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Under The Lights On Monday Night In Week 8 | 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, NASA 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 for another primetime game. This time on Monday
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  Speaker 1: Night Football. Welcoming in Caleb Williams in the Chicago Bears.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to spend most of this podcast breaking down
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  Speaker 1: the Bears bump. But there's breaking news this week. We've
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  Speaker 1: got to start right there. The Seahawks make a huge splash.
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  Speaker 1: Before the trade deadline, acquiring All-Pro guard Quinton Nelson from
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  Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. And my goodness, does his resume speak
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  Speaker 1: for itself. The Colts' starting left guard began his rookie season,
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  Speaker 1: was named a first-team All-Pro in each of the first
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  Speaker 1: three seasons in the league. He's been named second-team All-Pro
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  Speaker 1: three times, including each of the past two seasons. He's
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  Speaker 1: earned a Pro Bowl nod eight straight years. Only two
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  Speaker 1: men in NFL history have done that. He's also playing
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  Speaker 1: really good football. He is not allowed to sack in
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  Speaker 1: 275 pass blocking snaps, allowed just a 2.2 presser percentage,
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  Speaker 1: and he's just the best of the best right now.
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  Speaker 1: What does this mean for the Seahawks offensive line?
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  Speaker 3: It means you got healthy with Anthony Bradford coming back,
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  Speaker 3: had a good game on the ground. Sam didn't get
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  Speaker 3: sacked at all, and you still got better. You went
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  Speaker 3: and said, you know what, not good enough. We're going
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  Speaker 3: to go ahead and get it. the best guard in
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  Speaker 3: the game right now. And when I watch film and
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  Speaker 3: it's impressive, you don't have to know much about offensive
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  Speaker 3: line play just to watch him and say, that's what
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  Speaker 3: it's supposed to look like.
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  Speaker 4: It was, it was exciting.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't believe it went down and we were doing
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  Speaker 3: an interview live and we found out.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the fact that the Seahawks only gave up a
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  Speaker 1: third and a fifth round pick with the Colts for
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  Speaker 1: that is pretty insane because again, he's essentially crossed the league.
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  Speaker 1: He's the best guard in the national football league. So
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  Speaker 1: the fact that he's in here, And so what does
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  Speaker 1: that mean for the Seahawks offensive line? Coach McDonald confirmed
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  Speaker 1: that Quentin Nelson will play left guard. Gray's able to
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  Speaker 1: move to the right side. And he also said it
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  Speaker 1: was an unfortunate situation for Anthony Bradford.
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  Speaker 2: He's been playing some really good football.
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  Speaker 1: He obviously started every game on a or most of
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  Speaker 1: the games last year on a team that won a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. He's played some really good football this year.
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  Speaker 1: Coach said, you know, he's earned a significant starting role. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: there's no way to sugarcoat it. That's just how the
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  Speaker 1: cookie crumbles. But obviously, Anthony Bradford is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a great depth piece on this team. And then other
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  Speaker 1: news up front, Charles Cross, he dinged up his ankle
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the game. He's not going to
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  Speaker 1: go to IR. Coach McDonald said that today, which is good.
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  Speaker 1: That doesn't mean he's going to play this week, but
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  Speaker 1: at least it means it's short-term, which is great. Rashichi
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  Speaker 1: is not practicing today, but Drake Thomas is. So it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be an interesting bump. This offensive line definitely
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  Speaker 1: just got a shot in the arm, adding an all-pro
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  Speaker 1: guard in Quinton Nelson. So very excited about that. But
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  Speaker 1: we'll flip our attention back to the Chicago Bears. What's
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  Speaker 1: on tap?
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  Speaker 2: What's on tap?
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  Speaker 1: Chicago Bears 5-2, second place in the NFC North with
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  Speaker 1: wins over the Panthers, the Eagles, the Jets, the Falcons,
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  Speaker 1: and the Patriots bump. What did you see from this team? Actually,
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  Speaker 1: before I get into that, the Bears were down bad
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  Speaker 1: for a long time.
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  Speaker 4: Long time.
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  Speaker 1: Now you draft Cale Williams that first year under Matt
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  Speaker 1: Eberflus was not a good one.
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  Speaker 2: It was a rough go for him then. You enter
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  Speaker 2: Ben Johnson.
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  Speaker 1: He's completely changed their fortune around their 11-6 last season,
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  Speaker 1: gets a divisional playoffs, loses to the Rams. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of high expectations coming into this season. And so far,
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  Speaker 1: so good at a 5-2 record. What did you see
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  Speaker 1: out of them last week against the Patriots?
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  Speaker 4: All right, let's get it.
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  Speaker 3: The Bears were in control for much of the day.
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  Speaker 3: Went up 27-14 midway through the third quarter. Then the
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  Speaker 3: Patriots cut the lead to 6 after a 30-yard touchdown
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  Speaker 3: pass to Eli Reredone. That made the score 27-21. Both
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  Speaker 3: teams traded field goals late in the fourth. The Patriots'
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  Speaker 3: onside kick to 10 was recovered by Roman Dunzey to
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  Speaker 3: seal the game.
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  Speaker 4: But Caleb had himself a good day. Second week in
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  Speaker 4: a row going for over 300.
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  Speaker 3: 22 of 33, 308, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, a QB
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  Speaker 3: rating of 116.7. And Swift had a day, 78 yards,
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  Speaker 3: 22 carries, and one touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then their other kid, Luther Burden, 130 yards
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  Speaker 1: receiving and a touchdown. Drake May, so-so day, 320 yards,
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  Speaker 1: two touchdowns. But the Bears coming into this game, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of rest. A full 10 days. before they take
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  Speaker 1: on the Seahawks. The Seahawks also did have an extra
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  Speaker 1: day of rest there, so it should be interesting. They're
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  Speaker 1: definitely going to be fresh and ready to go. But
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  Speaker 1: when you look at this head-to-head comparison between both teams,
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  Speaker 1: I'll start offensively. Seahawks are about middle of the pack,
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  Speaker 1: 15th offense in the league, averaging 343 yards a game,
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  Speaker 1: 17th with a run, averaging 113 yards a game, 16th passing,
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  Speaker 1: and 13 when it comes to points per game. When
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  Speaker 1: you look at the other side, the Bears are playing
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  Speaker 1: incredibly well. They're third offense in the league in terms
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  Speaker 1: of yards, averaging 390 yards per game. the number one
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  Speaker 1: rushing attack in the National Football League, averaging 153 yards
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  Speaker 1: per game, 13th passing attack, and 8th in points scored.
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  Speaker 1: So Seahawks, once again, facing another very good offense.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they are, man.
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  Speaker 3: They'll run the heck out the ball. They're good with
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  Speaker 3: the play action. There's a lot going on with this
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  Speaker 3: Bears offense. Defensively, they're still pretty good, too. The Hawks
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  Speaker 3: are first overall. The Bears are eighth. The Hawks are
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  Speaker 3: sixth against the run. The Bears are third. The Hawks
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  Speaker 3: are the best team against the pass. The Bears are 18th,
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  Speaker 3: and the Hawks are fourth when it comes to points allowed. 17.9,
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  Speaker 3: the Bears are ninth, letting the team score about 20.4
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  Speaker 3: points per game. On paper, the Bears look like the
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  Speaker 3: overall better team, and we'll give them the paper battle,
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  Speaker 3: but let's line her up.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, record-wise in some of these numbers, but
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  Speaker 1: if I look at pound for pound, guy for guy, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to pick the Seahawks for sure. But they
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  Speaker 1: did just make a huge trade. They bring in Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Simmons from the Tennessee Titans. obviously an all-pro defensive lineman.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of moves being made. This was not
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  Speaker 1: a quiet trade deadline. I feel like it wasn't like
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  Speaker 1: in other sports, like the NBA or the MLB where
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  Speaker 1: the trade deadline is a huge thing. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: in the last couple of years, the NFL has really
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  Speaker 1: changed things at the trade deadline.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of GMs getting active. So it'll be very
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  Speaker 2: interesting to see.
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  Speaker 4: This ain't even the trade deadline. This is the trade.
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  Speaker 2: Lead into the trade deadline.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly. This is the warm-up line right here, man.
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  Speaker 1: No, so it should be interesting to see. What we got,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get back into those Bears. These teams don't play
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  Speaker 1: each other that often, but there is a little history
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  Speaker 1: between them.
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  Speaker 2: Let's know the history.
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  Speaker 4: Know your history.
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks lead the all-time series 12-8, 12-6 in the regular season,
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  Speaker 1: 0-2 in the postseason. Seahawks have won four of the
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  Speaker 1: last six matches between these, including a credibly exciting, riveting
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  Speaker 1: game bump last time they played at Soldier Field the
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  Speaker 1: end of 2024 in a 6-3.
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  Speaker 2: Win by the Seahawks. Man.
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  Speaker 4: 6-3.
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  Speaker 3: When's the last time you've seen something like.
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  Speaker 4: That, a game like that?
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  Speaker 2: It was brutal. It was definitely brutal. It was cold.
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  Speaker 1: It was the day after Christmas, if you guys remember.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks needed that win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: it'd be dashed after that game because Trey McBride got
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  Speaker 1: hit in the face with the football, didn't catch it
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  Speaker 1: on the goal line there, and then Witherspoon picked it off,
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  Speaker 1: and the Rams won.
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  Speaker 2: Rams go to the playoffs, blah, blah, blah. It's all good.
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  Speaker 2: A year later, the Seahawks would win a Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: But, yeah, that game was brutal. I'm not allowed to recap.
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  Speaker 1: Three field goals. Seahawks opened that game. 11 play drives,
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  Speaker 1: 71 yards. Included a 25-yard run from Kenny McIntosh, I remember,
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  Speaker 1: if you remember that name.
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  Speaker 2: Loved Kenny. Missed him.
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  Speaker 1: I was really hoping that was going to be the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of really getting to see what he could do. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: that didn't really come to fruition. Caleb Williams, he had
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  Speaker 1: a really long streak of not throwing an interception. That
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  Speaker 1: came to an end that game. It was recall and
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  Speaker 1: picked him off kind of to seal the day. Charbonnet
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  Speaker 1: had 15 carries for 57 yards. Spoon had six tackles,
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  Speaker 1: a sack, and three TFLs. Leonard Williams had a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Two sacks, three TFLs. So hoping to see a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more of that on Monday night.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely more offense. More offense. More O. Let's go.
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  Speaker 2: But we'll flip our attention back to the division. What's
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  Speaker 2: the word?
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  Speaker 4: Where my soldiers at? Westside! Where my soldiers at? Westside!
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  Speaker 4: And the Seahawks are the NFC West champs again. What's
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  Speaker 4: the word in the West on Hawk Talk?
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  Speaker 3: Niners still on top of the division at 6-1. Don't worry.
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  Speaker 3: We gained a game. All right, we're 4-3 right behind them.
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  Speaker 3: The Rams are 3-4, and the Cardinals are 2-5. A
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  Speaker 3: sneaky dangerous 2-5. You got to respect the Cardinals. You
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  Speaker 3: can't just sleep on them. But let's talk about the 49ers.
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  Speaker 3: They went down to ATL and took their first loss
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  Speaker 3: of the season, and it definitely did not look like
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  Speaker 3: it was going to happen that way. The Niners jumped
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  Speaker 3: out to a 14-3 lead. and it looked like they
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  Speaker 3: were going to run away with it. But then the
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  Speaker 3: Falcons answered with a 10-play 68-yard drive, ending with a
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  Speaker 3: Nick Muse touchdown. The 49ers would fumble on the next drive,
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  Speaker 3: and the Falcons would add a field goal to make
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  Speaker 3: it 14-12. And the Falcons then started the third quarter
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  Speaker 3: with another long drive, ending with a Kyle Pitts touchdown,
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  Speaker 3: as the Falcons took their first lead at 19-14.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and then it.
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  Speaker 1: Became a turnover fest, right? Brock Purdy picked off on
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  Speaker 1: the next drive. Falcons take advantage. Another long drive, 90 yards,
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  Speaker 1: ending with a 21-yard touchdown pass Drake London from Michael Penix,
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  Speaker 1: UW great. That made the score 26-14, 49ers. They would
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  Speaker 1: pull to within six points, 26-20, but then they turned
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  Speaker 1: the ball over again. George Kittle fumbled on that last
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  Speaker 1: possession there. Four times, four takeaways in that game for
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons. Falcons did not give the ball up one time.
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  Speaker 1: Before that game, though, Bump, the 49ers only had six
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  Speaker 1: turnovers on the season. Purdy, 27-40, 288, one touchdown, two picks. McCaffrey,
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  Speaker 1: 100 total yards and a touchdown, kind of a typical
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  Speaker 1: game for him. Kittle, eight receptions, 88 yards. I mentioned
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  Speaker 1: his fumble. And UW, man, UW standout, Michael Penix.
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  Speaker 2: He had a good day.
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  Speaker 1: 25-34, 213 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions. 49ers, they have
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  Speaker 1: a bye week this week, but we'll face the Raiders
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  Speaker 1: on November 8th. So we'll see how their health changes,
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  Speaker 1: what happens there. They made a trade. They also took
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  Speaker 1: from the Colts, bringing in DeForest Buckner. So it'll be
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  Speaker 1: interesting to see how he helps them.
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  Speaker 3: Penix looks like an NFL quarterback. The timing's on point.
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  Speaker 3: If he can just stay healthy, come on. I've never
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  Speaker 3: rooted for a UW guy part of my whole life.
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  Speaker 3: I love Michael over there. All right, let's look at
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  Speaker 3: this next game. Rams at the Raiders. The Rams got
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  Speaker 3: things figured out last week in Vegas, taking down the
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  Speaker 3: Raiders 35-21. It's a big improvement. after scoring the 16
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  Speaker 3: points against the Cardinals the week before. The Rams led
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  Speaker 3: by a score of 28-3 before the Raiders started to
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  Speaker 3: get things going a little bit in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 4: They had Stafford.
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  Speaker 3: He was 23-29, 195 in three touchdowns, one interception. Kyron
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  Speaker 3: Williams ran for 99 yards in one touchdown, and Puka
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  Speaker 3: had 68 yards in one touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: They needed that.
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  Speaker 4: They did.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's.
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  Speaker 1: A verdict still out on the Rams and who they're
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  Speaker 1: going to be.
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  Speaker 2: But they need to get back in the win column.
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  Speaker 2: They did that.
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  Speaker 1: Tough sudden for our guy, Clint Kubiak, though. They started
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  Speaker 1: off so well, 3-0. They've lost now four in a row.
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  Speaker 1: So we're interesting to see. Now people are wondering if
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  Speaker 1: Mendoza should play or not. I think it's a move
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  Speaker 1: to keep Kirk Cousins playing.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's a little premature.
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  Speaker 1: But we'll see. The Seahawks do have the Raiders in
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  Speaker 1: a couple weeks. But the Rams, they got back in
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  Speaker 1: the win calling. They will host the Chargers next Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Great time for those Chargers to find that first win.
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  Speaker 4: I know. Just figure it out. Let's figure it out, Chargers.
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  Speaker 2: They're due, right?
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  Speaker 4: Got talent.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, they're due for a win. They've lost six in
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  Speaker 2: a row.
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  Speaker 4: They're due for one. They're due.
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  Speaker 3: That's like when I bogey seven holes in a row.
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  Speaker 3: I'm due for a par. That's what the Rams feel like.
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  Speaker 4: Come on. I'm not the Rams. Sometimes I'm due for
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  Speaker 4: a bogey.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes you take that bogey like, let's get off this
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  Speaker 3: double-triple train, man.
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  Speaker 4: Come on.
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  Speaker 3: All right, we got the Broncos at the Cardinals. The Cardinals,
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  Speaker 3: they just can't see the win away from SoFi Stadium.
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  Speaker 3: They got two wins at SoFi. They lost again at
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  Speaker 3: home to the Broncos, 30-16. The game was tied at
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  Speaker 3: six with 4.30 left in the second quarter where the
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  Speaker 3: Broncos will score the next two touchdowns. Going up 14 points,
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  Speaker 3: it will remain in control for the rest of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Jacoby Brissett was 27-48, 272-1 touchdown. McBride, 111 yards on
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  Speaker 3: 10 receptions and a touchdown. Bo Nix, he played all right, man. 15-29,
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  Speaker 3: 20-22 yards and one touchdown. Had a long touchdown run.
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  Speaker 3: Also let the team in rushing.
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  Speaker 4: There you go.
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  Speaker 3: With 73 yards, 62 of those came on that run
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  Speaker 3: I was talking about that led to a touchdown. Bo Nix,
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  Speaker 3: he had completions of 52-47, 27-20, getting away from the
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  Speaker 3: check down Charlie that Fitzpatrick was so angry about.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: And then the Cardinals, man, they fall to 2-5, and
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  Speaker 3: they will travel to Dallas next week to take on
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  Speaker 3: the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you spoke of Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, having completion of 52, 47, 27, and 20,
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  Speaker 1: saying a lot because against Seahawks, his longest completion was
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  Speaker 1: 16 yards. And his longest pass in the air, I think,
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  Speaker 1: was like seven. So, we'll see what Denver has. Hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: they can actually beat another team in the NFC West.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't help us out enough against the 49ers. But anyway,
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  Speaker 1: so that's what it is in the NFC West. So,
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  Speaker 1: football attention. Back to the Chicago Bears.
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  Speaker 2: Man up. Hey, who you got?
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  Speaker 4: Who you got?
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  Speaker 2: You know what time it is.
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  Speaker 4: Man up.
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: Man up, brother.
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  Speaker 4: Man up. Man up on Hawk Talk.
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: Starting the place we always do, looking at quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 4: Caleb Williams.
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  Speaker 1: He's now his third season quarterback for the Bears. Number
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  Speaker 1: one overall pick in the 2024 season. I mentioned earlier,
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  Speaker 1: it was a dumpster fire his first year. Head coach
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  Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus was the head coach. And then you had
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  Speaker 1: Shane Waldron, former Seahawks offensive coordinator, coordinating for the Bears.
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  Speaker 1: Both were fired. Waldron was let go after just nine games.
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  Speaker 1: Bears were finished at year five and 12. But despite
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  Speaker 1: that turmoil, Williams actually played pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: Threw for over 3,000 yards, 20 touchdowns, six interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: But Bump, he was sacked 68 times. That's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: For a loss of 466 yards. That was the most, shockingly,
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL that year. But after those last 14 weeks,
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  Speaker 1: he put up really good numbers. Threw for almost 3,000 yards,
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  Speaker 1: 18 touchdowns, two interceptions. Great passer rating. He went 353
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  Speaker 1: passes without an interception until that ended. Consequently, against Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: Reek Willem picked that off. But then you bring in
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  Speaker 1: Ben Johnson, right? He comes in 2025, completely changes the culture.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for Caleb Williams. Caleb now throws for almost 4,000 yards,
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  Speaker 1: 27 touchdowns, just seven interceptions, sacked just 24 times. So
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  Speaker 1: a 44 sack difference in just two years. That was
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  Speaker 1: good enough to take the Bears to the divisional playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: 2026 hasn't been all great, right?
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  Speaker 2: He has that injury.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's killing him because of the hamstring, which, listen, wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the greatest look, but back off.
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  Speaker 4: You pull your hammy.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the people that it happened to, you'd be
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  Speaker 1: calling in for work. You'd be out for six weeks, dog.
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  Speaker 4: You'd be crying. Asking for a worker's comp. Yeah, you'd
• 14:14
  Speaker 4: be crying.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: So chill.
• 14:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I've pulled a hammy before. It ain't nice.
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: We just talked about the dude got sacked 68 times
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: or whatever the year before.
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: He's tough enough to play this game. It is what
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: it is.
• 14:24
  Speaker 4: Look, was I talking a little crap when I first
• 14:26
  Speaker 4: saw it? Yes.
• 14:27
  Speaker 3: But then when I realized what the injury was in
• 14:29
  Speaker 3: the whole situation, I backed up and I was like,
• 14:31
  Speaker 3: all right, my man just wants to be out there
• 14:33
  Speaker 3: with his team.
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: No, he thought he was done for the year, man.
• 14:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah. When you first get injured, you don't really know.
• 14:38
  Speaker 3: You're like, this could be, I'm done. I remember I
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: sprayed my MCL in college. I called my mom crying. Oh,
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: my knee is blown up.
• 14:44
  Speaker 4: I'm done. I'm crying. A week later, I'm in the game.
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: Listen, it can happen to the best of us. And honestly,
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: so Caleb comes back. He throws for back-to-back 300-yard games.
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: He ranks number two in the NFL in completion percentage
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: among qualified quarterbacks, 71%. He also typically doesn't give the
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: ball away. So on the year, 88 for 124,020 yards,
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: five touchdowns, one interception. He's going to have his hands
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: full because we know how good the Seahawks defense is,
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: number one in the NFL, fourth in scoring defense, and
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: one against the pass. So something's got to give there, bro.
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, man, something's got to give, and we ain't giving.
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: We ain't doing it.
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: We're taking it.
• 15:20
  Speaker 4: We're taking it. Let's go.
• 15:21
  Speaker 3: Hey, talk about Sam Darnold against his Bears defense. It
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: was good to see my man bounce back. It wasn't
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: like a big performance, but it was a, this is
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: the type of performance we need. 20 and 28 for 257,
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: one touchdown, dead throw and interception. Defense had his back,
• 15:37
  Speaker 3: no worries. He'll be rating up 96.9. He also had
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: two carries for 70 yards and two first downs. And
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: he did a good job getting the ball out quick.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: According to NextGenStats, Sam Darnold posted a 2.45 second average
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: time to throw him. his third quickest inning game in
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: his career while facing pressure on just 26.7% of dropbacks,
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: his lowest rate in a game this season. Ronald was
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: nearly perfect when it came to getting the ball out
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: quickly under 2.5 seconds, completing 13 of 14 such attempts
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: for 149 yards and a touchdown when holding the ball
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: more than 2.5 seconds. He completed 7 of 13 for
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: 108 yards with an interception. There's a correlation there. Clean pocket,
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: let him get the ball out quickly. to jsn most
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: of the time yep and you're gonna be just fine.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: No absolutely we know what sam can do and it
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: was good to see him kind of start there i'm
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: hoping there's no interception this week so we can just
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: put that to bed but the guy i saw on
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: last sunday night is a guy i'll take every single
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: time out there because sam sam is balling and doing
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: some good things this bears defense now he's got he's
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: got to contend with simmons coming in there eighth ranked
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: defense overall 18th against the pass hopefully there's an area
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: there where the seahawks can take advantage.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: All right, next matchup, DeAndre Swift versus the Seahawks front seven.
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: Swift is now in his seventh NFL season.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: The former second-round pick spent his first three seasons with
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: the Lions, one season in Philly, and now the last
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: three with the Bears. In his lone season with Eagles,
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: he rushed for 1,049 yards and five touchdowns.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: That was good enough to get him his first and
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: only Pro Bowl.
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: In his first season with the Bears, he rushed for
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: 959 and six touchdowns. Last season, he went over 1,000
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: yards for the second time in his career, 1,087. and
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: had nine career touchdowns. It's crazy when someone's last name
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: really describes the way they run. He can run you over,
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: but he's swift with it too. I mean, it's a
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: perfect last name for this running back.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's going to kill you through the air
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: as well.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you're looking at his numbers since 2020,
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: since entering the league, he has the fourth most targets,
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: fourth most receptions, fourth most receiving yards, and fifth most
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: receiving first downs out of every NFL running back.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: They're the number one rushing attack in the NFL. I
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: was kind of surprised.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: I knew they were up there, but when they're number
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: one averaging 150 yards per game, That's a big matchup. Obviously,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: we know how good the Seahawks are stopping the run.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: They're six against the running yards, only on 89 per game.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: But they have not allowed 100 yard rusher for now.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: 33 consecutive games, 36 including the playoffs, longest streak in
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: the NFL. I don't know when it's going to end
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: because when you look at those, what we saw happen
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: against Ken Walker last week, and you think of a
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: Byron Murphy who we talked to.
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: Today on the huddle, a Leonard Williams, a Jaron Reed.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: You look at those guys, I go, If K-9 can't
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: do it, if Christian McCaffrey can't do it, I don't
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: know who's doing it. It's going to take a missed
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: assignment on the O-line, excuse me, the D-line, a linebacker
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: to fall, and a safety to be looking the wrong direction.
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: It's going to take a lot, I think, at this point.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: So I doubted them last week. I thought maybe K-9
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: would get them. Out of respect for K-9, I thought
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: we would still win that game. But you know what?
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: My apologies. Seahawks defense.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you're bad. Let's talk about. Seahawks running backs versus
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: the Bears defense.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: The Seahawks running game took a nice bump last week
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: with a great game from Emmanuel Wilson. He had 24
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: carries for 100 yards and one touchdown. That was the
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: first touchdown run of 10-plus yards by a Seahawks running
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: back this season. Rasheed Shaheed had a 28-yarder. That was
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: a receiver. Let's focus on the running backs. Wilson also
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: has improved.
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: Proven, excuse me.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: He's a great closer, man. If you want to close
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: the game out, you hand it to Wilson. He will
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: get north-south, run behind his pads. And he will finish
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: a game for you.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: But three games, he's done it. Arizona, Chargers, Chiefs.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: In those games, 183 yards in the second half. So
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: he definitely can do it. Now we talk about the
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: running back, Zach Charbonnet, practicing. Jadarian Price, back to practice.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: And Coach McDonald, even when it's far to say, did
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: not completely rule Price out of this game.
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: You're teasing us. Listen. You're teasing us.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: But the fact that he even said that gives me
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: at least hope that he's closer than farther away, right?
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: And then I'm really hoping we see Charbonnet. We will
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: see the fact he's out there practicing. So this run
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: game could definitely get a huge shot in the arm.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: They're going to need it because Chicago came into this
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: game third-ranked rush defense.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: We mentioned who they just got. so we'll see how
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: that factors in.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Now flipping over to the receivers there for Chicago, Luther Bird,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Noroma Dunzey, Colston Loveland. They spread the ball around. No
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: one is going to kill you with insane numbers individually.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: It's not like looking at the Seahawks where JSN is
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: up here and.
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Everyone else is way down below.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: You look at Burton, who had a good rookie campaign,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: 47 receptions, 652 yards, two touchdowns.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: This year, he's going to blow his numbers out of
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: the water.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: He already has 491 yards, two touchdowns on 35 receptions.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: He's on pace to get over 1,000 yards. Then you
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: have Roman Dunzay. Everyone in this Pacific Northwest knows Roman
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Dunzay for what he did at UW. First-team All-Pac 12,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Blitnikoff finalist, All-American finalist, Drafted in the top 10.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I've expected to.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: See more production than we've seen from him, right? Rookie year,
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: 54 receptions, 734 yards, three touchdowns. Last year, he only
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: played 12 games, so his numbers dipped. This year, through
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: seven games, 24 receptions on 38 targets, 381 yards, and
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: no touchdowns. So, I'm just... We know how good he is.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: It's just surprising to me that the numbers aren't higher.
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: He's lost some injuries, too, though.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: True.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: He's missed a few games.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: And maybe it's just because, like I said, they spread
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: the love out. And then you also– Colson Loveland, he's
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: a top pick for Michigan. He was their leading receiver
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: last year with 713 yards, six touchdowns. So far this year,
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: 26 receptions, 244, two touchdowns. So it'll be interesting to see.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: They have weapons all over the field that can hurt you.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: It's not just going to be one guy kind of
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: by committee. The Seahawks, though, as we know, number one
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: passing defense in the NFL. So I think the Seahawks
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: will be ready for those guys.
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're pretty balanced when it comes to– the distribution
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: of the rock even with the run games in montague
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: the backup running back he's getting some love too there's
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: they don't have anyone with numbers that just pop out
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: right you look at our stat sheet jsn everybody else
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: they don't have that they share the love let's lock
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: them all down all right our receivers jsn cooper cup
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: and rashid shaheed versus the chief secondary jsn doing what
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: he does through seven weeks here's where he ranks he's
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: number one when it comes to receiving yards number one
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: and receiving touchdowns he has the longest reception in the
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: league He has the most receiving yards per game, most
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: yards per touch, and he's second when it comes to
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: yards from scrimmage and receptions.
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: He's second with 58. This is just what he does.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: He became the sixth player in NFL history to record
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: 100 receiving yards in six of his team's first seven
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: games of a season and fourth player in NFL history
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: with at least 55 receptions, 800 yards in his team's
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: first seven games of the season.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: If you want to know how good JSN is doing,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: if you look at our media guide and our weekly
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: game release.
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: He got like four pages. No, like four pages. It
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: ain't a full page.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: Well, there's one page that's kind of like the blurb,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: but when you actually get to JSN, yeah, he's insane.
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: It's crazy.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: We know what he can do.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: He continues to do it every single week. So at
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: this point, we expect it. Again, if he continues to
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: do this, he's going to flirt with Calvin Johnson's record.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: But regardless, he's unstoppable. Cooper Cup, Rasheed Shaheed, hoping to
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: see them get in the action a little bit more.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: But honestly... If it's working with Jacks, we can keep
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: riding that thing until the end.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Of the season. Seahawks-Bears Monday Night Football.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: We're going to tell you how they get that done
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: with Path to Victory.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: At the 45, waits for the snap.
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: Michael Dixon puts it down. That kick is away.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: And that kick is good! The Seahawks win!
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: It's good!
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: It's a path to victory on Hawk Talk.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Defense, man. If they don't score a bump, they can't win.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: But in all seriousness, that's what it feels like when
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: you have this Seahawks defense. They will keep you in
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: every game no matter how the offense plays. They're the
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: top defense in the NFL for a reason. It's going
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: to be a nice chess match. Ben Johnson, Mike McDonald,
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: who's going to win? For me, get after Caleb Williams.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: You do that, it's going to make his day a
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: long time. He's been sacked seven times the last two weeks.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: We need that to continue. Two of the best going
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: at it. Two of the brightest young minds. And you
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: have to stop the run.
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: You did a great job last week with the best
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: running back in the league to some, and you balled
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: them up. Can you do it again? Because they got
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: Swift back there. You got Monagay. They're explosive. They run
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: the play action. Offensively, just take care of the ball,
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: all right? When you win the turnover battle, the Hawks
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: are going to win this ball game.
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: So please do that.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a done deal. You win the game, right? Offensively, man,
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: take care of the football. Same thing.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: As long as you don't turn the ball over multiple times,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: I don't want them to turn over at all, but
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: one's okay. Three is when we lose games, right? Take
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: care of the football. Protect Sam Darnold. They're also getting
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: swept back, I believe, as well. It came back from
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: a two-game suspension. So their defensive line is getting reinforcements, right?
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: So you're going to need to protect Sam Darnold. But
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: we also made an addition on the offensive line.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: The best guard in the game out there. I think.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: We'll be all right there. So protect Sam. And then
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: keep getting the ball to the best receiver in the game.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone can slow him down. we're
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: going to talk about this on the pregame show on Sunday.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Jason is such a rare specimen with how he does things.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a playbook to do it
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: because if you over triple commit at some point, God's
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: going to be running down the field and you're going
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: to run him out of it. Whatever it is, run
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: the rock bump. It's going to be a huge one.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Monday night football. Get your popcorn ready to see us
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: have a big one. They get this done. Another NFC
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: win puts them at five and three in great shape.
• 24:59
  Speaker 4: Niners guy. You know?
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Nobody.
• 25:01
  Speaker 4: Oh, they buy? All right, let's get one. We'll pick
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: up a half game. You know, it's the same thing.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: So we'll see.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: We're getting you ready for Seahawks football. Take it on
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: the Bears, Monday Night Football. He's Michael Bumpus. I'm Nassar Chobey.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: Hope we'll be talking to you next week about a
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Seahawks win. This has been Hawk Talk.