WEBVTT - Drive Time - Know the Enemy - Seattle Seahawks 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:08.000 Practice Rolfs Patrick Textower. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:14.040 Dolphin team. Wow, What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:17.840 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:22.439 podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:26.160 How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.760 and I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:33.280 of Miami Dolphins football. Not today's show, it's another edition 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.120 of the No the Enemy series. As we get closer 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.919 and closer to training camp, we'll take a look at 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.760 the Dolphins Week four opponent in the Seattle Seahawks, home 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.479 to one of the more consistent outfits over the NFL 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.559 the last decade. We'll discuss Pete Carroll's defense, Russell Wilson's 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.720 greatness and how those two work in tandem, among a 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.520 variety of Seahawks topics. All of that and more on 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:01.560 this Monday, July the twenty edition of the Dry Time Podcast. 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.960 And first up today, it's moving week for the Wingfields. 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.479 We are gonna scale back on the podcast this week 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.640 just a little bit, as I didn't really realize how 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.479 much goes into a cross country move. So we are 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.120 in the throes of it right Now I'm gonna try 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.840 to get another podcast out later this week, but by 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:23.839 the end of the week, I'll be a South Florida 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.720 resident and we'll be coming to you live from South 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.920 Florida from here forward, and on this edition of the 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.640 Drive Time one of my final podcast here in the 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:36.160 Pacific Northwest, we are going to continue our Know the 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.360 Enemy series with our seventh of thirteen teams on the 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.800 Dolphins schedule, and do that with a team here in 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:48.800 the Northwest, with the Seattle Seahawks. We've previewed the Patriots, Bills, Jags, Niners, Broncos. 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.320 We did the Raiders earlier as well, and we are 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.280 now moving on to the Seattle Seahawks. And Dolphins play 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.880 Seattle at home week number four on October the fourth. 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:02.040 It's a one o'clock Eastern kickoff to host the Seattle Seahawks. Now, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.760 my whole life, I've been asked, why aren't you a 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.839 Seahawks fan? Because I've never lived outside of Washington State 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.959 until this week actually, and I'm a die hard Mariners fan. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:16.080 Go M's a big time Washington State Cougar supporter. Go Cougs, 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.440 and I was a SuperSonics fan. Bring him back but 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.760 I defected my NFL fandom at a very early age 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:26.000 to South Florida and the Miami Dolphins. Perhaps it was 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.360 that one trip we took to the Kingdome where we 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.520 didn't go to watch King Jr. And the nineties Mariners, 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:36.040 but rather a bad Seahawks team in lose to the 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.760 Bengals and what was a very ugly football game from 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.520 what I can remember, on the turf there at the Kingdom. 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.840 And maybe it was that. Basically what the Seahawks were 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.600 was that type of team up until Mike Holmgren got there, 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.840 and I believe two thousand maybe the two thousand one season, 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.520 and by that time I had already had the Aqua 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.560 and Orange coursing through my veins, and they never really 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.760 were a second team for me, like some folks will 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.480 have with their local team. And I think that actually 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.760 happens a lot in football. Like you you guys, tell 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.880 me did that happen with you where you were an 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.040 out of state Dolphins fan and you grew up with 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.520 a little bit of disdain for your local team. I 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.520 was actually a really big Joey Galloway and Sewn Springs 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:18.160 and Ricky Waters fan that era of Seahawks football. I 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.240 always thought Matt Hasselbeck was really underrated. Was a big 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.680 Darryl Jackson fan, the wide receiver, but being here local 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.840 after that two thousand five Super Bowl loss, the famed 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.320 Steelers game, that was brutal, but it definitely got a 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.040 lot worse when the Seahawks hit their stride in two 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:38.240 thousand twelve that resulted in that Super Bowl championship win 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.640 in two thousand thirteen. Seahawks fans were in my ear 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.040 every single day, it seemed like at that point, and 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:47.240 the common thread for that team from two thousand twelve 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.080 through two thousand twenty has been Pete Carroll and of 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.680 course quarterback Russell Wilson. And I think one of the 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:56.240 more intriguing stylistic approaches to the game today is how 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.760 the Seahawks are so committed to the ground game despite 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.560 so Wilson's presence there on the roster. And it does 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.080 make sense in the sense that if you keep the 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.760 game close for us, he's probably gonna find a way 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.040 to win it at the very end. Hell, he broke 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.200 my heart at Centurilling Field on opening Day two thousand 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.200 and sixteen, as I'm sure he did to all you 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.560 guys out there, all you Dolphins fans out there in 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.120 Dolphins Nation. When I thought we were gonna walk out 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.960 of there with a big, big upset victory on opening day, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.279 but Russ hits a pair of fourth downs on that 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.400 final drive and made that walk from our seats in 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.640 the stadium to the car a very long one. But 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.799 it's a hot debate among Seahawks fans. Should they open 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.159 it up and give who I believe is the second 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:42.400 best quarterback in football behind Patrick Mahomes some more opportunities 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.120 or should they stay with the philosophy that has led 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:49.120 to so many wins, winning seasons, division titles, playoff wins, 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.080 and simply one of the three or four most successful 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.479 franchises of the last decade or so. It's intriguing. And 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.600 to help us out with that and the rest of 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.480 this Seahawks team, let's welcome men from the Seattle Times. 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:05.520 Bob Condota and writing Shotgun Now on the Drive Time 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.920 podcast is Bob Condota. He covers the Seahawks and other 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.719 sports for the Seattle Times. Bob welcome in. Hey, Yeah, thanks, 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:14.720 vivis how you doing. I'm good, It's good. It's good 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.599 to see you. On here a fellow Pacific Northwestern like myself. 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.840 I'm actually moving out to South Florida this week, so 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.000 be departing the mountains and going down for the flat 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.000 lands of South Florida down there. And I want to 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.359 start here and put this pressing question to you that 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.440 I have here off the top and something I actually 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.839 led into before I welcomed you on the show here today, 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.520 and the great question about Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.800 and the Seahawks their commitment to running the football and 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.479 it's a formula that has really bred a bunch of 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.279 victories over the last you know, decade or so, but 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.720 you also have one of the truly elite quarterbacks in 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.400 the NFL. Is there a balance they can achieve between 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.960 those two existences or is it one of those things 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.120 where if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Well, yeah, 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.520 I mean I think they think they have achieved that balance, 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.080 and other people obviously disagree with that. You're right, you 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:01.520 know that that's the big that's been going on for 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.839 a long time, but it sort of repeated up even 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.839 more maybe in last year with the with the season 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.880 and the Russell had um as you know, it's This 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:13.560 is Pete Carroll's philosophy, the way he's always coach football. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.000 And he's going to be sixty nine in September. So 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.359 I don't know that he's suddenly gonna just decide everything 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.640 I've ever thought about football is wrong when he's you know, 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.600 he's won national championships in college and in the NFL 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.440 and and the most successful coach in Seahawks history and 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.280 all that. So I think, you know, I don't think 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.000 he's going to change a whole lot. Um. Now, there 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.040 are some you know, you can go back and look 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.840 and they did. You know, there have been times in 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.159 peace career where he's where he's throwing it a lot, 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.479 and I think he feels like the times when there's 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.600 been that better balances, when he's been more successful. I 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.400 also think they still feel like that suits Russell's game 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.880 a little bit more. Um. Obviously, there have been times 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:50.839 like that, a memorable win against Houston in two thousand 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.679 and seventeen where they only rest I think for twenty 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.040 one yards and Russell had one of his best games 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.400 ever and they beat Deshaun Watson and Houston and what 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.120 was this incredible shootout? And you know there's times are 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.120 willing to do that and open it up and do that. 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.599 But Pete, but I think they. I think Pete still 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.960 feels like the passing game is best and in a 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.400 little smaller dose. I also still think they I think 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.160 they think that fits Russell a little bit better. Um, 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.480 you know, he is, he is a little bit of 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.760 an eat quarterback. He's obviously shown the ability to do everything. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:18.800 But I still I'm still not sure they feel like, 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:20.360 you know, if you put him in a system where 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.040 he throws seventy percent of the time, and this is 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.800 what I think they think that that's the that he's 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.200 you know that the more passing is necessarily better passing. 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:28.920 You know, like like a lot of things in life, 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:30.800 something can be great up to a point there is 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.840 more of it even better or is more of it 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:37.120 gonna make it worse? So, um, you know the other 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.520 thing about it, And they haven't some of their attempts 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.920 to really make the receiving cor leae haven't gone quite 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:44.840 the way they'd hoped. Um. You know, they have spent 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.840 a lot of resources trying to do things with the 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:48.680 receiving corps, going all the way back to you know, 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.160 his second year when they signed Sydney Rice and the 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.560 trade for Percy Harmon and some of these things they've 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.200 done and maybe didn't quite work out the way they hope. 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:56.920 Some of the draft picks they've made, Um, you know, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.040 they spent a lot of draft capital on receivers really 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.160 if you go back and look, um, and not all 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:02.680 of them have really turned out the way they hope. 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.720 You know, this year now they now they have Tyler Lockett, 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.000 DK Metcalf and they and they when one of the 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.680 most significant offseasons moves was to get Greg Olsen a 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.680 tight end who um, you know, if he can be 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.000 the Greg Olson of a few years ago and stay healthy. Um, 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.520 you know, even last year he was EFFECTI when it 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:17.640 was healthy, but I just been doing it for a 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.240 full season. If he can, if he can do that 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:20.480 for a full year, then I think they feel like 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.760 they've got a really elite guy. If they have better 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.000 overall receiving weapons, I think I think they'll throw it 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.040 a little bit more. Um, you know, I think they've 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.880 they've always played a little bit to their talent and 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:30.760 things like that. And and like I said, you know, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:32.240 last year they went into the year they didn't have 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:33.920 Doug Babbin. They didn't know for sure what they were 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:35.600 going to have out at DK metcast. I think they 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.480 went into this it was another season where they're like, 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.320 we've got Chris Carson and a shot Penny and and 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.040 some things like that, and we're gonna start off thinking 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.800 that that's more of our approach to go um. And 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.319 you know they also, I mean again they do they 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.000 do hoping it up um more so when they need to. 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:53.679 And I know that's what frustrates people as well. If 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.319 you just did that from the first player of the game, 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.240 maybe you don't fall into those holes. Um. Maybe someday 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.240 people do that and we'll see I think somewhat overstated 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:02.719 at times. I think you go back and look through 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.199 some of the games. You know, they've had games I 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:05.880 think where they came out throwing a little bit more 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.480 than people think. There's always such an emphasis on playoff 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.960 games because that's what everybody's sort of lasting impression and 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.120 games that get the most viewing and stuff like that. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.240 And obviously each of the last two years they had 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:17.560 playoff games where I think people were questioning their play 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.600 calling because in each you know, they sort of fell 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.719 behind and then came right and then came ro and 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.920 back and and um, you know, I had a chance 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:25.960 to win at the end. And you know, so I 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.000 think I think each you know, the Dallas game two 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:29.640 years ago, in the Green Bay game last year, where 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.400 people like, well if you just if you just let 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.280 Russell throw more earlier, maybe you wouldn't have been in 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.560 that situation. You have to come from behind. But UM, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.000 my short answer I guess after after the long winded 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.480 one is I don't expect any significant change. But I 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.680 do think because the fact that with Lockett having coming 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.199 off a thousand yard receiving season, with DK Metcalf proving 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.560 beyond a doubt you can be a really good NFL receiver. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.400 Adding Gray Wilson, they have some other receivers that are 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:56.079 a little bit um you know they drafted Um uh, 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.240 I'm sorry they expected it will dislie back. There there 0:09:58.360 --> 0:09:59.640 other tight end. If you go back and look was 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.600 really it in the first five weeks last season. If 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.200 they get him back, you know, that's four really really 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.240 top quality receivers right there. Um targets so you can 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.080 throw to, which is probably a better receiving corps than 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:10.960 they had going into last year. At this time, so 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:12.800 I think I think they may go into it with 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:14.200 a little more of a thought of throwing a little 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.160 bit more because they'll have that capability. Yeah, you're mentioned 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.080 about how why don't they just do that all the time. 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.640 Reminds me of every time a team has success in 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.640 the two minute drill, the hurry up offense, Everyone's like, well, wow, 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.080 they just run that the entire game, where it's probably 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:29.920 not sustainable for sixty minutes, where you're gonna gash yourself 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.040 and and get yourself in a position where the defense 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.559 can make adjustments accordingly and and see something that's new 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.679 to them and then adjust from there. So it's it's 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:38.520 kind of a double edged sword. And and you talk 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.640 about that Houston game. I'll never forget the twenty I 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.760 think it was Houston game when Russell did his thing 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.560 and brought the Seahawks back from down a couple of touchdowns. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:49.400 I think Richard Sherman had to pick six in that game. 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.680 So that was two thousand. They won the Super Bowl 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:53.920 down at Houston when they had Yeah, I think they 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.320 were down twenty three and came back to win. I 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.040 had a whole diet try before I brought you on 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.440 Bob about how I'm a Pacific Northwest native, but I 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:01.920 grew up a Dolphins fan and now I worked for 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.000 the team, and those games were always like we rooted 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:06.920 against the Seahawks, me and my friends because we were 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.319 all fans of other teams, and the Seahawks found these 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.080 ways to win games. Were like, how do they keep 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.320 doing this? But they did it. That's what they do. 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.440 That's how they've been under Pete Carroll for a long 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.760 time now. And we mentioned that core philosophy of the 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:19.720 Seahawks in the way they you know, I like to 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:23.160 make comparisons on these crossover podcasts where we compare these 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.240 teams were playing against and how they've built their team 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.800 to what the Miami Dolphins have done recently. And one 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.800 of the things that the Dolphins have done the Seahawks 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.959 have have done for years now is accumulate draft capital, 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.600 and they do that by basically having their own board 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.959 and sticking to it, trading back over and over again 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.800 every single year. And we saw them kind of go 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.439 of that philosophy route with the running back position by 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.240 taking Rashad Penny, like you mentioned a couple of years ago. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.360 They have Chris Carson in the fold who has been 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.600 the guy and one of the top five backs last 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:55.040 year in Pro Football Focus is forced miss tackle statistics 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.040 Carlos Hyde there. Now, how does this backfield shake out 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.719 in twenty Is it's still Chris Carson's backfield or is 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.360 there going to be someone else that comes up and 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.400 take some carries away? Well, I think it's Chris Carson's. 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.280 But the reason they went and got Carlos yet is 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:08.559 because of the injuries they had at the end of 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.839 last season. A Shot Penny suffered an a c L 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.520 injury in a game on December eight that Los Angeles. 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.400 Um it sounds like he's on track with his recovery. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.800 He keeps posting on Instagram and stuff like that, very 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.360 optimistic looking things, but still a c L injuries take 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.839 nine to ten months, and the team has already basically 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:26.920 came out and said to expect him to start the 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:28.880 year on the publist so that they have that option 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.400 to put him on the publist when the regular season begins, 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.280 and potentially that he's he would be out for six 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.440 games at that point before he could return. And then 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.559 Chris Carson has had a couple of significant injuries in 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.280 his time as a Seahawk, including the the hip injury 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.040 he suffered last year. And and it was you know, 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:47.079 losing both Carson and Penny um in December last year, 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:48.840 which really derailed him going into the playoffs. They had 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.000 to bring back Marshawn Lynch, which was a great story 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.600 but not really the ideal circumstances they wanted to bring 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.480 Marshawn Lynch back, and um, you know, had to go 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.839 into the playoffs with Marshawn Lynch and Travis Homer rookie 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.959 who had basically not played at all as a tailback 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.640 going into the playoffs, and um, you know, so that 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.000 that they want to try to avoid that this year 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.040 for a team that is always going to be pretty 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.960 pretty rundependent. Um, so they brought Carlos Hyde into the 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.240 mix too. So you've got three. You've got two you know, 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.560 thousand yard running backs in Carlos Hyde and Chris Carson, 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.920 and then another guy and Shot Penny, who was really 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.640 he's kind of been this this huge, this big play 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.720 guy for them. Um, you know, had the key touchdown 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:26.840 running at the help win the game at Pittsburgh last 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.960 year and some other you know, he hasn't necessarily put 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.640 a huge overall season numbers, but it's had some really 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.760 key plays. That's some as key times the big running 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.160 had against Philadelphia as well in the ralow season run 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:39.280 there last year. Uh when there last year. So you know, 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.840 I think they think there's a way if all three 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.560 guys get healthy and mid season or whatever, that they 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.880 can still find ways to use them. And you know, 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.000 both both all those guys have shown the ability to 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.080 catch them off pretty well. So uh, you know they 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:52.640 could play on third down, so you know, one of 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.360 them plays on first a second down in a series, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.040 the other comes in on third down. Then your rotate 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.800 guys a little bit um. You know. Again, they they've 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.719 had they've had a couple of times under Pete of 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.760 basically having sort of their best team uh in the 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.200 playoffs because of injuries they suffered at the running back spot. 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:08.679 And I think that's what he really wants to do, 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:10.599 is like we get through the regular season and we 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.400 get into the playoffs and we know for sure we 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.400 have you know, at least maybe two of these guys 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.120 healthy ready to go, um, and that that that we 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.440 can bash team into submission to in the playoffs. And 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.080 you mentioned Travis Homer, so not to not to leave 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.720 off d J. Dallas another minami hurricane there in the 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.360 fold Man. That guy runs hard, he runs physical. He's 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.240 a fun back to watch. I think he really fits 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.040 in with what you mentioned the Seahawks want to be 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.120 able to bash people at the Lion scremation win that way. Now, 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.320 I had a question for you here, Bob, about the 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.320 depth beyond DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, but you kind 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:40.920 of mentioned that already, so I want to just go 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.200 to this other portion of the question I had for you. 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.640 What are the expectations going into year two for DK Metcalf, 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.360 Because this is a guy that blew up at the combine, 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.120 really had his starshine the brightest there. He falls in 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.680 the draft a little bit and has the emotional video 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.720 that I think everybody loved where he's on the phone 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.040 with Pete Carroll talking about why did you guys draft 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.560 me earlier? It's just one of my favorite moments. That 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.240 year in the draft comes about, comes out his rookie year, 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.520 has a big time year. Now you've got him and 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.640 Tyler Lockett. You talk about Russell Wilson maybe not having 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.840 the most weapons throughout the course of his career. But 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.200 these two guys, man, they are big time weapons. Is 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.200 the expectation for both of these guys to kind of 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:20.440 get even better and expand upon their production last year? Yeah, definitely. 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.040 I mean the question is how much more can you 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:23.960 do that? But you know, the Seahawks have only had 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.920 two receivers break the thousand yard mark in a seat 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:31.240 in the same season once in their history, and Metcalf 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.040 came close last year and Lockett did, so I think 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:34.800 they feel, like, you know, it's a question of people 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:36.480 are asking, is this another year where they could do 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:37.920 that and both these guys to go over the thousand 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.680 yard mark. Um, I answered no to that question. And 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.160 the thing I did recently on the idea that if 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.200 you've got Olsen and Disley, you're going to have more 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.160 guys to maybe spread the ball out too, and maybe 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.640 you don't have to have to depend quite as much 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.880 on the receivers. But um, you know, so so sort 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:54.520 of storing up the idea that you'll have you know, 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.920 your third and fourth receivers maybe doing a lot more, 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.320 assuming those guys you know from day one are healthy 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.080 and out there, ready go. But I think that the 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.400 expres say since for metcalf are are you know, off 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.320 the charts. The only thing he really didn't do last 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.200 year was he had a couple of a couple of 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.720 games he was a little bit taken out of UM 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.000 and then he had a couple of you know, drops 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.240 slash fumbles, um. You know, he had a couple of 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:16.680 things like that to just sort of clean up in 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:18.840 his game. UM that we're sort of you know, kind 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.200 of just felt like rookie first year mistake kind of 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.480 stuff that that happens. And you know, if he can 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.560 if he can do that, just be a little more consistent, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.560 not you know, catch everything that comes his way, which 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.320 is everybody's always gonna have some drops, and not that 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.520 he had an absurd amount, but he had, but he 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.480 just had a couple that, you know, maybe changed things 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.560 a little bit for him and his stats. I think 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.320 he could definitely do it and you know, lock it. 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.360 Like I said, going into last year, but one of 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.320 the things we were all right and about was can 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.560 he become as consistent and productive as Doug Baldwin had been. 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.640 Baldwin had been the heart and soul the Receiving Corps 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:49.880 for so long and then he he retires going into 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.720 the year, and so Locket sort of moves up into 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.400 that spot and and he proved he could, um, and 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.360 it's easy to forget maybe you know, he he suffered 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.640 a pretty pretty significant injury and there win at San 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.520 Francisco in November, and so his numbers dipped a little 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.480 bit um as he was coming back from that. And 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.640 you know, so again if he can stay healthy through 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.560 the whole year as well, um, you know, those numbers 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.400 can go. But that's another reason why the Seahawks wanted 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.399 to try to buff it up the receiving corps a 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.520