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Sunday Night Showdown In Seattle | Hawk Talk Podcast · Hawk Talk

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Hawk Talk with former Seahawks wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus.
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  Speaker 2: Powered by Seahawks.com. Now, here's your host, Nassau Chobie.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of Hawk Talk. The Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: getting ready to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in
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  Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football Bump, hoping to break the losing streak.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man. We got to get back in the win column.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a while since we've been on a little
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  Speaker 3: streak like this, but this is the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: They got players, too. Let's see what we can do.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I mean, for context, for everyone watching and listening,
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks have not lost back-to-back games since the end
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  Speaker 1: of December of 2024. Mike McDonald's first year as Seahawks coach.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Darnold actually was playing for the Vikings in one
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  Speaker 1: of those back-to-back losses. That's how long it's been. So
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  Speaker 1: they've been on a great run. Obviously, listen, they've lost
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  Speaker 1: three games by eight points. In those three games, they've
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  Speaker 1: turned the ball over ten times.
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  Speaker 2: You don't do that.
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  Speaker 1: This team could easily be 6-0, but it is what
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  Speaker 1: it is. That's why they play the games differently. Since
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  Speaker 1: we weren't able to do a recap podcast after last
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  Speaker 1: Thursday bump, quickly, what did you learn from the Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: and the Broncos game last week?
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  Speaker 3: Man, I learned something I already knew. It was just reaffirm, man.
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  Speaker 3: They're just resilient. The defense is going to give the
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  Speaker 3: offense a chance to win the ball game, right?
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  Speaker 2: In all games.
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  Speaker 3: You look at the second half numbers by the Broncos.
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  Speaker 3: That defense was lights out.
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  Speaker 2: Bo Nix, I think I saw a stat.
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  Speaker 3: He's only thrown like two or three footballs, air yards,
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  Speaker 3: further than 10 yards this year. And it seemed like
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  Speaker 3: he didn't do any. against this defense. Man, I'm just
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  Speaker 3: amazed by the defense every week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's the thing. They will give you a
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  Speaker 2: chance to win. You said it great.
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  Speaker 1: Every game that this team is in, they'll have a
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  Speaker 1: chance to win when you play defense that way, and
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  Speaker 1: it's great to see. And honestly, for me, even the
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  Speaker 1: offense is resilient. That was as bad as the first
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  Speaker 1: half as you can think of, and they still at
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  Speaker 1: the end, even after a late turnover, come down the field.
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  Speaker 1: Rasheed has a nice return. They did what they had
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  Speaker 1: to do to stay competitive. They obviously want to play better.
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  Speaker 2: We know that.
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  Speaker 1: But this team is full of resilient guys in this
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  Speaker 1: locker room, and I promise you they are not phased
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  Speaker 1: from it. You take a couple extra days off after
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  Speaker 1: the short week last week. You have a long week
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for this game. They're going to be ready
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  Speaker 1: to go against the Kansas City Chiefs, Ken Walker, all
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  Speaker 1: that coming into Lumen Field on Sunday Night Football. A
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  Speaker 1: couple quick player updates throughout the week. Anthony Bradford back
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  Speaker 1: to practice. Assuming he has a good week, he's going
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  Speaker 1: to be starting for the Seahawks at right guard, which
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  Speaker 1: is a crazy thing because a lot of people really
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  Speaker 1: slandering that man. And I'm excited because now people are like, well,
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  Speaker 1: you know what? He can help us. He's a good
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  Speaker 1: football player. Excited for Bradford to be back out there.
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  Speaker 1: Zach Charbonnet, that's the big one, has a chance to
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  Speaker 1: play this week. He's getting a full week's worth of reps.
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  Speaker 1: So hopefully he's back out there in some capacity, according
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  Speaker 1: to Coach McDonald. And unfortunately, the Seahawks will be without
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  Speaker 1: Elijah Arroyo.
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  Speaker 2: He went on IR. And we'll see about Drake Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Well, get some guys back. You lose some guys. That
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  Speaker 3: is the circle of life in the NFL. So hopefully
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  Speaker 3: Bradford balls out and we get a little bit of Charbonnet.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Let's get into these Chiefs. What's on tap? What's
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  Speaker 2: on tap? 5-0 bump.
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  Speaker 1: First place in the AFC West, beating the Broncos, Colts, Dolphins, Raiders,
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  Speaker 1: and Chargers. They seem to be back to their old
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  Speaker 1: winning ways, opening the season, like I said, 5-0. Patrick Mahomes,
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  Speaker 1: he's healthy. Ken Walker is running absolutely wild. Travis Kelsey
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  Speaker 1: fending off father time. And these Chiefs are one of
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  Speaker 1: the last three teams to remain unbeaten on the season.
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  Speaker 1: Against the Chargers bump, wasn't a super exciting game, but
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  Speaker 1: they were in control from jump.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the Chiefs were up 9-3 at half after two
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  Speaker 3: great touchdown runs from who?
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  Speaker 2: K-9. And two field goals from Harrison Butker. Like saying
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  Speaker 2: that name.
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  Speaker 3: The second half was slow with each team adding just
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  Speaker 3: a field goal as the Chiefs went to win 22-6.
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  Speaker 3: Pat Mahomes, 23 of 30, 272. Zero touchdowns. Did have interception.
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  Speaker 3: K-9 can tease and put up huge numbers. 19 carries,
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  Speaker 3: 128 yards, two touchdowns. He's playing elite level. And you
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  Speaker 3: got Xavier Worthy who led all receivers with 73 yards
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  Speaker 3: and seven receptions for the Chargers. Herbert, 22 of 37, 204,
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  Speaker 3: zero touchdowns, one interception. He also led the team in
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  Speaker 3: rushing with a whopping 26 yards and five carries.
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  Speaker 2: That's not great. No, not good. That charge is struggling, man.
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  Speaker 2: They're struggling.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're 0-6. I mean, big changes probably coming for them.
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  Speaker 1: Not great what's going on over there, unfortunately. But for
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs, You know, the Chargers aren't a good football team.
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  Speaker 1: If you look at their schedule, yeah, the Dolphins aren't
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  Speaker 1: a good team. Colts are struggling. They're down bad. The
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  Speaker 1: Raiders are kind of struggling, too. Obviously, you play these
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  Speaker 1: on the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: No shade. They're 5-0. They're playing unbelievable football.
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  Speaker 1: But it'll be interesting to see when they go up
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  Speaker 1: against a defense like the Seahawks. But when you look
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  Speaker 1: at these numbers, man, you've got the number one offense
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  Speaker 1: taking on the number one defense. So that matchup is
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  Speaker 1: going to be crazy. Looking at the numbers for the
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks offense, they are 17th in the NFL. averaging 332
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  Speaker 1: yards per game, 18th for the run, 16th passing offense,
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  Speaker 1: 13th in points per game. You look at the Chiefs,
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  Speaker 1: cream of the crop. Number one, averaging 414 yards a game.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, rushing attack, 159.8 yards per game. Ninth passing offense, 254,
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  Speaker 1: and fifth in points per game. So they are putting
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  Speaker 1: up numbers offensively for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Chiefs are moving, grooving, man. Canine doing his thing.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, you got the Pat Mahomes over there. Defensively,
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  Speaker 3: number one versus number eight. Hawks 10th against the run.
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  Speaker 3: The Chiefs number six. Hawks first against the pass.
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  Speaker 2: Good stuff. The Chiefs 15th against the pass.
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  Speaker 3: Points allowed. The Hawks seventh allowing 20.3. And the Chiefs
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  Speaker 3: second allowing 16.6.
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  Speaker 1: So it's going to be a game, obviously. Anytime you
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  Speaker 1: put the number one offense versus number one defense, get
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  Speaker 1: your popcorn ready. That's why it's on Sunday night. It's
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  Speaker 1: going to be fun there. And something's got to give.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk a lot about this offensive matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Something's got to give. between that run game and the
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  Speaker 1: seahawks run defense i'm excited to look at that matchup
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  Speaker 1: but before we do let's know the history between these two.
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  Speaker 2: Teams know your history chiefs they lead the all-time series
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  Speaker 2: 34 to 19 yeah and.
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  Speaker 1: They had others it was a tough place to play
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  Speaker 1: back in the day there if you talk to any
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  Speaker 1: of the older guys sorry i called you old but
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  Speaker 1: rabel wyman moore all those guys it was from for
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  Speaker 1: 10 years they didn't win a game in kansas city
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  Speaker 1: wow Um, so obviously it was a tough place to
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  Speaker 1: play at Arrowhead for sure. Seahawks old AFC West rivals
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  Speaker 1: have won four of the last five games. The last
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  Speaker 1: matchup was a 24, 10 win Arrowhead stadium bump. And
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  Speaker 1: I'll gloss over this pretty quickly. Cause that was a
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  Speaker 1: rough time for one. There's a massive ice storm that
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  Speaker 1: hit Seattle. And if you weren't on the team playing,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you made it there. It was
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  Speaker 1: rough or engineered to make it there. The broadcast didn't
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  Speaker 1: sound great. I remember we were doing the show from
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  Speaker 1: the studio, and you were the backup play-by-play just in
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  Speaker 1: case we couldn't get the stuff on off of TV.
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  Speaker 2: It was a different time.
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  Speaker 1: And on the field, it wasn't that great either.
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  Speaker 2: Almost had my chance. Almost had my chance.
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  Speaker 1: And on the field, it wasn't much better. Really, the
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  Speaker 1: biggest moment from that game was the photo of DK Metcalf.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember that. When all the
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  Speaker 1: receivers were, because it was like zero degrees outside, and
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  Speaker 1: they were all flexing before the game, shirts off and
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  Speaker 1: all that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That was probably the most memorable thing because they were
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  Speaker 1: down 17-3 at halftime, down 24-3 before Noah Fant caught
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown to make it 24-10. Ken Walker, against the Chiefs,
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  Speaker 1: was 26 carries, 107 yards. Mahomes threw two touchdowns, and
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey had 113 yards and six receptions. That team, wow,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to even compare the two teams from that day,
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  Speaker 1: especially with the Seahawks and how everything has changed there. So, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be a better result. I can tell you what, though,
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  Speaker 1: Obama's going to be in a lot better conditions on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: For sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, let's get things rolling, man.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be doing. We're about to go to the NFC West.
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  Speaker 2: What's the word?
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  Speaker 3: Where my soldiers at?
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  Speaker 2: Westside! Where my soldiers at? Westside! And the Seahawks are
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  Speaker 2: the NFC West champs again. What's the word in the
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  Speaker 2: West on Hawk Talk? It's looking weird in the West.
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  Speaker 2: Last year didn't look like this. Turn in. Niners at
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  Speaker 2: the top, 6-0. Seahawks 3-3. Rams 2-4.
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  Speaker 3: Cardinals 2-4. It's going down in the West, man. Tipper
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  Speaker 3: caps to the 49ers for now. We will catch you.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk about this Cardinals and Rams game, though. After
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  Speaker 3: a tough game on Thursday night, I know this game
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  Speaker 3: made Seahawks fans pretty happy to watch another division rival struggle.
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  Speaker 2: The Rams were huge favors against the Cardinals at home.
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  Speaker 3: The preseason Super Bowl champs, that's funny, lost another tight
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  Speaker 3: game at SoFi, losing 18-16. The Cardinals have won more
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  Speaker 3: games at SoFi than the Rams have.
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  Speaker 2: That's messed up. And they've only won two games.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, that's messed up. They've also snapped a game-losing streak.
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  Speaker 3: Arizona's defense has been one of the NFL's worst this
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  Speaker 3: season until it held McVay, Stafford, and their talented union
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  Speaker 3: to 286 yards total. The Rams special teams took another
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  Speaker 3: hit when new kicker Blake Grupe, am I saying that right?
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  Speaker 2: Yep. Was injured trying to make a tackle and kickoff.
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  Speaker 2: Just trying. You know, I think it was his right knee.
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  Speaker 2: I saw him plant in the ground and push off
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  Speaker 2: of it. And poor guy. He's only like $ 1.
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  Speaker 1: 50, $ 1.
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  Speaker 3: 60. He's trying to make a tackle. He got spun around.
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  Speaker 3: Poor dude, man. The game was a field goal fest,
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  Speaker 3: but let's fast forward to the end of the game.
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  Speaker 3: The Rams put together an 8-play, 86-yard drive in just
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  Speaker 3: two minutes and took the lead at 16-15 with 47
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  Speaker 3: seconds remaining.
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  Speaker 2: Then what?
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  Speaker 1: Cardinals were helped by a questionable and necessary roughness penalty,
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  Speaker 1: but it is what it is. Brooks got the reception
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  Speaker 1: that helped the Cardinals get in the field goal range.
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  Speaker 1: Chad Ryland hit the game-winning field goal.
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  Speaker 2: 4-3 yarder. They win the game without scoring a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: While that penalty was definitely questionable, that's not why.
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  Speaker 2: They lost the game. They were physically beaten that whole game.
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  Speaker 2: They did not play well.
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  Speaker 1: You look at it, Stafford just 25-33, 2-22, two touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: Pukutukua 80 yards on six receptions. Kyron Williams 50 yards
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  Speaker 1: on 10 carries bump. But the Rams are down bad injury-wise,
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  Speaker 1: and it just continues to get worse. So, Devontae Adams
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  Speaker 1: ruptured his hammy. He's out six to ten weeks. Puna Ford,
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  Speaker 1: our guy, former Seahawk, ruptures triceps.
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  Speaker 2: Out for the season.
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  Speaker 1: Kobe Turner, another really good player, gave us fits on
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  Speaker 1: that defensive line, strained a groin, expected to miss a
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  Speaker 1: handful of weeks. late groupie newly signed kicker towards acl
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  Speaker 1: on that play and you want to talk about special
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  Speaker 1: teams continuing to hurt them yeah when you saw groupie
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  Speaker 1: make that tackle i'm not making light of the situation
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  Speaker 1: i'm not i'm speedy recovery never want to see anyone
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  Speaker 1: get hurt but that would be like For everyone out
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  Speaker 1: there in the comments of these players saying all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of stuff, that's what it would look like if
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  Speaker 1: you tried to tackle these guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. They're professional athletes. They're the best in the world.
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  Speaker 1: So when you're buying your keyboards and you're saying, I
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  Speaker 1: could do blank, blank, that's what it would look like.
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  Speaker 2: I just want to remind everybody about that. That's well said.
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  Speaker 2: Well said.
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  Speaker 1: So, again, I keep saying this all year. The Rams
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  Speaker 1: are a very good football team.
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  Speaker 2: We know that.
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  Speaker 1: But the more time goes on, the more these injuries
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  Speaker 1: stack up, the more adversity sits.
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  Speaker 2: Can we keep saying they're a very good football team?
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  Speaker 2: They're 2-4. You're right. Maybe we shouldn't. Because on paper,
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  Speaker 2: they're a great team. On paper, they won. On paper,
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  Speaker 2: they won.
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  Speaker 3: But in reality, they're struggling, man. Everybody's speedy recovery, though, man.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then elsewhere in the division, the Commanders, 49ers. 49ers, man,
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  Speaker 1: tip your cap. They just keep finding ways to win.
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  Speaker 1: Dominating the Commanders.
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  Speaker 2: They're up 20-3.
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  Speaker 1: Led 23-3 midway through the third quarter. Commanders, though, they
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  Speaker 1: come all the way back, making it a one-score game.
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  Speaker 1: Niners punt on their final three possessions. So Commanders had
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  Speaker 1: the ball down a score twice in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 1: but they weren't able to get the job done. They
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  Speaker 1: turned the ball over on downs after incomplete pass in
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  Speaker 1: fourth and three. In the final possession, they had a
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  Speaker 1: second and 10 from the Niners' 28-yard line. Jane Daniels,
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  Speaker 1: intentional grounding. Then he gets sacked. Game ends. Purdy, 21-29, 264,
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  Speaker 1: one touchdown. McCaffrey had a solid day, 64 yards, 16 carries.
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  Speaker 1: Did lose a fumble, but did have two touchdowns. That
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  Speaker 1: was his.
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  Speaker 2: First fumble in like 500 touches. That's insane. Crazy. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they used the heck out of McCaffrey, man.
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  Speaker 1: But, Bump, can you, again, and I hate to say
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  Speaker 1: this because there's a lot of former Seahawks connections on
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  Speaker 1: the commanders right now.
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  Speaker 2: What is going on game management-wise? What is happening? How
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  Speaker 2: do you throw the ball away in fourth and three?
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  Speaker 2: I don't care if you saw the flag. I don't care.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the thing, too, is I feel bad for Dan Quinn. 100%.
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  Speaker 2: You know for sure.
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  Speaker 3: They've had conversations about this, especially after the week before
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  Speaker 3: where you go down and there's no urgency. You're not
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  Speaker 3: getting up to get a play going. Anyway, Jaden Daniels
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  Speaker 3: just needs to lock it in. That's all you can say.
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  Speaker 3: He's played enough football to know you are the quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: You must be situationally aware at all times. And unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: it's going to fall on Dan Quinn. If these guys
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  Speaker 3: don't put together some wins here late, who knows what's
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  Speaker 3: going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy they stayed in the game and made it
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  Speaker 1: competitive and then didn't just get boat raced after that.
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  Speaker 1: So it shows, like, the team is still committed to him.
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  Speaker 1: The team is still playing hard. It just can't happen.
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  Speaker 3: It can't happen, man, on any level. You know what?
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  Speaker 3: Pop Warner, you got it. Pop Warner, okay. But after that, man,
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  Speaker 3: there's constant communication. Let's figure this out and make sure
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  Speaker 3: everybody's good, especially after the week before you had a
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  Speaker 3: mishap as well.
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  Speaker 2: It's four down. Give somebody a chance. Just throw it up, kid.
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  Speaker 2: Throw it up.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, and obviously you can tell my root and interest.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I'm like, come on, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Get it together. Come on, man. Holy smokes. Anyway, let's
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  Speaker 2: get back to these Kansas City Chiefs. Man up. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: who you got? Who you got? You know what time
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  Speaker 2: it is. Man up. Man up, brother. Man up. Man
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  Speaker 2: up on Hawk Talk.
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  Speaker 1: Where we always start, quarterbacks start with one of the
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  Speaker 1: best to ever do it. Patrick Mahomes taking on this
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks defense. He's the best quarterback of this generation.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: After Tom Brady, it's Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 1: Five Super Bowl appearances, three Super Bowl wins, three-time Super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl MVP, six-time Pro Bowler, two-time first-team All-Pro, two-time MVP,
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  Speaker 1: offensive player of the year, 17-4 playoff record. I could
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  Speaker 1: go on and on and on. The track record predates him.
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  Speaker 1: He is a dog. 2025, though, was a first-time bump.
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  Speaker 1: He's had a major injury in his career.
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  Speaker 2: He's been hurt. He's had ankles. He's had knees. He's
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  Speaker 2: had all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But he tears his ACL week 15 or at the
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  Speaker 1: end of last season, something like that, against the Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: Despite that injury, though, he starts the year. I think
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  Speaker 1: he's back before people thought. Healthy, good to go week one.
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  Speaker 1: And he's playing pretty good. So far in this year,
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  Speaker 1: he's 105 for 158, 66 completion percentage, 1,300 yards, nine touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: three interceptions. I mean, he's doing well. He's not putting
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  Speaker 1: up the MVP type numbers.
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  Speaker 3: You don't have to. You don't have to. K-9 running
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  Speaker 3: that rock, man. He doesn't have to. But he is
• 14:20
  Speaker 3: still capable. You never sleep on Pat Mahomes.
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: He's liable.
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: To have a big game, but thankfully he's going up
• 14:25
  Speaker 3: against the best defense in all the land, the Seahawks defense.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: So got to make it messy for him and the
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: best passing defense if you want to try to get busy, Mahomes.
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about our quarterback, Sam Darnold. He's nice.
• 14:37
  Speaker 3: He's coming off a tough game against the Broncos, 27-51, 278,
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: zero touchdowns.
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: He did throw two interceptions.
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: He's thrown an interception in every game this year except
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: for the Patriots when he only played about five games.
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: We haven't seen the best from him yet, but you
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: know what? It's coming. I believe. I believe. It's the
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: same guy who.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: Led the NFL with 30 wins by QB since 2024.
• 14:59
  Speaker 3: 100-plus passer rating in 22 games since 2024.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: Third best in the NFL.
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: 19 games with 100-plus passer rating and two touchdowns since 2024.
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: Second in the NFL.
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: Fourth highest passer rating in the conference championship game in
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: NFL history.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying, let's not forget who this man is.
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: Without question, I don't think a couple bad games should
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: erase the previous 30.
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: Right. It's unfortunate. No, everyone offensively wants to play better.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: I think all those guys will tell you they've yet
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: to put four quarters together. And that's every position on
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: the field. So I just I'm excited for Sam because
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: he's got a really good opportunity. National audience. The haters
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: are out there. I've never met a more resilient man
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: in my entire life. If there's anyone that can handle it,
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: it's Sam. So what better what better way to go
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: out on national television and take care of business against
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: these chiefs? So I'm hoping we see that from him.
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: It's going to be a tall task, though, because they're
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: good defensively. They're eighth in the NFL, allowing 306 yards
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: per game, and they're 15th in the NFL, pass yards,
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: allowing just 217.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: So we'll see. Something's got to give, Blump. Yeah, man.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: It's going to be a battle. I mean, this is
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: why you play the game. Play the game. Another battle. K-9.
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: Goodness gracious, K-9. You know, he was a former Seahawk.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: He's having a great 2026 season. Excuse me. K-9, man,
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: having a great 2026 season. The 44th overall pick in
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: the 2022 draft. He's on pace to shatter all his
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: career highs. Walker leads the NFL in yards, yards per carry,
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: yards per game. Longest carry, 76. He's getting everything he
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: deserves and won it over there with KC.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, proof's in the pudding. They're running that thing.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: He's doing everything that he can, and he's performing. He's
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: had at least 18 carries in every game this year.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Walker only had 18 carries. or more, one time in
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: the regular season last year. In the playoffs, though, obviously
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: that's when things ticked up. It was 19-19-27. Walker is
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: doing everything he can to show that he's never down
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: back in this league. And the stats don't lie either.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: He's the third player in Super Bowl era with at
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: least two touchdowns in four of his team's first five games,
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: joining Hall of Famer Emerson Boozer and Calvin Johnson. Walker
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: also has 760 scrimmage yards and eight scrimmage touchdowns this season.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: He's the sixth player all-time with at least 750 scrimmage
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: yards and eight scrimmage touchdowns in his first five games
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: of the season with a bunch of other Hall of Famers.
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: Marshall Falk, Eric Dickerson, Jim Brown, and you throw in
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: Priest Holmes even. And here's the other thing, Bob. Here's
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: the number one thing for me. He has forced seven
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: missed tackles in week six alone, leads the NFL with
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: 52 missed tackles forced through this many games in week six.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: He's going to be motivated. It's going to be fun.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: I think the Seahawks defense is going to be motivated
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: because they're up for the challenge because what they do
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: is stop the run.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: At the ranked 10th, it gets run only allowing 96
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: yards per game.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Let's keep reading this stat as long as we can.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: The Seahawks have not allowed a 100-yard rusher for a
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: franchise record 32 consecutive games, 35 if you include the playoffs,
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: the longest streak in the NFL. Walker has four 100-yard
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: rushing games this season alone. As Nas says, get your
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: popcorn ready.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: Have to, have to. So that's the one.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: That's what they're going to talk about on all the
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: pregame shows. We're going to talk about all week. So
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: that's a marquee matchup. We'll see how the Seahawks defend that.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: And then you have our running backs. The Seahawks run
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: game is not where it was to end last season.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: There's no question about that. But people have forgotten how
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: the season started last year. There's a little bit of
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: revisionist history going on. Last season, through six games, the
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Seahawks ran for 625 yards, averaging 104 yards per game.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: That is 24th in the NFL at the time. Through
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: six games this season, The Seahawks have run for 643 yards,
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: averaging 107 yards per game, good for 18th in the NFL. Yep,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: you heard what I just said. The Seahawks are actually
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: running the ball better this year than they were last year.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: No, they're not.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: I know that sounds crazy. I know it, but it's true. Yes,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: there's been some fumbles. Yes, there's been less explosive plays.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: But I say all that to say, not because I'm
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: saying there's nothing wrong with the Seahawks' run game and
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: it's perfect. I'm telling you guys that so you understand,
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: give it some context. What you saw at the end
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: of last year is not what we saw at the
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: beginning of last year. The Seahawks evolved into that. You
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: have a lot of the same pieces. Yes, you don't
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: have Ken Walker, but you also haven't had Zach Charbonnet.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: You also haven't had Jadarian Price for most of this season.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Charbonnet hopefully is coming back this week. So I just
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: say all that to say, let's take a break. There's
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: a good chance the Seahawks will get that running game
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: back to where it was, or at least close to.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: It's a work in progress sometimes. You have all these
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: different things out there. So I say all that to say, hey,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: pump your brakes. Let's not misremember how last season went.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: This Seahawks run game hopefully can get things going. Last
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: week they ran for 113 yards, average 4.3 yards per
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: carry they can be a little bit more consistent in
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: that things good things can happen Kansas City has six
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: best rush defense so we'll see what they can do there.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah context is important and people have to realize sometimes
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: it takes a while you got to warm the car
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: up sometimes you know got to warm the engine up
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: and let it go and it's all connected right if
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: you can get the run game going the play is
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: going to be better the pass is going to be
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: better so yeah let's uh positive vibes towards the run
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: game All right, let's talk about another matchup. Travis Kelsey,
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Xavier Worthy, and Rasheed Ryan. I don't think Rasheed is playing, right?
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: He got banged up. Travis Kelsey, 14-year vet, and he's
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: going to the Hall of Fame. Easy. As soon as
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: he retires, clock starts, he's gone.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: 11-time Pro Bowler, four-time First League Mall Pro, three-time Super
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: Bowl champ, seven consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. He's had at least
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: 800 yards in every season except his rookie year when
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: he only played in one game. So far in 2026,
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Travis has 20 receptions, 299 yards, and two touchdowns. His
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: 299 are sixth in the NFL amongst tight ends. He
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: is the Chiefs' leading receiver. He's been the Chiefs' leading
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: receiver for the past five seasons. And what else can
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: you say about Travis, man? Look, he's never been fast,
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: but he's definitely not fast now in his career. But
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: he understands route running, time, spacing. He has a great
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: connection with his quarterback. They ad-lib sometimes and just make
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: it happen.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: He knows how to get open.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: And he's playing really well considering everyone's, is he going
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: to retire the last couple years?
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: Is he going to retire? Is he going to retire?
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: And he's looking good right now. Now, in terms of
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: receivers in that side of the ball, they've had some issues, right?
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Leading receiver, Tyquan Thornton, he dislocated his ankle in that
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: win over Vegas. That was pretty gross. Out the rest
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: of the year. And he was having a pretty good year.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: 11 receptions, 219 yards, two touchdowns. Then you got Rashi Rice.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: He had a lot of injuries in his career. And
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: now he's dealing with hamstring injuries. So, yeah, we're probably
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: not going to see him. 13 receptions for 190 yards.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: So you ask, who is going to step up? Xavier Worthy.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: He's now the number one option and receiver. Former first-round
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: pick from Texas hasn't necessarily lived up to expectations, but
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: it's his time to shine at this moment, right? 21 receptions,
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: 206 yards, one touchdown. 2021 was the last time a
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Kansas City wide receiver led this team in receiving them,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: just for context.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: That was Tyreek Hill. Of course.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: And they're going to have their work cut out for
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: them because the Seahawks team is the number one pass
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: defense in all the land. So it'll be interesting to
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: see who steps up outside of Travis Kelsey. You know, Worthy,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: can he be that guy? Obviously with the run game working.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: But if you can shut down the run, I am
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: very interested to see how the Seahawks match up against
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: that receiver court.
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: I would say advantage Seahawks. Yeah, I love our secondary, man.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: Test the young Xavier Worthy. I said this before earlier,
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: and I sound crazy. Make Pat Mahomes beat you. Make
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: him beat you. Come on, that does sound crazy. All right,
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: let's talk about our receivers. Got JSN, Cooper Cub, Rasheed Shahid.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: All right, man. Let's do it again.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: JSM, the best receiver in the game. First when it
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: comes to yards, talking about this year. First in receiving touchdowns.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: Longest reception. Receiving yards per game. Yards per touch. And
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: he's fourth when it comes to yards from scrimmage with
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: 733 so far this year. 49 receptions. 717 yards. Seven
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: touchdowns last week. He had 12 for 134. Looked like
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: he was favoring his ankle a little bit, but he just.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Toughed it out, man.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: The first half, he had like 20 yards or something
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: like that. Most of his money came in the second half,
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: so you can never count this dude out.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: No question. There's not enough ways to say how good
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: Jason is.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: And the way he puts his team on his back,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: he is honestly, he's the only person on offense you
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: can say, yeah, everything you're doing, you're good.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: No one needs to talk about 11.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: And the rest, and listen too, like Cooper Cupp, Rasheed Shaheed,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: I think more is coming from them.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Cupp, 16 receptions, 179, one touchdown.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: He became a 97th player in NFL history to reach
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: 8,500 career passing yards, receiving yards.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: Excuse me. Rashid Shaheed coming off the best game. Come
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: on now. As a pass catcher against the Broncos, right?
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Come on now.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Five receptions, 66 yards, had a long of 42. So
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: far in the year, he's got four carries for 39
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: yards in the touchdown, 14 receptions for 162 yards. I
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: just feel like this is the last piece bump.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah. If, Rashid Shahid.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: Can truly become a factor on this offense and stretch
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: the field and really be a threat. People cannot defend
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: this team the way they want to and the way
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: they're currently doing it. So it was good to kind
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: of see almost like a breadcrumb for Shahid of like, okay,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: we're getting there. So I'm hoping that can continue. The
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Chiefs are middle of the pack, 15th in the NFL
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: against the past, 217 yards per game.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: So it should be interesting. It should be. Let's go
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: get them.
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: Feed 11. And everyone else contributed like last week. Cup
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: had about 50. Rasheed had about 60. I like those numbers.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And we'll tell you how the Seahawks are going
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: to get this victory and path to victory. At the 45,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: waits for the snap. Michael Dixon puts it down. That
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: kick is away. And that kick is good! The Seahawks win!
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: It's good!
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: It's a path to victory on Hawk Talk.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. All the lights are on. The nation
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: will be watching. Seahawks taking on the Kansas City Chiefs team.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: Big week. We know that. And above all else, there's
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: one thing the Seahawks need to do. They need to
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: take care of the football. Cherish it.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Everything after that, everything goes good, man. And it's everybody.
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: Offensive line, it plays a role. Sam Darnold plays a role.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: Running backs play a role. Receivers, everybody. Turnovers are the
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: reason this team is 3-3. If you didn't have it,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: there easily could be 6-0. The Seahawks are 15-0 under
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Mike McDonald when they win the turnover battle.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: That's pretty good. 15-0. You take care of the football game.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: You will win this game.
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: Sam, play free. Relax your mind. Push the football down
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: the field. You'll be all right, especially if you find
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: number 11 about 10, 11 times, okay? Because it's working.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: Off is the line. You need to protect a bit.
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: And Sam, just be good under pressure. He's pressured 31%
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: of the time in dropbacks, the most in the league
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: right now. And O-line's got to help out. And he
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: needs to be smart with the ball, too. Get the
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: football out of your hands. And get after Mahomes, man.
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: Be smart, good angles. He is so elusive, and he's
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: not fast. You know, him and Brock Purdy might be
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: the two most elusive, not fast quarterbacks I've seen in
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: this league. So he had some practice last week with Purdy.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: Let's get after him this week. And then K-9's having
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: a great year. You got to get your paws on him.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: Got to get him down. Got to have gap integrity.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: Because if he gets to that second level, it's going
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: to be trouble.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a home run hitter.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: And he's proven that over all the years in Seattle.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: You got to be sound. That's all 11 hats. Get
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: into the football and make them plays there. And don't
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: let Travis Kelsey go off. Keep these receivers in front
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: of you. You win that matchup. You have better players
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: in your secondary than they have to offer. If you
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: stop K-9, keep receivers in front of you. This Seahawks
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: team can get this done. They can keep pace with
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: the 49ers because things are getting to stack up. I
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: don't think I'll say it right now on October 22nd.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: I don't think the division is completely out of reach.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: I don't. But it starts when you start winning some games.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: That's going to start on Sunday. Keep pace. Win this week.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Change the narrative. Figure it out.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Seahawks taking on the Chiefs. Pre-game show will start at
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: 2 p.m.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: Here are all the guys.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus, Paul Moore, Ray Roberts, and Brian Walters. Listen,
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: go get it done, Seahawks. Go get it done. He's
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus. I'm Nassar Chobey. This has been Hawk Talk.