
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Speaker 1: coming back. Sidon Jones had a concussion this training camp.
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Speaker 1: Didn't see much of him, but we know that he
12:38
Speaker 1: is ready to go. Then you bring over Already Burns,
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Speaker 1: a guy who's familiar with the side and what they
12:42
Speaker 1: want to do on the back end. There, you draft
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Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant, the Jim Thorpe winner out of Cincinnati, and
12:48
Speaker 1: then you're bringing Terq Willin, who has been a surprise
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Speaker 1: to everybody. Physically, we knew that he had that, But
12:54
Speaker 1: now is can you line up? Can you flip the hips?
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Speaker 1: Can you be a true corner knowing that you were
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Speaker 1: a receiver of your career and you've only played fourteen games?
13:02
Speaker 1: Get Justin Coleman here for the third time he came back.
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Speaker 1: He makes the squad than Isaiah Dunne and Michael Jackson.
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Speaker 1: Big up. So Michael Jackson, we're gonna talk about him
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Speaker 1: because he's the epitome of competition when it comes to
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Speaker 1: this roster. This dude maybe now's he played. It seemed
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Speaker 1: like he played every snap on defense and every snap
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Speaker 1: on special teams. I'm watching him like, man, he'll be
13:20
Speaker 1: sore after this game because Michael Jackson was everywhere making plays.
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Speaker 1: I'm really happy for that dude. He made the team.
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Speaker 1: But you look at these rookies Kobe Bryant and terrieq Woollan,
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Speaker 1: You go, are we looking at the future of this
13:32
Speaker 1: Seahawks secondary for a while now? Without question, you see
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Speaker 1: those guys, and again, Kobe Bryant's a guy that could
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Speaker 1: have easily gotten drafted way higher. You know, you win
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Speaker 1: the drem Thorpe Award, is the best dB in college
13:45
Speaker 1: and he probably didn't get the recognition he deserved because
13:48
Speaker 1: we played against or he played alongside excuse me, Sauce Gardner. Right,
13:51
Speaker 1: saus Gardner is a top ten pick. Everyone's talking about
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Speaker 1: him the whole time that Kobe Bryant has been through it.
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Speaker 1: He spent putting in his time in Cincinnati, and he
13:58
Speaker 1: showed a lot of good things out here on the
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Speaker 1: practice field. And I think what surprised people, not necessarily
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Speaker 1: in this building, but people looking on the onset was
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Speaker 1: him going to nickel, him going inside. He can obviously
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Speaker 1: play outside, but he's been used a lot on the interior.
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Speaker 1: So'll be a nice battle to kind of watch with
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Speaker 1: him moving forward and Trigu willing Man. When we got him,
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Speaker 1: I was obviously anytime you see a guy runs a
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Speaker 1: four two, what you're like, yeah, sign me up, thank you.
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Speaker 1: He's long, he's lanky, plays corner, but you expect a
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Speaker 1: huge learning curve. You expect the guy that's probably really
14:25
Speaker 1: raw because footwork probably isn't that great. His hands might
14:28
Speaker 1: not be that great. There might be something. There's a
14:30
Speaker 1: reason why this specimen is here at this time, and
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Speaker 1: it's because change of positions, because how long he played football.
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Speaker 1: But he falls to you, and what surprised me is
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Speaker 1: he's not as raw as I thought he was going
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Speaker 1: to be. He's a lot more polish. His footwork is
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Speaker 1: great getting in out of break. So really excited about
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Speaker 1: the corners. And then we'll wrap it up with the safeties.
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Speaker 1: Not allowed to say there Man Quandri Digsmall Adams, we
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Speaker 1: know we're getting. Those are two the best safeties in
14:53
Speaker 1: the National Football League. I'm really excited to what they
14:56
Speaker 1: can do this year. Obviously Jamal Adams coming back from injury,
15:00
Speaker 1: but seeing him get after the quarterback again and do
15:02
Speaker 1: some good things. Quandre Diggs the most underrated free safety
15:05
Speaker 1: in the game today. Several seasons with five interceptions, he's
15:08
Speaker 1: balling out. Then the other good part at the back
15:10
Speaker 1: end is their death. We know Ryan neil Kind because
15:12
Speaker 1: he's been making plays for this team for a couple
15:14
Speaker 1: of years now. But Josh Jones and Joey Blunt showed
15:17
Speaker 1: up to camp and they were hitting people. They were physical,
15:20
Speaker 1: they were in your face. There was some dust ups
15:22
Speaker 1: and training camp with some of the receivers in DK,
15:24
Speaker 1: but I just love to see the physicality for them,
15:26
Speaker 1: and they're on seeing and they're ready to compete. They're
15:28
Speaker 1: gonna help on special teams and if anyone goes down,
15:30
Speaker 1: there's definitely a feeling of depth and reel that those
15:36
Speaker 1: guys can step in and really help the team. We
15:38
Speaker 1: know the specialist Michael Dickson, Jason Myers, Harot holding it down.
15:42
Speaker 1: So love to see that. And the last thing I
15:45
Speaker 1: would say about the roster in this building. We're gonna
15:48
Speaker 1: hear from Coach Carroll in one second. But the reason
15:50
Speaker 1: I want to bring it up is we're not gonna
15:52
Speaker 1: avoid the elephant in the room, Elvin in the room,
15:54
Speaker 1: is that everyone outside this building thinks the Seahawks are
15:57
Speaker 1: not going to be a good football team. Right right
16:00
Speaker 1: everywhere you look, people are saying we're goining four games,
16:02
Speaker 1: they're gonna win three games, maybe two, What are they
16:05
Speaker 1: doing with quarterback? Blah blah blah. But the good thing
16:08
Speaker 1: about that, bump, the great thing about that is none
16:11
Speaker 1: of those people are in this building and coaches football team.
16:14
Speaker 1: Here's a head coach Pete Carroll talking about expectations going
16:16
Speaker 1: into the season. I don't feel like that at all.
16:19
Speaker 1: I mean I don't. I don't feel like any part
16:21
Speaker 1: of any of that is what's true, other than the
16:24
Speaker 1: fact that that's what people think, you know. So I'm
16:26
Speaker 1: not in that business now. I'm in the business. They
16:28
Speaker 1: help them, these guys get ready to play. And with
16:30
Speaker 1: all of the all of the work that we do
16:32
Speaker 1: and all of the mentality and the culture and the
16:35
Speaker 1: environment that we're in, we've been averaging ten wins a
16:38
Speaker 1: year for the last twenty something years. You know, you
16:41
Speaker 1: think I could think anything different than that. I don't.
16:43
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't see any reason my expectations should
16:46
Speaker 1: change at all. I don't care what anybody says. I
16:49
Speaker 1: love it because it's true. Did you hear the back
16:51
Speaker 1: end of that? We've been winning Temples Games how many
16:53
Speaker 1: years in a row? Like come on now? Some years
16:55
Speaker 1: it is not just what we do, not his first
16:57
Speaker 1: rodeo and the thing that I love. They're back in
16:59
Speaker 1: the real house. And people always forget that people weren't
17:03
Speaker 1: just known commodities. Everyone in a legion of Boom, all
17:05
Speaker 1: those guys, Russell Bobby. Every one of them was not
17:07
Speaker 1: a known commodity. The only guy out of that those
17:11
Speaker 1: legion of boom guys that were talking about was Earl
17:13
Speaker 1: Thomas was the only first round pick. Russell Koon was
17:16
Speaker 1: one of the first round. Like, we didn't hear about
17:18
Speaker 1: the Sherms and all those guys. They had to be discovered,
17:19
Speaker 1: developed and found at one point, and they did that.
17:22
Speaker 1: So I think that the Seahawks are obviously in great hands.
17:25
Speaker 1: We know that, but I just love where they're at
17:27
Speaker 1: and the guy leading the charge, Pete Carroll still here,
17:30
Speaker 1: John Schneider, everyone on the same page, and we're talking
17:33
Speaker 1: about competition bump, which leads me into the unofficial depth chart.
17:37
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna start this by saying it's unofficial, it's
17:39
Speaker 1: not official. That doesn't mean that what we say here
17:42
Speaker 1: means what's going to happen on Sunday. But when the
17:44
Speaker 1: unofficial depth chart did come out for the Seahawks, which
17:47
Speaker 1: every team has to put in their game release bump,
17:49
Speaker 1: which jumped out to you the most. You've got three
17:53
Speaker 1: rookies that are supposedly going to start right you mentioned
17:56
Speaker 1: this is unofficial. We talked about Charles Cross ab Lucas
17:59
Speaker 1: on that line. You got Terik Wooling, and then you
18:02
Speaker 1: have Michael Jackson, the guy who make this team the
18:05
Speaker 1: hard way. He played every single preseason game. He was
18:08
Speaker 1: out there sweating Some dudes played five to ten plays
18:11
Speaker 1: and say, man multiplied app by six. All right, I'm
18:13
Speaker 1: out there every single play. And like I mentioned, the
18:16
Speaker 1: true definition of if you just do your job, if
18:18
Speaker 1: you make plays and you show up, you're gonna have
18:20
Speaker 1: an opportunity to make this team. Other than that, no
18:23
Speaker 1: real surprises. The quarterback battle was settled. Pee Carroll came
18:26
Speaker 1: out right after the third preseason season game and say, look,
18:29
Speaker 1: Genos our guy. We're gonna move forward with him. Drew
18:31
Speaker 1: Log has to support. We'll see what happens at the
18:33
Speaker 1: end of the season. There, but really no surprises. Three
18:36
Speaker 1: rookie starting, and then you got Michael Jackson doing it
18:39
Speaker 1: the hard way. Yeah. Love Michael Jackson. Competition. You're hey,
18:43
Speaker 1: other guys are banged up, you're playing the best. You
18:45
Speaker 1: were going to be rewarded. I love the rookies that
18:47
Speaker 1: are going to be out there. So Bump is that time, baby,
18:49
Speaker 1: It's that time? What's on tap? What's on tap? What's
18:57
Speaker 1: on tap. The Denver Broncos, as we've been talking about
19:00
Speaker 1: seven and ten, last year last place finisher in the
19:03
Speaker 1: AFC West. In twenty twenty one, they are coming to
19:05
Speaker 1: Looming Field to take on the Seattle Seahawks on Monday
19:08
Speaker 1: Night football. All eyes on the Emerald City next Monday. Now, Bump,
19:13
Speaker 1: take me into this head to head comparison. Right, So,
19:16
Speaker 1: typically we'll put a lot more stock into this as
19:18
Speaker 1: the season goes on, because we're talking about this, but
19:22
Speaker 1: this we're just looking at last year and so much
19:24
Speaker 1: has changed. But Bump, what jumps out? Let's at least
19:27
Speaker 1: look on the Denver side, what jumps out from the
19:28
Speaker 1: head to head comparison? Here? A man like you said,
19:31
Speaker 1: you can't put too much into this, but the thing
19:34
Speaker 1: that does stand out to me, it's a total defense,
19:37
Speaker 1: right number eight in the NFL, averaging three hundred and
19:40
Speaker 1: twenty yards per game, and they were really good against
19:43
Speaker 1: the past. Now we know that probably won't play too
19:45
Speaker 1: much into this match up against the Seahawks. We feel
19:47
Speaker 1: like they're gonna lean on the run to start, but
19:49
Speaker 1: sooner or later, Gina is gonna have to open that
19:51
Speaker 1: thing up. You still got dk, You still gotta lock it.
19:54
Speaker 1: You still got no a fan. We'll see how ds
19:56
Speaker 1: Gridge really inserts himself in here. But no, that's what
19:58
Speaker 1: I look at, man, because they're gonna be so different
20:00
Speaker 1: offensively with Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson apparently is a coach
20:04
Speaker 1: over there. You don't, Yeah, I mean they defer to him,
20:07
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So we'll see what type
20:08
Speaker 1: of game planing Russell Wilson has over They're good for him,
20:10
Speaker 1: he got everything he wanted. But I just look at
20:12
Speaker 1: the defense and I say, Okay, a lot of those
20:15
Speaker 1: guys are gonna be back. They're gonna hang their hat
20:17
Speaker 1: on that number eight defense in the league last year.
20:19
Speaker 1: What stands out to you? Yeah, I think you took
20:21
Speaker 1: the words of my mouth. I think what they do
20:23
Speaker 1: defensively and they allow the points day lapper game third
20:26
Speaker 1: in the NFL, only allowing eighteen points per game, which
20:29
Speaker 1: usually means they were crazy, you know, causing turnovers or
20:32
Speaker 1: really high against other stats. It doesn't really pan out
20:35
Speaker 1: that way. They didn't. They did only have thirteen interceptions
20:38
Speaker 1: last year and they were only plus one in the
20:41
Speaker 1: turnover differentials, so obviously takes him account what the offense did.
20:45
Speaker 1: But no, I just think that they're they're a solid defense.
20:47
Speaker 1: They're gonna get to pass and they keep people off
20:49
Speaker 1: the scoreboard. For the Seahawks, throw everything out with the
20:53
Speaker 1: Bathwater man, throw it all out. It's all gone because
20:56
Speaker 1: what app defensively. We talked about this for the last
20:58
Speaker 1: two years. Man with the Seahawks ruggled a ton at
21:00
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year and then right at the
21:02
Speaker 1: ship and the numbers were off all year, right, So
21:04
Speaker 1: it's hard to even look at any of these numbers
21:05
Speaker 1: because I truly believe this defense under new leadership, with
21:08
Speaker 1: Clint Hurt and Shawn Desai and Carl Scott and the
21:11
Speaker 1: players that we have back players coming back from injury,
21:13
Speaker 1: that there's no way to me that I can that
21:16
Speaker 1: I'll see under pass defense thirty one, total defense twenty eight.
21:20
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't even I'm not even put that
21:23
Speaker 1: out there in the universe because I can't picture that
21:25
Speaker 1: happening this year. So, but the one thing when we
21:28
Speaker 1: look at the stat leaders obviously change up at the
21:31
Speaker 1: quarterback position and some of these these top positions. But
21:34
Speaker 1: if you're looking for the Broncos, no offense leading receptions
21:37
Speaker 1: leader and Shelby Harris the leading sack getter or on
21:39
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. Now switch Jersey's baby to the right side,
21:44
Speaker 1: not the dark side. Got away from the dark side.
21:45
Speaker 1: Yoh hear what else now? But yeah, you look, Rashad
21:48
Speaker 1: needs to be Rashad, DK needs to be DK. Dunlap
21:50
Speaker 1: is no longer here. We're hoping Shelby Harris helps out there.
21:53
Speaker 1: And then of course we got one of the best
21:54
Speaker 1: punters in the game. And Michael Dixon might not get
21:57
Speaker 1: the love that he deserves, but he will switch phil
21:59
Speaker 1: position on you real quickly. This is what's weird about
22:03
Speaker 1: week one, right, it is there's a lot of changes
22:05
Speaker 1: that happened. The NFL did a great job scheduling Seahawks
22:08
Speaker 1: versus Denverse, so there's it's hard to compare. But you
22:11
Speaker 1: never really know what you're gonna get. This is week one.
22:14
Speaker 1: I mean, you have an idea, right, We've been here
22:16
Speaker 1: watching the Seahawks and their training camp in their preseason.
22:19
Speaker 1: The Broncos been over there watching them. I'm like, you
22:22
Speaker 1: got Nathaniel Hackett as your offensive coordinator? Are they watching
22:24
Speaker 1: Green Bay Backers film? Like? Yeah, Theahawks looking at that
22:27
Speaker 1: film to kind of see what Russell wants to do.
22:28
Speaker 1: But now Russell was like a MINIOC. So the questions
22:32
Speaker 1: that we have, I think is what's gonna make this
22:34
Speaker 1: matchup so interesting on Monday. What I love about this,
22:36
Speaker 1: and you'll relate to this because you're a former high
22:38
Speaker 1: school football coach over at Monroe High School. The thing
22:41
Speaker 1: about that first game is you go through camp, you
22:43
Speaker 1: watch film, your practice all month, you go through all
22:46
Speaker 1: your plays, you watch all the film. But man, you're
22:49
Speaker 1: watching all that for a series number one for one
22:52
Speaker 1: once that first series. At first they give a line
22:55
Speaker 1: up and you go, oh, well, I haven't seen that
22:57
Speaker 1: formation before, okay, and then every day out the window.
23:01
Speaker 1: So I love that part about the first game. So
23:04
Speaker 1: it is definitely going to be interesting. But while we're
23:06
Speaker 1: talking about the first game and who the Seahawks are playing,
23:09
Speaker 1: it is time to know that history. No your history
23:13
Speaker 1: series record. Broncos lead all time regular season series thirty
23:16
Speaker 1: five to nineteen. Last meeting was Season OPRAH in twenty eighteen,
23:21
Speaker 1: were the Seahawks fell to the Broncos twenty seven twenty
23:24
Speaker 1: four in Denver. That game really was remembered for let's
23:30
Speaker 1: see a couple of things. So Russell Wilson through for
23:31
Speaker 1: almost three hundred yards, did have three touchdowns, but was
23:34
Speaker 1: sacked six times in through two interceptions. But what it
23:38
Speaker 1: should be most remembered for for Seahawks fans, it was
23:40
Speaker 1: the coming out party for Will Disley. That was his
23:42
Speaker 1: first game. He had three receptions one hundred and five
23:45
Speaker 1: yards in a touchdown. That's still the most reception yards
23:48
Speaker 1: he's ever had in his career. So it's cool to
23:49
Speaker 1: see that. And then Chris Carson. I'd be remissed if
23:52
Speaker 1: I didn't if I didn't talk about this play because
23:55
Speaker 1: we got to see Chris Carson's athletic ability on this
23:57
Speaker 1: nice run. Chris Carson back again as a single setback
24:01
Speaker 1: with a slot near side. Hey Carson gets it. Hey,
24:03
Speaker 1: he jumps over a man at the ten fifteen twenty
24:06
Speaker 1: down the far sidelines and steps out of bounds. Holy mackerel.
24:11
Speaker 1: Chris Carson doing his skeets knee a Maya impression, jumps
24:15
Speaker 1: right over the top of the defender and picks up
24:18
Speaker 1: twenty four in a first down. What I love about that.
24:21
Speaker 1: I know the skeets nia Maya is, but a lot
24:24
Speaker 1: of people might not know who he is rable with
24:25
Speaker 1: the throwback. I'm filling it hat you. He's pulled the
24:28
Speaker 1: Skeetsnia may Out a couple of times. I'm not gonna lie.
24:30
Speaker 1: The first time he said it, I was kind of confused,
24:32
Speaker 1: but I did my research a mom, I'm up to
24:34
Speaker 1: speed now. Skeetzi Maya was a burner in the hurdle,
24:38
Speaker 1: but no, I loved I just wanted to play that
24:40
Speaker 1: just for the hell of it. Miss you, Chris Carson.
24:41
Speaker 1: Chris Carson did so many good things for this team.
24:44
Speaker 1: It's a real barmer that he's not going to be
24:45
Speaker 1: with the Seahawks anymore, but I love to see what
24:48
Speaker 1: he was able to do. In the last random note
24:50
Speaker 1: from that Moroncos game, Brandon Marshall caught a touchdown for
24:53
Speaker 1: the Seahawks wild and it's so like I went back
24:57
Speaker 1: to the box where I was like, oh yeah, Brandon
25:00
Speaker 1: Marshall did play for the first like six games that year. Anyway,
25:03
Speaker 1: he ended up his tenure with the Seahawks that year.
25:06
Speaker 1: But enough about the history. Now, signed to figure out
25:08
Speaker 1: what's going on in the NFC West and the Seahawks
25:15
Speaker 1: where the NFC West champs again, what's the word in
25:19
Speaker 1: the West on hot Talk, I'll tell you what the
25:23
Speaker 1: word was. Last year, Rams win twelve and five, the
25:27
Speaker 1: Cardinals eleven and six, Saint France ten and seven, and
25:29
Speaker 1: your Seahawks the bottom of the division at seven. In ten,
25:33
Speaker 1: the Seahawks missive playoffs for the first time since twenty
25:37
Speaker 1: seventeen and twenty twenty one, man the second time in
25:39
Speaker 1: the Pete Carroll and John Schneider Ara. The Rams, of course,
25:43
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl Super Bowl Ffty six. They beat
25:45
Speaker 1: the Bengals twenty three to twenty. The Niners made it
25:48
Speaker 1: back to the postseason in twenty twenty one, losing to
25:51
Speaker 1: the in the NFC Championship to the Rams at twenty
25:53
Speaker 1: to seventeen. The Cardinals made the playoffs for the first
25:56
Speaker 1: time in six years, but were handed a nice hell
25:59
Speaker 1: in the wild card round thirty four to eleven. Kylin
26:01
Speaker 1: Murray did not play very well. He's pounding on the sideline.
26:06
Speaker 1: Like we say, man, the West is going to be
26:09
Speaker 1: arguably the tough division in football. You can look at
26:12
Speaker 1: the FC West and throw them into the argument, but
26:13
Speaker 1: when you look at the quarterbacks in this division alone,
26:16
Speaker 1: you look at Matthew Stafford, Kyler Murray, you got Gino
26:20
Speaker 1: over here as well. And then what's gonna happen with
26:22
Speaker 1: Trey Lance? Right, He's like the big question mark in
26:25
Speaker 1: this division. Can he be the guy? He's only played
26:27
Speaker 1: one season, one full season since his senior year in
26:30
Speaker 1: high school, So it's gonna be some changes there. I'm
26:34
Speaker 1: interested to see what this forty nine or offense looks like.
26:36
Speaker 1: Will it be like Kaepernick back in the day where
26:38
Speaker 1: there's a lot of boot play action he used his
26:41
Speaker 1: young guys. Athletic says that we shall see. The weird
26:43
Speaker 1: thing about the forty nine ers is Jimmy G is
26:45
Speaker 1: still lurking before or during the postseason. They're like, look,
26:49
Speaker 1: we're gonna get rid of this guy. They're they're on
26:51
Speaker 1: good terms. Jimmy G has a conference. Hey I'm out
26:54
Speaker 1: of here. Kyle Shanahan, Hey, I'm out of here. They
26:56
Speaker 1: try to ship them nows and nobody wanted this man
26:59
Speaker 1: for twenty five million dollars. Then they say, look we'll
27:01
Speaker 1: get we'll give him to you how to reduce price. Nigga, Nah,
27:03
Speaker 1: we still don't want him. So now he is signed.
27:05
Speaker 1: He's getting six million dollars this year. I think he's
27:08
Speaker 1: just trade baked about four or five to six weeks
27:10
Speaker 1: into the season, somebody might take a look at him. Yeah,
27:14
Speaker 1: that was so weird to me because you're obviously and
27:16
Speaker 1: you can see why when you when you take the
27:18
Speaker 1: hat of a front office person and think what they're doing,
27:21
Speaker 1: because you have all those goodbyes, you have a tearful goodbye,
27:24
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Everyone says the right thing, it's amicable.
27:27
Speaker 1: Everyone is in good shape. And you announced Trey Lance.
27:29
Speaker 1: And usually when you give the keys to the car
27:31
Speaker 1: to somebody else, you're like, okay, we're one hundred percent
27:33
Speaker 1: behind you, which the forty nine ers are doing. But
27:35
Speaker 1: they also don't sign that the old guy who still
27:37
Speaker 1: has a key to the house, who was running things
27:39
Speaker 1: for the last three years. They did some good things.
27:42
Speaker 1: I mean, he did take him to do Super Bowl,
27:43
Speaker 1: did take him to another NFEC Championship game thirty three
27:46
Speaker 1: and fourteen as a starter. But here's the most I
27:49
Speaker 1: think Trey Wingo posted this a while back. This is
27:51
Speaker 1: the most Jimmy Garoppolo stat that I could that I
27:54
Speaker 1: could bring up. So in those starts that I was
27:57
Speaker 1: mentioned in thirty three and fourteen is a starter. He's
27:59
Speaker 1: average one point five touchdown passes per game and has
28:02
Speaker 1: more zero touchdown pass games with eight than three touchdown
28:07
Speaker 1: pass games with six. So crazy. But all that being said, though,
28:12
Speaker 1: we do know that he's obviously done enough to get
28:15
Speaker 1: them to the super Bowl, and he's a competent quarterback
28:17
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. What happens Week one when
28:20
Speaker 1: maybe trays back game he throws three picks gets a
28:23
Speaker 1: little dinged up. I mean, who's are reclaiming for Jimmy
28:26
Speaker 1: g Who knows Jimmy's lurking? The Niners fans are gonna
28:30
Speaker 1: go there for sure if Trey Lands is struggling, I
28:33
Speaker 1: don't think because of the way their roster is set up,
28:36
Speaker 1: set up twin right now. So Trey Lands goes out
28:38
Speaker 1: there and he's not a look good in the first
28:40
Speaker 1: few weeks, they will be hollering Jimmy's name from the mountaintop.
28:45
Speaker 1: But let's talk about this young man down in Arizona. Okay,
28:48
Speaker 1: dude got paid, Hala Murray, I'm not ahead, or get
28:50
Speaker 1: your money, man, two hundred and thirty million, You go
28:52
Speaker 1: do your thing. We was weird was about that contract.
28:54
Speaker 1: How they put a study clause in there. No video
28:57
Speaker 1: game claws in there. Then he comes out, he goes
28:59
Speaker 1: it's disrespect for people to think that I wouldn't study. Well,
29:03
Speaker 1: it wasn't in their own accident, you know what I'm saying.
29:05
Speaker 1: I've never heard of that type of clause being in
29:06
Speaker 1: a contract. But nonetheless, there's no denying Kyler Murray can play.
29:10
Speaker 1: I mean, he's athletic, he's got a cannon, he's elusive.
29:14
Speaker 1: So that's a situation too. Man, how does him in
29:17
Speaker 1: his head coach coordinator kind of get over that hump?
29:20
Speaker 1: You didn't make it to the playoffs last year, but
29:22
Speaker 1: you didn't look impressive at all. Yeah. We kind of
29:24
Speaker 1: went back and forth on Kyler A. Lott over the
29:26
Speaker 1: last two years on this podcast, specifically in this segment,
29:28
Speaker 1: because we do know his ability. His athletic ability is
29:31
Speaker 1: unmatching this league. We compared him a lot too when
29:34
Speaker 1: Russell got going that Kyler Murray would not be where
29:36
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's at in the National Football leau if it
29:38
Speaker 1: wasn't for Russell Wilson, because he kind of paved the
29:40
Speaker 1: way for guys his size and athletic ability to baseball
29:43
Speaker 1: all those other comparisons, and he can ball out, but
29:46
Speaker 1: there's still question marks because under Cliff Kingsbury and Kyler
29:50
Speaker 1: Murray at together, they have notoriously flamed out at the
29:53
Speaker 1: end of the year in epic fashion. Right, They were
29:56
Speaker 1: not playing their bestball at the end of the year
29:57
Speaker 1: and kind of led into them getting steamrolled in the playoffs.
30:00
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see because the talent is there.
30:02
Speaker 1: We know Cliff Kingsbury is a great offensive mind, great
30:05
Speaker 1: offensive minding coach. The hops over there. Still they still
30:08
Speaker 1: got playmakers, so it'll be interesting to see what goes on.
30:11
Speaker 1: But if things don't start great, things could get real
30:15
Speaker 1: interesting down there in Arizona. But all right, let's get
30:18
Speaker 1: back to the matchup that matters the most, and it's
30:21
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos versus Seahawks. Tign the man up, this
30:32
Speaker 1: man up on Hawk Talk. Well, this is a little
30:35
Speaker 1: awkward up because we would start this segment a lot
30:38
Speaker 1: of times looking at Russell Wilson against whoever they're facing,
30:42
Speaker 1: whatever defensive matchup they had. But we're gonna flip it
30:45
Speaker 1: on you guys this year because this first matchup we're
30:48
Speaker 1: talking about Russell Wilson, a member of the Denver Broncos,
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Speaker 1: going up against the Seahawk defense. And this is the
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Speaker 1: most talked about, hyped up, anticipated season openers storyline that
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Speaker 1: I can remember, at least in Week one, where someone
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Speaker 1: left the team and they're playing that team in their
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Speaker 1: building that first game of the year. And you know,
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was great for the Seahawks, a decade of success,
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Speaker 1: super Bowl champion, tons of numbers, tons of records, just
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Speaker 1: full of stuff, right, and then now he's moved on.
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Speaker 1: The Seahawks moved on. Everyone moved on. It's a different
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Speaker 1: it's a different time here in the building at the vMac.
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Speaker 1: It's a different time for Russell in Denver. But this matchup, man,
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Speaker 1: I can't remember, So take me through it. Obviously, bump
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Speaker 1: between us. We can talk about that stuff, right because
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Speaker 1: we're not playing in the games. We know everyone downstairs
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Speaker 1: in this building is going to be locked in, ready
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Speaker 1: to go. They don't care who's lining up against him.
31:38
Speaker 1: But when when you think about it from a coaching standpoint,
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Speaker 1: no one knows Russell Wilson more than Pete Carroll and
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Speaker 1: this staff does in the world, i'd presume, right. And
31:49
Speaker 1: then on the same token, Russell Wilson knows this building
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Speaker 1: and what the Seahawks standpoint more than anybody who has
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Speaker 1: the advantage going into Week one based off of familiarity. Honestly,
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Speaker 1: and I'm not just saying this because I'm in Seattle.
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Speaker 1: I honestly think Seattle has the advantage because they know
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Speaker 1: his weaknesses and what he wants to do and what
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Speaker 1: he wants to be. What he wanted to be wasn't
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Speaker 1: how peat here wanted to run his program, his offense,
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Speaker 1: so they part ways. I think the challenge for Russell
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Speaker 1: is going to be what is his defense going to be?
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Speaker 1: He hasn't seen this defense in Seattle. Has he seen
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Speaker 1: a three four defense with a match zone and all
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Speaker 1: the stuff they're gonna do. Of course he has, He's
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Speaker 1: been in the league ten years. But he can't just
32:33
Speaker 1: throw on some film from Clint Hurt being a defensive
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Speaker 1: coordinator last year, a couple of years ago and say, Okay,
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Speaker 1: this is what he likes to do. You can look
32:41
Speaker 1: at these preseason games and say, all right, I have
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Speaker 1: an idea what they want to do, but we all
32:45
Speaker 1: know in preseason they're vanilla is heck? So honestly, I
32:47
Speaker 1: think Seattle has the advantage when he comes to knowing
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Speaker 1: strengths and weaknesses. Now, when it comes to execution, say
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Speaker 1: what you want about Russell might not have left the
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Speaker 1: way you liked it, But this dude can play some football.
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Speaker 1: So he's going to make some all script plays. He's
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Speaker 1: going to make some monscript plays. But initially going in
33:06
Speaker 1: on paper when you're just sizing some guys up, Seattle
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Speaker 1: has the advantage, but you still gotta go out there
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Speaker 1: and play some ball. Absolutely, you're right. At the end
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Speaker 1: of the day, players got to make plays, and that's
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Speaker 1: always how it's going to be. It's always how whatever
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Speaker 1: will be on the football field. But I totally agree
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Speaker 1: with you. And one of the reasons why I think
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Speaker 1: about it too is beyond, like you said, the play
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Speaker 1: calling and stuff, right, Russell has seen those type of
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Speaker 1: defenses absolutely, but they know what his thought process is, like, Hey,
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Speaker 1: here's the things I like in short yardage. Hey, when
33:33
Speaker 1: this is happening, I like to do this when this
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Speaker 1: breaks down, here are my favorite go to things. Obviously
33:39
Speaker 1: offenses are different things like that, but they know how
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Speaker 1: he processes information. They were in meetings for a decade
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Speaker 1: with the man talking about what worked, what didn't work,
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Speaker 1: what he's trying to get done on this play. So
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Speaker 1: just kind of knowing that as a background, it's gonna
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Speaker 1: be really fun chess match though, right, because it's gonna
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Speaker 1: be back and forth, right because Ruskin like, oh, they
33:56
Speaker 1: really think I like this in short yardage, Bam, I'm
33:57
Speaker 1: gonna try hit him with this if it's open, and
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Speaker 1: saying for Pete Carroll and then and then Clint hurting everybody,
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Speaker 1: you know, Oh, Russell Wilson might be doing this. We should.
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Speaker 1: They're thinking we're gonna play it this way because we've
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Speaker 1: always taught that in our building, but we're actually so
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Speaker 1: that chess match is gonna be fun. I think. I
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Speaker 1: think I'm just so excited to see what our defense
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Speaker 1: is gonna look like. We're vanilla in the preseason. We
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Speaker 1: finally get to see what this defense is gonna be
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Speaker 1: like with our top safeties returning back Jordan Brooks, Cody
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Speaker 1: Barton holding down in the middle, obviously Outwoods, and those
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Speaker 1: guys up front. Daryl Taylor looks like a guy who's
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Speaker 1: gonna have double digit sack numbers, and obviously Seahawks are
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Speaker 1: draftly trying to improve on that side of the ball.
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Speaker 1: So I like it. I hope that's true. I hope
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Speaker 1: we do have the advantage and help the Seahawks go
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Speaker 1: ahead and get things going. Next matchup, we're looking at
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Speaker 1: DK Metcalf and Tyler Locke versus Packs, Patrick Certain and
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Speaker 1: Justice Stents. Now, DK Megacalf, no introduction needed, we know
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Speaker 1: who this man is. Gatorade commercials, podcasts everywhere. Seventy five receptions,
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Speaker 1: nine sixty seven and twelve touchdowns last year, Tyler logging
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Speaker 1: is consistent low Ki superstar in the league, Seventy three receptions,
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Speaker 1: eleven hundred yards and eight touchdowns. Big ups to Tyler
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Speaker 1: Locket being announced as team captain as well. I think
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Speaker 1: it is well deserved. Now the other side, flip side,
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Speaker 1: Patrick's seerteen fifty fourteen passes defended, foreign receptions, Justin Simmons
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Speaker 1: eighty tackles, one and a half Sex twelve passes defended. Now,
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Speaker 1: these are some of the biggest playmakers on the field. Now,
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Speaker 1: ball is in the air, whether they're throwing to a
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Speaker 1: Seahawk or a Bronco was defending. You gotta look at
35:28
Speaker 1: these matchups and say this could determine the game. Right. Defensively,
35:32
Speaker 1: we know that you want to cost turnovers and the
35:35
Speaker 1: Hawks probably will not throw the ball over twenty five times,
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Speaker 1: but what they do, these guys are gonna be lurking
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Speaker 1: looking to make plays. And then you talk about DK
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Speaker 1: and Tyler Lockett because they're not going to throw that
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Speaker 1: ball as much as they would when Wilson was here.
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Speaker 1: They got to look to make explo plays every time
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Speaker 1: that they can. So I pictured this this game, Nass
35:55
Speaker 1: being a grinder for a little bit, run the football
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Speaker 1: being conducted, then boom, you take a shot. Now who
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Speaker 1: comes down with the football? Is it DK is a
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Speaker 1: Locket or is it these other young men on the
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Speaker 1: other side of the football. Yeah? No, Certain is a
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Speaker 1: great football player. He had four interceptions last year, Justin
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Speaker 1: Simmons five interceptions. These guys take the ball away and
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Speaker 1: Certain is gonna be a dude that's gonna be. He's
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Speaker 1: gonna be a main staying in this league for a
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Speaker 1: long time. I think he's gonna be a perennial pro bowler,
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Speaker 1: all Pro type guy. But man, I would love if
36:26
Speaker 1: I'm a quarterback from Geno Smith. I break that huddle,
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Speaker 1: I get in my cadence, I look to my left,
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Speaker 1: I see fourteen out Why to look to my right?
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Speaker 1: I got sixteen on the other side. Take I'm taking
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Speaker 1: that advantage of all day long? Are you kidding me?
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Speaker 1: Dk metcalf is an absolute freak. Tyler Lockett is one
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Speaker 1: of the most underrated rout runners and players in the
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Speaker 1: National Football League. I think it's gonna be really fun matchup.
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Speaker 1: It'll be about timing and being on time with your
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Speaker 1: throws and the cadence and everything from the quarterbacks and
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Speaker 1: the play calls and all that stuff. But I'm really
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Speaker 1: excited to look at that matchup between those guys. And
36:58
Speaker 1: then the other matchup I really want to dive into
37:00
Speaker 1: is the defensive backs and the Broncos receivers. Right, so
37:04
Speaker 1: we talked about it earlier. Mike Jackson might be starting
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Speaker 1: alongside Shriek Woollen. Right, these guys both fifth round picks,
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Speaker 1: guys who put into work this preseason showing what they
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Speaker 1: can do, and they're out there playing and now they're
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Speaker 1: going against Cortland Sutton and Jerry Judy. Those are two
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Speaker 1: guys who want to focus on For these guys, and
37:23
Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton, Man Duke and Ball. He's six or four
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Speaker 1: runs a four or five forty, but when I look
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Speaker 1: at him, he's game speed bump like he to me,
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Speaker 1: he looks faster than that. Last year he had fifty
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Speaker 1: eight receptions, seven hundred and seventy six yards two touchdowns.
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Speaker 1: But when I watch him, he's physical. He'll make you miss.
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Speaker 1: He can go over the top, but he runs a
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Speaker 1: lot of intermediate stuff and he'll run that slant. He'll
37:44
Speaker 1: just kind of body of if he can run a
37:45
Speaker 1: hitch and getting getting there tight. But this is gonna
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Speaker 1: be in Jared Judy Alabama. Boy dude can fly. So
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great test for the Seahawks defensive
37:54
Speaker 1: backs right away in week one. And that's what you want, honestly,
37:58
Speaker 1: I mean you don't. It's a gift and a curse. Right.
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Speaker 1: You can come out the first week and you could
38:03
Speaker 1: go against a receiver corps that is average up below
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Speaker 1: average and get your feet wet, and that's the way
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Speaker 1: to get your introduction to the NFL. Or you can
38:12
Speaker 1: get thrown into the fire, you know what I mean.
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Speaker 1: And sometimes that's the best way to do it because
38:16
Speaker 1: you have no moment to relax, You have no time
38:19
Speaker 1: just to chill and take a playoff. I don't think
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Speaker 1: these guys would, but there's a difference when you're going
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Speaker 1: up against a different caliber talent. So I'm interested to see,
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Speaker 1: like these guys are gonna make plays. This is the
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Speaker 1: National Football League. You're not gonna shut a guy out
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Speaker 1: completely removing from the game. I ain't seen a DVD
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Speaker 1: that since number twenty one Dean Sanders was out there
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Speaker 1: doing it, or maybe Champ Bailey. You know, there's there's
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Speaker 1: certain guys who can do it. The guy like Trigg
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Speaker 1: Woolling and Kobe Bryant there. This is a learning process,
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Speaker 1: so it's good. I love the challenge for these guys
38:47
Speaker 1: right out the game against a Portland Sutton who's a
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Speaker 1: baller and Jerry Judy. Another matchup this is um Is
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Speaker 1: this the most the second most anticipated matchup? I mean
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Speaker 1: because we've seen we talked about the act some balls
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Speaker 1: of the ball, right, what's gonna happen there? This matchup?
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Speaker 1: Rashot Penny versus the Denver front seven. Now ra Shop
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Speaker 1: Penny beat on himself this year signed a one year
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Speaker 1: deal and says, you know what, I appreciate Seattle for
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Speaker 1: taking chances on me. I've dealt with injury throughout my
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Speaker 1: whole career and they never gave up on me. I
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Speaker 1: finished the season strong nant year. Let me prove it
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Speaker 1: this year that I can do it. Signed this one
39:20
Speaker 1: year deal and go out and get it now. He
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Speaker 1: led the NFL with six point twenty nine rushing yard average,
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Speaker 1: the second highest and franchise history. Russell rush for seven
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Speaker 1: point one in twenty fourteen. Had eight rushes of twenty
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Speaker 1: five plus yards last year. That's tied for first with
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, a Pro bowler, one of the best running
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Speaker 1: backs in the league. And he didn't have the carries
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Speaker 1: that Jonathan Tad had because he was injured. So that's
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Speaker 1: I mean, the anticipation to see if Rashad Penny can
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Speaker 1: duplicate what he did last year and continue to be healthy.
39:51
Speaker 1: I heard him in the press the other day he goes, look,
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Speaker 1: this is the best my body has ever felt. And
39:55
Speaker 1: I believe him. I mean, he's been heavy, he's been injured,
39:58
Speaker 1: he's been all over the or now, so this is
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Speaker 1: a match as well. I'm looking forward to seeing can
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Speaker 1: Rashad Penny one get the tough yard is running in
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Speaker 1: between the tackles and then still be the explosive guy
40:09
Speaker 1: in outside the tackles that we saw it in the season. Absolutely.
40:12
Speaker 1: I mean last year, we know he was the best
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Speaker 1: in the National Football League running the football. He showed
40:16
Speaker 1: why he's a first round pick. He showed everything that
40:19
Speaker 1: the Seahawks saw when they drafted him. He was durable,
40:21
Speaker 1: he was healthy, he was reliable, and yeah, you're right
40:25
Speaker 1: for the Seahawks offense to go this year, it's about
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Speaker 1: number twenty. He is gonna he's gonna keep this thing
40:30
Speaker 1: moving behind that offensive line. He's a home run thread
40:33
Speaker 1: anytime he touches the ball. So I'm really excited about that.
40:36
Speaker 1: And on the other side, Denver, they're about middle of
40:38
Speaker 1: the pack stop in the run fifteen, allowing one hundred
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Speaker 1: and eleven yards per game. So I'm hoping that Rashad
40:43
Speaker 1: Penny runs all over those boys. But you know that
40:46
Speaker 1: time and his bump is time for path to victory.
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Speaker 1: At the forty five, waits for the staff, Michael Dickson
40:55
Speaker 1: puts it down. That kick is away. If that kick
40:58
Speaker 1: is God, it's a path to victory. On Hawk Talk
41:04
Speaker 1: after the three month they gotta treat Monday Night like
41:08
Speaker 1: it's any other game. There's a lot of noise, a
41:10
Speaker 1: lot of hype. I'm seeing all the promos in the ESPN,
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Speaker 1: the return of Russell Wilson all this stuff, It's gonna
41:17
Speaker 1: be talked about all week long on ESPN everywhere. You
41:19
Speaker 1: have a national spotlight on Monday night, everyone was looking
41:22
Speaker 1: at you guys. But like Pete Carroll says, every game
41:25
Speaker 1: is a championship game, and they treat it that way
41:27
Speaker 1: and don't get sucked into the hype. Good things will
41:28
Speaker 1: happen on Monday. They also gotta get after Russell Wilson man.
41:33
Speaker 1: They gotta be aggressive on defense. Put him on his butt.
41:35
Speaker 1: I need like four, five, six, seven sacks against Russell
41:39
Speaker 1: Wilson Man. He's not the young spring chickeny Ones was
41:42
Speaker 1: where He's gonna run everywhere. Still babble still can get
41:44
Speaker 1: a dem But you gotta put him on his butt
41:47
Speaker 1: and keep everything in front of you. Russell loves to
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Speaker 1: throw the ball deep, one of the prettiest deep balls
41:52
Speaker 1: in the game. We got to witness it for ten years.
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Speaker 1: Keep it all in front of you, all right, to
41:56
Speaker 1: rig Woollen, flit those hips, baby, let him get behind you,
41:59
Speaker 1: Kwan Dre help him out, stay over the top. Do
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Speaker 1: whatever you can to eliminate what Russa's best. Just throw
42:05
Speaker 1: the ball DP absolutely, and kind of going off the
42:07
Speaker 1: theme that I said earlier, Gino, just go be you Dodd, Gino.
42:11
Speaker 1: You are Gino, You're a good football player. You wanted
42:13
Speaker 1: the starting job for a reason. The offense is now,
42:15
Speaker 1: this is your offense. You're at the gear that got
42:17
Speaker 1: the keys to the car. Just play within yourself. Everyone's
42:20
Speaker 1: got faith in and you can get that done. And then,
42:22
Speaker 1: like we just finished in our last matchup, run the ball,
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Speaker 1: be physical, you run the ball. Rosie Penny goes off
42:27
Speaker 1: for one hundred and fifty some yards. Again, it's gonna
42:29
Speaker 1: be a good day for the Seahawks. Serve Twelves, I
42:34
Speaker 1: gotta go crazy, give him something to go crazy about.
42:37
Speaker 1: Get it rocking over there, and littleman go one and oh,
42:40
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about, cliche. One game at a time,
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Speaker 1: one snap at a time, one drive at a time.
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Speaker 1: I don't care. I'm gonna say it because that's really
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Speaker 1: what needs to happen. Let's get it done on Monday
42:49
Speaker 1: night football Bump can't wait. I am so excited. We're
42:51
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