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West Coast Clash In Week 1 | Hawk Talk Podcast · Hawk Talk

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Hawk Talk with former Seahawks wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus, powered by Seahawks dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: Now here's your host, Na's A Chope.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of Hawk Talk. I'm Nasa Chobe.
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  Speaker 1: He's Michael Bumpus. Back for another year. Bump, I feel
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  Speaker 1: like this is year six.
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  Speaker 2: Now maybe I don't know. Man, it's blending in. It's
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  Speaker 2: been a lot. It's blending in so much that we're
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  Speaker 2: on video again. We're not doing on a little cart
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  Speaker 2: we used to doing on.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you've done some things to this studio. Man,
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  Speaker 3: it's uh, it's it's uh. It looks professional in here.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm trying. I'm trying.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a whole it's been a whole thing, Sea
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  Speaker 1: level production. Shout out everyone working hard, back their life
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  Speaker 1: on the ones that two's back. They're helping us out.
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  Speaker 1: But no, Bump, we're excited that we're back. If we're back,
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  Speaker 1: that means we're talking about Seahawks football. It's another year.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty twenty five is here.
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  Speaker 4: And those dreaded forty nine ers.
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  Speaker 2: Starting out right off the bat. I kind of like that, though.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Let's throw hands early. I love it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see what they made up. Hey, you want to
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  Speaker 2: see what you're made up. Let's do it. Let's get it.
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  Speaker 2: And it's exactly right.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been a really cool camp watching these guys
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  Speaker 1: work and Mike we Donald there year two, completely new
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  Speaker 1: offensive staff. You got Klint Kobiak, offensive coordinator, Rick Dennison,
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  Speaker 1: John Benton, Andrew Yanko. So you got a lot of
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  Speaker 1: different guys out there in the coaching staff and this
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  Speaker 1: team obviously complete new look. We haven't talked about it
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  Speaker 1: on this podcast yet. Obviously, Sam Darnold, Cooper Cup, there's
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of new names.
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  Speaker 2: But Bob, I'm just gonna jump right into the roster.
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  Speaker 1: You saw it the fifty three came out, obviously getting
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  Speaker 1: ready to play the fort Niters this weekend. What were
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  Speaker 1: your initial thoughts when you look at this fifty three
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  Speaker 1: man roster.
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  Speaker 4: I like it.
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  Speaker 3: We know who cour QB one is gonna be right,
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  Speaker 3: that's Sam Donald all day. You got Drew Lock and Millroll.
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  Speaker 3: The running back situation was fun to watch too. Ken
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  Speaker 3: Walker didn't play a lot or at all during this preseason,
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  Speaker 3: so you got to see George Hallandi do a thing
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  Speaker 3: and you have a full back. The Seahawks have a
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  Speaker 3: designated fullback oots out of Alabama's gonna do a thing.
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  Speaker 3: And then Russell as well receiver corps. I'm so happy
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  Speaker 3: for Cody white Man. I'm glad he made this squad.
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  Speaker 3: He's been bouncing around the NFL for a while. Activated
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  Speaker 3: and practice squad with the Seahawks. That's good there. And
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  Speaker 3: then you got Horton tight Ends. Sawbert Is as a sleeper.
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  Speaker 3: I know we were gonna look at aj Barner Elijah,
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  Speaker 3: I get that, but Sobert is a sleeper. Big of
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  Speaker 3: a color up. I gotta get you saying this name
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  Speaker 3: color Okay said it right. Offensive line Abe just got
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  Speaker 3: his deal today, three years over forty million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Need to lock that down.
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  Speaker 3: And then you draft Gray's Abel, so hopefully that old
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  Speaker 3: line looks good. Defensive line, sam OG's over there and
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  Speaker 3: got Leo Reed. DeMarcus comes over from the Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 3: Murphy's expected to make a big jump there. And of
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  Speaker 3: course Mike Morris in the linebacker position Uchenna. We're waiting
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  Speaker 3: to see what his health is like. He's been battling
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  Speaker 3: through boy in ma Fay's back. Derek Carr. Ernest Jones
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  Speaker 3: spoke to him today. He seems locked in Tyree's Knight
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  Speaker 3: and a bunch of other cats too.
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  Speaker 2: In the corners. I really like this group too, man.
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  Speaker 3: I think Witherspoon is due for a big year, right,
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  Speaker 3: only a couple of interceptions in his career.
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  Speaker 2: Is the one or two in his career interceptions? I
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  Speaker 2: think it's just one.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's one, right, guaranteed three this year.
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  Speaker 2: Week.
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  Speaker 3: William's going to have a bounce back year, if you
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  Speaker 3: want to call it that. Josh Jovini and my Pritchett
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  Speaker 3: loved that. In the safety group highlighted by Jay Love,
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  Speaker 3: Kobe Bryant fan favorite, but Nicki moware, you're try picking
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  Speaker 3: the second round. You're looking forward to see and Tyo
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  Speaker 3: Cotta big us Montana State man. He made the squad
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  Speaker 3: beautiful one hand interception against the Green Bay Packers. That's
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  Speaker 3: what's up. And then you know the specialists. These guys
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  Speaker 3: never changed, got Myers Dixon stall. I like this group.
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  Speaker 3: I'm feeling good about it.
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  Speaker 1: No, and you went through all that list. There's so
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  Speaker 1: many good things we were gonna talk a lot about
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  Speaker 1: this season. About this defense. I'm gonna call right a
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  Speaker 1: spade of spade. I think this is a top five defense.
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  Speaker 1: I feel you, Mike McDonald in his second year. You
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  Speaker 1: mentioned there's playmakers at every level of this defense, not
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  Speaker 1: just playmakers like elite level players. Offensively, I love the
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  Speaker 1: identity of where this offense is going, and talk a
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  Speaker 1: lot about that Klint Kubiak running the football. I know
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  Speaker 1: it was just a preseason, but that little nugget we
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  Speaker 1: got against the Chiefs, I think that's a precursor for
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  Speaker 1: what we're going to see this year. So I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, Cooper Cup, all those guys. Weren't getting to
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  Speaker 1: all those coming up. But like I mentioned, it started off,
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  Speaker 1: those hated forty nine ers are on tap.
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  Speaker 2: What's on tap? Forty nine ers?
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  Speaker 1: Last year a little different, well, not been like the
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  Speaker 1: years before. Six and eleven last place in the NFC West.
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  Speaker 3: Last year they're banged up. They were banged up, but
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  Speaker 3: hey take the l last place in the West.
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  Speaker 2: I know they were banged out. It doesn't mean I can't.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy saying six and eleven last place. You said that, No,
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  Speaker 1: I mean Kyle Shanahan. We know how good he is.
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  Speaker 1: A head coach. Ninth season is for the forty nine Ers,
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  Speaker 1: coming off their first losing season since twenty twenty, only
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  Speaker 1: the third under Kylee.
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  Speaker 2: Shanahan.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously you mentioned it last year. It was all about
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  Speaker 1: injuries and disappointment. We know this team has super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: caliber in it. We know how good of a team
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  Speaker 1: they are when it comes to who's on it. But
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna be without a lot of dudes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, d Bo gone he with the Commanders, green Law,
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  Speaker 3: who Funga Ward. All these guys are out of there.
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  Speaker 3: So there's some change going on with the forty nine ers,
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  Speaker 3: But that is the NFL is rare you bring the
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  Speaker 3: same squad back, especially when you gotta start paying dues
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  Speaker 3: like Fungo or whatnot.
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  Speaker 4: It's gonna look different. But they're bringing back Robert Sala.
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  Speaker 3: He was the defensive coordinator over there for the Niners
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  Speaker 3: from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty, went to New York,
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  Speaker 3: had an experiment, didn't work out. But that's why you
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  Speaker 3: keep your relationships because now he's back in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, there's a couple more connections. When you look at
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side of the football for the Niners because
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  Speaker 1: Solo was here in Seattle. It's called to control for
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. Our guy kJ Wright, who I love
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  Speaker 1: KJS there. kJ Wright on the Niner staff. He's there too,
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  Speaker 1: and old defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is also on staff
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  Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers, So they got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of experience on that side of the football, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of familiar faces there and Bump. I'll just take a look,
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  Speaker 1: really glance over this because different personnel, different coaches. But
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  Speaker 1: last year the Niners defensively their top ten defense. They
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  Speaker 1: were eighth overall against the run there middle of the pack, eighteenth,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty four yards per game, and against
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  Speaker 1: the past they were top five, allowing just one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and ninety two yards per game. They're gonna bring pressure,
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  Speaker 1: they know they're gonna, you know, have playmakers on that
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball. Losing Hufunga is gonna hurt. But
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  Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see what Saala can do with
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  Speaker 1: that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's interesting. Saula is a good coach. I think
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  Speaker 3: he got a tough draw over there with the Jets.
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  Speaker 3: So you bring them back with the forty nine, is
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  Speaker 3: you expect this defense to play some good ball. I
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  Speaker 3: almost don't even want to read the Seahawks offensive stats
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  Speaker 3: because I feel like.
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  Speaker 4: It's gonna be a lot better this year.
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  Speaker 3: Last year they were ring four teenth overall, twenty eighth
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  Speaker 3: rushing team, eighth passing team, and eighteenth when it came
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  Speaker 3: to scoring points twenty two point one points per game.
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  Speaker 3: It almost makes me, uh makes me cringe a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Because I've seen what this team has been working and
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  Speaker 3: what they've been doing doing this offseason.
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  Speaker 4: I can almost guarantee those numbers are going to be
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  Speaker 4: better overall.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the one that jumps out to us
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighth, yeah there. I mean, I would be willing
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  Speaker 1: to bet my house, my mortgage, everything I got that
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks will not be twenty eighth in rush offense
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  Speaker 1: this year, not at all. So it'll be interesting to see.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said it, the Niners are a challenge. They
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  Speaker 1: are who they are, and we you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: last year, Yeah, they're banged up, that's football. But the
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  Speaker 1: Seahaws is still gonna have to take it to them
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  Speaker 1: and knock them off because that's just what it is
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  Speaker 1: and that's what.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta do. In this division.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of those forty nine ers, though, you know what
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  Speaker 1: time it is time to know the.
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  Speaker 2: History no your history series record.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks lead the all time series thirty to twenty
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  Speaker 1: two in the regular season, one in one in the postseason.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, Bump the world got right again.
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  Speaker 1: Sure snapped a six game losing streak to the forty
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  Speaker 1: nine Ers down in Santa Claia in November. It was
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  Speaker 1: a kind of dicey towards the end there. The forty
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  Speaker 1: nine Ers were cleaning to a seventeen to thirteen lead.
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  Speaker 1: Midway through the fourth quarter, Seahawks got stopped on fourth
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  Speaker 1: and one another thing that I think is gonna change
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  Speaker 1: this year. I don't think we'd have too many of
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  Speaker 1: those big games, but they got stopped. Defense came out there,
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  Speaker 1: they got to stop. That was right when Ernest came over,
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  Speaker 1: and then we kind of started to see that shift
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  Speaker 1: in the Seahawks defense. Then Gino Smith led an eleven
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  Speaker 1: play eighty r drive that ended with Gino running it
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  Speaker 1: in for that touchdown. And it was just good to see, man,
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  Speaker 1: because obviously I kid a lot because I sports hate
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  Speaker 1: the forty nine ers like crazy, but they're a good
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  Speaker 1: football team, but losing six in a row to them.
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  Speaker 3: Was tough, man, Man, It's it's humbling, and it's it's
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  Speaker 3: tough when you go on a row in a beacha.
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  Speaker 2: You come here in a beacha.
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  Speaker 3: You gotta deal with those forty nine fans all year long.
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  Speaker 3: So it's nice that towards the end of the year
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  Speaker 3: you walk away with that debbie and the way they
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  Speaker 3: did it too.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: You talk about the eleven play, eighty r drive by Gino,
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  Speaker 3: he finishes it off himself, twenty five and thirty two
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  Speaker 3: for two twenty he won one rushing touchdown and then
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  Speaker 3: JSN he's the guy now he has one hundred and
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  Speaker 3: ten yards and ten receptions.
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  Speaker 4: Good way to end the season against the the Niners.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I wanted to get back to what he
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  Speaker 1: used to be, man, because from twenty twelve to twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, the Seahawks for seventeen and four against the Niners.
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  Speaker 1: I'm hoping that trend continues because that's what I like
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  Speaker 1: to see. But let's let's take a peek around the NFCUS.
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  Speaker 1: What's the word soldiers.
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  Speaker 2: Soldiers and the Seahawks or the NFC West Champs again,
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  Speaker 2: what's the word in the west On Hawk Talk? All right,
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  Speaker 2: what was the word? Last year?
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  Speaker 3: In twenty twenty four, the Rams were ten and seven,
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  Speaker 3: Seahawks ten and seven, Cardinals eight and nine in the
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  Speaker 3: Niners were six and eleven.
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  Speaker 4: Like my God mentioned at the bottom of the division.
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  Speaker 3: The Seahawks missed the playoffs for the second straight year
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  Speaker 3: in twenty twenty four, despite Mike McDonald's setting a Seahawks
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  Speaker 3: record for the most wins by first year head coach
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  Speaker 3: in franchise history.
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  Speaker 2: He got ten wins.
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  Speaker 3: It was the first time the Seahawks had missed the
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  Speaker 3: playoffs in consecutive season since eight oh nine.
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  Speaker 4: Guess who was on that team. Michael Bubbas was on
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  Speaker 4: that team.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: Anyway, it was some dark times, bro, there was some
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  Speaker 3: dark times. But you know what, I think everyone around
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  Speaker 3: this team knows that it's changing over here. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: glad I can be on this end too, where I
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  Speaker 3: was there the last time you miss the playoffs back
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  Speaker 3: to back years, and now I'm here on the other
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  Speaker 3: side and I get to experience the rebirth, right the
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  Speaker 3: pivot that we're about to see.
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  Speaker 1: No love it, and the crazy thing is is in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of places ten wins. Is a great year
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  Speaker 1: around here. It felt like, dang, we didn't get it done,
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  Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: So I love that.
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  Speaker 1: I love where coach McDonald talks about chasing the edges
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  Speaker 1: of everything they're doing here, and I'm excited to see where
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  Speaker 1: this team is going.
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  Speaker 2: I think we all know that they have a bright
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  Speaker 2: future ahead of them.
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  Speaker 1: We've been talking about these forty nine ers will continue
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  Speaker 1: to They fall off a cliff in twenty four, winning
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  Speaker 1: just six games, but they're missing They're missing a ton
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  Speaker 1: of people we mentioned.
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  Speaker 2: But here's the deal.
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  Speaker 1: They still got Christian McCaffrey, still got George kittle yep
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  Speaker 1: still got Black Party so Kyle used Check, still got
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  Speaker 1: Trent Williams, still got Nick Boso. They're still forced to
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  Speaker 1: be reckoned with it, and you got to take it
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  Speaker 1: to him.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta beat them. Mount Rushmore still intact, right.
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  Speaker 4: The environment around the Mount Rushill w changed a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: but they still got their due.
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  Speaker 2: So let's be ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk about these Cardinals though that they improved in
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: They went eight to nine.
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  Speaker 3: They had a shot at the postseason, but lost five
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  Speaker 3: of seven games to end the season. Kyler Murray, James Connor,
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  Speaker 3: and Trey McBride all had great seasons, but they all
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  Speaker 3: have a lot to prove and to be considered a
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  Speaker 3: real continder. I talked to a lot of people, Bump
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  Speaker 3: stated show you know, of course the sales spars hot
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  Speaker 3: at me and this is a lot of people's dark horse.
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  Speaker 3: Arizona Cardinals. They killed the draft. They went after a
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  Speaker 3: bunch of defensive players. I believe six out of seven
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  Speaker 3: of their draft picks were on the defensive side of
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  Speaker 3: the ball. But they still got to prove it. They
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  Speaker 3: got talent over there, but can they put it together?
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  Speaker 1: Every year we talk about Arizona Cardinals you specifically, and
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  Speaker 1: they're just hard to read.
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  Speaker 2: We know they have talent. Kyler Murray is a dog.
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  Speaker 2: We know he can play.
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  Speaker 1: Trey McBride had one of the best seasons a tight
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  Speaker 1: end has ever had, wearing an areas on the Cardinal uniform.
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  Speaker 4: He got paid this offseason, didn't Yeah, sure did.
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  Speaker 1: James Connor dog. I've always liked James since Pittsburgh overcoming cancer.
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  Speaker 1: And you never know because I do. It is but
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  Speaker 1: they have to prove it. They're their new head coach.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's starting to turn the tide a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm still waiting to see because they're up one week,
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  Speaker 1: they're down, they're six and four, then they lose five
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  Speaker 1: to seven, you know, so it's hard to tell. So
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  Speaker 1: we'll see about the Niners that it's or excuse me,
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  Speaker 1: the Cardinals as we move on, and last of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of least, we got the Los Angeles Rams.
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  Speaker 2: The Rams are just annoying to me.
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  Speaker 1: But here's why, because they're a thorn in our backside
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  Speaker 1: for one, and they just they never go away. They're
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  Speaker 1: that annoying bug that you can't that he's buzzing you
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  Speaker 1: and you can't do anything about it. But they're great,
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  Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Like we talked to JB.
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  Speaker 1: Long every year when he played them. He's their play
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  Speaker 1: by play voice. And even when the Rams seem dead
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  Speaker 1: in the water, they still find a way to come back.
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  Speaker 1: And that's because they have a great head coach John McVeigh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Matthew Stafford. The scene's gonna come down to
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  Speaker 1: whether Stafford can say healthy.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's what it is.
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  Speaker 4: I mean that back who knows thirty seven man that
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  Speaker 4: back to start to hurt.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: Acme one morning my knee was swallen for no reason.
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  Speaker 2: I said, what is this? Thirty nine? That's what it is.
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  Speaker 1: Well, don't they say once you get your mid thirties,
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  Speaker 1: it's either you wake up and it's like is this
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  Speaker 1: temporary or forever?
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  Speaker 2: Exactly? Yeah, I got a hot Dave Wiman man, goide
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  Speaker 2: me through this man.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, it comes down to Matthew Stafford. Can he
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  Speaker 3: stay healthy? You bring over Devonte Adams. We know about
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  Speaker 3: that defensive line, that they have a whole bunch of
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  Speaker 3: young talent over there. They on paper, are the team
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  Speaker 3: to be, But honestly, I look at this division it
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  Speaker 3: feels like it's wide open.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it absolutely is. Every team has an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. Every team he can compete. You
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  Speaker 1: talk about the Rams, I think their defensive line. I
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  Speaker 1: think Jared Verse, I think a Fisk, I think a
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  Speaker 1: poona Ford they're forced to be reckoned with.
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  Speaker 2: That's another one that we're gonna circle that the Seahawks
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  Speaker 2: have to take care of business agains because the last
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  Speaker 2: two years, I mean, there's a lot of factors that
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: went into it.
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: But you can look at both Rams games is why
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks didn't make the playoffs, right, and so it's
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: definitely gona come down to you got to own the
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: NFC West. That's gonna get you into the playoffs. We'll see,
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: But again we'll shift our attention back to those forty
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: nine ers.
• 12:54
  Speaker 2: Man up, Hey, who you got? Who you got? You
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: know what time it is? Man up? Man up, brother,
• 12:59
  Speaker 2: Man up man. On Hawk Talk, we.
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: Usually start with the quarterbacks bump. Today is gonna be
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: no different. And we're talking Brock Party. We've talked a
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: lot of Brock Party and you know what, everything's coming
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: up party right now. I'm not gonna lie.
• 13:11
  Speaker 2: My man had a great off season.
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: Anytime you become the highest paid player in the history
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: of a franchise like the San Francisco forty nine Ers,
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, I guess you're doing something right. I mean,
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: my guy went from misdra irrelevant to highest paid in
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: franchise history.
• 13:25
  Speaker 2: It's quite the jump.
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: Five years, two hundred sixty five million, one hundred million
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: guaranteed we know is what he did in twenty twenty
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: three led them to the Super Bowl. He was fourth
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: in MVP voting through for a franchise record four thousand,
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: two hundred and eighty yards, league's best passer rating. Niners
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: obviously come up short in the Super Bowl against the
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: Chiefs in overtime, but you know he has records, you know,
• 13:46
  Speaker 1: franchise history, passing yards, passer rating, single game completion, all
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: this different stuff.
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: But last year things really trailed off. Yeah, it fell
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: off a little bit.
• 13:53
  Speaker 3: He was thirty of four fifty five for thirty eight
• 13:55
  Speaker 3: hundred yards, twenty touchdowns and twelve interceptions, had as low
• 13:58
  Speaker 3: as complete percentage, and it seem like the flow was
• 14:04
  Speaker 3: off a little bit, and partly because of all the
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: injuries that they had. When you don't have all your
• 14:09
  Speaker 3: dogs out there, you're banged up yourself, things are gonna happen.
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: And that's what we saw with the forty nine ers.
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: And we know he's talented. The question is how can
• 14:16
  Speaker 3: he handle the pressure. You are the guy now one
• 14:18
  Speaker 3: hundred million dollars guaranteed, it's no longer.
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: Oh what a great story.
• 14:22
  Speaker 3: Look at this guy and mister irrelevant making plays is no,
• 14:24
  Speaker 3: you need to make plays for this team to have success,
• 14:28
  Speaker 3: to see if you can handle it.
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think my whole thing with Perty's
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: always been turnovers. When he takes care of the football,
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: they're really hard to be. He gets the ball out fast,
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: he can get it to the sideline, win turns the
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: ball over. That's when the Niners lost his kind of
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: stack up. So we'll see Seahawks defensive or fourteenth last year.
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: Obviously I said it earlier. I think they're gonna be
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: top five defense and we'll see if that holds true there.
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: But talk about our QB one.
• 14:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we got a new QB over here, Sam Darnold.
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: It's the new era of sek football. Man. He's coming
• 14:57
  Speaker 3: off for great years twenty seven years of age. Last
• 14:59
  Speaker 3: year forty three under nineteen yards, thirty five touchdowns, twelve
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: interceptions and helped the Vikings to a fourteen and three record.
• 15:06
  Speaker 3: He was the best available quarterback during the offseason, and
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: the Seahawks win ahead and got them. He's a number
• 15:11
  Speaker 3: three overall pick in twenty eighteen out of sc started
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: thirty eight games for his first three season with the Jets,
• 15:16
  Speaker 3: and then he was traded to the Panthers in twenty
• 15:18
  Speaker 3: twenty one.
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: And we know how the Jets have messed up quarterbacks
• 15:21
  Speaker 4: as what they do.
• 15:22
  Speaker 3: They started fifteen games over there with Carolina before signing
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: with the forty nine ers in twenty twenty three. Much
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: like the quarterback he is replacing in Seattle, Geno Smith.
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: Donald had up and down seasons or up and down career,
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: I should say, And it's almost fitting that he is
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: following Geno Smith because it's like they're almost on the
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: same path. Gino a later draft pick, not as high
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: as Sam Donald, but for some reason, I'm gonna say it,
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: this is going to be the get right organization quarterbacks
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: they get thrown to the side, they come here, Gino
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: gets right.
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: It's going to be the same thing for Sam Donald
• 15:52
  Speaker 4: here in Seattle.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: And I'm going to do one further, is they get
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: right and then stay right? Stay right?
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Because I mean you look at the pairing, the
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: fact that Sam got to spend time in San Francisco
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: with Clinton Kobiac know the offense, really sit there and
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: just learn how people prepared. And there was a production
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: meeting earlier this offseason, and I heard him kind of
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: talk about it and just so much he learned about
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: the game of football. He's been playing in his whole life,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: and you wouldn't think he'd be necessarily learning from a
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: younger guy like Brock Party. But when you really talked
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: to me, he's like, I learned about a lot of
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: preparation rock Purty. Okay, Brock Purty learned that from Jimmy Garoppolo.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: Who did Jimmy G learn it from Jimmy G. Tom
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: Brady on the top the go. So it's like you
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: go through all that and you go can that makes sense.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: I could see why the preparation. So him with Kink Kubiak,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: I think that's going to be great. And I'm excited
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: because these guys are going to be This offense is
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: going to be fun to watch.
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: It should be, man, I'm excited. Like you said, Chiefs.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: They showed us a little something something with ten plays,
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: eighty something yard drive. Sam Donald was four for four,
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: Zach Starvadae getting busy. Yeah, it should be fun to watch.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: So yes, QB one new one in Seattle, excited to
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: see what Sam Donald was going to be able to do.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: We talked about the Niners defense last year. They were
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: fifth against the pass, so we'll see where they fall off.
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Losing two guys in that secondary think there's any changes there.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: Then we're gonna shift to the running backs Christian McCaffrey
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: against the Seahawks front seven. McCaffrey, I mean, when he's
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: out there, he's one of the most dangerous suits in
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: the league. Doesn't matter where he's been, whether it was
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: at Stanford, whether it's in Carolina or for the forty
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: nine Ers. Three time Pro bowler, Swiss Army Knife, two
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: time All Pro. He obviously, you know, offensive Player of
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: the Year in twenty three when they get to the
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl and he had led the league in rushing,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: did all kinds of stuff. His resume speaks for itself.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: But again, health is a huge factor. Last season was
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: a season to forget for him. He only played in
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: four games after dealing with the achilles tendonitis and a
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: PCL injury that ended up shutting him down for the season.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: In those four games, just fifty carries, two hundred yards,
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: no touchdowns.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: Killing people's fantasy teams. Yeah, people, they were hot. But
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: you know what, he is a player, He is a person,
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: is a human being, and we care about him. We
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: just don't want him to go off against the forty
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: nine ers. But, like you mentioned, one of the best
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: in the game. I'm surprised only a three time Pro
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: Bowl if it feels like every year he should just
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: automatically be one.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: But with these injuries now it's gonna be tough. Man.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: Seahawks ranks sixteenth in the NFL versus the run, alowing
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: one hundred and twenty yards per game last year. You
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: can't go into a game thinking you're just gonna stop McCaffrey.
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: You might, you might stop him, Deepens might just do
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: their thing. The game plan is on point. You going thinking, okay,
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: let's just limit the explosive plays. That's the angle you
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: gotta take with this dude. All right, let's get into
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: what their receivers, Juwan Jennings and Ricky Piersaw.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: I really like both of these.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: Juwan is good enough to be a solid number two
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: on almost any team in the NFL. And Ricky Piarsaw
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: we all know his story getting shot last year, came
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: back from that. He showed some promise as well. Brandon
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Ayuk towards ACL in the Week seven last year. So
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: you're not gonna see him. We'll see when he's gonna
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: come back there saying what maybe Week five, that's the earliest.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: At the earliest, Deebo Samuel, he's not with the team anymore.
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: But let's focus on the guys who are here. Juwan
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: Jennings had a breakout season seventy seven receptions, nine hundred
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: and seventy five yards and six touchdowns. In his previous
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: three seas he had no more than thirty five receptions
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: or four hundred and sixteen yards.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: He is going to be keep then he's capable.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: If I felt like he had a pretty good game
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: or two against the Seahawks lost, yeah, I.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Think the first game he had a pretty big game,
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: the one that was in Seattle.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: And then the young man Ricky Piersoll. He had a
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: brutal start to his career. We talked about him being
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: shot and attempt to robbery. Go glad he's okay. He
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: recovered and played in eleven games, have thirty round receptions
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: for forty yards and three touchdowns. He's a route runner,
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: went after the catch is good as well. Some additions.
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: Now you had Sky Moore from the Chiefs. Russell Gage,
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: I think he's out. I think I read something he
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: might be out this game. But they did sign vs
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: our sloppy seconds. But I still got left for MBS.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: You're wearing a.
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: Different jersey though, but I got love for you. Just
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: don't do your thing here, man. None of these three
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: round the forty on his rosters last season. NBS was
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: in camp here, so they got some They got some
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: new names over there, some coming back with Juwan and
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Ricky Piersoll and some new names as well.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they can stretch the field.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: That's the one thing I think between Reek and Spoon
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: is keeping guys in front, right, And that's also Jay
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Love Kobe Bryant in the back end.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: We know what MVS can do.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: He was just in camp, so if there's anything, if
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: anyone got a great look at what he is, huh,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: it's our secondary right and Pierceaw I think he was
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: just kind of starting to come into his own towards
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: the end of last year. He's another big play guy
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: out of Florida who was a first round pick for
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: a reason. But no, this is a matchup I think
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: tilt Seahawks right, you have. This is an elite defense.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: We think right now they got to go out there
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: and prove it. This is an elite secondary. We think
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: they've started to prove it. But I think they can
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: really drive that home this year. And I'm really excited
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: to see that, and I spoke to Julian Love I
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: think it was last week, and I'm just just talking
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: to him about the defense and everything like that, and
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: he's like, man, no, we we feel good about it.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: And he said the thing that jumped out to me.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: He said, you got a bunch of thinkers, which is
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: what you want to hear. Because when Mike McDonald's your
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: head coach, he's known as this defensive genius. Okay, he's
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: still got to communicate stuff to guys in the field,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: whether certain a Jones, and I think you have one
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: of those dudes at every level, which is super helpful.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: And I'm excited.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: Understanding the scheme is key. Sounds like they got that.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Oh my goodness.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: Shudder to think what those meetings are like just after
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: a year now though of like, dude, last year, I'm
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: sure guys were swimming being like, what what are we doing?
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Now it's like boom, they can play fast. So I'm
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: excited to see that. Let's flip it over to our
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: receiving corps JSN Cooper Cup, I'm excited about this bump.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: I'll kick it back to you in a second.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: But major changes in this unit obviously, right it's been
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: the same since twenty nineteen. Tyler Lockett has been here
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: since twenty fifteen. Lockett k Mecf no longer here. Love
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: both those guys did a lot of great things here,
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: but it's a new era. You draft JSN in the
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: first round because you know what he could do. He
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: showed that last year right coming off taking that Torch's
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: number one receiver, breakout year for JSN. Single season career
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: highs one hundred receptions, oney one hundred and thirty receiving yards,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: six touchdowns. Big things for Jason, I'm expecting and you
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: watch him. He talked about every year he's taking a jump,
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: but in his life, his third year is the one
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: he's taking the biggest jump. Third you're junior in high school.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Took the biggest jump junior at Ohio State, and we
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: saw what happen. You know things, it's usually the third
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: year you're somewhere he takes that jump. So I'm excited
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: to see that bump. And what I'm really excited about
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: now this this almost feels personal. So bringing back Cooper
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: Cup obviously the Yakama, Washington Native Davids High School Eastern Washington,
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: but the reason I'm so excited, obviously because he can play.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: He's a great dude. I'm happy to see him here.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Bump you how much time we've talked about Cooper Cup
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: on this show, Man, about how we're gonna stop him,
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: and how he is killing us killing drawing up routes
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: and why we can't get I mean, I am so happy.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I told him this when I saw mn person first time, said,
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: you have no idea how happy you are that you're
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: on our side. We don't got to worry about talking
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: about you going off. So I'm excited, my boy. What
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: are you excited to see from Cooper?
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Cooper Cup. I did an interview with him. You
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: were there for that.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: He's one of the smartest football players I've ever spoken to.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Like he understands defenses, and I can only imagine the
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: knowledge he's given the rest of this, this receiving corp.
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: You have no choice but to learn from the triple
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: Crown winner back in the day. Man in twenty twenty one,
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: one hundred and forty five receptions, nineteen hundred and forty
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: seven yards.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Sixteen touchdowns, one hundred and sixty I wrote down I
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: like it.
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: I didn't feel like it. He's just a ach complete receiver.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Routes are on point, can still block, and don't sleep
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: on his run after the catch. I know he's in
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: his thirties and you like to throw football players away
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: when he's in his thirties, but when he is healthy,
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: he's one of the most efficient receivers out there. Last
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: year sixty seven receptions for seven to ten and six touchdowns.
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: You also got the rookie Tory Horten.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: That's part of the reason why MVS isn't here because
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: this young man hit the scene and made some moves.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: Jake Bobo fan favorite. He's hanging around. You got Derek
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: Young and then Cody White. More love for Derek Young.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: I think he doesn't get the love he deserves because
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: he is just the blue collar I'm gonna do special
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: teams and get things done. And like I mentioned Cody White.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: So you know, defensively, the forty nine ers or twelfth
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: against the pass. Last year they were at least there
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: were six in the NFL in interceptions with ten, eighth
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: in the NFL with passes defendive with forty five.
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: But this is a new year.
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: Those rankings do mean something, but the personnel has changed
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: over there a little bit.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: No, I'm excited about this receiving core because you mentioned
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: blue call. But I feel like they all have a
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: hint of that to them, you know what I'm saying.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: And I don't think I don't think you could not
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: have that if you're playing for Klint Kubiak right in
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: this type offense, you've got to block.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: You need to be physical.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Coach McDonald talks about it's a style that no one
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: wants to play well. To do that, you need to
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: be physical. You need to be relenting, you need to
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: be getting after DB's blocking them late after, you know
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: all that stuff.
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see that. A person I'm not
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: excited to see. Yep, his name is Nick Moosa.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna call him Nicholas.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I could, I could, I don't. I don't necessarily
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: care to see him out there. We know who he is.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Ap defensive player there in twenty twenty two, eighteen and
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: a half sacks, Pro Bowl six and MVP voting.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Last year he was a problem. Sure was mainly in
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: the first.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Matchup and i'll, i'll there's a little qualifier there. He
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: only had four tackles to QB hits, but he had
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: fourteen pressures. Made life a living hell for Gino Smith.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: According to next Gen stats difference though is Abe Lucas
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: was not playing Stars in right, so it was one
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: of those things where you know, non disrespect to him,
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: but you had stone foresights out there. He had a
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: couple other guys and he had a field day. The
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: next time down in Santa Clair, Abe was back and
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: he had a much different game. So between Abe Charles Cross,
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: I feel really good about stopping him.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: He's a great dude.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: He's gonna he's gonna rest a passer, he's gonna get
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: after it when he gets in that like almost wide
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: nine track stance, and you're like, okay.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: But no, he's a good football player.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: Finished year last year fifty two tackles, nine sacks, fifteen TFLs,
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: twenty four QB hits, one force fumble, one pass fenal
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: Win interception.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: He's a problem.
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: I think Abe Lucas just got a little bump, feel
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: little good about himself.
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: Charles Cross, even though he is he's a dog.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: I think between both of them, I don't expect Nick
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: Boster to wreck the game, but he is someone that
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: the offense needs to be aware of it on every snap.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he'll make some plays. I mean, he's Nick Bosa.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: At one point he was considered the best defensive player
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: in the game.
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: So yeah, but we got our guys. Old line is healthy.
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  Speaker 4: I like that matchup.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Last matchup, we're talking about George Kittle against the LB's
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  Speaker 3: and the secondary of this team.
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  Speaker 4: George Kittle is a special type of football player, all right.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, players decline over the years, but he still
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: did a thing last year over a thousand yards eleven
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  Speaker 3: hundred yards seven eight receptions and eight touchdowns and twenty
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: twenty four, kill had the third most receiving yards amongst
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: tight ends, and his eight touchdowns were second among NFL
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: tight ends. In the NFL, the tight end group is
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: talented in the NFL period, So the fact that he
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: is still up there with the elite, it's something special.
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking to see. Do they rough him up on
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage to let them run? How are
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: you going to try to contain George Kittle. It's gonna
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: be a tough task. But I like this defense, I
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: like the person. I like the matchup. He'll he'll make
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  Speaker 3: some plays. Now, he'll make some plays, but just try
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: to limit them. Yeah, he's I mean, I'll call his
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: pay to fade.
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  Speaker 1: He's He's done well into the Seahawks over the years,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: especially in the last five or six.
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  Speaker 2: The best it's done is when he didn't play this
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: game last year. But no, Kittle's a dog. They got that.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: Uh what is it that tighten you with Greg Olsen
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: and Travis Kelcey and everyone down there. But George kill
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: is a player. He can he can block like an
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: offensive lineman right, and he can get down the field.
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  Speaker 1: So he's definitely gonna be a problem for the Seahawks secondary.
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  Speaker 1: But when I continue to look at all this, they
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: have dogs on their side, but so do the Seahawks,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: and I think the Seahawks will be up.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: For the challenge. Speaking of which, will let you guys
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: know how the seas are gonna get a victory. Path
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: to victory. After forty five waits for the staff, Michael
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: Dixon puts it down. That kick is away. If that
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: kick is gone, good, say on, Gwen, it's gone. It's
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: a path to victory.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: On Hawk Talk, kicked off the season talking about Mike
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: Bedald in his second season, head coach, and this is
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: a great opportunity show the entire NFL, in the league
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: what him and John Schnyder have been building over the
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: past year. It's time to show the league and everyone
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: else that what you preach, a style that nobody wants
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: to play, is what you're gonna put out there on
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: the field on Sunday. And I'm excited for him to
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: get that opportunity to do that on Sunday.
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: Practice what you preach, and you have to start fast offensively,
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: Ay Sas goes to the run game. You got to
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: establish the run early. Clint Kolbek's offense is all about that.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: He's gonna pack it in. He's gonna have motion, hand
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: that football off and let these guys run that raw.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: You run the balls because me, you set the tone
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: and Sam Darnold needs to. His view is don't be done,
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: spessher you good though, all right, this offense is perfect
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: for Sam Darnold doesn't have to be anything special to
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: take care of the football and play with some confidence.
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and absolutely, And you know what's gonna give him
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: confidence when you're throwing the guys like Jay Jackson Smith
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: and Jake but Cooper, cub Tory Horten. They're gonna make
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: it hard on the forty nine or DBS, and I'm
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: excited to see that. And then defensively, you gotta get
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: after Rock Party. I mentioned it earlier. I think the
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: key to this game defensively is to get after his turnovers.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: When the forty nine ers and Rock Party specifically turned
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: the football over. This team loses football games. It's a
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: big part of that. And Seahawks gotta start fast.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: So Seahawks want to run the football, get your receivers involved.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: And now the defense, you gotta stop the run with
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: Christian McCaffer. You cannot let him go off. Man, show
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: the world what your defense is all about, and let
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: the genius of Mike McDonald just fly.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Let it be free. Now.
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: He showed us a little bit of it during the preseason, right,
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: It's almost like he showed us and he said, calm down,
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: I gotta keep some of this. I gotta keep something.
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: So we saw the vanilla stuff. Now we're gonna see
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: what is really about. The pressures, the stunts, the blitz,
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: all of that good stuff you mentioned. There's a bunch
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: of thinkers on that defense. Man, let these guys do
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: your thing.
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: No, and honestly, bump like a sea. Whether you're a
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: Seahawk fan, you follow the team whatever it is. The
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: Seahawks are known for being good at home, and that
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: hasn't been the case last year.
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: There three and six.
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: Everyone knows that sounds good enough. I want to see
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: that tide turn. We need to start winning football games
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: at home, especially within this division. Get the season started
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: off right. Give the twelve something great to go crazy for. Man,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: I'm excited about it because here's the thing. You know,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: you worry about whether it's other opposing fans in the building,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: it won't matter if you're doing playing well in the
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: field because.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: It's going to be drowned out. So the Seahawk fans
• 29:35
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• 29:37
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• 29:39
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• 29:52
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• 29:55
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• 29:58
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• 30:01
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• 30:04
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• 30:04
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