1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Now from the Star Rentals Sports to US Jordan ninety 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: three point three KJRFM Sports Headlines. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 2: Sports Headlines at four o'clock brought to you by Frost 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 2: Brewed Coors Light. Choose chill. I needed a couple of 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: them last night as I was at Climate Pledgerina watching 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: the Crack and getting bludges. 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 3: The k Ambulance did not choose chill, And no they didn't. 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 3: They didn't choose chill at all. 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: They hammered Seattle five to one the Krack and have 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: now fallen out of eighth and final playoffs spot. They 11 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: faced Vancouver tomorrow night at seven right here on ninety 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: three point three KJRFM. 13 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 4: On the bright side, one of the Seattle teams did 14 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 4: win last night, being the Seattle Sounders. They were playing 15 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 4: the first leg of the CONACAFFT champions Cup Round of 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 4: sixteen in Vancouver against the white Caps and they'd win 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 4: three nothing last night. Leg two is next Wednesday in Spokane. 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 4: They do have an MLS game Sunday in San Jose 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 4: four pm on nine to fifty kr AM. 20 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: The U dub and Alaska Airlines have renewed their partnership 21 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: for another ten years for twenty eight million dollars for 22 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: the naming rights to Alaska Airlines, Arena at Heck Gedman's 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: and Pavilion. Now Husky Stadium's naming rights reportedly will head 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: to the open market. 25 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 4: The World Baseball Classic continues today. First up right now, 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 4: Korea versus the Dominican Republic. That game currently is zero 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 4: zero in the bottom of the second inning. Meanwhile, the 28 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 4: game we're all looking forward to United snates United States 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 4: sneaking in thanks to Italy. They face off against Josh 30 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 4: Naylor and Kenada at five pm. 31 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: And Luca put up his first fifty point game as 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: a Laker last night, hitting for fifty one in a 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: win over Chicago, making it four straight for La. All right, 34 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: rolling into the four o'clock hour when the Sports Star 35 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: Award banquets, plenty of celebrities will be rolling in probably. 36 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 5: In an hour hour and a half or so. 37 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: But we have our own celebrity here, Jack, Yes, we do. 38 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: That would be Hubreed La Millon, Oh boy, our own 39 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: our own resident celebrity. And you know it's it's always 40 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: a slippery slope when you talk anything politics on a 41 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 2: sports radio show. But when sports and politics broadly intersect, 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: where you don't have to even go far down the 43 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: river to make them intersect. 44 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: They are. 45 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 2: It is a conjunction when your general manager of your 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 2: Super Bowl champion football team comes out and says, the 47 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: state's new millionaire's tax is about to be signed into law, 48 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: is quote gonna sting, no question about it. And he 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: says when it comes to signing players and the fact 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: that the state had no income tax previously, that is 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: a quote huge disadvantage for the team that once was 52 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: an advantage for the team. I mean, that is an 53 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: intersection that I believe needs to. 54 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: Be talked to absolutely, So, Hugh, I mean, where. 55 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: Do you stand on the competitive nature of this, because 56 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 2: I think this that's the sports topic. Right We can 57 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: all sit here and say whether we're for the millionaire's 58 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 2: tax or we're against the millionaire's tax. But the brass 59 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: tax of this conversation on a sports radio station is 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: how much of an advantage did Seattle sports teams have 61 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: not having an income tax prior and now how much 62 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: of a relationally disadvantaged are they now compared to where 63 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: they have been for the first fifty years of professional 64 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: sports in Seattle. 65 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, there's no question there was an advantage. I mean, 66 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: I played professionally in Florida and Texas and also in 67 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: California and Massachusetts. You know, I've seen the extremes, and 68 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 5: you know, it's it's generally not going to be a 69 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 5: factor that causes a lot of guys to go to 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 5: a different team, but it could and it will on 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 5: some you know, all things being equal, it could be 72 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 5: a factor in and uh yeah, I mean it's uh, 73 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 5: you know, personally, I think the state has a spending problem, 74 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 5: not a revenue problem. But I guess that's that's uh, 75 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 5: parenthetically something that that I would just have to say, 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 5: I think it's misguided in in many ways, but as 77 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 5: it affects athletes, professional athletes. 78 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 3: How about how about the Huskies. 79 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 5: You know, got a quarterback reportedly around four million. Yeah, now, 80 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, that's three hundred thousand dollars that 81 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 5: he has to now, you know, write a check to 82 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 5: the State of Washington that he didn't think he had to. 83 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 5: And I understand he won't. Yes, I am about to say, 84 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 5: I understand it doesn't go into fact till twenty nine. 85 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 3: If it goes into fact. 86 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 5: But but I'm just trying to say in in in 87 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 5: current terms, and uh, you know, it'll even be more 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 5: significant because and I as projects canntinue to rut absolutely. 89 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 4: I mean, the thing that I think about this is 90 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 4: John Schneider's making these comments now and we're still three 91 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 4: years away from this taking effect, and that a that 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 4: tells me he has plans to stick around here, which 93 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 4: I do like. But on the other side of it, 94 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: how much of this is John Schneider right now maybe 95 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 4: knowing what you just said right there, which which maybe 96 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 4: trim Look at Toronto. Toronto's athlete tax is often exceeds 97 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: fifty to fifty three percent on athletes. It's insane, but 98 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 4: a lot of players still play for the Maple Leaves, 99 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 4: the Blue Jays, other teams in Toronto, right So I 100 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: wonder if this is John Schneider also just trying to 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 4: get out ahead of it and saying, hey, listen, it's 102 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 4: one last hail Mary, you know, for lack of a 103 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 4: better term, to try to get this thing killed because 104 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 4: this will eventually hurt the Seattle Seahawks, even if it 105 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 4: doesn't hurt me right now for the next three years. 106 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: Sure, I don't know what's in his head. 107 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 5: He may have just been speaking matter of factly, you know, 108 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 5: the first layer of the onion. There may be a 109 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 5: second layer to the onion in terms of his intent 110 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 5: that if he thinks that there's certain factions and a 111 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 5: possibility that that there's factions that can somehow, as you say, 112 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 5: kill the bill, then he would want to lobby on 113 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 5: behalf of future contracts. I think he's under contract in 114 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 5: to twenty thirty one Schnyder if I have it right. 115 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 5: But so he's you know, he's going to live through 116 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 5: all this, and yeah, it's it's going to be a 117 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 5: factor because essentially what he said is I've always sold 118 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: the fact that there is no state income tax, and 119 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 5: you know recently, you don't don't forget the seven percent 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 5: capital gains tax that took effect in twenty twenty two. Correct, 121 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 5: So you know, rich guys have been getting slammed by 122 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 5: the state of Washington in recent years in an unprecedented 123 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 5: way for a lot of people that don't have sympathy 124 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 5: for that. But you know, even if you just said, okay, 125 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 5: you think you think the nose of the camel is 126 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 5: in the tent, and you don't think any of the 127 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 5: rest of the camel's coming in. 128 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: Okay, that's a pretty good analogy right there. Now, obviously, 129 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,679 Speaker 2: you know, this bill still faces hurdles. It will most 130 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: likely be challenged at the superior court level, It will 131 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 2: most likely be challenged at the state Supreme Court level, 132 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: and then it will likely head to a initiative and 133 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: a vote of the people. And by the way, that 134 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: has happened ten times in the state Washington the last 135 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: hundred years, and ten for ten it got turned down. 136 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: So it's not it's not a sign, sealed and delivered, 137 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: done deal, but it's certainly on the way and it's 138 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: got a lot of momentum now. You it reminds me 139 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: of what Sam Darnold went through playing in the Super Bowl. 140 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: I mean, didn't you have to pay hundreds of thousands 141 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: of dollars for playing in a Super Bowl game in 142 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: in Kalla, state of California. 143 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, the jock talks. You know, that stuff's real. It's crazy. 144 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 5: You know when I was at the Cowboys, remember playing 145 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 5: the Eagles and we stayed in New Jersey, And I 146 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 5: remember saying, well, the reason we're staying in New Jersey 147 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 5: because of duty days that we don't want to pay 148 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 5: the state of the city of Philadelphia and I mean 149 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 5: to give you an idea of how real you know, 150 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 5: I'm just a I'm just a pissant former athlete, right, 151 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 5: But to give you an idea about these jock taxes. 152 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 5: A few years ago, it wasn't long less than ten 153 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 5: years ago, Between five and ten years ago, I get 154 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 5: a letter from the State of New York and it says, hey, 155 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 5: back in nineteen ninety two, you played a game against 156 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 5: the Bills, and you owe us some money for it. 157 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 5: And before I could even get the letter to my 158 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 5: accountant say hey, how do we handle this, the State 159 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 5: of New York goes into my checking account in Snaqualmie, Washington, 160 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 5: pulls out seventeen thousand dollars. No, ye, right out what 161 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 5: And then now negotiating, You know, usually you like to 162 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 5: be in in a negotiating position, like I've got the money, 163 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 5: We're going to negotiate. 164 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 3: Now I'm negotiating. They got they got get the money back. 165 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 5: And so now, uh, you know, we're just trying to say, well, 166 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 5: the good portion that was interesting principle, right, So we're 167 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 5: just trying to uh uh uh are interesting penalties rather 168 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 5: and and so we'ren't aware of it, So why should 169 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 5: there be penalties. Yeah, so we're so so we make 170 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 5: an appeal and and they they they end up waiving 171 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 5: the you know, but I got to pay my accountant 172 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 5: to fight all this stuff. 173 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 3: They end up waiving the. 174 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,959 Speaker 5: The interest in penalties, but they still you know, and 175 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 5: and now all of a sudden, I'm I'm like baking 176 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: a cake and celebrating because it's only. 177 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 3: Five grand your graduations. 178 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 5: And they said, you know, like, oh oh my god, 179 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 5: it's just so great New York to only took five 180 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: grand from me, Like and so look, I'm just you know, again, 181 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 5: a I missed one molecule missed in the ocean in 182 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 5: terms of this, but I'm trying to put a human 183 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 5: side to this, Like people support this stuff, and you know, 184 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 5: it's it's basically just like it's it's really morally no 185 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,959 Speaker 5: different than hey, a bunch of guys are going to 186 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 5: wait outside of a movie theater and jump the rich 187 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 5: guy because they can. And and so at any event, 188 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 5: you know, as you say that that there's a nexus 189 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 5: of politics and sports, maybe I went out of the 190 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 5: lane a little bit, but you know that this stuff 191 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 5: does impact athletes, and you know, you try and take 192 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 5: measures to navigate through it, but it's a it's an 193 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 5: enormous pain in the ass. 194 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: Well, yeah, you and to that extent, I mean you 195 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 4: kind of mentioned it a few minutes ago, But I 196 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 4: want to dive deeper because as it relates to athletes, obviously, 197 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: every athlete is very different. And if you make a 198 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 4: ridiculous theme, if you make Sam Darnold money versus if 199 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 4: you make a Manuel Wilson money, you're going to you 200 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 4: very much care differently about this millionaire's tax depending on 201 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 4: how much you make and what your lifestyle is, personality, 202 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 4: et cetera. I'm wondering, as somebody who's been in NFL 203 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 4: locker rooms and spent lots of time around lots of 204 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 4: players over many many years, how often do these conversations 205 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 4: get talked about. We're like, oh, I got taxed by this. 206 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 4: Oh look at this, I'm making the you know, these 207 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 4: financial conversations in the locker room. How prevalent are they? Yeah? 208 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 5: I think they're prevalent. Yeah, they're they're prevalent. And you know, 209 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 5: we went down and covered the Super Bowl for kg R. 210 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 3: Right, how many how many? How many guy? How many 211 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: we have? Dick? Eight? Six eight guys? 212 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 2: The morning Mark softy me you jess, that's seven. 213 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 5: Right, we didn't have to report duty days in California 214 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 5: and pay California taxes. 215 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 3: But athletes do you. 216 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 5: Go go play a game and then and then a 217 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 5: lot of them are trying to say, you know, a 218 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 5: lot of times the athletes are just trying to say, hey, 219 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 5: wait a minute, you're trying to say that it's one 220 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 5: seventeenth of uh uh, that that you're entitled the one 221 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 5: seventeenth because we played one out of seventeen games in 222 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 5: your municipality. We work more than seventeen days a year, 223 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 5: working a whole freaking year. Don't take one seventeenth, you know. 224 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, one or whatever it is or whatever you work right. 225 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 3: Yeah whatever? 226 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, uh and and and so uh like there's all 227 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 5: of these fight and and it's with states, and it's 228 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 5: with cities and trying to navigate it. And you know, look, 229 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 5: I know, I suspect there are people that are listening saying, 230 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 5: who freaking cares? You guys are athletes. You know, I'm not. 231 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 5: I'm not playing a freaking violin if yeah, and I'm 232 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 5: not expecting anybody to play a violin. But just kind 233 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 5: of think about it from a standpoint of of you know, 234 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 5: where where do we define faire? 235 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 3: I don't know. 236 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 5: I mean, well, I think mentioned uh, you know, there's 237 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 5: a progressive tax here, I get it. More wealthy people 238 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 5: should pay a greater percent of their their income to tax, 239 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 5: all right, and athletes do that. But you know that 240 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 5: the so called jock taxes and these duty days. To me, 241 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 5: it's like, what you know, there's a lot of under 242 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 5: their industries where make people make a lot of money 243 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 5: and they don't have to deal with that. 244 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 4: Well, Hugh, I think what you've just done putting the 245 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 4: evidence on radio, some government official from California is going 246 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 4: to hear this, and then they're going to go after 247 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 4: Dick's bank account into Softies bank account, and they're gonna 248 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 4: take money out of the bank account. 249 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: Well, if they go into my bank account for a 250 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: few duty days in California, they're going to take about 251 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 2: seventy six cents off of what I made in California 252 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 2: last week. But no, Hugh's got an anecdote for everything, 253 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: doesn't he I mean, my god, it does not matter 254 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: this story. 255 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 3: Hugh's got an unbelievable. 256 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: Anecdote for it, for everything. Both back to the Hawks, 257 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: real quick, Hugh. You know, you broke down Emmanuel Wilson 258 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 2: at the at the front of the show. And for 259 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: those people that didn't didn't hear, I mean it was 260 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 2: it was one very similar to what you did for 261 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 2: MVS last year and and kind of surprised us all. 262 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 2: And you know, I think the money quote was you 263 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: would not be surprised if Emmanuel Wilson did not make 264 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 2: the uh the lineup, but the roster for the regular 265 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 2: season out of training camp. How about Rodney Thomas? How 266 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 2: about the safety? Have you seen any video yet of 267 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: the of the safety they got from Indiana started for 268 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 2: a couple of years and then became a backup for 269 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: a couple. 270 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 5: I didn't look at every play from the Colts, but 271 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 5: I looked at a lot of it. 272 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 3: And you know, six foot two. 273 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 5: A little bit lean, long legged guy, rangy guy, a 274 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: little bit slow in transitioning in is uh you can 275 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 5: just say, you know, it kind of looks like a 276 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 5: young giraffe back there with those long legs, kind of 277 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 5: trying to transition out of his back pedal and then drive. 278 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 3: On hop down on on. 279 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 5: Uh. 280 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 3: You know, inbreaking routes and what have you that are 281 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 3: in front of them. 282 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 5: So so I think that you know, I like I 283 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 5: like the range in terms of defending the He's almost 284 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 5: entirely a back end safety and and and you know, 285 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 5: when you consider how the Seahawks are structured. Uh, there 286 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 5: there's so much comment about Nick him and Worry. And 287 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 5: by the way, Softie has a bet uh infor me. Yes, 288 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 5: I saw make it Defensive. 289 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 3: Player of the Year the twenty twenty six season. 290 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 5: Nick Him and Worry, and uh, you know, I I 291 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 5: he probably won't be, but I think it's good odds. 292 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 5: You know, if you go to the Kentucky Derby and 293 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 5: you say there's a long shot horse, but that's that 294 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 5: long shot horse actually has a pretty good chance to 295 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 5: win it, you know it might be good value, right. 296 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 5: So but people talk about the versatility of nick em 297 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 5: and Worry. I got to update it from the Super Bowl, 298 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 5: but he was he was under ten snaps a year 299 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 5: as a back end safety. He was entirely you would 300 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 5: I would just I just call him a Nickel Sam, 301 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 5: just a Sam linebacker. And he just happens to wear 302 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 5: number three. Well, nowadays, defensive ends and linebackers can wear 303 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 5: number three, So it's just he's a Nickel Sam before 304 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 5: it used to be. A dB would be in the twenties, thirties, 305 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 5: and forties, and a linebacker would be you know, in 306 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 5: the fifties and occasionally in the nineties. Right, But so 307 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 5: you could know by the number Nick Edmin Worry just 308 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 5: wears number three. He's a Nickel Sam less than ten 309 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 5: snaps in the back end. Compare that to Cam Chancellor 310 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 5: in twenty thirteen when they won the Super Bowl. Cam Chancellor, 311 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,359 Speaker 5: you think is a box safety. 312 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 3: He had. 313 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 5: I want to say, four hund and seventeen at least 314 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 5: four hundred and ten snaps as a post safety. You said, 315 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 5: wait a minute, I thought Earl Thomas was the post safety. 316 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 5: He was, but they would they would, you know, rotating 317 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 5: and kick and rock their coverages, and Cam would end 318 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 5: up post safety. So let me say it again, Emon Worry, 319 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 5: call it a dozen or less. Cam Chancellor over four hundred. 320 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 5: You don't think that that not sound like a different 321 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 5: utilization of right. And so so you get in this 322 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 5: guy Rodney Thomas. Virtually every snap he's a back end, dude. 323 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 5: He's a back layer, either free safety or in a 324 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 5: too high structure. He's a half safety or a quarter safety. 325 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 5: What's turned a quarter safety in a four across But 326 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 5: he is not down in the line of scrimmage type 327 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 5: of guy. But you know, and so that range, the 328 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 5: six foot two, the length, you know, can allow him 329 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 5: to in theory to break on some balls. He didn't 330 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 5: have any passes defense last year, but in theory he could. 331 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 5: So it ain't probably a depth guy. But I have 332 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 5: a lot of faith in what the combination of John 333 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 5: Schneider and Mike McDonald, what they can do with these guys. 334 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 5: I mean, I certainly wouldn't have ever thought that you 335 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 5: could get out of Tayau Katta what you got out 336 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 5: of him, right or right or Drake Thomas like they 337 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 5: have a way of you know, shaking pixie dust on 338 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 5: these defenders, and so I'm bullish on what they can 339 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 5: do with this guy. 340 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: Well, speaking of rangy defensive backs, the Seahawks lost one 341 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 2: since we last spoke you. We will talk next segment 342 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 2: about the loss of Tarik Wollen and how big a 343 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 2: loss that is. On ninety three point three KJR FM. 344 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: From the R and R Foundation Specialist Broadcast Studio. Now 345 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: back to SOFTI and Dick on your Home for the Huskies. 346 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: Kraken and the twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety three point 347 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: three kJ r FM. 348 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 2: Well, media row is filled up with the media members, 349 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,239 Speaker 2: it is not yet filled up with the celebrities that 350 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 2: are going to become in and interviewed by the media members. 351 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 2: Here at the Sports Star Award banquet at the Seattle 352 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 2: Convention Center, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Mike 353 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 2: and Kathy Holmgren. 354 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 3: That is the number one reason I'm. 355 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 2: Staying for the banquets and nights, probably the only reason 356 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: to stay for the bank of tonight, to be honest 357 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: with you, is because I want to see Mike Holmgren 358 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 2: and Kathy Homer and be honored as they richly deserved 359 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: with the Apaul G. Allen Humanitarian Award. 360 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 3: Tonight. Jackson Phelps is with me. Hugh Millen here as well, and. 361 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 2: Hugh we kind of figured last week talked on Monday, 362 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 2: we kind of figured that Trek wolan wasn't gonna be 363 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: a Sea Hawk, but we weren't sure at that point. 364 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 2: So now that we know that Trek Wollan is going 365 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: to the Philadelphia Eagles, and there's a bit of a 366 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: hole there in the secondary, how big of a hole 367 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 2: is that to fill for Seattle? 368 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: Well, I think he was a guy that because of 369 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 5: his unique traits, presented unique problems. He's one hundred percentile 370 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 5: in height and I truly mean one hundred percentile for 371 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 5: corners at six or four plus is armlke one hundred 372 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 5: percentile is forty. Time was one hundred percentile, and his 373 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 5: vertical jump was ninety ninth percentile. So Reek the freak 374 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 5: is a very apt description of him. He you know, 375 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 5: he had mental lapses, He had competitive lapses. He was 376 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 5: benched by Pete Carroll for not being physical enough. I 377 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 5: have my theory, which is if you look at his 378 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 5: his background as an athlete out of Fort Worth, Texas, 379 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 5: played some pretty good hoopie. 380 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 3: Was that the. 381 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,719 Speaker 5: Newcomer of the year in the conference as a junior 382 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 5: high flying reports, high flying wing player. You know that, 383 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 5: you know, dunk specialists and what have you, didn't have 384 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 5: the game to get recruited. Turned to football, played wide 385 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 5: receiver at UT San Antonio for a few years. Didn't 386 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 5: have the skill set there. They switched him too the dB. 387 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 5: It wouldn't surprise me if being a cornerback at the 388 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 5: professional level was a distant number three for him in 389 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 5: terms of his desire to be a professional athlete. But 390 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 5: that's probably not fair, and that's just an inference by me. 391 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 5: But in looking at him, I know that he's exasperated, 392 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 5: as he said, bench for being non competitive lost a 393 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 5: forty nine er game because he was non competitive on 394 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 5: the most critical play of the game in the three losses. 395 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 5: You know, you look at the completions and the breakdowns. 396 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 5: He was central in all three of those losses. He 397 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 5: you know, gave up the touchdown in the Super Bowl 398 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 5: when a lot of those players, not only now but 399 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 5: in future decades, will really wish they could have been 400 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 5: the first team to pitch a shutout. Ye and they 401 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 5: and they had that opportunity, and the touchdown given up 402 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 5: by wool and broke that opportunity. Oh yeah, can you 403 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 5: imagine There's never been a Super Bowl with a shutout 404 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 5: and both the Seahawks, both Seahawks wins have been about 405 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 5: as close as you can. You say, well, they get 406 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 5: up what thirteen points in the game against the Patriots, 407 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 5: But yeah, I mean if you measure, if you measure 408 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 5: how many yards the opponents had after three quarters, I 409 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 5: know it was at our near record setting and they had 410 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 5: to shut out going. So so both of those teams 411 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 5: were like painfully close to having shutouts and that may 412 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 5: factor for some friends Hall of Fame guys down the list, absolutely, 413 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 5: you know, you know, I mean, it's not going to 414 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 5: impact Bobby Wagner, but it might impact you know, Cam. 415 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 3: Chanceller, Yeah right, Thomas, yeah. 416 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 5: Had had you know, they had the first shutout. But anyways, 417 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 5: back to Hreek Wollen. Uh, here's here's a fact a 418 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 5: thing that Seattle, a point that Seattle's going to have 419 00:22:54,160 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 5: to rectify, even after that blunder with the NFC Championship 420 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 5: game where well Riek walland had arguably the worst penalty 421 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 5: in the history of Seattle football. Absolutely, I mean it 422 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 5: had the potential. 423 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 2: Yes, had that game it would have been number one 424 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 2: in Seattle sports. 425 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 4: Because the next play he gets beat for the touchdown. 426 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,959 Speaker 5: Well, it's interesting on that Jackson, because Mike McDonald and 427 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 5: I think fair aptly and fairly so and I and 428 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 5: I tipped my hat to him. He said, hey, that's 429 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 5: on me. I put him in one on one against 430 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 5: Pookah credit Sean McVay ran a double move, a quick out, 431 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 5: you know, the quick omaha and up and you know, 432 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 5: you know, they Wollan was distracted, they should have had 433 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 5: a safety over the top, yeah, or take you know, 434 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 5: take him out, or play something some other coverage. 435 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: But so so I give him a little bit. 436 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 5: Of a uh, you know, a little a bit of 437 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 5: a leeway on that particular one, but the the penalty 438 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 5: is inexcusable. I do think there was very poor officiating 439 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 5: on that play as well, but we're not going to 440 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 5: relive all that. But getting back to to Reek, even 441 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 5: after all of that, Reek Woolan in the fourth quarter 442 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 5: made a play on the ball, had a pass defense 443 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 5: on a post knocked down on Matthew Stafford. So his 444 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 5: head was in the game then. And then on third 445 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 5: and when when the Rams got inside the five yard 446 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 5: line third and four, they played cover one, played man 447 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 5: and man and uh and and who was Woolan covering 448 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 5: Pooka nkul So Mike McDonald, he you know, he can 449 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 5: say all the and I love Mike McDonald, like, there's 450 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 5: no part of me that wants to be interpreted as 451 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: being anything anti Mike McDonald at all. But Mike McDonald 452 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 5: is telling you what he thought of his secondary on 453 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 5: that play, because that wasn't zone that was man and 454 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 5: man and twenty seven was guarding twelve. 455 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: Hugh, I know that I have heard from numerous people, 456 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 2: I think even you that the Seahawks do like Neami 457 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 2: approach it. Do you like Nami approach it? 458 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 3: Or have you seen. 459 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 2: Enough snaps of Pritchet to give you an indication of 460 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: whether he can step into a bigger role next year. 461 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 5: I mentioned Nia Pritchet on a list of players handful 462 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 5: of players that the Seahawks. We've got to understand what 463 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 5: their game plan is in free agency this year. They 464 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 5: have a keen eye towards the compensatory picks for the 465 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 5: twenty twenty seven draft, and as it stands, they got 466 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 5: four right. And that has to do with net losses 467 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 5: and gains and free agency, and it has to do 468 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 5: with how much money is it? You know, over fifteen 469 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 5: million is a threshold, Over twenty million is a threshold. 470 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 5: How many snaps, so's there's a formula that get gets 471 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 5: rather complicated. There's no need to get into the nuances 472 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 5: of the formula. But Actle has designs on that. So 473 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 5: when they lose guys, they they have a thought that 474 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 5: they're going to make him up next year and then 475 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 5: the other is that there is twenty four rookies on 476 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 5: the football team last year, counting practice squad, and internally 477 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 5: they're high on a lot of those guys. Riley Mills 478 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 5: is one of those guys, and we saw him get 479 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 5: a sack. Remember now you compared him to Mason Graham. 480 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 5: I remember after the draft, I'm like, damn, Riley Mills 481 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 5: is a fifth rounder and Mason Graham was the number 482 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 5: five overall to Cleveland. And sure, Mason Graham looks like 483 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 5: the better player. But it's crazy how you know Riley 484 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 5: Mills is a poor man's Mason Graham. Like this is 485 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 5: a list, looks like a great pick as a fifth rounder. 486 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 3: They love him because he was injured. He probably was 487 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 3: because he's injured exactly. 488 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: If not for that injury, he's a much higher pick, 489 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 5: maybe even a second rounder. Jared Ivy is one I mentioned, 490 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 5: the edge player AJ Finley. As you lose as you 491 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 5: lose Kobe Bryant. AJ Finley who played some snaps in 492 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 5: twenty twenty four exactly fifty five to zero for the Seahawks, 493 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,959 Speaker 5: but a six two to two ten young guy that 494 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 5: they think can come on and uh maya Pritchard is 495 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 5: another one that I mentioned out of Auburn ran a 496 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 5: four to three, so you know, played in the highest 497 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 5: level of college football and it has the traits. The 498 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 5: knock was that he wasn't physical enough. Well he's been, 499 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 5: he's been working in the weight room, and that always 500 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 5: every player I've ever seen in the NFL. When you 501 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 5: have a notable physical transformation in the weight room, it always, 502 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 5: and I mean always translates to an attitude transformation on 503 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 5: the field. When guys get jacked in the weight room 504 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 5: and they look in the mirror and they like what 505 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 5: they see and they put in the work there and 506 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 5: they know they're stronger. They bring that attitude to the field. 507 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 5: They're eager to mix it up. They're looking to head hunt. 508 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 5: They want the physicality, and you know, it's like they like, 509 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 5: I want you know, it's like, you know, a new 510 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 5: sports car. Let me get again on the open highway. 511 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 5: Let me test this thing. And they got this body 512 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 5: and they want to test. They want to run and 513 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 5: fly and hit, and so I think that they feel 514 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 5: like Pritchett's going to have that type of transformation because 515 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 5: he's really worked on his body. 516 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 3: So there's some guys. 517 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 5: And that's that's that's where I had mentioned him, is 518 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 5: just just keep that in mind. 519 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 3: Two points. 520 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 5: They really value those compensatory picks, and they really like 521 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 5: their young guys, the twenty four rookies, and obviously not 522 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 5: all of them, but you know, if a handful of 523 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 5: those twenty five emerged and and twelve months from now, 524 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 5: we're going, Man, I never saw those fives guys making 525 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 5: well you know what from Seattle's perspective, you know, well 526 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 5: that that's. 527 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 3: Just you know, one out of five guys. 528 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know that the twenty percent of a class 529 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 5: that they love has to hit and you get an 530 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 5: enormous impact. 531 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 2: No quiet about a four thirty nine On ninety three 532 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: point three k j R f M textimonials coming up. 533 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 2: Think we pissed off anybody in our Millionaire's tax conversation? 534 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 3: Jares, We'll find out. 535 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: We'll find out next On ninety three point three KJRFM