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Recapping Week 5, Looking Ahead To Week 6 at Denver Broncos | 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.com. Now, here's your host, Nassau Chobie.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of Hawk Talk. We are back
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  Speaker 1: short week as the Seahawks head to Mile High to
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  Speaker 1: take on the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football. Fresh
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  Speaker 1: off an unfortunate loss to those San Francisco 49ers.
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  Speaker 2: Those dang Niners.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my board review again. It was rough, man. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to lie to you. That was a hard
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  Speaker 1: loss in Lumen Field. The first home loss in Lumen
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  Speaker 1: Field since October 5th of 2025 against the Buccaneers. Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: had won nine straight games. And there's not a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ways to cut it, man. It was tough. That
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  Speaker 1: was a game the Seahawks absolutely could have won, should
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  Speaker 1: have won. Disappointing division opponent. But, you know, it is
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  Speaker 1: what it is, man. They get paid, too. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And they were, what, three and two last year at
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  Speaker 3: the same time of year. So we know how last
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  Speaker 3: year ended. So we can be optimistic. And that's kind
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  Speaker 3: of what I'm leaning on. And I look at the team,
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  Speaker 3: and they're not that far off. I'm like, look, one
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  Speaker 3: play there, one play here. Clean that up. Whereas last year,
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  Speaker 3: you're kind of guessing because you really don't know what
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  Speaker 3: you have. Whereas this year, you know the personnel. You
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  Speaker 3: know the coach. You know the staff. They're going to
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  Speaker 3: fix this thing. Firmly believe that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no question about it. I have all the faith
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  Speaker 1: in the world. That's what made it that much more
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  Speaker 1: disappointing is because you're like, these guys are right there.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: They have yet to put a full four quarters together.
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  Speaker 1: And I'd be scared about the rest of the NFL
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  Speaker 1: once that happens because they are three and two. And
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  Speaker 1: I promise you, you look at it more three or
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  Speaker 1: four plays. They're five and no easily, but it is
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  Speaker 1: what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Then ESPN still has them fourth in their power rankings.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Cause you're right.
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  Speaker 1: Respect is fine. Is there, it's like, okay, we know
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  Speaker 1: that this happened. I mean, even all the national people,
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  Speaker 1: they're like, okay, even if you just look at the
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  Speaker 1: Cooper cup play alone, that could have gone Seahawks way.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, so, A lot at stake that happened there,
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  Speaker 1: but let's get back into it. Before we look forward
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  Speaker 1: to the Denver Broncos, we got to revisit what happened
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  Speaker 1: against the Niners. What did happen?
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  Speaker 3: See, what had happened was what had happened at first
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  Speaker 3: was what had happened was on hot talk.
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  Speaker 1: Man, the Seahawks need to find a way to start
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  Speaker 1: a little bit better than they have the last couple weeks,
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  Speaker 1: at least offensively. Not the way you want to go.
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  Speaker 1: Second week in a row, Sam Darnold's first pass attempt
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  Speaker 1: is picked off, giving the Niners an amazing field position.
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  Speaker 1: Took just four plays for the 49ers to go 18 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy connected with Mike Evans for a two-yard touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: That made the score 7-0 to kick things off.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, then the Hawks will go three and out on
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  Speaker 3: their next possession. But we're given a gift as Jacob
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  Speaker 3: Cowling will bear down.
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  Speaker 2: University of Arizona. I see you, Curtis.
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  Speaker 3: Muffed the punt after being hit by Nehemiah Pritchard, who
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  Speaker 3: keeps making plays, man. And Eric Saubert recovered the fumble.
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  Speaker 3: Emmanuel Wilson would find the end zone six plays later
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  Speaker 3: with a two-yard run, which tied the game at 7-0.
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  Speaker 3: And then the next three drives would end in punts.
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  Speaker 3: Couldn't get things going. The Hawks would add a field
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  Speaker 3: goal to go up 10-7.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then things started going real well again after
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  Speaker 1: forcing another punt. Uh-oh, no. Disaster strikes. Emmanuel Wilson got
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  Speaker 1: fumbled on the first play of that drive. Really good
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  Speaker 1: play by Fred Warner. I mean, the peanut Tillman punch
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  Speaker 1: is just all across the NFL. We saw it in
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  Speaker 1: the Monday night game. You got to hold on to
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  Speaker 1: the rock. Unfortunately, that popped out. Very next play, Christian
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  Speaker 1: Caffrey found the end zone. 11-yard run. That made the
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  Speaker 1: score 14-10. 49ers. The Seahawks would kick a field goal
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  Speaker 1: in the next drive, helped out by a 15-yard penalty.
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  Speaker 1: Late hit, Dre Greenlaw hit Sam Darnold out of bounds.
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  Speaker 1: Then he head-butted Ernest Jones, who didn't have the helmet on.
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  Speaker 1: Tremendous restraint by Ernest Jones and the rest of that
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  Speaker 1: sideline to not swing on anybody after getting head-butted with
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  Speaker 1: not having your helmet on. Greenlaw was ejected from the
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  Speaker 1: game and suspended for a game after that for his
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  Speaker 1: efforts there. Then after Seahawks punt, Seahawks would get pinned
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  Speaker 1: deep in their own territory. and with 13 seconds in
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  Speaker 1: the half bump. Holy smokes. George Lonnie, he fumbled the football,
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  Speaker 1: recovered in the end zone for a 49ers touchdown. Not
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  Speaker 1: the way you want to end the half.
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  Speaker 2: Not at all.
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  Speaker 3: If you hear raves call. The one thing you can't do,
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  Speaker 3: you actually did. I thought there was no way. If anything,
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, all right, it's safety. You know, maybe for safety,
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  Speaker 3: you live to fight another day. All right, so then
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  Speaker 3: the Niners will go into halftime. They're at 21-13. I'm
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  Speaker 3: still feeling good, though. I'm thinking, all right, we get
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  Speaker 3: the football. We'll be just fine. Second half didn't start
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  Speaker 3: very well, though. Sam Darnold was picked off again by
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  Speaker 3: Renato Green, having himself a day. Thankfully, the 49ers would
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  Speaker 3: miss a field goal on the next drive. After Seahawks
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  Speaker 3: field goal, Nehemiah Pritchett would pick off Brock Purdy, which
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  Speaker 3: set up a 16-yard touchdown run by JSN.
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  Speaker 2: Caught that thing, went inside. I was talking to somebody.
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  Speaker 3: I said, the average receiver in the league would catch
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  Speaker 3: and get north-south, get what you can. He caught, went inside,
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  Speaker 3: and said, I'm trying to get this money, get this touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: Ran that thing in. Great run after catch.
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  Speaker 1: There's a great still shot if you look at it.
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  Speaker 1: It's Fred Warner, Hall of Famer. You have Lenore in
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  Speaker 1: the back. There's three Niners defenders. And then someone on
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  Speaker 1: social media was like, JSN scores on this play. Because
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  Speaker 1: he puts that move on Fred, gets inside, touchdown. Great
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  Speaker 1: play by JSN. It's only a matter of time. You
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  Speaker 1: can't bottle him up. He's going to make plays in
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  Speaker 1: every single game, and he did there. The 49ers would
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  Speaker 1: give the ball right back after Debo Samuel fumbled. Kind
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  Speaker 1: of an awkward play. He went down, and he just
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  Speaker 1: went motionless. It looks like the hamstring is hurting him,
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  Speaker 1: so he's probably going to be out for a little bit. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks could not take advantage of great field position,
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  Speaker 1: had to settle for a field goal. That made the
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  Speaker 1: score 26-21. And then Bob, the 49ers put together probably
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  Speaker 1: their only really good drive of the game. 12 plays,
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  Speaker 1: 74 yards, ending with a seven-yard touchdown to Brandon Cooks.
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  Speaker 1: Then Mike Evans would catch a two-point conversion. That made
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  Speaker 1: the score 29-26, Niners. Yeah, and Hawks would answer with
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  Speaker 1: a field goal. They tied it at 29.
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  Speaker 3: So the 49ers would put together another drive and kick
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  Speaker 3: a 44-yard field goal with 1-56 remaining. Making a score 32-29.
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  Speaker 3: You got the ball. Let's see what you do. The
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  Speaker 3: Hawks look like they had things going when Sam Darnold
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  Speaker 3: connected with Jason for a 35-yard completion in the first down.
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  Speaker 2: Fives are good. We're feeling good.
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  Speaker 3: But you get to third and 10, and Jason dropped
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  Speaker 3: a football that he will catch. I told you 9
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  Speaker 3: out of 10 times. You're like, nah, 10 out of
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  Speaker 3: 10 times. He's catching that football. That was unfortunate. And
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  Speaker 3: then the fourth down comes by. You get Cooper Cupp
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  Speaker 3: on the sideline. He's fighting for yards. He dives for it.
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  Speaker 3: the first down marker, but there's an invisible window or
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  Speaker 3: glass on the sideline, and as soon as that ball
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  Speaker 3: touches that glass, it is out of bounds, so it's
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  Speaker 3: not where he lands. It's where he crosses that little plane.
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  Speaker 3: Different than the end zone. That would be all she wrote.
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  Speaker 1: That being said, though, I think the whole play would
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  Speaker 1: have been differently because, in my opinion, no one will
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  Speaker 1: convince me this otherwise. I think the official thinks he
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  Speaker 1: stepped out of bounds. That's why he immediately, just monsterfully
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  Speaker 1: is like, nope, the other way. If he waits and
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  Speaker 1: they spot the ball and they have a conversation... I
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  Speaker 1: think the spot is different. It's semantics, right? That's not
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  Speaker 1: why the Seahawks lost. I do think the Seahawks, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think that was the right outcome of that play.
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  Speaker 1: It is what it is. Because you can look at
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  Speaker 1: other things. Even on that same play bump, if there
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  Speaker 1: isn't pressure on Darnold, he hits Cooper Cup in stride.
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  Speaker 1: It's an easy first down. That's just kind of how
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  Speaker 1: the game went, and things didn't go the Seahawks' way.
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  Speaker 1: After looking at the film, looking at all the plays...
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  Speaker 1: knowing how many things that the Seahawks gift-wrapped to San Francisco,
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  Speaker 1: what'd you learn about the Seahawks after week five?
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  Speaker 3: I learned that somebody else needs to step up as
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  Speaker 3: a pass catcher. We need a consistent number two. And
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  Speaker 3: the running backs combined had six receptions, and Cooper Cupp
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  Speaker 3: and Rasheed Shaheed had four. And a lot of that
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  Speaker 3: was because of checkdowns, because there was nothing there. Sam's
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  Speaker 3: getting in trouble. He got a check down, throws it
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  Speaker 3: to the running back. But we're still looking for that guy,
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  Speaker 3: you know?
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be.
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  Speaker 3: Cooper Cup, Rasheed Shaheed, or maybe even Torrey Horton. He
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  Speaker 3: only got 11 snaps, but they're still searching for that
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  Speaker 3: number two, that solidified number two.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that guy's on this team. That's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: When we started this season, we were raving about the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to have Jason, Cooper Cup, Torrey Horton, and Rasheed
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  Speaker 1: Shaheed on the field at the same time. Is A.J.
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  Speaker 1: Barner going to step up and be the top tier
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  Speaker 1: of tight ends in the league? Elijah Arroyo in his
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  Speaker 1: second year, is he going to be? The talent's there.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look at Torrey Horton. I believe he has
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  Speaker 1: 13 receptions or 14 or whatever in the league. Six
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  Speaker 1: of them are touchdowns. Rashid Shaheed, we know that person
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  Speaker 1: is there. It just hasn't come to fruition yet, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how that's going to go out there.
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  Speaker 1: And I just learned, you know, this team will be
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  Speaker 1: in every game. I knew that already, but it doesn't matter,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like. The last two years, you can play
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  Speaker 1: the worst game you can. You can turn the ball
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  Speaker 1: over four or five times. We've seen it happen. And
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  Speaker 1: in none of those games, usually when you turn the
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  Speaker 1: ball over five times, okay. You just had a bad game,
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  Speaker 1: got blown up by 25.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a wrap.
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  Speaker 1: Nope, even with the Rams last year, you have a
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  Speaker 1: field goal to win. Each of these games, the Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: are right there. So, like I said earlier, when they
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  Speaker 1: figure this out, watch out. When all three phases of
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  Speaker 1: the ball are playing at a high level together, it
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  Speaker 1: can be dangerous for this team. Anyway, on Sunday, we
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  Speaker 1: did see a lot of people making plays.
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  Speaker 2: Touchdown, Seahawks! Playmakers.
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  Speaker 1: Show them what.
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  Speaker 2: Time it is!
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  Speaker 1: Holy cow! Best in the world, Jason. Five receptions, 102 yards,
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  Speaker 1: one touchdown. He also had to carry for 16 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Also had to tackle because he didn't do it all. Jason,
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  Speaker 1: the fourth player in NFL history with at least 100
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  Speaker 1: receiving yards in a touchdown reception in four of his
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  Speaker 1: team's first five games in a season, joining Pro Football
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Famers Elroy Crazy Legs Hirsch. I know you
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  Speaker 1: guys know about him. 1951 with the Los Angeles Rams.
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  Speaker 1: Randy Moss, that historic 2007 season with the Patriots. And
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Rice in 1989 with the Niners. Jason stepped up
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  Speaker 1: to the podium, and here's another reason why I give
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  Speaker 1: him a ton of credit. We all know if there's
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  Speaker 1: any issues with this team, he's not one of them.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't make one play on one ball that was tough.
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  Speaker 1: Harder catch didn't look, but he knows he makes that
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  Speaker 1: play a million times. He stepped up to the podium
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  Speaker 1: and was the leader. Same with Sam. They don't run
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  Speaker 1: from anything. They step up. That wasn't a day where
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  Speaker 1: they run out the locker room and not talk to
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  Speaker 1: the media. He's like, no, I'm going to own it,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm going to take responsibility for it. something he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have to do because he's been a dog and
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  Speaker 1: he's our best player on offense. Jackson continues to make
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  Speaker 1: plays and we'll get into it later. If certain in those.
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  Speaker 1: corners aren't healthy.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, come on now. Not Jason and class act, man.
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  Speaker 2: He knows. And he, he'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Not worried about Jason at all. All right.
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  Speaker 3: Ernest Jones, nine tackles, one TFL, one sack, one quarterback
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  Speaker 3: hit one pass, defended in a great play on a
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  Speaker 3: screen pass. And most importantly, he kept his cool in
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  Speaker 3: the sideline. and didn't get himself in trouble. And you
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  Speaker 3: know how hard it is for that team to see
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  Speaker 3: their quarterback get hit late and get pushed all the
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  Speaker 3: way to where the benches are, looking all discombobulated.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody jumped on Greenlaw.
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  Speaker 3: Ernest Jones, one of the first ones, getting his face,
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  Speaker 3: kind of touches his helmet, but then, you know, backs up.
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  Speaker 3: And Greenlaw, with his composed self, head-butted a man without
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  Speaker 3: a helmet on, and he got ejected from the game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and, I mean, Ernest is the leader. I think
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Collins on the huddle today, all these guys have
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  Speaker 1: talked about that. and he sets the tone for that
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball, and he's playing at a high level,
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  Speaker 1: just like this other guy, Byron Murphy, man. Six tackles,
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  Speaker 1: three TFLs, two sacks, three QB hits. Me and you
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  Speaker 1: have been saying it for a long time. He should
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  Speaker 1: have been an All-Pro last year. He's playing at that
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  Speaker 1: level this year. Your America's Game of the Week. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to have three straight primetime games in a row.
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  Speaker 1: I think the rest of the country, if you don't know,
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  Speaker 1: now you're going to know about Byron Murphy.
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  Speaker 2: And he's doing it differently this year.
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  Speaker 3: A little two-point stance he added to his game.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? I love it, man.
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  Speaker 3: You can see the growth in Byron Murphy. How about
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  Speaker 3: Nehemiah Pritchett? Huge hit on special teams that caused a
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  Speaker 3: fumble and interception. He was solid in coverage. What was that,
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  Speaker 3: two games in a row he has an interception? Two
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  Speaker 3: of three, I think it is.
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  Speaker 2: Two of three, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Like, Nehemiah has come a long way, right? A guy
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  Speaker 3: who was just fighting to be on teams. Last year
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  Speaker 3: does a bit better, and this year he's been called upon,
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  Speaker 3: and they rely on him.
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  Speaker 1: They can trust him, so good for Nehemiah. Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: my brain got scrambled for a minute. He had an
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  Speaker 1: interception against the Patriots in that first game.
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  Speaker 2: Patriots, the first game.
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  Speaker 1: First game and then last week. But, no, he's– I
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  Speaker 1: love what I've seen from him because his trajectory has
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  Speaker 1: gone this way. The Seahawks brought in all kinds of
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  Speaker 1: people at his position. And what does he do? He
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  Speaker 1: keeps finding a way to make plays and say, listen,
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  Speaker 1: if I keep making plays, you're going to be on
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  Speaker 1: the field. You keep finding your way around the football.
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  Speaker 1: You promise you'll be on the field. So props to
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  Speaker 1: Nehemiah there. And then Spoon. Four tackles, one TFL, one
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  Speaker 1: pass defended. It might not look like his greatest game,
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  Speaker 1: but the way he tackles people at his size.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And it's just when you see Spoon and someone else
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  Speaker 1: in the open field, you're like, okay, you're confident he's
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  Speaker 1: going to get him down. And Spoon just, he is
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  Speaker 1: the firecracker. He's a starter. He's an igniter. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited what we've seen from him so far this year.
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  Speaker 3: He straight tossed Brock Purdy on one of them things.
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  Speaker 3: Scrambling to the left side, just wrapped around, boom, to
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  Speaker 3: the ground.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like.
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  Speaker 3: This dude plays like he's about 205, 210. He's about $ 1.
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  Speaker 2: 75.
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  Speaker 1: He'd be tossing everybody. Running backs. And just like, again,
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  Speaker 1: from like, you look at his body type and you're like,
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  Speaker 1: how are you doing this at the NFL level? Spoon
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  Speaker 1: is amazing at what he does. That was unfortunate. Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: lose the 49ers. They will see them again at the
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  Speaker 1: end of November down there. Santa Clara, the place where
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  Speaker 1: I believe they won the Super Bowl last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, they did.
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  Speaker 1: Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: So Seahawks got their revenge there. I'm sure of it.
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  Speaker 1: The 49ers are a great team. They're 5-0. So- We'll
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  Speaker 1: see how their season continues, but we got to flip
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  Speaker 1: our attention on a short week to the Denver Broncos.
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  Speaker 1: What's on tap? What's on tap? Three and two second
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  Speaker 1: place in the NFC or AFC West, excuse me, losses
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  Speaker 1: to the chiefs in 49ers, but they beat the Jags
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  Speaker 1: Rams and chargers Broncos talented roster 14, three last season,
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  Speaker 1: just a game away. The Superbowl Bo Nix gets hurt,
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  Speaker 1: breaks his ankle at the end of that divisional crazy
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  Speaker 1: game against the Buffalo bills. They had to start Stidham.
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  Speaker 1: They lose that game. Obviously, Patriots go to Super Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: lose to the Seahawks. They had a lot of high
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  Speaker 1: expectations coming into this season. Haven't quite lived up to them.
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: Despite their 3-2 record, there is a lot of noise
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: around Bo Nix, who we'll get into. Offensive, Sean Payton
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: retook the play calling duties. Never a great sign five
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: games into a season. They didn't set the world on
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: fire this last week against the Chargers, but they did
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: get the win.
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they did, man.
• 13:57
  Speaker 3: It was an interesting game, man. The turnovers were a
• 14:01
  Speaker 3: huge factor in this game, right? The Chargers turned the
• 14:03
  Speaker 3: ball over three times on Sunday. They were up 17-10
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: heading to the fourth. They faced a fourth and one
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: from their 41-yard line, and Herbert was stopped for no game.
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: Then things fell apart.
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: Broncos would take advantage of the short field with a
• 14:15
  Speaker 3: Cortland Sutton touchdown.
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: They tied it at 17.
• 14:17
  Speaker 3: Then two plays later, Herbert was sacked and fumbled the ball,
• 14:21
  Speaker 3: and the Broncos would turn that into three points.
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it continued on the next drive. Herbert with
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: an interception. Pass intended for our old friend Marquez Valdez-Scantling.
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: Broncos would add another field goal and end the ballgame. Chargers.
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: Hey, trade Herbert. Trade him. To who? I don't know.
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: Somebody out there need a quarterback. Trade him.
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: I mean.
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: Get him out of there.
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: They were supposed to compete for the division.
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: He needs a fresh start.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: Man.
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: Not midseason. I'm talking about when season's over. Listen, I
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: don't know, man. Get him out of there, man.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: There's going to be some soul searching because Harbaugh's a
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: good coach, but 0-5 is not.
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: If they have a top five pick, you trade him
• 14:57
  Speaker 3: and you get one of these young quarterbacks coming out.
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: Let Harbaugh work his magic with a new guy.
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: Interesting.
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: You heard it here first. We'll check back in. Bo Nix, 16-27, 123,
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: a touchdown, zero interceptions, did lose a fumble. Yeah, it's
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: not great. Their offense is, if you listen to, I
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: listened to a little bit of Denver talk radio this week. Oh,
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: my God. You would think they're on five.
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: Oh, really?
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: I mean, the conversation around Bo Nix is insane. I mean,
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: I've watched him a little bit. There's obviously some struggles there, but, wow,
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: it is not positive enough. What's going down there? But
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: let's flip ahead to this head-to-head matchup. Offensively, both teams
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: kind of middle of the pack to back. Seahawks are
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: 17th in total offense, 17th in rush offense, 16th in
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: pass offense, and 8th in points per game at 26.
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: Looking at the Broncos, they are 30th in total offense,
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: averaging 269 yards a game, 25th in the run, 25th
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: in the pass, 26 in points per game at 19.4.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: So they are struggling to put up points offensively.
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: And on the defensive side, the Hawks are second overall,
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: 11th against the run, second against the pass, and ninth
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: when it comes to points allowed. This Broncos defense, who
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: we thought was going to be really good following up
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: from last year, but injuries and whatnot obviously didn't help.
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: They are 22nd overall, 29th against the run, 9th against
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: the pass, and 14th when it comes to points allowed,
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: allowing 22.2.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: Things are a bit different for Denver this year.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean... You go from they're 14-3 last year,
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: but people forget they won a crazy amount of one-score games.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: A lot of crazy finishes. Now you play a first-place
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: schedule harder. Obviously, much harder schedule. I mean, they're in
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: decent shape. They're 3-2. It's not like they're out of it,
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: but it's definitely not the start, especially when you think
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: you have your franchise quarterback and you have Sean Payton,
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: who's an offensive guru, hands the play, calling duties off.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: And that's got to be tough to just then come
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: back to work knowing that that was your job and
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: essentially take it from you. It's not a great situation there, obviously, offensively.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: So we'll see how that kind of continues this week
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: against a good Seahawks defense. These teams are both AFC
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: West rivals from back in the day. Let's know the history.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Know your history.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: Broncos, they lead the all-time series 35-23. Seahawks have a
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: 2-0 advantage in the playoffs. We know one of those
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: was the Super Bowl XLVIII. Old rivals from the AFC
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: West don't play anymore every four or so years. But
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks have won four of the last five games
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: in this matchup. Last game was the start of the
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: 2024 season, which was the beginning of the Mike McDonald era.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: That was also the beginning of the Bo Nix era.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: That day, the Seahawks won that game 26-20. Kind of
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: a weird game. They had to overcome two safeties in
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: that game. Geno Smith threw an interception. He had a
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: decent day, 18-25, 171. One touchdown, one pick. He also
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: had like a 34-yard rushing touchdown, which I think was
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: by far the longest of his career. Ken Walker at
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: 103 yards and 20 carries in touchdown. Zach Charbonnet added
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: a 30-yard touchdown reception. Tyler Lockett, six receptions, 77 yards.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: And Julian Love, little defensive player with 12 tackles, a TFL,
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: and a pick. Bo Nix in his first NFL game
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: was 26-42, 138-0 touchdowns and two interceptions. Hope to see
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: a little bit more of the same. Very interesting to
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: read some of those names because that feels like now
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: like 50 years ago.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: It does, man. It does.
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: What's up, Tyler Lockett? Hope retirement is good. Did he
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: officially retire yet?
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: I believe so. The only thing, I mean, I don't
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: know if he officially put it out there, but I've
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: seen him doing his thing. He had a really cool
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: social media video where he is like got some like
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: VR glasses on and he's like selling a house. But
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: like through receipt. Anyway, Tyler Lockett always doing his thing.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: One of our favorites throughout the years. Let's see what's
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: going on in the NFC West.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: What's the word?
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: Westside!
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Where my soldiers at?
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Westside!
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: And the Seahawks are the NFC West champs again.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: What's the word in the West on Hawk Talk? Those
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: day niners on top of the division right now. 5-0,
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: Hawks right behind them, 3-2. The Rams behind them, 2-3.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: And the Cardinals are 1-4. Let's visit this Bills-Rams game. Man,
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: the Bills, West Coast tripping. I think they got the
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: Chargers next.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're staying.
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: So they're staying out there. But, man, outside of the
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: Seahawks game, this was the best game of the week.
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: It was a crazy back and forth game that saw
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: six straight touchdown drives in the second half, including the
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Rams tying the game with five seconds left in regulation.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: The game went to overtime with the Rams winning the toss.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: The bills took the ball and Josh Allen connected with
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: Khalil Shakir for 57 yard game. It looked like it
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: was going to be a touchdown, but he just barely
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: got tripping on the next play.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: James could fumble the ball, giving the ball right back
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: to the Rams.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: At this moment. I think anyone who's a Seahawks fan
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: or anyone who just watches the Bills goes, I knew it.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: I knew it. Bills are going to blow it again,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: just like they always do in these situations. Big games
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: are going to. find a way to lose. Coming into
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: that game, Josh Allen was 0-7 in overtime games leading
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: into it, but not so fast. Stafford leads them right
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: down the field. They go to kick a field goal.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: It is blocked by Greg Russo. Then Josh Allen, they
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: get the ball back, takes the game into his hands.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Two big QB runs, sets up a Tyler Bass game-winning
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: field goal. And they found a game that they usually
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: always lose. Now, it's the regular season. For them, they're unfortunately,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: at this point, he can only be judged what he
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: does in the playoffs. It's almost like these games don't matter,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: even though they do. But might be a huge confidence
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: builder there. I mean, if you're Cook and you fumble
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: twice and you watch that happen, and Josh Allen just
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: did his thing. Cook, he ran for 111 yards, two tuds,
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: but two fumbles there. Stafford, he went crazy stat-wise. 40, 54, 383,
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Now thrown for 150 touchdowns and two touchdowns.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: For two franchises, only QB to ever do that.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: And Puka did his thing, too. Yeah.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: Puka, career high, 17 receptions for 138. I think their
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: franchise record was 19. I can't say that I wasn't
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: low-key hoping he got it just to see a receiver
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: do his thing.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: And he had a touchdown.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: Devontae had two touchdowns reception. That's all he does. And
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: the Rams will host the 1-4 Cardinals on Sunday. So
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: they'll probably improve to 3-3.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: I would assume so.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: But you never know.
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: That's why you play the games. I think... For everyone,
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: the Rams, we can see the talent. But for everyone
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: anointing them champs, I'll say each and every week, you
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: can't win a Super Bowl in June. So it's just
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: interesting to me, man, because I just want to see
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: how they handle adversity as the year goes on. They
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: have an easier stretch on paper for the next four
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: or five weeks. So we'll keep a close eye on
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: what the Seahawks or what the Rams are doing. Seahawks
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: will not play them until Christmas Day. So a long time.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: A lot of things would happen before that matchup. You
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: mentioned the Cardinals. The Lions came down to Arizona, and
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: they put a whooping on them. Being a 45-21, they
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: were losing by 31 points at one point. And the
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: crazy thing is they marched right down the field and scored.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: They were up 7-0 to start this game. Would end
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: up getting outscored 45-14 the rest of the way. Brissette
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: threw three touchdowns, almost 300 yards. He had an interception.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: Decent day for him. Love, he isn't putting up the
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: numbers that you would have hoped for at that high
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: draft pick. 12 carries, 22 yards. Trey McBride's still doing
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: his thing. He'll be an all-pro. He'll stack up all
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: the numbers. His team is going to win a lot
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: of games, though. Nine receptions, 66 yards, and a touchdown.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: And then Marvin Harrison bump. Thoughts on the Marvin Harrison trade?
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: I like it. I said it.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: For both?
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: I said get out of here. Yeah, I think he
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: just needed a new spot, and then what? Arizona gets
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: a second-round pick, which might be a high pick for them.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: Might be like 37 or something like that. So I
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: think both teams needed this, right? Texas needed a receiver.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: Arizona needed just that energy out the locker room, and
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: they get a second-round pick.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: I think it worked out for both teams.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Just weird to me though i just feel like when
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: especially when the floor took over i was like okay
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: i thought that was the fresh start he needed but
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: obviously things were still not working down there in the
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: desert hate to see it but we'll see how marvin
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: harrison continues the pressure's on man because all your ohio
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: state buddies are either pro bowlers.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Or all pros olave jsn um.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Anyone who's in the room um garrett wilson garrett wilson
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: um What's his name that played in Detroit? I mean,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: there's just all these different guys that are in the
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: room at one point. I mean, it's unreal.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: And Jeremiah Smith is on his way.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah. To win a Heisman maybe.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for real. Come on now. He nice, nice.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: That water up there in Columbus is something else. But
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: let's flip our attention back to these Denver Broncos. Time
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: to man up. Hey, who you got?
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: Who you got?
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: You know what time it is.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: Man up.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: Man up, brother.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Man up.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Man up on Hawk Talk. He's been a lightning rod
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: for controversy right now. Bo Nix taking on the Seahawks defense.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Nix is in his third season as starting quarterback for
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: the Broncos, drafted in the first round of the 2024 draft,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: when about a million QBs won in that first round.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: As a rookie, threw for 3,777 yards, 29 touchdowns, 12 interceptions,
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: also had 430 yards on the ground, four touchdowns. Last year,
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: very similar, 3,931 yards, 25 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 350-plus rushing yards,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: and five touchdowns. That effort took them to the AFC
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Championship game like we talked about. They had won their
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: first AFC West title since 2015, and the Chiefs had
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: won nine in a row at that point. But right
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: now the heat is on. Like I mentioned, people are
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: all over him right now. You listen to Denver's Poor
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: Stock Radio. You listen to ESPN, Dan Arlosky. He's what
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: he said about Bo Nix. He said, here's the thing.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: Bo is one read panic. What I mean is if
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: the number one option isn't there, if the number one
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: option is there, he's cool. If it's not, he starts
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: to panic. Not good. So you have all these different
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: people analyzing what they're seeing from him. Mind you, he's
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: coming off an injury. So that's another factor we have
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: to think about it. And his numbers aren't just, like, god-awful,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: but they're not great. 97 to 162, 942 yards, six touchdowns,
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: three interceptions. But you would think he's throwing 100 the
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: way people are talking about him right now. We watched him.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: If you were from this area, you saw him in
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Oregon for a while. He was at Auburn. He's been around.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: I think he's 27 or 26, 27 years old at
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: this point. So it'll be interesting to see what the
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Seahawks can do. And if you are struggling, this is
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: not the defense you want to see, especially at guys
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: like Byron Murphy on that defense. So let's see what happens, man.
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: Murphy's doing his thing. Of course, Leo is being violent
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: in there. And the Hawks, man, they're ninth in scoring defense, right?
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Allowing 21 points per game.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: And they are second in passing defense line, 150 yards
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: per game. Should be a rough day for Bo Nix,
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: but you never know. Got to play those games. All right,
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: let's talk about our quarterback, Sam Darnold, against his Broncos defense.
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: He's not coming off his best performance. He was 18
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: of 29, a buck 95, one touchdown, two interceptions. He
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: was also sacked a season high five times. I think
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: that's the most he's been sacked as a Seahawk, honestly.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: So far in 2026, he's completing 64% of his passes
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: for 755 yards, seven touchdowns, and an early five interceptions.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: His QB rating is 90.3, and he's been sacked nine
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: times on the season. Got to clean some things up, man,
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: but I think– We have good reason to believe Donald
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: could have a big game against the Broncos. The Broncos
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: are ninth in pass defense, allowing 202 yards per game,
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: but they're missing two of their top corners. Got Riley Moss,
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: who let the NFL pass a defendant in 2025-19.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: He's dealing with a rib.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: And then the Broncos have also been without four-time Pro
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro Patrick Sertain. So this could
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: be an opportunity. You know, missing some guys, take advantage.
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: But in the day, it's about you. Good decisions, catch
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: the football, but you can't take advantage of a situation.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like Moss was limited earlier in the week.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Sertain did not practice on Monday and Tuesday. So we'll
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: see what happens moving forward. Obviously, if he's not out there,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: it's a big advantage to the Seahawks. But you mentioned
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: Darnold had been sacked five times bump. He's been pressured
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: on 42.7% of his dropbacks, fifth highest in the NFL.
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: He's also been hit more than any other quarterback 20%
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: of the time. So that needs to get corrected this week.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: I think it's a collective effort offensively for everyone to
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: play a little better run game offensive line. But it's there.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: We've seen it. It is a proven track record, like
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: you've been saying all week, why we're not concerned. Everyone
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: on that offense, you're only missing Anthony Bradford in terms
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: of the offensive line coming back, right? The receivers, they're
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: going to be fine. They just got to put it
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: together on, I was going to say Sunday, hopefully on Thursday.
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: So we'll see there. Looking at the running game for
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: the Broncos, J.K. Dobbins, he set a rough, rough go
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: to start his career. Six seasons in the NFL, really
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: had a promising rookie season. and then just a slew
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: of injuries, like Torres ACL and meniscus, Torres Achilles, sprains ACL,
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: had a list, Frank. Back to back. I mean, it's
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: been brutal. And during his time, he's three years with
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: the Ravens, one year with the Chargers, two seasons with
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: the Broncos. Solid player when healthy so far. He has
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: been healthy for him, knock on wood, playing all five games.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: Rushed with 229 in a touchdown, so nothing to set
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: the world on fire. But he's the only one doing it.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: RJ Harvey only has 56 rushing yards. He's the next closest.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Broncos ranked 25th in rushing yards. Bo Nix is usually
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: a factor in their run game as well. But I'm
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: saying advantage Seahawks. Seahawks have not allowed a 100-yard rusher
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: franchise record 31 consecutive games, 34 including the playoffs. And
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: I think this is a matchup where you shut down
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: the run, you make it hard on Bo Nix, it
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: could be a long day for them.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it could be, man. He's still a young quarterback, right?
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: He's still trying to figure some things out. So confuse
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: the young man. Put some pressure on him. Let's talk
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: about their receivers. Jalen Waddell, who they traded a lot for.
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: Cortland Sutton. and Evan Ingram against the Seahawks secondary. The
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: Broncos made a big splash this offseason, trading for Jalen Waddell.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: Waddell was the sixth overall pick in 2021 and has
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: recorded three 1,000-yard seasons in his first five years in
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: the league, including a career-high 1,356 yards and eight touchdowns
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  Speaker 3: in 2022. Waddell is one of 16 players in the
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: NFL to record at least 1,000 yards seasons since 2021.
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: Waddle has recorded 58 catches, 744 yards in each of
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: his first five NFL seasons and caught 64 passes for
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: 690 and six touchdowns in 2025.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: So far, the year has been good for Waddle.
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: He's been all right. He's the leading receiver over there.
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: 18 receptions, 204 yards, one touchdown. But he's a guy
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: who can get you. He's one of the fastest guys
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: in the league. We saw him when he was with
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: Miami a few years ago. He's had his moments. So, yeah,
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: you got to watch him. And then The OG Corlin Sutton.
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: I can't believe we're calling him an OG already. How
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: long has he been in the league?
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Well, when you've been in the league nine years, you
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: get to be OG.
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  Speaker 2: Is he SMU?
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: Yes. I'm pretty sure. Shout out, Jim Mueller. 3,000-yard season
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. He's gotten in the Pro Bowl twice,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: including last season. Last year, 74 for 1,017. Seven touchdowns.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: Big target. Makes some plays on the football. But when
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: you look through their numbers, I mean, it makes sense
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: why people are questioning So 11 receptions, 104 yards, one
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: touchdown between the two. These are both pro bowl guys
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: in the production. Just hasn't been there. We're not seeing
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: it through the air and in the past game. So
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: you definitely see some frustration there probably. And then Evan Ingram,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: I know he's a tight end, but he's in his
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: 10th season. So another guy who's, who has, has a
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: lot of receptions in this league, he's at least 400
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: receiving yards in eight of nine seasons. Pro Bowl or twice.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: So far this year, 10 receptions, 121, one touchdown. A
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: lot of their guys are in that realm. So this
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: group hasn't put up good numbers, but they have the
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: talent to do it. They're getting ready for this game. Seahawks,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: we know, have the second-best pass defense in the NFL
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: on just 150 yards per game. So it should be
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: an interesting matchup again. I think advantage Seahawks on that one.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, man.
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: Line them up. Knock them down. Let's get it. Let's
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: talk about our receivers. Jason, Cooper Cupp, Rasheed Shaheed. Of course,
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: we know last week with Jason did five for 102,
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: a touchdown, a carry for 16, and a play he
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: wishes he could have had back over the shoulder, a
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: little post, corner, just couldn't get his hands on it.
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: Through four weeks here is where Jason is ranked in
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: the NFL. Receiving yards first, receiving touchdowns first, longest reception first,
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: receiving yards per game first, yards per touch first, and
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: a humble fifth when it comes to yards from scrimmage.
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: Is that okay?
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: I will accept that.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: To add off that bump, I just saw this from NextGenStats.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: Jason's accounted for 49% of the Seahawks receiving yards this year.
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  Speaker 1: Highest share by any player through Week 5 since at
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: least 2016. That's when NextGen started tracking this stuff. So
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Jason is obviously out of this world. And again, if
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: their corners aren't out there, could we see 200? I
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: said it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Does he have a 200-yard game?
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: He has a very close.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: The Rams?
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: Very close. But I think it was like high 180s. Yeah.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: I think it was the Rams.
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: All right, so now we got Cooper Cupp, 11 for 129,
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: one touchdown. He needs two yards to become the 97th
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: player in NFL history with 8,500 career receiving yards.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: Did you find it? It's loading.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: I was going to let you know. You're thinking of
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: the Rams game in 2024. He dropped a pass early
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: and fumbled, but then went off, and that was when
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: DK and them were still here. I'm still thinking that,
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: but I'm just, you know, on the internet.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: All right. So let's go to Rasheed Shaheed.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: He has three carries for 37 yards and a touchdown,
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: nine receptions for 96. Somebody other than Jason needs to
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: step up. I don't care who it is.
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: Amy Cooper Cup, Rasheed Shaheed, Torrey Horton, A.J.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: Barner.
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  Speaker 2: It don't matter.
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: There's too much talent for there to be such a
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: drop-off in production with Jason is not doing it. This
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: might be the week if Sertan and Moss are not
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: playing on Thursday.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Absolutely. To update you on that, yes, it is
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: that Rams game we were thinking of, that overtime loss
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: in 2024. He had 180 yards that game. He has,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: I believe now he has 16 games of over 100 yards.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: That's crazy. He's got another 96, 96, 95, 93, 94.
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, his numbers are pretty insane, but you never know.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I'm just feeling like we're going to get a big
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: game from Jason. But to your point, though, like everyone's
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: been saying for a long time, someone else needs to
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: And not that guys are trying to. It just needs
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: to come to fruition, right? Everything needs to happen. You know,
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: as a receiver, obviously, who am I telling? O-line's got
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: to block. Sam's got to see it. Play's got to...
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: All of these different things got to happen. I have
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: to see for that to happen. So hopefully that'll get
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: done this week because these guys are too talented for
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: it not to happen. So I'm excited to see what
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks can do. I feel like even though this
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: is a very good Broncos team, I feel like this
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: could be a get-right game for the Seahawks. And it
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: would be huge to get right with... A little bit
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: of a mini-bye before you play the Kansas City Chiefs
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football, which brings us to the end
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: of the podcast, Path to Victory. How did Seahawks get
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: it done? At the 45, waits for the snap.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: Michael Dixon puts it down.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: That kick is away. And that kick is good! The
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Seahawks win! It's good! It's a path to victory on
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: Hawk Talk. First and foremost, Bump, take care of the football.
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: That's the number one thing. The Seahawks have given away
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: the ball nine times this season. That's tied for fourth
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: most in the NFL. Thankfully, the Seahawks lead the NFL
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: in takeaways with 11 to bounce that thing out. Seahawks
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: have given up 45 points off of turnovers in the
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: last three games, including two defensive scores. This can't continue.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: And you take those away, the Seahawks are blowing teams out.
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: And then start fast, please. The Seahawks have only scored
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: first in one game this year. And that was against
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: the Cardinals. The Hawks have played from behind in every
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: other game. It's hard to win that way consistently. And JSN,
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: keep being JSN. And like we mentioned, someone else, help
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: out JSN.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: Not a broken record. That's the thing. Again, we keep
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: saying it, but when it happens, it's going to feel
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: right because we have guys on the team to get
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: that done. Find your run game. This might be the
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: key to the game bump. The Broncos are 29th in
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: the NFL in rush defense. They allow 145 yards per game.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: This might be the week to jumpstart that run game
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: and really build some confidence again to do what you
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: can and know how you can do it. Because they've
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: done it this year. You close out a game against
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals. You have decent running performances several other times
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: this year, even against the Chargers. So get back to
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: doing that.
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: And close these guys out. Take the football away. We
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: just got to hit all the cliches, okay? Take care
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: of the football. Be good on third down. Be good
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: in the red zone. And get after the quarterback, right?
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: Bo Nix has been struggling this year. So make him
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: feel that pressure. Get after him. Lock these receivers down.
• 35:09
  Speaker 3: And I feel good about Thursday night football.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Obviously, you know, you mentioned all those things. The
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: Seahawks are capable of doing that. I think we know
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: they're very good in the few losses they've had in
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: this era responding to them. I expect nothing less. On
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: Thursday night football, Seahawks traveling to Denver to take on
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: these Broncos. Me and Bump will be with you next week,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: hopefully talking about a Seahawks victory. He's Michael Bump. This
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: has been Nassau Chobi. This has been Hawk Talk.