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Ian Furness 9/23 H3: Corbin Smith, talkbacks, fact or fiction and Softy! · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 1: Now, from the Star Reynolds Sports Desk, your 93.3 KJR
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  Speaker 2: the Rockies. All right, Seahawk News out here at the
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  Speaker 2: Virginia Mason Athletic Center today. Let's get right to it.
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  Speaker 2: Mike McDonald says Anthony Bradford, right guard, is going on
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  Speaker 2: the injured reserve list. He'll have to miss at least
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  Speaker 2: the next four games. They will not open the window
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  Speaker 2: for Zach Charbonnet as his 21-day window to amp up
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  Speaker 2: off of the PUP list will wait at least one
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  Speaker 2: more week, which probably tells you he's at least minimum
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  Speaker 2: two more weeks away. before he comes off. He could
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  Speaker 2: actually play in two weeks' time. He's going to miss
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  Speaker 2: the first four games. Of course, the Chargers next Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: October 4th, would be game number four for Charbonnet. Jadarian Price,
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  Speaker 2: Sam Donald, expected to practice today. We'll find out more
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  Speaker 2: here in the next hour or so when the practice
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  Speaker 2: report comes out, since we can't. Unlike Graham Bensinger, we
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  Speaker 2: have stuff, we have information, but we cannot go with
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  Speaker 2: it until after practice. What do you think that information is?
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  Speaker 3: We are law-abiding citizens.
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  Speaker 2: Is that good news or bad news? Tell by the
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  Speaker 2: tone of my voice. Good news. All right. That will
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  Speaker 2: come up afterwards, but those guys are expected to practice today. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see what else we've got going on. Jackson Dart,
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  Speaker 2: his season officially over. Man, that is brutal news for
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  Speaker 2: John Harbaugh and the Giants. Opening drive Monday against the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys, man. I think it was a bad hit.
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  Speaker 2: Someone needs to be suspended for life. But he's going
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  Speaker 2: to undergo surgery. It's over for Jackson Dart. The Jameis
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  Speaker 2: Winston Horror Show will take over now with the Jake
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  Speaker 2: Hainter experience as the backup. Good times for the Giants, huh?
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  Speaker 2: Good times.
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  Speaker 4: Again, it's great to be a Seahawk.
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  Speaker 2: Great to be a Seahawk. Apparently the Mariners didn't get
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  Speaker 2: the memo. They still have a shot at the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: They forgot about that last night when they got smashed
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  Speaker 2: 7-0 by the Astros. They had four hits to the Mariners.
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  Speaker 2: They had less hits than the Astros had runs, my
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  Speaker 2: math tells me.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's not fun.
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  Speaker 2: Seems less than good. Texas did lose the Mets yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: so the M's have not been officially eliminated yet. Their
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  Speaker 2: only chance, they need to go 5-0. Rangers and Astros
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  Speaker 2: both need to go 0-5 to finish the season. Yeah. Doable? Totally.
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  Speaker 4: Totally going to happen.
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  Speaker 2: They do have company, do the Mariners, in the land
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  Speaker 2: of misery. John Schneider, the manager of the Toronto Blue
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  Speaker 2: Jays today, says, hey, This is pretty good. When you
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  Speaker 2: were where we were last year, World Series, it's frustrating
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  Speaker 2: that we didn't fulfill our end of the bargain. What's
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  Speaker 2: he talking about? They lost today. They're done. They just
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  Speaker 2: got eliminated from the postseason officially. So take solace, Mariner fans.
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  Speaker 2: If nothing else, the Blue Jays were eliminated hours before
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  Speaker 2: you were. Sounders in action tonight, over a 9.50 on
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  Speaker 2: the AM dial, looking for their first win in forever.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of ties, five straight to be exact, draws,
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  Speaker 2: but winless in their last 13. And, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: the Storm finished off their woeful season tonight at CPA.
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  Speaker 2: They can take down the basketball floor, put up the
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  Speaker 2: hockey rink. They've got a preseason game there tomorrow. Do
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  Speaker 2: the cracking.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: Now with Corbin Smith, here's Ian. Real quick, I should
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  Speaker 2: $ 10, 000 grand prize. We'll check texts as well. at two 30, four, nine, four, five, one,
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  Speaker 2: your thoughts, comments, questions, concerns today. Also talk backs are
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  Speaker 2: always welcome. Go to the I heart radio app, the
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  Speaker 2: red microphone and fire away. Hello, Corbin Smith. You feeling better?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I I'm feeling much better. Thank goodness.
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  Speaker 5: I guess that's the one thing with Crohn's disease is it's,
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  Speaker 5: you know, you have a flare and then a couple
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  Speaker 5: hours later feel better.
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  Speaker 3: So, uh, I'm good now.
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  Speaker 2: Good, good. Uh, Corbin Norman would be down here with
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  Speaker 2: us in person at the Virginia Mason athletic center, but, uh,
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  Speaker 2: It's a real-life thing. I think that's an autoimmune as well,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm well familiar with that with my two kids
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  Speaker 2: with their autoimmune issues, and it's no fun, no fun
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  Speaker 2: at all.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I just couldn't.
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  Speaker 5: I knew when I was not able to comfortably sit
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  Speaker 5: that trying to drive to the VMAC was probably not
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  Speaker 5: going to be in the cards tonight.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no. Well, I know you monitor everything and
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  Speaker 2: checked out what Mike McDonald had to say, so let's
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  Speaker 2: go through things. Let me start first with the Anthony
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  Speaker 2: Bradford news. You know, I mentioned this earlier. I do
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  Speaker 2: believe that there's a lot of– Anthony Bradford kind of
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  Speaker 2: gets beat up a little bit by fans, media, and others.
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  Speaker 2: He's kind of like the one person on the offense
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  Speaker 2: that people want to kind of go after a little
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  Speaker 2: bit here and there the last couple of years. John
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  Speaker 2: Benton likes him. There's no doubt about that. They like
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  Speaker 2: his physicality. He hasn't given up that starting spot. He
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't give up that starting spot. It was never even
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  Speaker 2: in question in training camp this year. as you well know, Corbin,
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  Speaker 2: but now he goes on the IR, so they've got
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  Speaker 2: a hole to fill at right guard, whether it be
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  Speaker 2: Bo Stevens or Christian Haynes.
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  Speaker 3: They do, and it's fascinating.
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  Speaker 5: I wrote an article about this yesterday at Emerald City Spectrum.
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  Speaker 5: It's kind of like when you have two quarterbacks, you
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  Speaker 5: don't have one. You don't normally want to platoon offensive linemen,
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  Speaker 5: particularly in regular season games. That normally does not work,
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  Speaker 5: but On Sunday, I thought that the arrangement that Seattle
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  Speaker 5: deployed with Christian Haynes and Bo Stevens worked masterfully. I
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  Speaker 5: thought both guys played well. It seemed like they both
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  Speaker 5: were able to get into a rhythm, particularly in the
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  Speaker 5: second half. There weren't a lot of mistakes.
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  Speaker 3: By either player.
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  Speaker 5: And so they're going to be doing a competition this
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  Speaker 5: week to see who starts. But I'd be really surprised
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  Speaker 5: if they don't just do that again and John Benton
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  Speaker 5: just kind of mixes and matches.
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  Speaker 3: Those two guys are the right guard spot.
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  Speaker 2: Corbin, when I was talking about this with Greg Bell earlier,
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  Speaker 2: it's an interesting dynamic here because Bo Stevens, the day
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  Speaker 2: three draft pick, the fifth round pick out of Iowa,
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  Speaker 2: had a terrific career there. But he was a day
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  Speaker 2: three pick for a reason. And he never, during training camp,
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  Speaker 2: we never saw him get kind of higher than the threes.
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  Speaker 2: He wasn't threatening to start. He wasn't even threatening. It
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  Speaker 2: didn't appear, at least, he was even threatening to that
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  Speaker 2: number two spot behind, you know, behind Bradford and, or,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even on the other side was able, it
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  Speaker 2: was kind of always, you know, Christian Haynes was there.
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  Speaker 2: So I want your thoughts on both Stevens. And then
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, this is what Greg and I discussed.
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  Speaker 2: The interesting part about Christian Haynes, he's in the last
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  Speaker 2: year of his contract. So I'm sure if they had their,
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  Speaker 2: their way and their wishes, they would like to see
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  Speaker 2: both Stevens take that next step.
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  Speaker 5: So Haynes actually, Ian has two years left in his contract.
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  Speaker 5: Brad Haynes, Bradford's the one that's got the expiring deal.
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  Speaker 5: So you've kind of got that dynamic that both these
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  Speaker 5: guys could be playing for the starting job next year,
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  Speaker 5: assuming that Anthony Bradford is not back.
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  Speaker 3: And I would not make that assumption necessarily.
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  Speaker 5: But if they have Bradford out for four-plus games here
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  Speaker 5: and they get quality play at the right guard spot
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  Speaker 5: and don't miss a beat, Seattle might be looking at
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  Speaker 5: that as their sign.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, we don't need to pay.
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  Speaker 5: We don't need to pay Anthony Bradford big bucks to
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  Speaker 5: bring it back on a second contract.
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  Speaker 3: We've got two guys here. Maybe it ends up being one.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I was really encouraged by what we saw
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  Speaker 5: from Christian Haynes in the preseason. And I believe you
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  Speaker 5: and I talked about this coming out of the Titans game,
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  Speaker 5: how well he played against Jeffrey Simmons in that preseason contest.
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  Speaker 5: And it just seems like his confidence is skyrocketing. And
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  Speaker 5: he was a really talented player coming out of UConn.
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  Speaker 5: For whatever reason, it just wasn't working the first two years.
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  Speaker 5: But it seems like he's playing to the level that
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  Speaker 5: the Seahawks had originally anticipated.
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  Speaker 3: So you've got him, and then you've got.
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  Speaker 5: Bo Stevens, who I thought acquitted himself extremely well in
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  Speaker 5: Sunday's game. I posted a few clips on social media
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  Speaker 5: from the All-22 where he was just turning guys into
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  Speaker 5: part of the turf, including former Seahawks draft pick L.J.
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  Speaker 2: Collier.
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  Speaker 3: At the goal line.
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  Speaker 5: Unfortunately, the rest of the line didn't block worth a
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  Speaker 5: crap on that play, but he had a really.
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  Speaker 3: Nice pancake there.
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  Speaker 5: So I just thought there was a lot to be
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  Speaker 5: encouraged by with both guys, not to the point where
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  Speaker 5: one of them was pulling away, which is why.
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  Speaker 3: I expect to see that platoon again this week.
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  Speaker 2: Are you, when you post those clips on social media,
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  Speaker 2: do you think that Dan Quinn was looking for those
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  Speaker 2: to study? Like, you know, You know what?
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  Speaker 3: Here's the thing, Ian. They have access to that. They
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  Speaker 3: don't need me to do that.
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  Speaker 2: I know they do. I know they do.
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  Speaker 3: So this is not a Graham Bensinger type situation.
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  Speaker 2: No, no. This is Corbin Smith, though, from Emerald City Spectrum.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's get to the other stuff. So Sam
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  Speaker 2: Darnold expected to practice at some point and in some
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  Speaker 2: capacity today. I would be– I'm just guessing here. We
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  Speaker 2: don't know, but I would guess we're probably going to see–
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  Speaker 2: you know, limited for him on the practice report later
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  Speaker 2: as opposed to full. So we'll see. What are your thoughts, Corbin,
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  Speaker 2: on what they, you know, if all things being equal,
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  Speaker 2: if he's 100%, do you throw him in there? If
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  Speaker 2: he's 80%, do you say, let's wait a week? Do
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  Speaker 2: you base anything on the fact that the commanders aren't
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  Speaker 2: very good? Oh, by the way, they're missing their starting
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and two starting offensive linemen are down as well
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  Speaker 2: for a team that's already 0-2. Or do you approach
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  Speaker 2: it like, hey, this is the NFL, man. You can
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  Speaker 2: only afford one or two losses along the way. This
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  Speaker 2: is not one. you would chalk up as being a loss.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to save those for later on in the
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  Speaker 2: season when you're playing better opponents.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think, you know, listening to what Mike McDonald
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  Speaker 6: had to say today, he kind of shot down the
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  Speaker 6: idea that they would be looking at this like, hey,
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  Speaker 6: we got a chance here if he's at 85% or whatever,
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  Speaker 6: we got a chance to rest him for one more week.
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  Speaker 5: He kind of shot it down, which made me think
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  Speaker 5: that what he's been told is that this is not
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  Speaker 5: something that they're worried about him playing, that he would
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  Speaker 5: like re-injure it or aggravate it, which is strange with
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  Speaker 5: a soft tissue injury.
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  Speaker 3: But that seemed to be what he was hinting at there.
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  Speaker 5: That tells me that if he is close to being
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  Speaker 5: ready to go, that the Seahawks are ready to get
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  Speaker 5: him back in the lineup.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that I necessarily agree with.
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  Speaker 5: That just because how well Drew Locke is playing. Now,
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  Speaker 5: if he's if Sam Donald goes out there and he
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  Speaker 5: looks great and he gets through the week with no setbacks,
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  Speaker 5: he's 100 percent healthy. Yeah, I'm starting my starting quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: But I do think you have to at least consider
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  Speaker 5: the caution here. If if, well, we think he's right,
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  Speaker 5: but we're not 100 percent sure if you feel that way,
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  Speaker 5: if it was me making the decision. And this is
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  Speaker 5: why I'm not making the millions that Mike McDonald, those
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  Speaker 5: guys are making. But if it was my decision, I'd
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  Speaker 5: be playing Drew Locke because he's playing so well right
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  Speaker 5: now that I don't want to risk it with my QB.
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  Speaker 5: I want to make sure he's back in week four
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  Speaker 5: and we have him back long term, hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no way they'd ever say publicly, well, it's
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  Speaker 2: the Commanders and they're down. We decide to wait another week.
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  Speaker 2: But that behind the scenes, behind closed doors, off the record,
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  Speaker 2: has to be a conversation, I would think. That has
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  Speaker 2: to be a conversation that's taking place. And the conversation,
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  Speaker 2: and let's just go down this road for a second, Corbin.
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  Speaker 2: You can have that conversation because, oh, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: your backup has played great so far.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, he's been a top five quarterback in the NFL
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  Speaker 5: these first two weeks.
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  Speaker 3: And I posted a bunch of the stats.
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  Speaker 5: And stats don't always paint the most accurate picture, but
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  Speaker 5: you watch that game Sunday, aside from a couple throws
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  Speaker 5: in the first half that were a little bit underthrown,
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  Speaker 5: Here's the thing. They were put in positions where the
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  Speaker 5: only guy that had any chance was the offensive player
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  Speaker 5: to catch it. I'm fine with inaccurate passes like that.
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  Speaker 5: I don't want the ones that, oh, it got popped
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  Speaker 5: up in the air and, oh, there's an interception. He's
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  Speaker 5: doing such a great job protecting the football and balancing
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  Speaker 5: making smart decisions with trusting his arm because he does
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  Speaker 5: have the lead arm tally. That throw he made to
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  Speaker 5: Elijah Arroyo in the third quarter is still the one
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  Speaker 5: that jumped out to me the most where He just
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  Speaker 5: let that ball rip. 105-mile-an-hour fastball in between three converging
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  Speaker 5: defenders to the point that the ball almost looked like
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  Speaker 5: it knocked Arroyo over after he caught it. I thought
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  Speaker 5: he played a near-perfect game on Sunday. So you're in
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  Speaker 5: a situation where you can play with house money here.
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  Speaker 5: And if Sam Darnold is, well, we have any reservation
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  Speaker 5: about this, then don't play him. You don't have to
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  Speaker 5: worry about Jameis Winston playing for you.
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  Speaker 3: You have Drew Locke.
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  Speaker 5: So I think Seattle's got a luxury there. So take
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  Speaker 5: advantage of it if you need to.
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  Speaker 2: It's Corbin Smith joining us here, Emerald City Spectrum. Let's
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  Speaker 2: get to the running back. We expect Jadarian Price to
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  Speaker 2: practice today as well, according to what Mike McDonald said.
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  Speaker 2: So that's good news. That was a hell of an effort, though,
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  Speaker 2: by Emmanuel Wilson down the stretch. Noah George-Halani, they were
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  Speaker 2: evaluating him for a concussion. I think he's expected to
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  Speaker 2: practice today as well. But no George Helani, no Jadarian Price.
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  Speaker 2: They were down to one running back because Valus Jones
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  Speaker 2: wasn't elevated and he wasn't active. So it was just
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  Speaker 2: the Wilson show. And, boy, he did not disappoint.
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  Speaker 3: It was so much fun, Ian, watching in the fourth quarter. Like,
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  Speaker 3: this is the.
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  Speaker 5: Former running back in me coming out here. There is
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  Speaker 5: nothing that is more satisfying now. then when you are
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  Speaker 5: the running back and you're getting great blocking in front
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  Speaker 5: and defenders have no interest in tackling you, you've sucked
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  Speaker 5: the soul out of them. They are panning like dogs.
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  Speaker 5: That is what was happening that entire fourth quarter. And
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  Speaker 5: you got a 230 pound back. Like there were a
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  Speaker 5: bunch of plays and the all 22 were just like,
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  Speaker 5: you could see a number of Cardinals players and they
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  Speaker 5: played the.
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  Speaker 3: Run well early in the game. But you could just
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  Speaker 3: tell at that point, like, you know what?
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  Speaker 5: I'm not so sure that I want to try to
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  Speaker 5: stick my arms out here and make a tackle on
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  Speaker 5: this guy. I'm just not sure if I want to.
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  Speaker 5: I'm going to make a business decision. And so he
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  Speaker 5: was racking up a bunch of missed tackles. He was
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  Speaker 5: making guys missing space. And he's just we talked about
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  Speaker 5: this in early in camp on the on the sideline.
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  Speaker 5: And he's got a pretty good burst for a big back.
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  Speaker 5: He accelerates up to top speed pretty well, and now
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  Speaker 5: we're seeing that with the contact aspect added to it.
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  Speaker 5: I thought he had a heck of a performance there,
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  Speaker 5: playing the role of the closer for the Seahawks out
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  Speaker 5: of the backfield.
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  Speaker 2: Corbin, I want to get some bigger pitcher NFL thoughts
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  Speaker 2: in a second, but let me just quickly talk about
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  Speaker 2: this week's opponent, the Washington Commanders. We all know Dan
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  Speaker 2: Quinn well. From his time here in Seattle, great first year.
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  Speaker 2: Took a massive step backwards last year. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: it was due to the quarterback being hurt, Jayden Daniels.
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  Speaker 2: He's hurt again. So it's Marcus Mariota who will get
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  Speaker 2: the start this week. They added Stephon Diggs in the offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Terry McLaurin's still there. Chikori, Krosky Merritt, Rashad White are
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  Speaker 2: the top two running backs. But just offensively, do you
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  Speaker 2: expect them to pose any problems to the Seahawks defense?
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  Speaker 2: I don't.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I think the only thing that maybe would
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  Speaker 5: be a difference from what they saw this past week
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  Speaker 5: is that Marcus Mariota's running ability is still, even at
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  Speaker 5: him now being past 30, he's still athletic enough to
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  Speaker 5: cause damage with his legs. But he's more willing to
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  Speaker 5: throw the ball into traffic. Jacoby Brissett has a really
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  Speaker 5: low interception rate for his career. That's not been something
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  Speaker 5: that he has struggled with. Marcus Mariota will cough up
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  Speaker 5: the football. if you put him in positions where he
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  Speaker 5: is trying to make something happen as a passer, he
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  Speaker 5: will throw it into double and triple coverage. And, and
• 16:20
  Speaker 5: Seattle right now is averaging right now. They have a 6.6%
• 16:23
  Speaker 5: interception rate, which is easily number one in the NFL.
• 16:27
  Speaker 5: And they're going to be playing a guy that if
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: you're opportunistic, you can get a lot of chances to
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: make a play in the football.
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: The run game doesn't scare me that much.
• 16:36
  Speaker 5: You don't want to, you don't never want to take
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: an opponent lightly, but not having Jaden Daniels out there.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: And, I talked about this in our Seahawks triple option yesterday.
• 16:43
  Speaker 5: Like they got rid of a lot of older players
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: and they still have one of the oldest rosters.
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: Like last year they were in NFL terms.
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: They were geriatric. That's why they fell back.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: The way they did.
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: I'm part with the injury to Daniels, but like, this
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: is still one of the NFL nursing homes.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: Like they just.
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: Can't get young enough to offset that. They've looked slow
• 17:05
  Speaker 5: in the first couple of games as a team. I just,
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: There's not a lot for them to lay their hat
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: on when they don't have Jaden Daniels there to save
• 17:13
  Speaker 5: the day on offense.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're starting right guard. They're starting left tackle. They're
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: both not expected to play in this game as well
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: as Jaden Daniels. I had A.J. Barner here at the
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: Virginia Mason Athletic Center a couple hours ago. The one
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: defensive player, he said, they're pretty good up front. Kinlaw
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: and Payne, I think is who he's referring to. He
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: did mention Frankie Luvu. Go Cougs. Uh, but I think
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Frankie might be out this week as well. So Sonny
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: style is their first round pick middle linebacker out of
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: Ohio state. But boy, you look through their roster and
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: it's like either old or, or the question is who.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: Yeah, they've just, they've just, they doubled down on veterans
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: last year and coming off the MC championship game, it
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: ended up biting them big time. And they made some
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: moves to get younger this year, but I mean, they've
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: made some, they've made a number of trades. I mean,
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: they traded for Laramie Tunsil this year and now he's injured.
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: And so they haven't had the draft capital to be
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: able to really turn the roster around the way that
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: they want to either. So there's, there's a lot of
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: things that play there. And, and I have a lot
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: of respect for Dan Quinn, but he kind of seems
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: like he's one of those coaches for whatever reason, after
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: a couple of years, things can get pretty sour and
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: I don't think it has nothing to do with the man.
• 18:31
  Speaker 5: He's a great guy, but it just seems like, you know,
• 18:34
  Speaker 5: what happened in Atlanta.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Sometimes you used to have.
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: Coaches that have shorter expiration dates for whatever reason with
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: how they preach things or their style or whatever it is.
• 18:44
  Speaker 5: But it seems like that, you know, unfortunately it might
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: be trending that direction there for him again in the
• 18:50
  Speaker 5: nation's capital.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: Before I let you go, just some thoughts around specifically
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: the NFC Rams bounce back, look good. Niners have looked
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: fantastic in their first two games this season. Buccaneers, massive, well,
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: for them a disappointment. Everybody else is okay with it
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: along the way. Give me, give me a little read
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: two weeks in on both the NFC West and the
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: NFC as a whole.
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: Well, the NFC West, you know, I'm going to, you know,
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: Mike McDonald referenced Dennis Green.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: I'm going to reference Dennis Green. The NFC West is
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: what we thought it was.
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: It's, You know, three teams at the top, and the
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: Rams looked like we expected them, and that was without
• 19:27
  Speaker 5: Puka Nakua or Myles Garrett.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: It looked really good the other night.
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: So those three teams are all going to be in
• 19:33
  Speaker 5: a slugfest trying to get to the top seed in
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: the NFC once again and having a Super Bowl champion
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: come out of that division. And outside outside of the
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: west you know and the bears bears losing the way
• 19:47
  Speaker 5: they did and losing caleb williams i i just still
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: think their defense i just i know minnesota didn't score
• 19:55
  Speaker 5: many points but that was with carson wentz as the
• 19:57
  Speaker 5: quarterback like i i just i don't trust chicago's.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Defense to be a legitimate contender they've.
• 20:03
  Speaker 5: Got the offense to do it but i think you
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: know you got those three teams the nfc west i
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: I still think Dallas, if they can get some of
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: their stuff fixed on defense, I still think Dallas could
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: be a sleeper to watch on that front. If Green
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: Bay ever learns to close teams out, Green Bay could
• 20:21
  Speaker 5: be in the mix there. But it really does feel
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: like there's the NFC West and then there's kind of
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: everybody else right now in the NFC.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: You know, it's wild. I was just talking to my
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: buddy down in Dallas who covers the Cowboys, and he was–
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: Caleb Downs so far has– not been what they were hoping,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: and it's very early in the process, but there are
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: some questions already with him, which is interesting.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: That's crazy because he's had pretty good production the first
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: two weeks.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's people in Dallas that aren't happy, so I
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: like it. More the better as far as those guys
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: being met. It is Corbin Smith. We know about Emerald
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: City Spectrum. Tell us about Seahawks' triple option as well.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we just launched this a couple weeks ago. Robert Turboturban,
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: Rob Rang, and myself.
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: We have some guest hosts that come on from time
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: to time as well, and we're trying to cover every
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: single angle.
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: And last night's episode would.
• 21:14
  Speaker 5: Be a really good one for you to watch if
• 21:16
  Speaker 5: you have not heard of our show yet, because it
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: was really fun to get the player, beat reporter, and
• 21:23
  Speaker 5: NFL scout perspective on the Mike McDonald, Cold War comments,
• 21:28
  Speaker 5: and that video leaking when it never should have seen
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: the light of day.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Just kind of getting perspective from.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: All three different career paths really made for a fun conversation.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Good stuff. And Animal City Spectrum, subscribe, yes. How do
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: we do that?
• 21:43
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and Emerald City Spectrum, you can subscribe for $ 6
• 21:47
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• 21:49
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• 21:52
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• 21:56
  Speaker 5: and we are now doing quarterly plans, $ 15 for three months.
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: It's $ 5 a month.
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: You just pay $ 15 up front, you get three months,
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  Speaker 5: so we're really excited about that.
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  Speaker 3: You can Check that out at emeraldcityspectrum.com.
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: And I'm going to tell you this, Corbin. One of
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: the things that's cool about your website is you cover
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: everybody and everything. And with cutbacks at both newspapers and,
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: in fact, the New Seattle Times now is only covering Seahawks, Mariners,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Husky football full-time. That's all they're covering full-time. Nothing else
• 22:30
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• 22:34
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• 22:37
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• 22:37
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• 22:41
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• 22:41
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• 22:44
  Speaker 2: It's all there. Go check it out. We'll take a break. Corbin,
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: talk to you next week. Get well. See you soon.
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• 22:55
  Speaker 7: When Ashley says, don't fall in love with Dick's Picks,
• 23:04
  Speaker 7: he's 0-4 and Tampa Bay sucks. When Ashley says, don't
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: fall in love with Dick's Picks, he's 0-4, don't search
• 23:22
  Speaker 7: it on the internet.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Dick's pick yesterday was Tampa Bay. You don't like it, though.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: You don't like Dick's pick.
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: Sure do not. All right.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: Sure do not. Because it's Tampa Bay plus one and
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: a half?
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: That's basically like a pick-em. I don't think they're going
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: to win the game.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Or minus. Maybe even minus. No, I think it was plus.
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: I think it was plus.
• 23:43
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: I think they were home dog. Yeah, home dog. Yeah.
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: Don't love it.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: I don't like Dick's picks, either. All right. Let's get
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: to the text line, 49451. Mariners ending up in a
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: three-way tie would be so on-brand for this team. God,
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: can you... Yes.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Just yes.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Welcome in to Dodger Stadium, Chavez Ravine. Game 7 of
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: the World Series. Who would have thought the Seattle Mariners
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: would be here against the Dodgers, but here we are.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: Logan Gilbert gets the start. Oh, my God. No, not
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: going to happen. 206, any chance that Russell Wilson was
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: posting the Denver camp videos?
• 24:20
  Speaker 4: Oh, my gosh.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Hey, John, I know I tried to get you fired.
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: I know Pete's not there anymore, but I got a
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: little something for you. Take a look at what Sean
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: Payton's got dialed up right now.
• 24:32
  Speaker 8: Yes, please.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Or his unlimited alter ego. Mr.
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: Unlimited.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: 425, I'll root for USC anytime they play the Ducks.
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, as you should.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: Jim's got an interesting one. Should the Seahawks look into
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: a Marvin Harrison Jr.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: Trade?
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: Does a talent call for a six-round pick? Or are
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: we good to go when it comes to wide receiver department?
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: I think they're really thin at wide receiver here, if
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: I'm being honest. I think that's a weakness for this team.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: You know, we haven't seen much from Torrey Horton. We
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: haven't seen any Rashid Shahid dropping the ball. It just
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: hasn't been a great route runner. It hasn't been a receiver.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: And that's, you know, Cooper Cupps. Cooper Cupps, Cooper Cupp.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: He's going to make a play. He's going to get
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: a first down. But he's not a six-catch, 100-yard guy anymore.
• 25:16
  Speaker 8: Right.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: But Marvin Harrison Jr. has been just a colossal disappointment.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Just go back and listen if you can, if you're curious,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: whoever this is. Jim, our conversation last Friday with Greg Cosell,
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: he kind of broke down Marvin Harrison's game, and it
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: was not a pleasant experience if you were Marvin Harrison listening.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: I'll tell you that right now.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Let's see. Ben Singer is a moron. No surprise from
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: this putz. Graham Bensinger equals smarmy.
• 25:47
  Speaker 4: Well, clearly. I don't know anything about him, but I
• 25:49
  Speaker 4: can tell you that already.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: Let's see. Bronco Gate says, Nick, sounds like this is
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: water under the bridge for all the effective parties. It's
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: only us who are learning about it. This hot mic
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: moment is anywhere near McDonald's biggest mistake as a coach.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: I think we're doing real well. And he owned it.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: I just don't think it was, I guess, that's on them.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: It's just, it's ethically, everything about it's wrong. Everything about
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: it is wrong. But I guess you learned a lesson, right?
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: He said that.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: That's what he said.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: As a coug, this is certainly not the first or
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: last time I'll be rooting for a Trojan. Ian reading
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: that one cold.
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: Solid.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Solid. Oh, let's see.
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: We've had some good references here.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: We've got a lot. I'm trying to see which I
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: can read. Those are the type of media guys is
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: why Marshawn doesn't like to talk to anyone after Buffalo. Yeah,
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: Marshawn's deal was different. Marshawn was confused as to who
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: was reporting what and who it was to blame. Like,
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: he blamed a lot of people. You know what Marshawn did?
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Marshawn blamed a lot of people except for Marshawn for
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: getting that DUI in the van.
• 27:00
  Speaker 8: Well, yeah.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: He blamed a lot of people besides himself. Like, You're
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: the public eye. You get that. You get pulled over.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: It's going to become news. But he blamed media people.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: He blamed PR people. Listen, we all love Marshawn as
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: a player.
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: I don't think they were driving his vehicle.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, like the guy that was driving should have been
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: the guy. That's the guy in the mirror, as old
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: Michael Jackson says. Man in the mirror there, Marshawn. Man
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: in the mirror. Okay, let's go. Let's get to it.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Factor Fiction.
• 27:29
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  Speaker 2: case of just feeling dirty with what I'm going to do.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: I know.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: I hear you. There's nothing that I feel good about
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: except for the pick itself.
• 28:13
  Speaker 4: And that's okay sometimes because, you know what, we can't
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: always do this with our heart.
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, Chuck probably didn't feel great about taking the
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: Rams on Monday. But he got a win.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: I didn't feel great about picking the Rams in that
• 28:25
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• 28:27
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• 28:28
  Speaker 2: You got $ 100 cheddar right there, huh?
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah, so I did it. You just got to sometimes.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Did we see who the real Arizona Cardinals were last week?
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: I think so. Still not very good.
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: Correct.
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: If you stop Trey McBride, you're pretty much okay.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: Seems like it.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And have we seen, as much as it pains
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: us to believe this, have we seen how good the
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: San Francisco 49ers are?
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: Unfortunately.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: So I'm going to do it. I don't like the total,
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: so I'm just going to go with the spread. 49ers
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: minus 8.5, fact, 4-9-4-5-1. 49ers minus 8.5 over the Arizona
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: Cardinals at Levi's Stadium.
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: Fact, 4-9-4-5-1.
• 29:17
  Speaker 8: I know.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: He didn't like it.
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: He almost screamed twice.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: I mean, he likes it, but he didn't like it.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: The 49ers have won 27-7 and 35-13 in the first
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: two games. Rams, okay, we all know what happened there. Dolphins,
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: not very good. Cardinals are a little better than the Dolphins,
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: but they're still the Cardinals. They were reminded that last
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: week by the Seahawks who smashed them in the face,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: especially in the second half. I think the 49ers, until
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: the substation starts taking guys down, they're impressive. And they
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: look good. And oh, by the way, we haven't even
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: seen Christian McCaffrey get going yet.
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: Don't remind me.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: That hasn't even happened yet. They're a little thin on receivers,
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: but 8.5, they're going to win by 9. Easy. They'll cover.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: They'll put them away. They're on a mission. Kyle Shanahan,
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: he's going to pull a Dan Lanning. He'll try to
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: score with 30 seconds left. No, he won't do that.
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: But they will cover. Minus 8.5. So 49ers, minus 8.5.
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: Fact.
• 30:15
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• 30:17
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• 30:18
  Speaker 4: 4-9-4-5-1.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Here's the deal. Nobody wants to root for the 49ers.
• 30:30
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go fiction on Furness because, A, his
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: record this year is awful. That would make sense. And, B,
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: I can't fathom rooting for the 49ers. So here's the thing.
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: I might miss this one, but it's okay. I'll feel
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  Speaker 2: Can you guys not hear each other?
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  Speaker 7: I just lost you guys.
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  Speaker 2: What happened?
• 32:07
  Speaker 8: I couldn't hear you.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: I think somebody pushed a button somewhere that was not us.
• 32:12
  Speaker 8: Well, it's possible that happened. It's also possible, this is
• 32:17
  Speaker 8: a lot of radio jargon here that most people listening
• 32:20
  Speaker 8: will have no idea what the hell we're talking about.
• 32:22
  Speaker 8: The IFB in the studio sometimes gets a little sticky.
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: Ah.
• 32:27
  Speaker 8: If you guys know what I'm talking about.
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: I do.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: I do.
• 32:29
  Speaker 8: And so when Ashley is talking to me down the line,
• 32:34
  Speaker 8: sometimes it tends to stick a little bit.
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: Yeah, except that I put Ian's mic up first before
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: I talk to you.
• 32:40
  Speaker 8: That may have been a problem.
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 32:42
  Speaker 8: I just lost you. But now you're back.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: Now we're good.
• 32:43
  Speaker 8: Now we're back.
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: You know what? We're rolling. It's on the record. And
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: here we go, buddy. Here we go.
• 32:48
  Speaker 8: I'm very happy. So this is not like Graham Bensinger
• 32:52
  Speaker 8: and McDonald. This is actually on the record.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: This is on the record.
• 32:55
  Speaker 8: Cameras are rolling.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: This is cameras rolling. Well, the best thing about that,
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: like this full TV nerd here, is that, like, Even
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: if you do TV, you're not expecting the wide shot
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: from the corner of the studio to be rolling video. Like,
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: what are you doing, guy?
• 33:13
  Speaker 8: Greasy. Let me just make this just easy for everybody.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Yes. Okay?
• 33:18
  Speaker 8: You've been doing this media thing for how long now?
• 33:20
  Speaker 8: How many years in media?
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: 1987. Okay.
• 33:23
  Speaker 8: Wow, Jesus.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: I know. I'm old.
• 33:25
  Speaker 8: 40 years in this business. Okay, I'm 32.
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: All right?
• 33:30
  Speaker 8: 32, 33 if you count the high school stuff back
• 33:31
  Speaker 8: in the day.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 33:32
  Speaker 8: 34 if you count the pregame for Ron and Don
• 33:35
  Speaker 8: on Channel 28.
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: Oh, nice.
• 33:37
  Speaker 8: All right. You got to be a world-class moron or
• 33:43
  Speaker 8: jackass to not know when something is on the air
• 33:46
  Speaker 8: or off the air. On the record, it's not hard.
• 33:50
  Speaker 8: And all these people that are online making excuses, oh, McDonald's,
• 33:53
  Speaker 8: bull crap. There's a lot of people in this business
• 33:56
  Speaker 8: that form relationships with people based on stuff that happens
• 33:59
  Speaker 8: off the air, on the record, off the record, beat writers,
• 34:02
  Speaker 8: radio people like us, TV people like you, whatever. It's
• 34:05
  Speaker 8: not that hard. As a matter of fact, it's very
• 34:08
  Speaker 8: easy to read the room. Like Dick and I were talking,
• 34:11
  Speaker 8: you know, If we're talking to Coach Lambert, you know,
• 34:13
  Speaker 8: before an interview we do, or I'm goofing around with
• 34:15
  Speaker 8: Petros or Kevin Harlan or whatever, Mike Holmgren. We all
• 34:19
  Speaker 8: understand it. You don't need to be a genius to
• 34:21
  Speaker 8: know what's on the air and what's not on the
• 34:24
  Speaker 8: air and what's off the record and what's on the record.
• 34:27
  Speaker 8: So this is all on Graham Benzinger.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: All of it.
• 34:30
  Speaker 8: And if he wants to blame one of his minions
• 34:33
  Speaker 8: and one of his interns, you know, Dick pointed it
• 34:35
  Speaker 8: out that, you know, maybe one of his schmucks put
• 34:37
  Speaker 8: this on social media and he had no idea that
• 34:40
  Speaker 8: he needs to come out and he needs to say that,
• 34:41
  Speaker 8: by the way.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: Or apologize.
• 34:43
  Speaker 8: One or the other.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: It's not hard, guys. Why were we recording that? Why
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: did it become public? I mentioned this earlier. All of
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: us have relationships in this business. There is probably, I'm guessing,
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: I could be wrong, there is probably a ton of
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: stuff that you know about Washington football that you know,
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: but you can't talk about it. Of course. And it's
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: been told to you not with, hey, Dave, this is
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: off the record. You know what's on the record and
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: off the record. You know what's okay to do. And
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: there's a trust factor to learn the context of what's
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: going on, all those things. Yeah, good for McDonald's to
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: try to own it. But to me, not his fault.
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: I'm with you. I'm with you 100% on that. Right.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: It was bad. No doubt.
• 35:25
  Speaker 8: It was bad. And this is why people get paranoid.
• 35:28
  Speaker 8: This is why PR people, you know, say things like
• 35:31
  Speaker 8: there's no such thing as off the record, right? Things
• 35:33
  Speaker 8: like that. Because there's always one bad apple that spoils
• 35:36
  Speaker 8: the bunch, and all it takes is one. All it
• 35:38
  Speaker 8: takes is one jackass to ruin it for everybody. So
• 35:41
  Speaker 8: I'm actually curious, Ian, you know, how much does he
• 35:44
  Speaker 8: hold back now with the media?
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: Right. You know?
• 35:47
  Speaker 8: I mean, you saw what Archie Manning's doing in Texas
• 35:51
  Speaker 8: after the Holly Rose Sark thing. He's not saying anything.
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: No.
• 35:54
  Speaker 8: I mean, he had like a 10-minute press conference, and
• 35:56
  Speaker 8: he spoke for 30 seconds combined the other day. Just
• 35:59
  Speaker 8: totally pulled back. So I'm curious to see how much
• 36:02
  Speaker 8: he pulls back because he really has been opening himself.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: Up a lot, I thought, Mike McDonald. When he got hired,
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: I remember we were talking in this room at the
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: Virginia Mason Athletic Center with some guys, and we had
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: talked to some people in Baltimore about And they had said, hey,
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: this guy is as dry as it comes. He's going
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: to give you three-word answers. It's going to be brutal, blah, blah, blah.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: And when he first came here, I remember I did
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: the interview at his press conference. He came in here
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: and sat down. He was guarded, but he's so much
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: better now. He's a lot more open. He's trusting. But
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: I think he trusts the guys in this room. That
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: guy's a different one. Hopefully he doesn't because these guys
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: talk to him off the record all the time. And
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: it helps the coverage whether you see it in print
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: or not or see it on TV or not. It
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: helps the coverage. Hopefully he doesn't, but just a greasy move.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: Our business, broadcasting in general terms, gets enough grief for
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: stupid things that happen. We don't need that guy to
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: help us out like we just did.
• 36:54
  Speaker 8: You kind of feel bad for some of the guys
• 36:57
  Speaker 8: and gals that cover the team that rely on off-the-record stuff.
• 37:00
  Speaker 8: How much will this infect the players in the locker room?
• 37:03
  Speaker 8: How much will they pull back a little bit now because...
• 37:05
  Speaker 8: Of all this. So we'll see. I mean, it's not
• 37:07
  Speaker 8: a big deal, I know, to the average person, but
• 37:10
  Speaker 8: for people that are in the business, it could be significant.
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: Who knows? Do you think the Mariners are going to
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: have an on-the-record conversation next week?
• 37:16
  Speaker 8: I hope they do, man. I really hope they do.
• 37:18
  Speaker 8: And selfishly, I hope it happens while I'm not working.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: Before 3 o'clock.
• 37:23
  Speaker 8: Well, we got, you know, my thing is on, you know, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
• 37:26
  Speaker 8: we got the Husky stuff. You know, I'm there at
• 37:27
  Speaker 8: 1 o'clock at UW. And then Wednesday we have some,
• 37:30
  Speaker 8: you know, pregame, you know, pre-show stuff we have to
• 37:32
  Speaker 8: do starting around 1 o'clock. But, yeah, if they could
• 37:36
  Speaker 8: maybe make it for 11 or 10 a.m. or whatever,
• 37:39
  Speaker 8: that would be great by my schedule.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: Well, now that you've made it public, when you can't
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: be there, they're going to make.
• 37:43
  Speaker 8: It at that time.
• 37:44
  Speaker 7: Oh, 100%.
• 37:44
  Speaker 8: There's no chance.
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: My guess is at 3 o'clock.
• 37:46
  Speaker 8: It'll be at 4 o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon. They'll
• 37:49
  Speaker 8: purposely ask when to softy on the air. We don't
• 37:51
  Speaker 8: want that schmuck anywhere near the ballpark.
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: If John Stanton was sitting there, what would you ask him?
• 37:57
  Speaker 8: Why should we trust that you can win a championship
• 37:59
  Speaker 8: when you've been here for 30 years?
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 38:02
  Speaker 8: I mean, isn't it time for someone else to have
• 38:06
  Speaker 8: a go?
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: Did you rehearse that or just come up with that? Yeah,
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: I did.
• 38:11
  Speaker 8: Well, we talked about this last week, to be fair.
• 38:14
  Speaker 8: What would you ask? What would you ask?
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: What would you ask?
• 38:18
  Speaker 7: Uh.
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: Are you willing to make the investment to get this
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: team over the top? Hey, make the investment. What the
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: hell was I going to ask you? I can't remember now. Oh,
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: do you believe it? Hey, 5-0, 0-5, 0-5, can it happen?
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: No.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: Okay, just checking.
• 38:41
  Speaker 8: I'm learning how to use Google AI so I can
• 38:43
  Speaker 8: make an image of a tombstone for the Mariners.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: Oh, God.
• 38:46
  Speaker 8: That says, tough one tonight. On the tombstone. I mean, dude,
• 38:52
  Speaker 8: we talked about this yesterday on the show real quick.
• 38:54
  Speaker 8: I know we have to run here. So last year
• 38:56
  Speaker 8: against all six of the last place teams in baseball,
• 39:00
  Speaker 8: the Mariners were 22-12 combined against the Orioles, White Sox, Angels, Nats, Pirates,
• 39:05
  Speaker 8: and Colorado. This year, they're 15-16 against all the last
• 39:12
  Speaker 8: place teams. 15-16. And that's still with four more games
• 39:16
  Speaker 8: against the Angels, by the way.
• 39:18
  Speaker 5: Lord.
• 39:19
  Speaker 8: If you just add, if you flip it around, man,
• 39:22
  Speaker 8: you're in first place right now. Florio will join us.
• 39:25
  Speaker 8: We'll get his thoughts on the Graham Bensinger hubbub with
• 39:28
  Speaker 8: McDonald as well. his take on that. Kevin Harlan at 5,
• 39:33
  Speaker 8: Petros at 4. And we're live at Jimmy's until 7.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: That sounds like a fun show. Yeah. Come on by
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: and say hi.
• 39:40
  Speaker 8: Pop on down here on the way down to Druids,
• 39:42
  Speaker 8: by the way. Don't you have your men's club thing tonight?
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: Last ride, baby. Last one tonight. Put the golf clubs
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: away after today. Hockey season's underway. Hockey season starts this time.
• 39:51
  Speaker 8: Oh, hockey season.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I get it. Got a second job.
• 39:53
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: Have a great show.
• 39:55
  Speaker 8: See you, bud.
• 39:56
  Speaker 5: Bye.
• 39:57
  Speaker 8: For the mild-mannered and marginally objectionable Ian Furness, this is
• 40:02
  Speaker 8: Paddle Day saying so long, everyone.