WEBVTT - Drive Time: Seahawks Perspective with John Boyle 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.480 To on the move Darling Deep Speedways past Hell. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:18.400 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. Please gotta my havends 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:25.439 in the playoffs? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.680 the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, Travis Wingfield 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.800 and on today's show we go across enemy lines to 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.400 hear from the Seattle Seahawks. John Boyle from Seahawks dot 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.600 com joins me to break down the Week three matchup 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:41.360 between the Dolphins and those Seattle Seahawks. Plus I have 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:46.120 a rant to get to about Twitter discourse, social media 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:49.120 discourse among the fans. Will also pick the Week three games. 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.960 All of that from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:56.800 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.120 Maybe Jaffir. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.720 We kick it off today my guest from Seahawks dot com, 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.800 John Boyle from three thousand miles away, about a six 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.479 hour flight that I have made way too many times 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:11.160 in my life. Joining us is John Boyle from Seahawks 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.800 dot com. And John, I've told upwards of one hundred 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.200 or so people in our buildings since the schedule came 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:22.039 out that September in Seattle, that might as well be Heaven. 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.080 Do you think the weather gods will make me right 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.120 this Sunday for Seahawks and Dolphins. 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:28.720 You know, I haven't even looked that far ahead, but 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:32.399 you are right in general that September is pretty damn 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.959 good out here. We don't get very hot, but we 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.360 don't get very rainy either. It's just sort of, you know, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.000 a lot of days in the seventies and sunny and beautiful. 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.440 So I, like I said, haven't checked yet, but I'm 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.000 guessing you're going to be in for a good day. 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.080 I will also add, I'm not going to really hear 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.200 complaints about travel because nobody has to take more long 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.040 place than us. We just went to Boston last week. 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.160 We go to Atlanta, we go to Chicago. So at 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:58.720 least you have some close games. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:01:59.600 We got none. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.960 That is, you know, I'm from the area. So it 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.280 was always referred to as the Siberia of sports in 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.800 terms of where Seattle's located in conjunction to the rest 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.000 of every league, because there's no teams until Minnesota. When 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:12.600 you go you know, west to east, and there's no 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.840 teams until San Francisco. If he goes south, so there 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.200 is it is isolated on an island out there. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.360 Man, we are met HALSOVEC used to call it South Alaskas. 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.000 Yeah, pretty much. That's pretty good. Well. I was once 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.400 at a Seahawks and Dolphins game as a fan in 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.360 the stands back in twenty sixteen, the famed Kenny Stills 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.640 drop game, and that was a gorgeous, picturesque day. So 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.520 hopefully for all the fans across Dolphins and Seahawks fandom 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.239 get a perfect day on Sunday. But I want to 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.120 ask you this because you mentioned going to Boston last week. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:43.880 I had a chance to watch most of that game 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.280 live and getting through the film here slowly as we 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.880 go throughout the week, I'm curious what the mood was 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.079 like for that locker room after the game, maybe the 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.000 team flight back home and in the building this week. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.959 I have to imagine pretty good feelings around that team 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:58.919 after a two and oh start and after an overtime 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:00.760 victory out East. 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.960 Yeah, I mean they're throwing a really good obviously start. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.160 Two and oh is what you want to do. And 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.880 I think part of it is they're feeling like they're 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.880 two and oh despite a lot of stuff to clean up. 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.519 So they're not playing great football necessarily in all phases. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.960 So I think they feel pretty fortunate, but also like 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.800 they've shown kind of some resilience and some toughness. 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.840 And the fact that they you know, they gave one. 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.600 Hundred and eighty five rushing yards, they couldn't run the 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.359 ball in Week one, They basically gave away a half 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.320 on offense of just playing terrible against the Broncos in 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.240 the whole first half. So they feel like, you know, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.120 if they if they clean up some of these issues, 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.160 then they could be a lot better than than they are. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:39.920 And they're yeah, they're still sitting here at too, and. 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.000 Oh yeah, I mean that's the case across a lot 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:43.560 of the NFL right now. Right you have some very 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.640 good football teams that are zeroing to you have some 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.520 very good football teams that are one and one, and 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:48.920 some teams there are two and oh that I don't 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.520 think will be in the playoff mix come December January, 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.040 and so that's just kind of how it goes. But 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.400 if you can stack wins this time of year while 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:56.960 you figure out who you are as a team, it's 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.360 obviously kind of the new trend of the league. And 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:00.880 so for seat well, you know, I thought they were 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.160 a team that had playoff contention written all over them 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.640 and off to a great start in that in that mold. 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.160 So let's go ahead and get to the match up 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.440 here though, and start from a schematic standpoint, if you will, 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.120 John and I want to start on offense, because you know, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.720 we we we'll get to Mike McDonald the defense, which 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.720 we know very well down here, being an offshoot of 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.560 that defense in Baltimore coach Anthony Weaver, and we saw 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:24.200 Ryan Grubb bring the most electric vertical passing game to 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.480 the Pacific Northwest last season. But for the college team 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.600 in the Huskies, which, by the way, go Kook's Apple 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:33.279 Cup victory last weekend. Yeah, that was a big one 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.200 for us. We uh. I hope they retired the Apple 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:39.359 Cup forever and keep the trophy in Pullman. But I digress. Now, Now, 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.359 coach Grubbs is a pro in Seattle, and I'm curious 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.120 so far two games in obviously two victories, and Gino 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:46.360 Smith looks like the real deal. 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:46.640 Man. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:50.160 How has that transition been for the Seahawks for coach Grubbs. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.000 Yeah, it's been really good for Ryan Grubb. 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:53.920 Now, it's you know, so far, at least, it has 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.000 not looked quite as dynamic as the Washington offense we 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:58.880 saw last year. And some of that is just I 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.480 think he knew that, you know, not everything you do 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.359 at college when you're you know, there's some big talent 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.560 disparities week to week will translate is clean lead at 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.880 the NFL. And you know, last year the offensive line 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:12.520 at Washington was one of the best in the country. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.560 This year, the Seahawks they've had, you know, they've done 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.440 some good things, but they've had some issues up front, 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.400 and so they've had to you know, this last game, 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.800 they relied a lot on some short passing. You know, 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:24.200 Jackson Smith and Jigba had twelve catches in for a while. 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.520 He was kind of the extension of the running game 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.080 for him because they cannot run the ball well, so 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.840 it's a lot of short stuff. So, as you said, 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.520 Geo Smith has looked great. I mean, he was thirty 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.320 three for forty four with about five drops in that game, 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.360 so it could have been darn near perfect game for him. 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:40.920 So you know, a lot to like so far. 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.320 Like I said earlier, they pretty much just did everything 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.200 wrong for a half against Denver. But in the sixth 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.680 quarters sense, I've seen a lot of encouraging stuff and 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.920 again some things that need to get better. 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:53.880 How do you feel to kind of follow up there, 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.279 how do you feel like this offense has benefited Genail? 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.480 Because you know, he was a guy that when he 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:00.400 got to Seattle, it was like they really going to 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.359 start Geno Smith because he didn't have you know, the 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.080 pelts in the wall at that point of his career. 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.080 And Pete was so Pete Carroll of course, was so 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.400 gung ho that this guy can play football. Man, We're 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:10.960 seeing that play out like he's one of my favorite 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.240 quarterbacks to watch each week on tape. How do you 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.120 feel like this offense maybe and if it doesn't, you 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.040 can tell me too. How do you think this offense 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.960 better benefits him than what he was playing in previously? 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.200 Yeah, I mean he was pretty good in the last one, 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:24.800 and we need to kind of still see this one 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.800 for a little bit longer. But you know, just going 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:29.919 off what he said, going back to you know, offseason workouts, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:31.640 he liked the way that you know, he said, this 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.039 is a drup back offense and I'm a drop back passer, 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.919 and the fact that you know again is the protection 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.480 and improves hopefully and they start doing things a little cleaner, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.760 maybe get the run game to complement the passing game. 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.800 When they do start getting more of those vertical passing games, 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.719 some of the deep shots. That's one of the things 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:49.840 he does best. He is one of the most accurate 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.200 downfield throwers in the NFL, and he's got great weapons 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.560 to go to, so I think that will suit him 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:56.840 a lot as well. 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.400 So yeah, I mean, he's a. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.239 Guy that, as you said, maybe a lot of people 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.880 going back twenty twenty two didn't think the highest of 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.040 but he's shown it for a couple of years now 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:06.400 and he's off too good start this year. 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.680 I think he could thrive in this offense. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.360 Yeah, he didn't right back right. He loses confidence and 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.640 he should be playing with that confidence because he's, like 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.120 I said, a lot of fun to watch. I think, 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.080 you know, in football, it seems like fans especially can 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:19.760 kind of make their mind up on a guy. And 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:21.800 I urge you if you had major mind up on 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.320 you know, Gino Smith with the Jets, come back and 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:25.960 watch him with the Seahawks, because he is a damn 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.680 good football player. You mentioned the run game there in 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.520 that previous answer, and I wanted to kind of talk 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.480 about that because, you know, again John grew up in 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.000 the Seattle area. You know, I was. I was there 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.560 for the run of the Legion of Boom and the 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.280 Russell Wilson era, all that stuff, all the championships and 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.320 you know, twelve wins seasons and just dominant football from 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.320 that team for the better part of a decade. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:47.440 And you kind of. 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.960 Got to use to how that Seahawks team operated, right 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:53.200 that cover three defense, strong, running game, win the game 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.680 in the fourth quarter with some crazy finishes that made 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.120 primetime football so much fun all those times. But I'm 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.240 curious how this run game looks in the post Pete 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.480 Carroll era because for a long time, like I said, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.280 it was three yards in a cloud dust for the 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.120 most part. What does it look like now under Ryan 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:09.120 Grubb with a run game. 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.360 You know, I'd say it looks inconsistent right now. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.520 I mean, we again the first I've kind of thrown 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.120 out that first half of the demo game because it 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:18.320 was just everything was so bad. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.960 But then second half of that game they really got rolling. 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.480 Kenneth Walker rushed for I think eighty four of his 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.480 one hundred and three yards in the second half of 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.120 that game. Looked, you know, they're getting some good blocking 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.760 teams going. He was looking explosive and he thought, all right, 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:32.959 this is going to be what they can do. Then 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.160 he gets hurt late in the game. This is the 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:36.800 game last week, and you know it's not all in 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:38.640 zach Scharbada. He didn't have a lot of room to run. 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.640 But I think just a combination of not having a 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.960 Walker and not blocking it up as well as they wanted, 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.680 they really had to just throw it around like crazy. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.240 So I mean, the good news is they showed they 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.439 can do that. You know, you like them versatil in 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.280 your offense. You can attack teams different ways. But yeah, 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.600 they you know, I don't know yet. We'll hear from 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.480 Mike McDonald on Wednesday. I don't know yet about Kenneth 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.520 Walker's availability, but getting him back would obviously that little 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:02.160 a lot. But yeah, they want to they want to 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.960 be balanced and around the ball and be able to 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.520 be a physical running team, but they've really only done 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.160 it for about a half of two games so far. 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:11.240 Yeah, I gotcha. I was actually going to ask you 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.600 because we're taping this on Tuesday for the fans listening. 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.040 It'll come out on Wednesday. And I was curious if 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.160 Kenneth Walker was going to be available because I saw 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:19.920 that they said he might miss multiple weeks. But it 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:21.760 sounds like it's up in the air for this week still, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.319 even though we're not to the injury report yet. 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.880 Yeah, so one thing we're finding out covering this team, 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:30.360 Mike McDonald is going to give as little inf injury 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.679 information as he can within the rules of the league. 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:34.199 He actually he kind of had some fun with this 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.319 Friday press conference joking about that. His line was, look, 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:38.719 I want to help you guys, I just want to 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.520 help our team more so. I don't think we'll find 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.599 out a lot Wednesday, other than whether he practiced or 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.160 not when they put the injury report out. But yeah, 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.680 you know, coming out of the game when he got 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.360 injured in Week one, you know, Kennth Walker himself said 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.800 he felt fine. They didn't make it sound too serious, 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.480 but you know, as anyone who's a sports fan, and 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.720 maybe especially a baseball fan knows, oblique injuries can be 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.480 very tricky, so they're being careful of John Schneider did 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.720 talk on his game day radio show and said, you know, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.000 it's nothing serious, but they're just being very cautious. So 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:08.400 you know, I would have a hunch Ranga, no much 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.200 until Friday, maybe even until the inactives on Sunday, but 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.319 it definitely doesn't sound like a long term thing. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.680 Okay, that's good to hear. Yeah, those Friday Friday press 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.360 conferences are the best, arn't thay. That's when we usually 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.360 hear about coach McDaniel's time with his daughter and things 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:22.160 that don't have to do with football on those Friday 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.760 press conferences. So those those are a special place to 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.280 be for the few beat riders that make it out 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:30.320 for those last one here offensively, John again, watching the tape, 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.360 Gino looks great, but you mentioned it as well, he's 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.600 been in some duress in terms of the pass rush 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:36.480 of the opposition and correct me if I'm wrong here, 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.640 but it seems like a lot of that is coming 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.160 from the perimeter. And you know, again as a former 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.240 coup Go Koog's, Charles Cross and Abe Lucas were so 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.000 good as rookies and the injuries last year some up 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.000 and down play. Where do you think we are on 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.600 that offensive line going into this week? 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.800 Pre matchup Yeah, Charles Cross has been honestly one of 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:55.880 the best players on that offense through two weeks. He's 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.640 playing great, He's coming off a great camp, but they're 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.840 missing Lucas now the guy is you mentioned, the former 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.600 Cook started his whole rookie season deltha knee injury last 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.920 year that led to surgery in the offseason. 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.440 He's still working his way back from that on the 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:12.320 pup list. 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.040 So he's out at least two more games, where we 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.280 don't really know for sure his prognosis beyond that. But yeah, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.480 and then George started the season to place him, he 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.199 got hurt, missed the next game, so we don't know yet. 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:23.120 His availability either. 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.560 So they really played last week on their third option 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.200 at right tackle, Stone foreside Pitt, and you know, he 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.440 was solid. But you know, when you're down to your 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.440 third option is not necessarily going to look like you want. 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.160 So they have you know, i'd say if they're healthy 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.800 at tackle, that's probably the strength of their line. The 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.320 interior has been a little less steady, and you know, 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.960 they they changed out all three of their starting guys 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.920 in the interior line and the off season they're kind 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:47.920 of still competing at right guard as they go, but 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:51.000 has been mostly Anthony Bradford, a second year guy who 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:52.679 took over as a starter due to injury. 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:53.200 Last year. 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.280 They brought in Cotter Williams center, who they expect to be, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:57.040 you know, an upgrade. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:58.840 He's been a really good player everywhere he's been. 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:01.839 Miami fans know about him, but he's you know, coming 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.800 off the injury and you know he's healthy and he's playing. 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:05.800 But I gotta think he's. 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.360 Going to get better as he gets more up to 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.760 speed in the offense and just kind of catches up 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.680 physically after missing most of training camp. And then you know, 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:14.880 the left guard is the veteran Lake and Tomlinson who 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.840 they signed this year. So I think they're confident this 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.960 line will get better, but it's just not really where 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:21.760 they want to be at. 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:23.679 Yeah, it should be a fun matchup on Sunday with 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.160 the Dolphins take on that Seahawks offense. I want to 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.160 talk about the Seahawks defense versus the Dolphins offense next 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.679 here with John Boyle from Seahawks dot Com. Coming up 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.640 next the Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:40.000 to you by Auto Nation. We did the Seahawks offense, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.480 now moving on to the Seahawks defense with my guest today, 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.040 John Boyle from Seahawks dot Com, and I let us 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.480 into the scheme question earlier, John, I'll do the exact 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.400 same thing here on defense. And again we know a 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.080 lot about that Ravens influence here with Anthony Weaver. But 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.160 what have been the early returns with Mike McDonald's scheme 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.480 over there in Seattle, which is, you know, such a 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.319 departure from what Pete Carroll used to do up there 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:03.240 in Seattle. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:08.079 Yeah, you know, it's earlier returns are mostly very positive. 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:12.400 I mentioned earlier that the run defense struggled against New England, who's. 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.000 Run the ball very well. Their first two games. 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.400 They get one hundred and eighty five on the ground, 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.240 quite a bit of that after contact, which first game 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.679 they tackled really well. They're just all over every you know, 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.200 all the Denver short passes and they just didn't play 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.240 quite as clean. So but the passing defense, you know, 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.480 again they haven't been tested like what they'll see against Miami. 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:32.600 But the passing defense has been phenomenal the first two games. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.160 We've really not given up much of anything other than 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.360 some checkdown stuff. I think cornerback might be, you know, 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.680 arguably the best position on that team or one of 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.320 in terms of depth and talent. They really like what 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.559 they have going on the back end in general safety 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:50.280 as well. So pass rush has been very disruptive, but 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.679 maybe not had quite the sack production they want. I mean, 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:54.880 I still think they have. I think it's five sacks 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.680 through two games something like that. But the pressure rates 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:00.320 and all that has been very good. So, you know, 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.560 like you'd expect from McDonald defense, the way they mix 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.320 up all the pressures they bring, so a lot to like. 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:07.160 The main thing right now is, you know, can they 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.400 stop the run a lot better than they did? Again, Sue, 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.520 you're not going to win a lot of games where 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.520 you're out rushed by one hundred and forty yards like 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:15.600 they were last week. 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.640 And you have to imagine the Dolphins could be heavy 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.680 in the run game with Sclar Thompson at quarterback there, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.160 so exactly, it definitely tracks, but maybe that gives the 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:23.880 Seahawks a chance to kind of load up for it 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:25.320 more on the back end. On the front end, but 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.320 you also have Tyreek Hill on Jill and Waddle, so 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.200 sometimes you got to pick your poison. Miss Dolphins offense, 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.400 regardless of who's a quarterback. You mentioned, they're the pressure 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.120 and they're getting home. The update on Chennanewosu, who's one 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.440 of my favorite under the radar players in the entire 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.560 National Football League. Always loved his game going back to USC, 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:44.760 is he going to be available and if he's not, 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:48.760 how have they kind of mitigated his absence off the edge. 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.200 Yeah, again, you'll kind of go back like we were 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.160 talking about as kind of walker or you know, we're 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:54.840 not getting a lot of injury and foe beyond what 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.320 they have to arrivee. So we'll see Wednesday whether he practices. 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.400 So far, he's missed two games. For the fans who 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.360 don't know, he injured his knees, I think I can'memer 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.280 if we were told what specifically was, but you know, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.840 knee sprain in the final preseason game was a victim 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.720 of an unfortunate chop blob that got flagged in the preseason, 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.160 which you don't love to see. But anyway, he they said, 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.560 you know, they didn't put him on the air because 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.560 they expected him to not be out that four game stretch, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.680 So you'd think hopefully he's getting close. But again we'll 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.480 have to wait and see on the injury port when 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.160 that comes to us. But yeah, he's uh, you know, 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.000 he might have been their best defensive player in twenty 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.480 twenty two when he first got here, and then he 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.760 tore his pack midway through last year, so he missed 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.800 half a season. The you know, the good news, they'd 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.000 feel deeper at that edge rush spot than they have 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.800 in the past, both in terms of some guys they've added, 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.000 but also a big part of that's been you know, 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.640 boy merging boy and mafees continued emergence. He had nine 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.720 sacks last year and he's got two in his first 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.600 two games this year. And then Derek Hall, he's the 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.320 guy they drafted in the second round last year, had 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.200 kind of a quiet year. He played a decent amount 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.240 on special teams and was part of the rotation, but 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.400 didn't really show up that much. And he had just 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.960 a great camp and he's been, you know, playing a 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.520 lot of these first two games and very involved. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.640 So you know, they've had some depth there. They like 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.960 what they have there. And then you know, Mafey's been 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:10.440 big party. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.600 He's played a ton, He's been on the field for 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.520 a ton of snaps, which you would think would come 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:17.160 down win China gets back, but he's really carried the 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:17.560 load there. 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.120 And then they also kicked Draymond Jones outside more. 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:21.640 He was a guy that was a little bit more 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.880 of an interior guy last year, so he's kind of 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:25.200 helped bridge that gap as well. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.040 Yeah, you can borrow from that interior. When you have 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.720 Learnd Williams and Byron Murphy and Jaron Reid, all these 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.240 guys that just kick asid inside. It's a fun group 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.120 to watch. And you know, at the Dolphins do such 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.240 a good job of kind of making it tough on 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.360 edges with how they scheme and run a lot of 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.040