1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: You are listening to the huddle with day Wyman, Jake Keeps, 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: and Stacy Ross. We're getting you guys ready for the 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: Seahawks Week four matchup. This one is a divisional opponent 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: for the first time, taken on the San Francisco forty 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: nine ers. They are two in one so far this year, 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: and you've got a chance to improve to two and 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: two for the Seahawks. That would make you even with 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: San Francisco, by the way, who would also fall to 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: two and two. Feels at least nice to make up 10 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: some kind of ground in the NFC West before we 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: get to that, and we're gonna have Gabe Jackson on. 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna take a look at some big Seahawks stories 13 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: and news and injuries heading into the week. We're gonna 14 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: go in the trenches with Ray Roberts, all kinds of stuff. 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: We do have to just take a very quick look 16 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: back at a very ugly Week three loss against the 17 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. I mean, Dave, I'll start with you, and 18 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: obviously Jake will get involved here too, But is there 19 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: anything you guys saw that you think this team should 20 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: be better or this team can fix. I don't know 21 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: if they can fix it or you know, to me, 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: it's not anything physical. It's not like they're getting whooped. 23 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: It's that it's not that guys aren't fast enough, it's 24 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: not that guys can't cover. It's that guys aren't in 25 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: the right position. So they're just a lot of questions, 26 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: you know about First of all, I would say the 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: cutback in the run. You saw that Minnesota went to 28 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: that pretty early. And one of the things that's happening, 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: just as a general theme in my opinion, is that 30 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: the defense is getting washed washed down. And you saw 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: Madison was looking to cut it back and they even 32 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: had like an old fashioned bend play with the fullback 33 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: get in the way where he starts on the front 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: side and bends it back. And on that play where 35 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: they only got seven yards because Bobby actually played it 36 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: really well, the two backside defensive lineman just turned their 37 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: shoulders and I did a football one on one thing 38 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: on that. So same thing with the Derrick Henry run 39 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 1: for sixty yards. You know, just a cutback deal where 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: you know, you can't really blame any one guy, You 41 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: got to blame the whole defense just because you know 42 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: there's a there's an area there where either Quandre dig 43 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: or Trey Flowers has to make a tackle. But it's 44 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: one thing to make it in like a hallway, you know, 45 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: size space, but when it's like a warehouse size space. Yeah, 46 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: it's just there's just no way that you can ask 47 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: a guy to do that. So and you're right, Stacy, 48 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: I mean you have to, you know, play like this 49 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: is Derrick Henry or you know, Alex Madison. You know, 50 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: maybe not as much of a threat, but boy, when 51 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: you leave those backside gaps, they're going to be there. 52 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: And then just middle of the field. You know, as 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: far as you can see, there's some confusion on guys 54 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: expecting help. You know, both I thought both linebackers jumped 55 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: short stuff underneath. But you know, look it's Bobby Wagner, 56 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: it's Jordan Brooks. I feel like they can get that right, 57 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: you know. But look, that's where I would say to 58 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: transition it forward. That's where Garoppola wants to throw the ball. 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: He's not great at throwing the ball outside the numbers. 60 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: He wants to you know, play action pass down the 61 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: middle of the field, and that's that's where they got 62 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: victimized the other day in Minnesota, and this is where 63 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to be very curious to see what they 64 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: end up deciding to do, because if you remember last 65 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: year in their first matchup against the forty nine ers, 66 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: against Jimmy Garoppolo, what they wanted to do. They were 67 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: extremely aggressive in that game plan. If you remember Dave 68 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: and Stacy, they blitzed Bobby Wagger. He had a huge 69 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: game that week. They played a lot of man to man. 70 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: They were really trying to make it difficult on Jimmy Garoppolo. 71 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: And I'll be curious to see if they try to 72 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: do something similar. Honestly, I would prefer it based off 73 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: of the issues that they've had in zone coverage. I 74 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: don't know if those fixes can be done that quickly 75 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: in a matter of a week, but I think that 76 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: that's going to be your best chance against the forty 77 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: nine ers team that feels that feels pretty good about 78 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: where they're at at two at one right now, Well, 79 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: here's what's interesting. Looking at this year's defense and last 80 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: year's defense. There are a lot of similarities. Both units 81 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: are giving up a ton of yards. Both units have 82 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 1: struggled in the secondary though last year. If you're looking 83 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: at a reason to be helpful. They turned it around 84 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: after an accountability meeting Carlos Dunlap. Getting healthy and being 85 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: active was a huge part of that. Same with Jamal 86 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: Adams last year, though they also limited guys in the 87 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: run game. They limited opponents to ninety nine yards per 88 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: game by the end of the year. They were always 89 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: pretty solid there. I mean, granted, teams could throw all 90 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: over them, but they were still stout against the run. 91 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: They also had ten turnovers through the first five weeks. 92 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: If you're going to talk about any kind of fix 93 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: for this team, I don't know about wholesale changes, but 94 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: getting turnovers can at least buy you some time. Well, takeaways, 95 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at twenty nineteen, they were bottom 96 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: third of the league, and yet they were third in takeaways. 97 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: It's the great equalizer, you know, That's the thing you 98 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: can let somebody, you know drive the fields. Watching the 99 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: forty nine or Philadelphia game, which the Nighter offense is 100 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: kind of in the same I would say phase as 101 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: the Seahawk offense that they're still trying to find their way. 102 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: They didn't get a first down until the second quarter 103 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: against Philadelphia and it was a quarterback sneak and then 104 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: but you know they drove down and one they got 105 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: a four and out the forty nine or defense did 106 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: and then they blocked a field goal. So yeah, those 107 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: are the kinds of things that you can do on defense, 108 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: kind of equalize it if you're going to give up 109 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: a lot of yards between the twenties, you know. And 110 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: then the other thing was it was just a killer 111 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: on third down. I mean, they could have gotten off 112 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: the field that one time with a sack and Ugo 113 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: had had a holding penalty, so and which that's going 114 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: to happen. It's just bad timing. And again, if you're 115 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: giving up those kinds of yardage, you know, that kind 116 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: of yardage in the middle of the field and well 117 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: all the way down the field, you have to have something. 118 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: Here's what I've said, where's this defense going to hang 119 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: their hat? What are they going to hang it on? 120 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: Is it? You know, good pass defense, good tight coverage, 121 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: is a takeaways? Is it sacks? Last year you mentioned 122 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: Stacy At the end of the year, the last ten 123 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: games they had thirty seven sacks. So they ended up 124 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: I think six or seventh in the league with like 125 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: forty six. That's following a year where they had twenty eight, 126 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: so and those are huge places. The year in twenty 127 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: nineteen went through and looked at every drive where they 128 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: had a sack, even though there was only twenty eight 129 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: of them. They never the opponent never scored a touchdown, 130 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: So sacks are huge. It would have gotten them off 131 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: the field the other day. But they had a penalty there, 132 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: so yeah, they can they can fix things. And you know, 133 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: I don't know. I started thinking a little bit about 134 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: maybe this offense could have benefited, maybe the defense could 135 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: have benefited from the preseason. You know, get just playing together. 136 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: But every team approaches that differently. You saw Kansas City, 137 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 1: they had Mahomes out there in the preseason. Kyler Murray 138 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: was out in the preseason, so everybody's different. But I 139 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: feel like the offense is kind of find in their way. 140 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, to me, defense, I'm looking for a big 141 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: bounce back this week from our defense. Yeah I am too, 142 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: And I'm also looking for You mentioned the offense, the 143 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: offense to put forth an entire sixty minutes, right, That's 144 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: been the one complaint that you have with this offense is, Hey, 145 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: it's great, you're starting out fast, You're getting yourselves in 146 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: really good advantageous situations, they look fantastic, and then when 147 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: you get to the second half of these games, they 148 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: have not found a whole lot of success. And I 149 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: would say that it's not one common theme. There's not 150 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: one common theme that you point to and say it's 151 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: Russ's decision making, or it's offensive line pass protection that's 152 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: been bad, or the run game that's been bad. I mean, 153 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: you look at this Vikings game. This offense never really 154 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: got a chance to get going. They had one drive 155 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: in the third quarter. They you know, kill themselves with 156 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: a sack on you know, second and ten. Now it 157 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: becomes third and nineteen and you're basically punting that away, 158 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: that drive away, and then you don't get the ball 159 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter again, so you don't really get 160 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: the chance to get into a rhythm offensively. But either way, 161 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: you still need to perform better in the second half 162 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: with the opportunities that you do get. And that is 163 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: something that's going to be key against this forty nine 164 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: ers defense. A defense by the way that is it 165 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: has a lot of stars still, Nick Boss still on 166 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: the field and all that, but you're gonna have Fred Warner, 167 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: but they are dealing with injuries. They don't have Dre 168 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: Greenlaw out there. Their cornerback situation is not very good 169 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: right now with all the injuries that they've sustained. So 170 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: there's opportunity for this offense to really take over this game. 171 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: They're fully capable of it. Yeah, and we're through. I 172 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: know we're through three weeks. It is early in the season, 173 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: but the forty nine Ers also haven't been completely dominating 174 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: opponents either. They're kind of middle of the road when 175 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: it comes to total offense and total defense. I'm curious 176 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: to see through the course of the season what the 177 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: loss of Robert Sala does for them. Their negative three 178 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: turnover differential, which is tied for twenty eighth in the league. 179 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: They have six sacks to Seattle seven. I mean, this 180 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: is a team that the Seahawks should match well against. 181 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: I know that all of us heading into the season 182 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: thought the forty nine Ers had a great roster. They 183 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: aren't necessarily underperforming, but they also aren't dominating in the 184 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: way that the Rams have been able to go out 185 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: there and for instance, beat the Bucks last week. Yeah. Again, 186 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: I think they are still kind of fine in their way. 187 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: And you know, they've got Demiko Ryans as their new 188 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, and you know, we'll see what he comes 189 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: up with. The guy that scares me is the nerdly 190 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: looking offensive coordinator, Mike McDaniel. He was the running game guy. 191 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: Yeah he was. I really like their running game. I 192 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: just you know, a couple of years ago, and really 193 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: last year they would just plug in whoever remember j 194 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: Wilson Junior in the New England game last year. I 195 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: remember Sea Rods doing the update on it and he's like, 196 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: have a day, Jeff Wilson, Like, who's Jeff j Yeah? Yeah, 197 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: had three tds and you know he ran for close 198 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: to one hundred yards. And I think this Mike McDaniel 199 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: guy has you know, he's got good weapons with uh 200 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Uscheck and you know it seems like whatever running 201 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: back you plug in and gets yardage hasn't really been 202 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: that way though. And so yeah, they're they're again, they're 203 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: trying to they're trying to find their way, and they've 204 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: got great weapons. I mean, I look, Garoppolo, I think 205 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: is a good player and can be a good player 206 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: if they have that offense going, and they don't really 207 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: have it going right now. So that will that will be. 208 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 1: You know, I feel like I don't want to say 209 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: that it's a soft land here. I think it's a 210 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: good opportunity for the Seahawks. I'm looking for Bobby to 211 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: have a game like he did last year and I 212 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: think you mentioned it where eleven tackles, four quarterback hits, 213 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 1: two sacks, like you know when they have a performance 214 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: like that. And I think they're coming off the Arizona 215 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: lost last year where you know, there were some some 216 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: things that were dropped and stuff that they didn't do. 217 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: They came back and you know, he's the leader, and 218 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: he's in his tenth year, and you know when you 219 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: have a defense that's you know, making pretty simple mistakes 220 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: and you know you're the leader of that. I think 221 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: he's going to get it right and I'm looking for 222 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: him to have a big bounce back game. All right, 223 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 1: Switching to offense here. Offensive lineman Gabe Jackson going to 224 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: join us next. This is the huddle. You are listening 225 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps and Stacy 226 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: Ross will be joined here in just a minute by 227 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: offensive lineman Gabe Jackson. Seahawks practice just wrapping up, so 228 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: guys are still coming off the field. So we'll give 229 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: Gabe a little bit of time, but let's talk about 230 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: you know what was nice to see last week. I 231 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: know it was one half, but it was nice to 232 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: see that run game get going. The offensive line obviously 233 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: a big part of that. Good to see Chris Carson involved. 234 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: That thirty yard touchdown was fun. But he had a 235 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: couple big moments, you guys, he did man and I 236 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: think you know, Jake, I'll defer to you, but I 237 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: feel like situal situationally, sometimes they got away from the run. 238 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: I feel like they're just trying to find their way. 239 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: But you know, that was one of the good good news. 240 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at in the stats, Carson is 241 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: the number six rusher in the in the NFL. He's 242 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: got two hundred and two yards, so that's sixty seven 243 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: yards a game, which is good because fifty nine will 244 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: get you a thousand with the seventeen game schedule used 245 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: to be sixty two five, So you know that's good. 246 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: Two of my favorite players are Will Disley and Chris Carson. 247 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: And Will Disiley. You can see why those two would 248 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: be two of your favorite Yeah, and Disley. My only 249 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: frustration there is can we get him the ball? Can 250 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: we get him the ball? But um four targets, three catches. 251 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: I think he's got a nineteen yard average. I just 252 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: like it when he has the ball in his hands. 253 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: Same thing with Chris, so hopefully that will start to 254 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: work out. The other thing unfortunately with with Everett, he 255 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: has worked out great. Man. I mean I think he 256 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: is a he's a dog. You saw him fighting for 257 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: extra yardage when he had the one catch. You could 258 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: see he was he was frustrated and he was trying 259 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: to take it out on the Minnesota defense. And then 260 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: you know he's he's also a blocker. He can block man. 261 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, I've you know those guys. That's been my 262 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: big thing, the number three receiver. I want it to 263 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: be a tight end or a running back just because 264 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: those are nice easy throws for us. Yes, they are 265 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 1: nice easy throws for us. And it's also one of 266 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: those situations where you do point out Gerald evert his 267 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: ability to run the football will disly sneaky ability to 268 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: run this football. It might not look pretty, but man, 269 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: he gets it done. And you talk about Chris Carson, 270 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: he is so punishing and I don't know if it 271 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: caught your eye, but it did to me. He just 272 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: seemed like this guy was running with a different burst 273 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: against Minnesota, like he was hitting the holes hard. Not 274 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: that he doesn't before, but I just there was something 275 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: about it against Minnesota that really stood out to me. 276 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: But the other thing is that the offensive line did 277 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: a so much better job against the Vikings. They got dominated, 278 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: They're just speaking quite frank They got dominant against the 279 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, they got it taken to them at the 280 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: line of screamage. They turned that around against the Minnesota 281 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: Vikings in a big way. And that is also the 282 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: other frustration that I have when we talk about second 283 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: half performance from the offense, it's not just third down 284 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: sustaining drives. It's opportunities. It's the amount of opportunities that 285 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: you get in the second half because they couldn't get 286 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: back to that. Because I really do believe that they 287 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: do get back to that that run game they established 288 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: that they get that going because it was so effective 289 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: for them in that game in the first half. So 290 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: that's another element that they've got to bring to the table. 291 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: And that's one thing that I was really really happy with, 292 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: you know, particularly Gabe Jackson, Kyle Fuller and Damian Lewis. 293 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: They played a much better game here against the Vikings 294 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: than they did in Week two. Yeah, I'm interested to 295 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: talk to Gabe when he joins us about like specific 296 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: goals he has, because I can almost guarantee the answer 297 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: would be continue into the second half with that performance. 298 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: And I go back and forth, you guys, between saying, well, 299 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: the offense didn't have a lot of opportunities and feeling 300 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: like it's maybe unfair to expect someone or a unit 301 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: to be perfect every time, but then also thinking to 302 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: do it, like you can't miss Freddie Swain, you can't 303 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: miss this moment. And I can't tell how much blame 304 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: to put on I can't tell what my expects. Of 305 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: course you put of course you put blame on him, 306 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: like right, like you gotta make that throw. It's third 307 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: and six, you gotta have it. Freddy Swain's open, like 308 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: this is this is a big drive. It's a big moment. 309 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: But to compound that and say that that was the 310 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: reason why you lost the game, I think is inaccurate 311 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: because you you only had one opportunity in that moment, 312 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: one drive. I go back and point to Aaron Rodgers, right, 313 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is the hero, the hero that everyone's talking about. 314 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: You only three announced that they had in the second half. 315 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: They had three. They had three three announce in the 316 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: second half of that game. Yet no one talks about 317 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: that because they had more opportunities, more opportunities to finish 318 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: the game. And uh, and I think that that is 319 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: a big deal when it comes to playing complimentary football. 320 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: We've seen so far that this team has not done 321 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: a good job helping each other win games, whether there's 322 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: Week two in the offense not coming through when the 323 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: defense gave them opportu unities, or Week three the defense 324 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: not being able to get themselves off the field. I 325 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: felt like that first drive against Minnesota was a perfect 326 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: example of what you'd want to see. I mean, it 327 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: was just Metcalf and Carson with maybe Collins and there one, 328 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: so like, I'd like to see more guys involved overall, 329 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: but the idea of getting down the field, starting out 330 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: pretty aggressively with a seventeen yarder for DK Metcalf and 331 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: then you get Chris Carson involved, you cap it off 332 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: with a touchdown. It feels like Metcalf was finding space, 333 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: Carson was bulldozing through guys, I had to think. Pete 334 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: care was watching from the sideline thinking this is exactly 335 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: what I want my offense to look like, and they 336 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: did such a great job with it. Again. Gabe Jackson, 337 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: Seahawks offensive lineman, going to join us in just one second. 338 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: This offensive line has looked pretty good to start the season. 339 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: I know that no one's ever been perfect, and they'd 340 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: probably like to continue into the second half, but sure 341 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: felt good to get that run game and offense going early. 342 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: Gabe Jackson joining us right now. Hey, Gabe, how are you? Hey? 343 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: I'm doing great. How are you doing fantastic? Thanks for asking. 344 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: Obviously we were talking about last week. I know it's 345 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: a tough one and Gabe, if I ask you what 346 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: the plan is, I'm sure you're gonna say win, right 347 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: the goal? But beyond just winning, what's maybe a goal 348 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: for you personally or for the offense heading into this 349 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: game against San Francisco. Just keep getting better, noted game 350 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: plan and just execute and we'll be doing a great 351 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: job this week getting started early and getting on the track. Gabe, 352 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: offensive lineman. Love running the ball? Am I right? Is 353 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: that what really feed you guys? Oh? Yeah, we definitely 354 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: do yeah, tell us about a couple of times. I know, 355 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: you know you had a block against the Colts that 356 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: Chris Carson kind of let you set it, you know, 357 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: he kind of set it up a little bit and 358 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: just the timing and everything, it was just beautiful. Carson's 359 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: got to be great to block for. Well, tell yeah, 360 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: I man, he does a great job reading everything and 361 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: trusting it. I mean, we trust each other. But starting 362 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: in practice, starting in camp, you know, just getting the 363 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: reas and following through with it. Gabe, you guys are 364 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: also going through a new transition. There's a lot of 365 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: guys that are have been there and you being one 366 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: of the new guy the but Damian lewis also going 367 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: over to the left guard spot of having played right 368 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: guard last year. Um, you know, obviously there's gonna be 369 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: moments where you guys have ups and downs. You know, 370 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: week two, I know it wasn't the game you guys wanted, 371 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: but you bounced back in a big way in week three. 372 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: You know, how do you go through that transition um 373 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: of going week to week and just taking things in 374 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: stride and as you said, you know, trying to get better. 375 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: He said that short term memory, uh, and within that 376 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: same broth. You gotta learn from your mistace and keep 377 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: pushing through. Every week and every day. The goal is 378 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: to get better, and sometimes there was us don't show 379 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: all the time, but you gotta trust the coaching, the 380 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: trust the technique, and trust the work ethic and every 381 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: day it's a grind loads of key getting better. There 382 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: was ust gonna show, Gabe. There's been a lot of 383 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: conversation about what the offense has not been able to 384 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: do in the second half of games. You know, is 385 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: there anything that you guys have felt has happened in 386 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: the second half or is it just been Hey, this 387 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: is the way that you know the games have finished. 388 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: We trust in who we are and what we can 389 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: ultimately do well. I mean, we we all just gotta 390 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: you know, we gotta execute. We out there every chance 391 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: we get to, uh do our job. We got to 392 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: do it at a high level. You know, nothing in 393 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: this promise, but every time you get out there, we 394 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: just got to make sure we're doing what we can 395 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: to you know, um take full advantage of the opportunity. Hey, Gabe, 396 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: I know that the season's already started, but I haven't 397 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: had a chance to interview. I'm curious, how are you 398 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: adjusting to Seattle as a whole. I love it here. 399 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: It's uh, it's been nothing but love from the coaches, 400 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: with teammates, uh, fans, everybody. Just it's home. Let's see 401 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: a home something, and I love being here. He gave 402 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: tell us when you look at San Francisco where they 403 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: got some good players across the board there, Armstead ken Law, 404 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: when you look at look at film on the forty 405 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: nine ers, what are you seeing? Who's who's the biggest challenge. 406 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: Who is one of the guys that really stands out 407 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: on that d line? Really? All of them? They play hard, 408 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: they play fast, and they have a good group you know, 409 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: across the board, most of them first rounders. So out 410 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: there and compete and do our job to win. All right, 411 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: He is Seahawks starting offensive lineman Gabe Jackson joining us 412 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: on the huddle. Thanks so much, Gabe, all right, thank 413 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: you all for having all right. Coming up next, Russell 414 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: Wilson going to be speaking with reporters live from Seahawks headquarters. 415 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: Will take you there. This is the huddle. You are 416 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: listening to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps and 417 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: Stacy Ross taking you now to Seahawks headquarters, where Russell 418 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: Wilson is at the podium. Yeah, well, what what have 419 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 1: you seen out of this offense in the second half? 420 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: That didn't get better? I mean Pete mentioned his can 421 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: burn on third down, But how do you kind of 422 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: maintain the momentum from how good you've been in the 423 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: first black end of the second half. I just think 424 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: we have to execute. You know, it's not it's not 425 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: anything I can go fishing for. I think that we 426 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: obviously have the ability to do that. We've done that 427 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: throughout the game, earlier in the game and everything else, 428 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: and um, I think we just have to execute. You know. 429 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: I think the opportunities too, you know, the more opportunities 430 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: are better. But I think just catching that rhythm and uh, 431 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: you know, staying out of third and long situations. You know, 432 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: the times we haven't sometimes it's been a little bit 433 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: longer distances, and you know, I'm thinking about the third 434 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: in the third quarter of last game. You know, we 435 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: had a third and I don't know seventeen or something 436 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: like that. You know, so those those are always tricky 437 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: to get. But just staying the course. We know what 438 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: we're going to do and how we can do it 439 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: and how what our mindset is and what we're capable of. 440 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: Jackie Hey, russ Um. Looking at the forty nine ers, 441 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: they're secondaries, a little banged up, but what do you 442 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: see from their defensive front. Well, the defensive front is 443 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: one of the best in the league. They fire around, 444 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: they're all over the place, you know. Obviously, Um, they 445 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,479 Speaker 1: got a lot of tremendous players, you know, obviously Armstead, uh, Jones, 446 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: all the guys that got coming in and out of 447 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: the game, you know. Um, so they're really really talented. Um, 448 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, they guy guys come off the bench and 449 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: forward and other guys too. So um, you know, I 450 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: think I think the biggest thing is is their defensive 451 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: line and what they do. Obviously one is one of 452 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: the best guys in the league. Uh, just just in 453 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: defensive in general. Um, that really great safeties. Uh they're 454 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: a little banged up, you know on the outside, but 455 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, they have a really good scheme. They do 456 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: a really good job of what they what they're trying 457 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: to get after, and how they do it and how 458 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: the coach extremely well. So we're gonna have to bring 459 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: our a game. Thank you, Corbin Hey Ross. It seemed 460 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 1: like last week that you were able to connect on 461 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: some throws in the middle that we're in tighter windows 462 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: that maybe you turn down the previous game or two. 463 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: What goes into your thought process to quarterback with those 464 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: type of throws? Um? You know, just you gotta know, 465 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, uh, number one in the situation and all that, 466 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, when you're trying to rip it in there 467 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: whennot and sometimes you know you don't need to uh 468 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, fire in there unnecessarily if you have maybe 469 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: somebody else open, you know, out of my peripheral sometime 470 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: that maybe somebody else open, I can check it down 471 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: to whatever. Um. But you know, I'm always uh you know, 472 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: trying to trying to find our guys. You knows so 473 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: many great playmakers, you know, and and that's the great 474 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: thing that we have. Michael Sean, Hey Russ, I know, 475 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: winning is all you want to do, that's your priority 476 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: and everything. Um, But when it doesn't happen, how do 477 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: you process not winning mentally? What happened for you? Well? 478 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: I think that every every every opportunity obviously there's a 479 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: win statistically, but I think everything, every opportunity is a 480 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: lesson to learn. Something, you know. I think that's there's 481 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: always you're always getting knowledge and you're always understanding more 482 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: and um, you know, and not everything's a failure, you know. 483 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: I think I think everything is uh is an opportunity 484 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: to grow, um, you know, individually, collectively as a team, 485 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, and just you know, continue to learn the game. 486 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: You know. I love adversity, you know, I love adversity, um, 487 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: And I know our football team does too, and we 488 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: can handle it. And uh, you know, we're looking forward 489 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: to to to answer the call and trying to play 490 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: our best football chen. What do you make of when 491 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: points are scored during the game, like first half, second half, 492 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: third quarter. I know that at the end you just 493 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: want more than the other team, But is there something 494 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: about momentum, rhythm, any of that about when points ver spoor? Uh? 495 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: What was your first part of your question? Jen? I 496 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: lost you for a second. You said, I heard the 497 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: whole question except for the very first part. What do 498 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: you make of when points or sport in the game. 499 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: I don't overthink it, you know, you can't overthink it. 500 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: I think that you know, every possession you want to 501 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: be able to score, and that's just you know, you 502 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: want to be at score touchdowns. I think we've been 503 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: doing a really good job of that, especially in the 504 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: red zone and stuff like that. Um, I think our 505 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: biggest thing has been just miscues, penalties here and there, 506 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 1: you know, little things like that. You know. I think 507 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: about the drive that we had in the first half, 508 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: we were rolling, we had the screen and you know, 509 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: we had a little penalty that back to you know, 510 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: and then the Tennessee game, we had a couple of 511 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: penalties there you know, uh, late in the game, you know, 512 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: and so we just got to stay on schedule. Um 513 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: and and then you know, and when we have our 514 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: opportunity to make our players, you gotta make them, you know. 515 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: And so I think, but I do believe that, uh, 516 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: you know, I do like you know, obviously, I do 517 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: like how we've been scoring early and often. And I 518 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: think that now is just just a little bit more 519 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: tuned into you know, how do we switch it into 520 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: the opportunities that we do get, how do we how 521 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: do we make those so uh so spot on. You 522 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: know that it's that we're unstoppable, you know, And I 523 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: think that's what we're searching for. I think that we 524 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to be that way. Um, and we 525 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: and we can and so we just gotta stay hungry, 526 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: stay focused, have a great week of practice, um, you know, 527 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: and be zoned in throughout the whole practice and obviously 528 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: transplate into the game bob Um. Yeah. Rush. So you 529 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: mentioned that you love adversity and all that, and you 530 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: guys have sort of had a few flow starts through 531 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: the years and and and come back from them, like 532 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: two thousand and eighteen in particular. What what's sort of 533 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: the real key to doing that that, you know, kind 534 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: of kind of keeping everybody I guess in the fold 535 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: when that happened. You know, I think you have to 536 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: stay the course. Um. You know, so many times people 537 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: panic and they get you know, worried and frustrating this 538 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: and that, and I think, you know, I think the 539 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 1: best thing to do is stay the course and be 540 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: and and be honest and be figure out how we 541 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: can get better this than that and then keep going 542 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: for you know this. This league is challenging. Every every 543 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: game is challenging. We play it arguably the best division 544 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: of football. Every week is every week is tough, and uh, 545 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: when we look forward to the challenges of it all, 546 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: I think the language is everything too, you know, how 547 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: we pick each other up, how we communicate with one another, 548 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 1: how we continue to stay focused on the task at hand. Um. 549 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: You know, we've we've been playing some really really good football. Um, 550 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: and then and then there's some things that we can 551 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: get better at. That's that's the truth. You know, it's 552 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: not not not anything more complicated than that. UM. But 553 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: now it's it's it's uh, it's it's it's taking those 554 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: things that we can get better at and really week 555 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: to week just continue to just improve on those things 556 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: and uh and letting the letting all the good stuff 557 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: that's happening. There's a lot of good stuff. There's a 558 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 1: really a whole bunch of good stuff that uh. Let 559 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: I think when when when when teams lose or people 560 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: lose or whatever it may be. Um, you know, you 561 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: don't want to get distracted on on that stuff. And 562 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: in the sense of all the good things that you're doing, 563 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: you know, you want to be able to stay focused 564 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 1: on that and keep doing that really well, but at 565 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: the same time also be able to balance your mind 566 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: and your emotions to be able to stay the course 567 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: and stay focused on on the task at hand. Of 568 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: how we can improve, and so I think that that 569 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: that beautiful balance is what's really key. Brady, Hello, sir, um, 570 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: we heard a lot about the increased emphasis on you 571 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: more underneath throws this season. How do you feel like 572 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: that part of your offense has functioned so far. I 573 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: think we've been super efficient with the ball. I think 574 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: that we've made a lot of a lot of good things. 575 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: Obviously hit some deep ones too, here and there. So 576 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: I think I think we're I think we're doing a 577 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: really good job of it. I think that, Uh, I 578 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: think in the process of it all, we're just playing 579 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: the game, you know. I think, you know, I don't 580 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 1: try to overthink it. You know, you just try to 581 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: take what you see and uh, continue to try to 582 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: deliver the ball to our guys. We've got so many playmakers, 583 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: you know. So, Um, I think we're doing a good 584 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: job of it. Back to back losses against the Titans 585 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: and Vikings. This time it'll be against the forty nine 586 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: or Seahawks. Dot Com reporter John Boyle going to join 587 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: us next to help us with a preview. You are 588 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: listening to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jake Keeps, and 589 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 1: Stacy Ross. We're going to be joined in just a 590 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: moment by Seahawks reporter John Boyle. Obviously, we're going to 591 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: ask about some injury updates. I'm most curious about dsk Gridge. 592 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll yesterday said that he was expected dsk Ridge 593 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: to clear concussion protocol and participate in practice today. I 594 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: haven't seen those practice reports yet, so curious to know 595 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: whether or not he'll be back. Obviously, I think that 596 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: everyone's going to be tracking the offensive line to see 597 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: if Brandon Shell returns. But I've got to say I 598 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: feel like they've been able to do a pretty good 599 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: job in Shell's absence. Yeah, it looked like we talked 600 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: to Jake Kerran the other day and you know, it 601 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: looked like Jamarco Jones had something on the sidelines. Were yeah, 602 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: he might had to go into the locker room or 603 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: something like that, But Jake Kern was kind of I 604 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: think Jamarco Jones is a really good football player, and 605 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: you know he's a couple of years ago when he 606 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: filled in. He can play guard, he can play tackle. 607 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: I really like Jamarco. Joining us right now is Seahawks 608 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: Dot Com reporter John Boyle. John, I appreciate you taking 609 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: a break from crushing the dreams of your four year 610 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: old to talk some seahawks with us. Hey, it's not 611 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: crushing her dreams, it's just, you know, can you explain 612 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: what happened? What are we talking about here? Don't if 613 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: you don't fall if you're not on Twitter, Like mister Wyman, 614 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: I had a my daughter, My four year old was 615 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: pulling on a stuffed animal thread and how you know, 616 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: and I told her not too because it's gonna wreck 617 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: her stuffed animal. And she says, that's how to fix 618 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: it because she saw Doc mc stuffins do it sidebar 619 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: for those who don't have children. That's a cartoon about 620 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: a doctor who fixes toys and they come to live 621 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: and it's quite charming anyway. So I told her, did 622 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: you go to four years of toy medical school? And 623 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: she kind of got sad and said no, and then 624 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: she stopped pulling on the string. So yeah, it's a 625 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: it's a life lesson for her. You've got to earn 626 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: those titles, all right, John, Well, what's been the mood 627 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: of the team. I mean, I know that was probably 628 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: a really rough ride home. That one was tough for 629 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: the defense. I felt like the offense is still sort 630 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: of coming along. What's been the feel over there at 631 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: the vMac this week? Yeah, I mean I think the 632 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: best way to describe is what Pete Carroll said of 633 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: it's it's serious. I mean they know that they have 634 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: not played up to their potential so far the last 635 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: really six quarters, and it's cost them two games. So 636 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: they know they got a lot to fix and you 637 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: got to fix it and hurry because the schedule didn't 638 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: get any you there, and the division is so good 639 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: you can't really afford to fall much farther behind. John, 640 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: Has there been anything that stood out to you in 641 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: terms of what Pete ken Norton Junior, or maybe even 642 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: Bobby yesterday just talking about the defense in terms of 643 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: the way that they're going to approach trying to fix 644 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: those issues. You know, I think the biggest thing is 645 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: just them all minga sure they're on the same page. 646 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: I mean we've been kind of hearing different guys have 647 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: you know some of them it's kind of schematic stuff, 648 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: and then you know the players are going to put 649 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: it on themselves, Bobby Wagoner saying, you know, it's on us, 650 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: we got to get it better. So I think there's 651 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: just it's one of those where a lot of little 652 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: things sort of all caught up to them at once, 653 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: and you know, if you have, you know, a coverage 654 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: bust here and a player just making a mistake there, 655 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: and they kind of compile and all of a sudden, 656 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: one game looks really ugly there. They know they're better 657 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: than that. There's just too much talent for them not 658 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: to be better. And you know, I think they're confident 659 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: that they were able to fix things last year and 660 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: they can do it again. I guess the difference last 661 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: year's you know, they they had a pretty good winning record, 662 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: while they're given up all those numbers and this year 663 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: they've lost two games, so they know they got to 664 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: fix it in hurry. Ken Norton Junior and Pete Carroll 665 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: spoke this week. I'm assuming you were at both of 666 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: those press conferences. Certainly they're ask questions. I'm wondering what 667 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: their responses were, specifically when it comes to communication. Did 668 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: they seem not that concern. Did they seem like it's 669 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: something they wanted to double down on? Yeah, I mean 670 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: they they're saying that it's not you know, they're they're 671 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: downplaying whatever issues there are, and that's understandable because I mean, 672 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: even if that is the main issue right now, it 673 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: doesn't do them a lot of good to complain about 674 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: it publicly and make it look so bad. So I 675 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: think they're gonna try to downplay whatever issues there are. 676 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: And again I think, you know, some of it goes 677 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: back to players just doing right, and some of it 678 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: probably is coaching needs to hammer home some points because 679 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: even if you know players aren't communicating right and it's 680 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: you know, a player mistake on the field, coaches are 681 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: going to tell you, well, we're the ones who need 682 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: to make sure they're doing right and getting it right 683 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: in practice so those mistakes don't happen. So it's on everybody. 684 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: Like I said, they believe it's fixable, and they've kind 685 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: of fixed similar issues before, but you know, like we 686 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: saw it just it wasn't very good on Sunday, and 687 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: they need to be better. John. You know, we see 688 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: now in the AL West, the Oakland A's and the 689 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: Mariners I think are going to become natural rivals now 690 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: because usually it's when you know, one team beats the 691 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: team another team soundly, like the Mariners have twelve in 692 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: a row with the A's and I think we can 693 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: get this thing going back with the forty nine ers. 694 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: That was such a great rivalry when Harbaugh was there. 695 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: That you know, is that kind of the feel that 696 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: you get from fans and people that write into your 697 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: you know, your email questions and stuff like that, that 698 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers are still the natural rival in 699 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: this division. I think so, just because at that time 700 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: you talk about, both teams were so good at the 701 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: same time that it I just made a lot of fun. 702 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean, the one thing that's kind of unique about 703 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: the NFTUS is all these teams have traded being good 704 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: over the years, so you know, there's not one clear 705 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: rival with let's say the Rams or winning the division 706 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: and having all these good seasons, or the Cardinals seem 707 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: to really be on the up right now that they're 708 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: playing really well. So it's hard to kind of pinpoint 709 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: one division. But yeah, in terms of like fan animosity, 710 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: I felt like it was strongest in those harbaw days, 711 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: just because both those teams were so good at the 712 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: same time time. So I think if you surveyed the 713 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: Seahawks fans, that one might have the most intensity of it. 714 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: I think we need Kyle Shanahan to be a bigger 715 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 1: jerk like hardball. Yeah, part of it. You just don't 716 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: have that fun dynamic. He's just kind of more of 717 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: a mellow seems like a nice guy, and you don't 718 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: have kind of attention. I hate him for being so 719 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: not stop at Kyle. Yeah, more of a jerk, that's right, John, John. 720 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: There has been a lot of injuries that have been 721 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: going on on the forty nine ers side of things, 722 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: and what stood out to you the most there because 723 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if a lot of people realize that 724 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: that maybe they're still thinking that this forty nine Ers 725 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: team is the same one that we all witnessed in 726 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. That's been a lot of the conversation heading 727 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: into the season, at least where are they currently at. Yeah, 728 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: I mean the one that stands out when you talk 729 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: injuries is you look at their secondary and cornerback in particular, 730 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: and they're they're having to bring guys in. They signed 731 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: Josh Norman who's starting a week later, and then he 732 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,479 Speaker 1: gets hurt and the side note on how crazy football 733 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: players are, he's got bruised lungs and they're talking about 734 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: him like he's got a good chance to play this week, 735 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: but yeah, it's you know, they're beat up on the 736 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: back end. I think, you know, for both these teams, 737 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: a big challenge is going to be the cornerbacks trying 738 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: to stop some really good receivers on both sides. And 739 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: you know they are you know, the injuries aren't quite 740 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: as crazy as last year for them, or as just 741 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: everybody every week get hurt, but they are. They are 742 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: dealing with some serious you know, some of their good 743 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: players dealing some some injuries. Hey, John, I've been so 744 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: curious this year to see what ds Gridge will look 745 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: like with Shane Waldron's offense. I think given that the 746 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: Seahawks had just three picks and he was there first, 747 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: You've also been hoping that he'd pay off and make 748 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: an impact, and we just haven't been able to see him. 749 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: He was injured in training camp for a while, obviously 750 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 1: miss last week with a concussion. What's your impression maybe 751 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: whether or not we see him this weekend. You know, 752 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll found it pretty optimistic about it. He was 753 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: not yet cleared yesterday to practice, but the thought was 754 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: that he would get through whatever he needed to in 755 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: the protocol to be on the field today, So that 756 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: would be pretty telling. If you know, when we see 757 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: the practice report this afternoon, if if he's able to 758 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,399 Speaker 1: practice today, then it's all signs are pointing to him playing. 759 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: And you're right, I think everybody's really excited for good 760 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: reason that the little glimpses we've seen, he looked really excited, 761 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 1: even just a couple of touches he had in Indianapolis 762 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: before he unfortunately had that concussion. So yeah, getting him 763 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: back I think just adds a dynamic. You know, you're 764 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: not gonna look for him to be all of a 765 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: sudden your top receiver in terms of targets and touches 766 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: and all that, but just the explosive nature of them 767 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: just gives you an extra dynamic on offensive teams have 768 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: to account for. Hey, John, I don't know how much 769 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: you can talk about this, but you know, Gerald Everett 770 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: and really we were talking about last year. There was 771 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: not a single positive COVID test last year that Pete 772 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: had and you know, can you tell us a little 773 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: bit about how that's going to be handled and what's 774 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,439 Speaker 1: going on with with Gerald Everett? Yeah, I mean there's 775 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: not a lot I know other than what you know, 776 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: we just know about the protocol in general. I don't 777 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: specifically know his vaccination status other than you know, if 778 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: you'd do the math. Pete Carroll said only two guys, 779 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: so the odds are pretty strong that he is. And 780 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: if that is the case, then he could still play 781 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: if he returns that it's negative tests more two negative 782 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: tests more than twenty four hours apart, so you know 783 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: they'll keep testing him and if if he starts testing negative, 784 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: he's got a chance to play. But yeah, more than anything, 785 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: I think, you know, Russell Wilson actually just asked about 786 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: it and talk about this. It's kind of a reminder 787 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,280 Speaker 1: this team has handled it so well and as your reference, 788 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,359 Speaker 1: they haven't had a single positive tests on their team 789 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 1: going back to last year, So it's kind of just 790 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,320 Speaker 1: a reminder of this is still out there and everybody's 791 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: got to be careful, and you know it can affect 792 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: teams at any time, so you know, it sounds like 793 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: hopefully he's the only one and they won't affect him 794 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,320 Speaker 1: any other ways. But yeah, it's just a tough situation 795 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,759 Speaker 1: every team is dealing with and fortunately so far of 796 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,320 Speaker 1: the Seaffs haven't had to deal with it. Much. But 797 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: this if he can't play, obviously, that's a blow. He's 798 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: he's been a really good part of the offense so far. 799 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: And John, everybody's pointing to the offense in terms of 800 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: their second half production or lack thereof. Yeah, what is 801 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: the conversation it has been had amongst Pete Carroll and 802 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in regards to what they're saying in terms 803 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: of those issues. I always love it when you asked 804 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: me Russell Wilson things. So if you don't know way 805 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: more about this and it's fun, Well, I didn't get 806 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: a chance and we listened to his press conference here, 807 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,359 Speaker 1: but I just wanted to know what stood out to you. John. 808 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: I'll just have Jake tell me and then I'll ask 809 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: you next time. Okay, I'm gonna talk to I'm gonna 810 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: text Jake before the show. And No, I think it's, 811 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: you know again kind of the defense. They feel like 812 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: it's very fixable and it's you know, a lot of it. 813 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: Last week came down to third downs and just some 814 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: long third downs and difficult situations and it's you just 815 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: it's you know, the problems on both sides of the 816 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: wall are just sort of compounding each other. Where if 817 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,840 Speaker 1: the offense has one bat series and goes three and 818 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 1: out or gets five plays and as to punt and 819 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: then the defense gives up a seven or eight minute 820 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,719 Speaker 1: drive now of a sudden, the third quarters pretty much 821 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: over in the offense has barely been on the field, 822 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,239 Speaker 1: Whereas if the defense gets some stops, then maybe you 823 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 1: have a couple bad series and you still get the 824 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,759 Speaker 1: ball three more times and you score some points and 825 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 1: nobody's talking about it. So I think it's just, you know, 826 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: both sides need to help each other out, that the 827 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 1: offense needs to sustain a drive here and there in 828 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: the third quarter to give the defense a break, and 829 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: the defense needs to get off the field to give 830 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and company more cracks at it. I don't 831 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: think teams are figuring them out at halftime, and we're 832 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 1: just going to see this if you continue over and 833 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: over again. But it has just been kind of an 834 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: odd quirk so far that they've been so darned good 835 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: in the first half and what is it, thirteen points 836 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: after halftime in three games. So they got to get 837 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: that going and you know, be able to kind of 838 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: put teams away in the second half that they built 839 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: those leads. Yes, Seahawks dot Com reporter John Boyle joins 840 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,720 Speaker 1: us every Thursday on the Huddle. If you're not already 841 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: following them for the latest from the Seahawks, it's at 842 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: John P. Boyle on Twitter. Thanks John, Thank you, And 843 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,360 Speaker 1: if you don't want football information, you can follow me 844 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: for shaming my children. That's exactly right. I personally love 845 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: those stories. That's a good one. Bye John. Thanks John. 846 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,800 Speaker 1: All right, thanks guys. We are headed to the trenches 847 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: next with Ray Roberts. Talk about this Seahawks offense, the 848 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: Seahawks offensive line. I always love this segment. It's coming 849 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: your way next on the Huddle. You are listening to 850 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: the Huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps and Stacy Ross. 851 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: It's time to head into the Trenches, one of our 852 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: favorite segments. We do this every Thursday with Ray Roberts. Ray, 853 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: you always bring the heat, You always bring the fire. 854 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: I need to know some of your observations from this 855 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: past week because it was an ugly one that we're 856 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,839 Speaker 1: all still trying to kind of digest and figure out. Well, 857 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: you know the thing. Well, first of all, thanks for 858 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 1: having me having me on and I'm always excited to 859 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: bring the fire. But I went back and watched like 860 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 1: the last two games and trying to figure out why 861 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,800 Speaker 1: the Sehawks struggle in the second half, And what I 862 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: found is that in the trenches, specifically there Pete Carroll 863 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: talked about executing at a higher level, And when I 864 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: think about executing, I think about guys missing assignments, not 865 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: blocking the right people, not being in the right place. 866 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 1: But what I saw on the film was not that, 867 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: it was more or less the technique at which they 868 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: were going about their work. And so when I look 869 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,720 Speaker 1: at the offensive line, you can say what you want about, 870 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,839 Speaker 1: you know, having preseason reps or not, but there's only 871 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: one offensive linement in my life I've ever seen that 872 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,720 Speaker 1: didn't need like reps to get themselves primed for the season, 873 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,439 Speaker 1: and that was Walter Jones. And there's not a whole 874 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: lot of him walking around. But these dudes, uh, you know, 875 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 1: some of their footwork, some of the mess points in 876 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 1: the play action game, some of the mess points in 877 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: the running game is not good. The center is playing 878 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 1: too high with his hands too wide and giving up 879 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: his chest. The guards aren't playing physical enough and getting 880 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: getting movement in the run game that like even in 881 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,400 Speaker 1: the Tennessee game, they were making yards without really moving 882 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,120 Speaker 1: anybody and uh, and so that's just a testament to 883 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,920 Speaker 1: how hard Chris Carson runs. But they're not getting a 884 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: whole lot of movement in the middle of the line 885 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 1: with the center and the two guards. And then you know, 886 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,800 Speaker 1: even Duwayne Brown, all Pro player, when his technique is on, 887 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 1: he's a great dude, But when his technique is off, 888 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: he looks like an old left tackle. And so a 889 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,920 Speaker 1: lot of those things are taken care of in the 890 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,480 Speaker 1: preseason when you can kind of get yourself primed. It's 891 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,360 Speaker 1: like prime and in your lawn ward before you crank 892 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,399 Speaker 1: that thing up. You know, you're trying to get all 893 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: the juices and things flowing in the right way so 894 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: that when it starts up, it's running really well. And 895 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,080 Speaker 1: what I look at the offensive line, to me, that's 896 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: where it starts and stops. If they can clean up 897 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: some of their techniques so that they can so they 898 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,880 Speaker 1: can execute and block the people in a proper manner, 899 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,839 Speaker 1: then I think it will solve a lot of the 900 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: offensive woes that we see in the second half, because 901 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: it seems like in the first half the defensive linement 902 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: are getting really really close, and then in the second 903 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: half they're going like, man, like, if I just do 904 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,759 Speaker 1: this one little thing, I'll get there. And then those 905 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,160 Speaker 1: things are happening in the second half because the techniques 906 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,439 Speaker 1: and the execution of the technique. It officive line isn't 907 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,759 Speaker 1: that great. This is why we get along and why 908 00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:01,319 Speaker 1: we coach together. Because I had similar loots Ray, you know, 909 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,200 Speaker 1: and I didn't you know, I didn't want to hammer 910 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,920 Speaker 1: it too hard, but I thought, I wonder if the 911 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 1: thinking for next year will change about the preseason, because 912 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,680 Speaker 1: you know that there's there's a certain amount that you 913 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,960 Speaker 1: get used to. You know, you saw a few guys 914 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,439 Speaker 1: cramping up a little bit, you know, just going hard 915 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,279 Speaker 1: getting and then you know, just the execution and like 916 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 1: what you were describing there is like the team that 917 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,160 Speaker 1: wins is the one that does right the longest. And yeah, 918 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: I kind of thought the same thing and the same 919 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,719 Speaker 1: thing for the defense. And we saw teams around the 920 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: league like Patrick mahomes Kyler Murray, those guys were playing 921 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 1: in the preseason a lot, and you know, not I 922 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 1: don't want to question the way that they did it, 923 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,719 Speaker 1: but I wonder if the Seahawks might rethink that next 924 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 1: year based on what you see. Yeah, I mean I 925 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: would say, like I would question it, like crazy, because 926 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,040 Speaker 1: like unless you're going to say, you know, I'm going 927 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,120 Speaker 1: to take the first three or four games of the season, 928 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,839 Speaker 1: uh to kind of work out those kings. But then 929 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,360 Speaker 1: you might find yourself you're working yourself out of contention, 930 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,719 Speaker 1: you know for the playoffs as you're trying to do that, 931 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,960 Speaker 1: you know, and and what the offensive line especially, it's 932 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,400 Speaker 1: it's one of those positions that, uh that people just 933 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:12,839 Speaker 1: don't know well enough, you know. So you look at 934 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,319 Speaker 1: the timing of the quarterback and the receiver, and you're 935 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,600 Speaker 1: in a game you're trying to figure out, like how 936 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,800 Speaker 1: they're playing certain coverages where you can sit down in 937 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,640 Speaker 1: a zone or or or or how you can beat 938 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,120 Speaker 1: the guy in one on one. Those same types of 939 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 1: things are happening along the offensive line. You're trying to 940 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,480 Speaker 1: figure out how the linebackers are flowing on different plays, 941 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,680 Speaker 1: how the how the person across from you, you know, 942 00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,840 Speaker 1: what pass rush move is he going to go to today? 943 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: Or how you know, is he playing really strong and 944 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,799 Speaker 1: firm in the in the run game, Because then that 945 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: gives you information about how you're going about your work. 946 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: So that's one thing, and then the second thing is 947 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,319 Speaker 1: that you know, if you look at this offensive line, 948 00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,000 Speaker 1: they never played as a whole unit in any games 949 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,839 Speaker 1: leading up to the to the first game, and even 950 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,839 Speaker 1: in the training camp because Dwayne Brown didn't come into 951 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,840 Speaker 1: the intil the first week of the season or something 952 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,880 Speaker 1: like that, so you don't need how those reps. So 953 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,600 Speaker 1: they're they're going to the right people, but how they're 954 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,359 Speaker 1: getting to the right people is a little jacked up. So, 955 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,359 Speaker 1: like I said, the timing is off a little bit, 956 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: the pad level is off a little bit, the footwork 957 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,280 Speaker 1: is off a little bit. One time it's the right guard, 958 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,160 Speaker 1: the next time it's the left guard, one time it's 959 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,399 Speaker 1: the center, one time it's the right tackle, one time 960 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,399 Speaker 1: it's the left tackle, and everybody's taking their turns kind 961 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 1: of like not getting it done. So like even on 962 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,719 Speaker 1: some of the deep balls that rustled through, on some 963 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: of those flash and passes, he was still kind of 964 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,240 Speaker 1: getting a hit right after he threw the ball because 965 00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:29,720 Speaker 1: some of the technique was not good. And even picking 966 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,319 Speaker 1: up the picking up the line stunts hasn't been very good, 967 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,520 Speaker 1: Like the teams have been running stunts and the recognition 968 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,920 Speaker 1: of the stunts, but with the offensive line has not 969 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,319 Speaker 1: been very good. Like they just haven't been able to 970 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,640 Speaker 1: pass things off. They've been too aggressive on one side, 971 00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:45,920 Speaker 1: not aggressive on another side, and so he puts you 972 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,239 Speaker 1: on different levels and so then the defensive line is 973 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:52,160 Speaker 1: able to get penetration, you know that way, and so 974 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,759 Speaker 1: like all those types of things start to add up 975 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: as you go on, and then he ventured it. You know, 976 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: they fight you in the butt, and then all of 977 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,439 Speaker 1: a sudden you can't move the ball and you' trying 978 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,840 Speaker 1: to figure out why the players are, you know, grind 979 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 1: into a hall, the the drivers grind into a hall, 980 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,719 Speaker 1: and all of that stuff. To me, when I look 981 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 1: at the last two games, can a lot of it 982 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,239 Speaker 1: can be rectified for the offense by the offensive line 983 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,160 Speaker 1: just been in a better sync and using better technique. Ray, 984 00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:17,680 Speaker 1: what is some of the things that you do see 985 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,759 Speaker 1: from the first half of that Minnesota game that they 986 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:24,360 Speaker 1: did well that they made adjustments too, versus what the 987 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,720 Speaker 1: performance that they had a week prior against the Titans. 988 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:32,000 Speaker 1: Well in the in the first half of both of 989 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 1: those games, they were the offensive line, especially in the 990 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,920 Speaker 1: running game, there was just they were getting stalemates, so 991 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,239 Speaker 1: they weren't really moving anybody, but they weren't getting pushed back, 992 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,719 Speaker 1: and the defensive line wasn't getting penetration. And and so 993 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,400 Speaker 1: when when the defensive line comes in this plan on 994 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,719 Speaker 1: your side of the offensive line, that's the first thing 995 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,360 Speaker 1: that ruins a running game. And so they were able 996 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,839 Speaker 1: to at least stale Mate and Chris Carson was able 997 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,280 Speaker 1: to find plays ways to get away in past protection. 998 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:02,840 Speaker 1: They were past protecting just good enough. Like Russell was 999 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,799 Speaker 1: still under the rest sometimes and under pressure. And then 1000 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: like I said, even on those deep balls and so 1001 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,040 Speaker 1: but in the second half of each seat of each 1002 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,480 Speaker 1: game has been the same thing though, is now that 1003 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,160 Speaker 1: Stellmate becomes to the defensive line planning on our side 1004 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,319 Speaker 1: of the ball, and then those times when they when 1005 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,480 Speaker 1: they were getting close to Russell, they're just a little 1006 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,319 Speaker 1: bit closer to interrupt the play or he has to 1007 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,879 Speaker 1: pull the ball down and run it in those types 1008 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:30,520 Speaker 1: of things. So I think the the improvement from one 1009 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,440 Speaker 1: week to the next, it's all happened in the first 1010 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: half and then it kind of gets away from him 1011 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,680 Speaker 1: in the second half when because the just I'll just 1012 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,279 Speaker 1: keep beating the same drum jake. The technique is not 1013 00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,120 Speaker 1: very good. It's just it just isn't like. The pass 1014 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:47,400 Speaker 1: sets aren't good, the run blocking mixes aren't good. H 1015 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,200 Speaker 1: the getting over extended on plays, stopping your feet and 1016 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,759 Speaker 1: just trying to wrestle with a guy. The line of 1017 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,920 Speaker 1: scrimma is trying to see who's the strongest upper body. 1018 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,000 Speaker 1: And you block people with your lower body, you finish 1019 00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,719 Speaker 1: them with the upper body, and so if you if 1020 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,200 Speaker 1: you flip that, then you end up not going anywhere. 1021 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: And so to me, that's those are the types of 1022 00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:08,160 Speaker 1: things that are happening to the officers. Good stuff as always. 1023 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,840 Speaker 1: He's an analyst on the Seahawks pre and postgame show. 1024 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,680 Speaker 1: It's Ray Roberts. Ray, we're excited to talk to you. Well, 1025 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,640 Speaker 1: next week might be a different one with a Thursday game, 1026 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,479 Speaker 1: but we're still excited to talk to you next week 1027 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,759 Speaker 1: for the hottle. Yeah, And that's want to make one 1028 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,279 Speaker 1: little public service announcement or maybe two. Yeah, But I 1029 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 1: was told by Steve Piatt, who is a wi A 1030 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:33,799 Speaker 1: high school football referee, that the referee totals are down 1031 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,879 Speaker 1: by like twenty or thirty percent, which then jeopardizes other 1032 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,040 Speaker 1: sports and things as the season goes on. So if 1033 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,440 Speaker 1: you're a referee and you've decided not to do it 1034 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,120 Speaker 1: this year, what have you encourage you to get back 1035 00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,600 Speaker 1: out there if you're interested in referee and find a 1036 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:49,319 Speaker 1: way to get out there so that we don't have 1037 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:53,480 Speaker 1: games and things canceled for our high school athletes because 1038 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,960 Speaker 1: there's not enough officials to cover the games. And then 1039 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,160 Speaker 1: the second thing is that I've never been so excited 1040 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:05,480 Speaker 1: about Marion ball uh in my life. Yeah, I'm not 1041 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,799 Speaker 1: gonna do anything to mess up my mojo, So I'm 1042 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,719 Speaker 1: not gonna attend the games. I'm gonna keep doing my 1043 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,239 Speaker 1: little tune in, but attend the game. Like it's like, 1044 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,359 Speaker 1: get those stadiums. Get the stadium four, get behind this team. 1045 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,560 Speaker 1: These dudes are playing really hard, plan to the wire, 1046 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,080 Speaker 1: giving it everything they got. So we'll go out and 1047 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,400 Speaker 1: support him. Two very awesome and worthwhile PSAs all right 1048 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,600 Speaker 1: he is Ray Roberts. Thanks so much, Ray, Thanks Ray. Yeah, 1049 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,960 Speaker 1: no problem to see it. Yep, all right, Sehawks play 1050 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,000 Speaker 1: by playing man. Steve Rabel joins us. Next, This is 1051 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,880 Speaker 1: a huddle. This is the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps, 1052 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,000 Speaker 1: and Stacy Ross were joined now by the voice of 1053 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,120 Speaker 1: the Seahawks, Steve Rabel Ray. Somebody who doesn't go to 1054 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,520 Speaker 1: home Depot, Home Depot. I love home depot. Oh man, 1055 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,919 Speaker 1: are you kidding? That's spent days in homely Raves. What's 1056 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:51,680 Speaker 1: your last project? Oh, let's see. Um gosh, Well, there's 1057 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,120 Speaker 1: been a bunch of it. It's been so many. Yeah. 1058 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,960 Speaker 1: I did the inside of my toilet during the vacation 1059 00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,479 Speaker 1: that I did and it still doesn't flush. Right, I'm terrible. 1060 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,000 Speaker 1: Your favorite wash your hands before you shake hands with me. 1061 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:09,359 Speaker 1: The next time it was on the upper tank. Well, 1062 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,160 Speaker 1: speaking of the next game, you are here to help 1063 00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,520 Speaker 1: us look ahead for the Seahawks, obviously they need to 1064 00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:18,839 Speaker 1: bounce back. This has been a start that I don't 1065 00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:21,080 Speaker 1: think a lot of people saw coming. It feels like 1066 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,759 Speaker 1: defense and offense are kind of underperforming where people thought 1067 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:27,680 Speaker 1: they'd be. Big struggles on both sides of the ball, 1068 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,080 Speaker 1: particularly with defense, but you want to see better execution 1069 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:34,440 Speaker 1: on third down. It just feels like everything that could 1070 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,960 Speaker 1: go wrong in the second halves of these games has 1071 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:41,400 Speaker 1: with the exception of turnovers. Is this something that you 1072 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,560 Speaker 1: see is potentially a recurring pattern. Is it an off thing? Well, 1073 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,600 Speaker 1: it's happened a couple of weeks in a row now, 1074 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,960 Speaker 1: so I guess that's recurring. And I think the plus 1075 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:55,160 Speaker 1: about it, though, Stacy, is it's fixable. At least we 1076 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:58,279 Speaker 1: better hope it's fixable. You know, you can't change the 1077 00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,839 Speaker 1: whole team, and you can't change the design of your 1078 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,520 Speaker 1: defense and offense. You've been working on an all off season. 1079 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 1: Everybody's bought into it. It's a matter of fixing the 1080 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:13,239 Speaker 1: individual things that you can do as players. And if 1081 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,960 Speaker 1: that means, you know, getting into coverage, taking a specific drop, 1082 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:20,520 Speaker 1: playing tighter, you know, stickier defense, if it means running 1083 00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:24,160 Speaker 1: a certain pass route against a specific defense so that 1084 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,520 Speaker 1: your quarterback has a place to throw the ball, all 1085 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,680 Speaker 1: those things, and it has to be taken kind of 1086 00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:31,920 Speaker 1: in total. I don't think you can just do just 1087 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,120 Speaker 1: say okay, we're gonna just fix this and then everything 1088 00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:37,560 Speaker 1: else is going to be okay. Everybody has to come 1089 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,040 Speaker 1: into this week, and I'm sure they have in this 1090 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,560 Speaker 1: practice and these practices leading up to Sunday in San 1091 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:47,360 Speaker 1: Francisco with that thought in mind. I have to do 1092 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:51,520 Speaker 1: a better job at my job every single play, not 1093 00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,600 Speaker 1: taking a playoff here, taking a playoff there. Well, Ribs, 1094 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,759 Speaker 1: you've been fantastic during the broadcast, so I don't think 1095 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,440 Speaker 1: you need to do anything much better. But you know, 1096 00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,359 Speaker 1: you're right. Yeah, so we're not really talking about you. 1097 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 1: But what as we're sitting there doing the games, and 1098 00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:09,200 Speaker 1: I guess I'm biased. I'm I'm a defensive guy, you're 1099 00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:13,520 Speaker 1: an offensive guy. What has felt worse to you? Like? 1100 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:15,719 Speaker 1: And I don't mean to dwell on the negative, but 1101 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,919 Speaker 1: just as far as it just seemed as more frustrating 1102 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,760 Speaker 1: as it watching the offense just not be able to 1103 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,360 Speaker 1: get into a groove or is it the defense and 1104 00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:26,719 Speaker 1: some of the things that have happened there. Yeah, And 1105 00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:29,600 Speaker 1: I think we've talked about it's some that because I'm 1106 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,960 Speaker 1: a former offensive player, I tend to think that, you know, 1107 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,279 Speaker 1: the offense can really help this whole thing out, this 1108 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,920 Speaker 1: whole problem, this issue that the Hawks have had by 1109 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,560 Speaker 1: staying on the field, and in the first half they've 1110 00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:43,560 Speaker 1: been able to do that. This is where they you know, 1111 00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:45,880 Speaker 1: what they've put up I think more points than just 1112 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,880 Speaker 1: about anybody in the first half of games or released 1113 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,759 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and they're you know, it's amazing 1114 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,680 Speaker 1: to me how well they can play in that first half, 1115 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,759 Speaker 1: and in the second half it's like a completely different game. 1116 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:00,880 Speaker 1: And Pete makes a point when he says, well, you know, there, 1117 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,120 Speaker 1: we just haven't had the opportunities in the second half 1118 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:07,000 Speaker 1: because we can't get off the field defensively. And there's 1119 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:10,240 Speaker 1: a certain amount of truth to that. But you still 1120 00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,720 Speaker 1: had opportunities. You could go out there in the second 1121 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,360 Speaker 1: half and adjust and not go three and out the 1122 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:20,080 Speaker 1: two times you had the ball. You can hang onto 1123 00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:22,680 Speaker 1: that ball, have a nice long drive, give your defense 1124 00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:25,480 Speaker 1: a chance to rest, and then come back in maybe 1125 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:28,760 Speaker 1: with a little fresher, fresher idea of how to play 1126 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:32,239 Speaker 1: against the in this case, it was the Vikings last week. 1127 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,880 Speaker 1: But I tend to look at it from that standpoint, 1128 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:40,680 Speaker 1: the offensive side. But you know, I also can't ignore 1129 00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:43,560 Speaker 1: the fact that the defense has just had some glaring mistakes, 1130 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:46,920 Speaker 1: and they're they're pretty apparent to all of us watching. 1131 00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,000 Speaker 1: You know, nobody should be that open on an eighteen 1132 00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:53,440 Speaker 1: yard cross route crossing route when you need fifteen for 1133 00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 1: a first down. I mean, it just should not happen, 1134 00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,840 Speaker 1: and yet it has, and on a somewhat regular basis, 1135 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:02,000 Speaker 1: so those things have to be fixed as well. Defensively, 1136 00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,719 Speaker 1: now you talk about raves, you know, the struggles that 1137 00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 1: are going on on both sides. The thing that has 1138 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:11,440 Speaker 1: been confounding to me is is that there's not necessary 1139 00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,919 Speaker 1: and every game is different, but there's not necessarily one 1140 00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:17,640 Speaker 1: issue that you could point to to directly say that 1141 00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:20,239 Speaker 1: it gosh, if the offense or the defense could do this, 1142 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:24,719 Speaker 1: it'll all come together. Um, offense didn't play very complimentary 1143 00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,400 Speaker 1: to the defense in week two, you could say that 1144 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:30,399 Speaker 1: didn't happen with the defense not playing complimentary, not giving 1145 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:33,360 Speaker 1: the offense opportunities in week three? But what is the 1146 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,160 Speaker 1: one thing if you could, if you could, you know, 1147 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:39,000 Speaker 1: cross your fingers and wish for one thing, what would 1148 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,200 Speaker 1: that be against the forty nine ers here in week four? Well, 1149 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,040 Speaker 1: and I and now I'm beginning to sound like a 1150 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,840 Speaker 1: coach who just kind of makes, you know, big statements 1151 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,200 Speaker 1: and it doesn't really get into great detail. But I 1152 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:53,560 Speaker 1: just think execution. I mean, the one thing that I 1153 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:57,520 Speaker 1: look at is is if you execute properly, and that 1154 00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,520 Speaker 1: goes back again to basically, you know, do your your job, 1155 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,719 Speaker 1: but if you execute properly on the defense on the 1156 00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:07,160 Speaker 1: defense as it's designed, then you don't give up those 1157 00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,799 Speaker 1: big plays on third down. Then then you are in 1158 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,879 Speaker 1: your gap. You have gap integrity so that you don't 1159 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:17,440 Speaker 1: allow that kind of cutback run that has continued to 1160 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,600 Speaker 1: it seems be the kind of things that the kind 1161 00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:23,160 Speaker 1: of thing that the Seahawks fight against a half out 1162 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,520 Speaker 1: against the last couple of weeks. If you're executing properly, 1163 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:30,399 Speaker 1: you're protecting upfront, you're reading the blitz, which side it's 1164 00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,359 Speaker 1: coming from, you're sliding that way, you're picking it up, 1165 00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,520 Speaker 1: you're adjusting your route offensively to understand what the defense 1166 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:41,480 Speaker 1: is giving you and what they're taking away. It's to me, 1167 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,560 Speaker 1: it's again, it's all about execution. I don't know that 1168 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,560 Speaker 1: it's so much about design or anything like that. But 1169 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,399 Speaker 1: so the one word I would use, Jake, is just 1170 00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:54,200 Speaker 1: go out and execute properly what it is that you're 1171 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:58,759 Speaker 1: supposed to do. And unless they're just overwhelmingly better athletes 1172 00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:00,839 Speaker 1: than you guys, which I don't believe is the case, 1173 00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,960 Speaker 1: then you should be in this football game and you 1174 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,880 Speaker 1: have a great chance to win. Well, that's exactly what 1175 00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:06,320 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you. You kind of spoiled 1176 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:07,719 Speaker 1: my questions. I was going to say, I don't want 1177 00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:11,440 Speaker 1: to put you on the spot, but Raves, are you 1178 00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:14,239 Speaker 1: expecting a Seahawks winning this one? Knock on what? I'm 1179 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,239 Speaker 1: expecting that now. I expect them to go out and 1180 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,680 Speaker 1: win every week. And whether that's an expectation or just 1181 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,080 Speaker 1: a distant wish, because I'm an old person and I 1182 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,759 Speaker 1: look out at a far star somewhere and say, I 1183 00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:31,560 Speaker 1: wish that the Seahawks win, but I believe that they can't. 1184 00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,200 Speaker 1: I believe that they're a better football team than the 1185 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,279 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, quite frankly, and I know people are 1186 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,000 Speaker 1: going to say, well, look at the record. One is, 1187 00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:40,160 Speaker 1: you know, the Seahawks are one and two and they 1188 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,279 Speaker 1: lost badly here last week. The forty nine Ers lost 1189 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:44,960 Speaker 1: on the last play of the game to a really 1190 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,520 Speaker 1: good Packers game a team, and they're two and one 1191 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,520 Speaker 1: on the year. But you know, you start breaking this 1192 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:54,000 Speaker 1: thing down. And I love our running attack. I know 1193 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,640 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers have a great run defense, but 1194 00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,120 Speaker 1: if you loosen them up some with the pass and 1195 00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:04,279 Speaker 1: you have Chris Chris Carson Roland on Sunday, I like 1196 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:08,759 Speaker 1: our chances offensively against that defense. The big thing is 1197 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:11,400 Speaker 1: what are we going to do defensively? How do you 1198 00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:15,080 Speaker 1: control guys like Deebo Samuel? How do you control Kittle? 1199 00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:18,960 Speaker 1: You know Jimmy Garoppolo, who gets no respect. All he 1200 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:21,000 Speaker 1: does is seem to win football games for the forty 1201 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:24,160 Speaker 1: nine ers, but he'll also turn the ball over. So yes, 1202 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:28,000 Speaker 1: I definitely have an expectation of a win. Plus I 1203 00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,400 Speaker 1: like the fact that our kicking game is pretty solid. 1204 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:32,840 Speaker 1: I like Michael Dixon to keep them at their end 1205 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,840 Speaker 1: of the field, and I like Myers too. I know 1206 00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,879 Speaker 1: the streak is broken, but start a new streak. He's 1207 00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:41,640 Speaker 1: the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel. You'll hear him 1208 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,280 Speaker 1: on the call this weekend, along with our own Dave Wyman. 1209 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:47,279 Speaker 1: Thanks Rapes, Thanks guys, Dave, wash your hands. I will 1210 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,919 Speaker 1: make sure you do that day. All right, we're taking 1211 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:52,680 Speaker 1: you guys across enemy lines. Here with an opponent preview. 1212 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:59,360 Speaker 1: NBC Sports Bay Areas Matt Mayoko joins us. Next joining 1213 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:02,960 Speaker 1: us now the huddle is NBC Sports Bay Area reporter 1214 00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:07,160 Speaker 1: Matt Mayoka to help us preview the forty nine ers. Matt, 1215 00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:10,480 Speaker 1: I'll start with this one. There were really high expectations 1216 00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,279 Speaker 1: for this team heading into the season and they've still 1217 00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:17,000 Speaker 1: been hit with a few injuries, but overall, obviously ahead 1218 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,240 Speaker 1: of the Seahawks and the standings, do you think that 1219 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,880 Speaker 1: they've met some of your expectations are are you still 1220 00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:26,000 Speaker 1: waiting for some to be met this year? Well, you know, 1221 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:29,040 Speaker 1: it's a it's an interesting situation because, yeah, you're right. 1222 00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:32,600 Speaker 1: When the front air started this season, everybody thought, you know, 1223 00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,120 Speaker 1: that they would be certainly a contender in a very 1224 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,840 Speaker 1: difficult NFC West. But you know, in the very first 1225 00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:41,640 Speaker 1: game of the year, Jason Brett, who's their best cornerback 1226 00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:44,200 Speaker 1: and a guy who's had injuries throughout his career, but 1227 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,840 Speaker 1: when healthy and that's a big you know, if you know, 1228 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:51,400 Speaker 1: when he's been healthy through his career, he's been very good. Well, 1229 00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:53,920 Speaker 1: they lose him Week one with a torn acl so 1230 00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:58,040 Speaker 1: he's not coming back. And then Rahee Mostard, who is 1231 00:57:58,080 --> 00:58:01,160 Speaker 1: a dynamic running back and really a great fit for 1232 00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:04,400 Speaker 1: what the Freniers want to do offensively, he's lost for 1233 00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:07,840 Speaker 1: the season with a knee injury. So those right there 1234 00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,040 Speaker 1: are two of the Fernaiers better players, one on each 1235 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:12,880 Speaker 1: side of the ball, who are out for the year. 1236 00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:16,600 Speaker 1: So you know, it's this it's kind of a weird 1237 00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:20,720 Speaker 1: dynamic here. Of the Frenaers believe they have good depth 1238 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,240 Speaker 1: across the board, but they've already taken a hit to 1239 00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:28,080 Speaker 1: the cornerback position, not just Jason Rhett, but some other 1240 00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:31,680 Speaker 1: guys too. They've taken big hits at the running back position, 1241 00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:35,080 Speaker 1: not only Raheem Mostrout, but some other guys too. So 1242 00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:38,680 Speaker 1: I think everybody is just kind of trying to figure 1243 00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:40,840 Speaker 1: out what this team is all about and if they 1244 00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:43,880 Speaker 1: can overcome those injuries. And I guess there's no bigger 1245 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:48,240 Speaker 1: test than what we saw Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, 1246 00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:50,880 Speaker 1: where the Furners had their struggles with the running games, 1247 00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:53,880 Speaker 1: they had their struggles in clutch time and past defense, 1248 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:56,600 Speaker 1: and then of course coming up this week kind of 1249 00:58:56,600 --> 00:59:00,840 Speaker 1: a certainly not a must win, but an important game, 1250 00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,480 Speaker 1: as I guess all NFC West games are going to 1251 00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:08,480 Speaker 1: be against the Seattle team that needs this game, probably 1252 00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:11,560 Speaker 1: more so than the forty nine ers. Yeah, that's certainly 1253 00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:16,440 Speaker 1: very accurate. Madden. You mentioned the forty nine ers struggling 1254 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:18,000 Speaker 1: with their running game. One of the things that Kyle 1255 00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:21,160 Speaker 1: Shanahan has done so well over the years is even 1256 00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:24,400 Speaker 1: with injury been able to find, you know, guys that 1257 00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:27,200 Speaker 1: work within his system. Has that been a little bit 1258 00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:30,040 Speaker 1: of a surprise to you guys that even though Raheem 1259 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,480 Speaker 1: Mosert went down and as you mentioned and highlighted how 1260 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,440 Speaker 1: great of a player he is, that they have not 1261 00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:39,760 Speaker 1: been able to get that running game going effectively. Well, yeah, 1262 00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:42,120 Speaker 1: I mean I've always kind of been under that impression 1263 00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,000 Speaker 1: to Jake is that it doesn't matter who the running 1264 00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,400 Speaker 1: back is. The system kind of takes care of itself. 1265 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,400 Speaker 1: But let's look at the fort Nighters running back situation. 1266 00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:52,720 Speaker 1: You know, Jeff Wilson, who you've seen in the past, 1267 00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:56,120 Speaker 1: he was injured during the offseason program and he's going 1268 00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:59,400 Speaker 1: to be out until mid season. So there's one running back, Moser, 1269 00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,480 Speaker 1: it's another running back that you know he would have 1270 01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:05,240 Speaker 1: been the starter. Their third running back was Elijah Mitchell, 1271 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:09,200 Speaker 1: who sustained a shoulder injury in Philadelphia and did not 1272 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,280 Speaker 1: play against the Packers. And then the backup to Elijah 1273 01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Mitchell is Jamichael Hasty and he's injured with the high 1274 01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:20,120 Speaker 1: ankle sprains. So as as much as the forty nine 1275 01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:24,000 Speaker 1: ers devoted as far as a draft pick to Trey Sermon, 1276 01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:26,600 Speaker 1: he just hasn't been ready, you know, and whatever the 1277 01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:30,040 Speaker 1: whatever the reason, the system fit kind of being a 1278 01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,320 Speaker 1: little bit unsure of himself where to hit the holes, 1279 01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:36,480 Speaker 1: the angles, or whenever the case may be. He was 1280 01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:40,760 Speaker 1: inactive for week one and then week three. Nothing has 1281 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,280 Speaker 1: changed as far as him climbing the depth chart has 1282 01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,880 Speaker 1: just been the attrition. So he was the main back 1283 01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:49,800 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night football against the Packers. So you know, 1284 01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:53,200 Speaker 1: Freners hope to have Elijah Mitchell back on the field 1285 01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:58,680 Speaker 1: this week. Trey Sermon will be in uniform. So I 1286 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,640 Speaker 1: think they're just kind of figuring out how to do this. 1287 01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:05,840 Speaker 1: And in the meantime, you have defenses playing to stop 1288 01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:07,640 Speaker 1: the run, and I think it puts more on the 1289 01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:10,600 Speaker 1: plate of Jimmy garoppload to get the ball down the field, 1290 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:14,040 Speaker 1: which isn't necessarily his strength, but something that he's going 1291 01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:17,160 Speaker 1: to have to do with more frequency just to keep 1292 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,800 Speaker 1: opposing defense. Is honest, Matt, that was going to be. 1293 01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:23,960 Speaker 1: It was a perfect lead into my next question. Obviously, 1294 01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:25,880 Speaker 1: with the lack of running game, it puts a ton 1295 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,560 Speaker 1: on his plate in a role that I'm sure that 1296 01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:32,040 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan wasn't necessarily counting or banking on him having 1297 01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:34,320 Speaker 1: which is being the guy that's going to have to 1298 01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:38,880 Speaker 1: win you ball games. And so is there one aspect 1299 01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:41,040 Speaker 1: and you mentioned throwing the deep ball, Is that the 1300 01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:43,520 Speaker 1: one area that you look at that you're concerned about 1301 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:47,360 Speaker 1: in Jimmy G's game? Is there it? Do you believe 1302 01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:50,200 Speaker 1: that he's a guy that can take on that type 1303 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:54,400 Speaker 1: of role in that type of mantle. They've just asked 1304 01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:57,360 Speaker 1: him to do that so infrequently since he came to 1305 01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:00,400 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers in one of the only games, 1306 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:03,120 Speaker 1: you know, he played very well week seventeen and twenty 1307 01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:07,040 Speaker 1: nineteen up there in Seattle, but it certainly wasn't a 1308 01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:10,000 Speaker 1: game where they just said, you know, Jimmy, go win 1309 01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:13,040 Speaker 1: us a game. The only time that's really happened was 1310 01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:17,040 Speaker 1: during that same season. It was in New Orleans where 1311 01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:21,320 Speaker 1: the forty Ards found themselves in a shootout and they 1312 01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:23,680 Speaker 1: asked Garoppolo to throw the ball around the field a 1313 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:26,080 Speaker 1: little bit and the three arms ended up winning a game, 1314 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:30,720 Speaker 1: just a really entertaining game. I think it's forty eight 1315 01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:33,560 Speaker 1: forty six against the Saints. But you know, if you 1316 01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:36,080 Speaker 1: recall the forty Ards during their Super Bowl run of 1317 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:41,520 Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season. I mean, Jimmy Garoppolo, his only 1318 01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:45,120 Speaker 1: real duty was taking the snap under center and handing 1319 01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:48,960 Speaker 1: the ball up to to reheemost. You know, they did 1320 01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:51,200 Speaker 1: not run much or I'm sorry, they did not throw 1321 01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:54,280 Speaker 1: the ball much at all in those two playoff wins 1322 01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:57,920 Speaker 1: against the Vikings and the Packers, and you know, it 1323 01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:03,280 Speaker 1: kind of points to a little bit of I don't know, 1324 01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,800 Speaker 1: it's almost like the fourt Hours with their offensive philosophy 1325 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:11,160 Speaker 1: kind of babysits Jimmy a little bit, knowing his limitations. 1326 01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:13,240 Speaker 1: And you know, when they made the trade to go 1327 01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:15,800 Speaker 1: up to number three, overall, a lot of what was 1328 01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:18,320 Speaker 1: said was, well, you know, just because of the injuries, 1329 01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:21,840 Speaker 1: that they felt like they had to better insulate themselves 1330 01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:26,480 Speaker 1: in the future and go get another quarterback. Well, I 1331 01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,800 Speaker 1: mean yes and no. Yeah, the injuries have been an 1332 01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:34,400 Speaker 1: issue obviously, but let's not be naive and think that 1333 01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,400 Speaker 1: other than the injuries, Jimmy Garoppolo is a perfect quarterback. 1334 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:42,640 Speaker 1: He's not. And so you know it's right now, Trey 1335 01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:45,680 Speaker 1: Lance is on the sideline. He's gotten in for I 1336 01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:49,360 Speaker 1: believe it's seven snaps in the three games he played 1337 01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:51,680 Speaker 1: a little bit against the Lions week one through a 1338 01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,640 Speaker 1: touchdown and played a little bit against the Packers week 1339 01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:58,200 Speaker 1: three ran for a touchdown. But yeah, I don't think 1340 01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,360 Speaker 1: there's any question right now that grow up blow is 1341 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:03,080 Speaker 1: the quarterback that gives them the best chance of winning games. 1342 01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:06,840 Speaker 1: So now it's a matter of what they can do 1343 01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:12,120 Speaker 1: to kind of bring out his best qualities while also 1344 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:15,240 Speaker 1: not hanging the offense out to drive by asking him 1345 01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:18,160 Speaker 1: to do things that he simply can do. Hey, madam, 1346 01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:20,480 Speaker 1: looking at the injury report for the forty nine ers, 1347 01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:22,320 Speaker 1: it looks like tight end George kittles on it with 1348 01:04:22,320 --> 01:04:25,960 Speaker 1: a calf injury, a couple other guys. Obviously, with Wednesdays, 1349 01:04:26,040 --> 01:04:28,960 Speaker 1: that's usually when you know if you're injured, you're going 1350 01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:30,560 Speaker 1: to get treatment, you might be out, and then you're 1351 01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:33,200 Speaker 1: looking to see what happens in Thursday on Friday. So 1352 01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:36,000 Speaker 1: I know you don't have the definitive answer here for 1353 01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:38,920 Speaker 1: us yet, but what's kind of the status for maybe 1354 01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:43,760 Speaker 1: some injured starters. I would think, Stacy that most of 1355 01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:47,360 Speaker 1: those guys will be available. Would it would shock me 1356 01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:49,760 Speaker 1: if George Kittle is not on the field Sunday, I 1357 01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:52,720 Speaker 1: mean he will be out there. I can I feel 1358 01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:56,440 Speaker 1: pretty confident in saying that, and I think Mitchell has 1359 01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:58,840 Speaker 1: a chance to get out there the one guy to 1360 01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:01,880 Speaker 1: kind of keep an eye on Josh Norman, and so 1361 01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,840 Speaker 1: he that partner signed him. The week leading up to 1362 01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,480 Speaker 1: the first game in the season, he was in the 1363 01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:11,600 Speaker 1: starting lineup against the Packers. He's played it, played week two, 1364 01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:15,920 Speaker 1: a little bit against the Eagles, and then a little 1365 01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:19,200 Speaker 1: bit last week against the Packers, and he's done. Okay, 1366 01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:22,320 Speaker 1: you know that they're starting cornerbacks right now as the 1367 01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:25,240 Speaker 1: team is currently constructed, Norman in a one corner, Emmanuel 1368 01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:29,080 Speaker 1: Moseley at the other. But once you get deeper into 1369 01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:32,080 Speaker 1: that depth chart, that's where you know there's some struggles. 1370 01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:36,960 Speaker 1: And Norman spent Sunday night Monday morning in a hospital 1371 01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,720 Speaker 1: because he'd sustained a bruise lung in that game against 1372 01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:44,720 Speaker 1: the Packers. He was spitting up blood. But only in 1373 01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:48,400 Speaker 1: the NFL is somebody who spends a night in the 1374 01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:52,560 Speaker 1: hospital and spitting up blood just you know, questionable for 1375 01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:55,080 Speaker 1: the next week's game. So they're thing that he can 1376 01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:58,400 Speaker 1: play in this game. We will see, but that would 1377 01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:04,120 Speaker 1: probably be the one where potentially the biggest impact, the 1378 01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:08,240 Speaker 1: biggest swing from him playing and what it means to 1379 01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:11,280 Speaker 1: the team, and at this point he's a little bit iffy. 1380 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:14,400 Speaker 1: If he can't go, it would either be Drake Kirkpatrick, 1381 01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:17,440 Speaker 1: who they signed a veteran, another teen year guy they 1382 01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:21,680 Speaker 1: signed a week into season, or Diamado or Lenore, the 1383 01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:25,080 Speaker 1: Oregon product who has played pretty well as a rookie. 1384 01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:26,760 Speaker 1: If it's on a draft pick and he started the 1385 01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:30,240 Speaker 1: first two games of the season. He is Matt Mayoco 1386 01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:33,680 Speaker 1: of NBC Sports Bay Area joining us on the huddle 1387 01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:36,280 Speaker 1: with Dave Wyman, Ja Keeps, and Stacy Ross. Matt, thanks 1388 01:06:36,320 --> 01:06:40,360 Speaker 1: so much for helping us with this preview. Let's hope 1389 01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:42,960 Speaker 1: we can connect with you for another great conversation later 1390 01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,800 Speaker 1: this season. That'd be great. Should be a fun one 1391 01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:48,680 Speaker 1: on Sunday. It always is when these teams. I'm excited 1392 01:06:48,680 --> 01:06:51,040 Speaker 1: about it. Matt. All right, thank you, Matt Mayoca, thanks 1393 01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:54,120 Speaker 1: so much. Matt. Okay, thank you. All right. We're going 1394 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,320 Speaker 1: to wrap up our final thoughts from today's huddle. It's 1395 01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:59,760 Speaker 1: coming your way next. This is the huddle with Dave Wyman, 1396 01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:02,120 Speaker 1: Jay Keeps, and Stacy Ross. We are getting you guys 1397 01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:05,280 Speaker 1: ready for the Seahawks Week four matchup against the forty 1398 01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:07,480 Speaker 1: nine Ers. Wrapping up the show today with our final 1399 01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:11,040 Speaker 1: thoughts on this one. Obviously it goes without saying, but 1400 01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say at the Seahawks need to get a win. 1401 01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:17,120 Speaker 1: Here we heard from Matt Mayoko, NBC Sports Bay Area 1402 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:19,439 Speaker 1: reporter who covers the forty nine ers, and he even 1403 01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,440 Speaker 1: he said they might need to win and want to 1404 01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:23,520 Speaker 1: win even more than the forty nine ers do. Now, 1405 01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,760 Speaker 1: getting a win over San Francisco would make both teams 1406 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:29,680 Speaker 1: two and two on the season, but falling behind one 1407 01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:32,200 Speaker 1: in three in the NFC West where two of those 1408 01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:35,600 Speaker 1: teams are still undefeated, is the last thing that you want. 1409 01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:38,880 Speaker 1: Quite frankly, it just can't happen. Like, you can't let 1410 01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:42,200 Speaker 1: this happen going one in three knowing that you've got 1411 01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:45,400 Speaker 1: the Rams just a few days later on Thursday Night Football. 1412 01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:48,360 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna be up against it at that point. 1413 01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:51,720 Speaker 1: So you know, it's a very strong reality. And I 1414 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:54,120 Speaker 1: think that this moment more so than anything else. And 1415 01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:58,960 Speaker 1: being Week four of the season, you'll hear any NFL 1416 01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:02,080 Speaker 1: analyst any spurt at any point in time. I'm sure 1417 01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:04,480 Speaker 1: I've said it, I'm sure Dave has said it that 1418 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:06,919 Speaker 1: normally you sit there and you say, look, it's early 1419 01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:09,160 Speaker 1: in the year, don't panic. It's okay, You're gonna be fine. 1420 01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:12,840 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot more that is at stake 1421 01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:16,760 Speaker 1: here at this point of the season for the Seattle Seahawks. 1422 01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:18,920 Speaker 1: This is a big, big game on Sunday. But you 1423 01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:20,760 Speaker 1: guys think is the key when we're talking about keys 1424 01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,280 Speaker 1: to a win here, things that they need to do. Yeah, 1425 01:08:23,640 --> 01:08:26,080 Speaker 1: I feel like the San Francisco offense is kind of 1426 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:28,960 Speaker 1: like this. I don't think they're nearly as talented, but 1427 01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:31,640 Speaker 1: I think they're kind of in a let's figure it 1428 01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:35,759 Speaker 1: out phase right now. So to me, it's just look, 1429 01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,840 Speaker 1: if you you know, we're talking about Richard Sherman signing. Okay, 1430 01:08:38,840 --> 01:08:41,880 Speaker 1: and let's say that Richard Sherman, who was never known 1431 01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:43,840 Speaker 1: for his speed, but let's say he's like a tenth 1432 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,160 Speaker 1: a tenth and a half slower in his forty time. 1433 01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:50,960 Speaker 1: If he can get to the right position, that's a 1434 01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,720 Speaker 1: great start, you know. And so that's the thing. I mean, 1435 01:08:53,720 --> 01:08:55,559 Speaker 1: you you can have all the talent in the world, 1436 01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:58,519 Speaker 1: but if you're not in the right spot, then it 1437 01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:01,360 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. And so, you know, it really was easy 1438 01:09:01,439 --> 01:09:04,320 Speaker 1: for Kirk Cousins to complete those passes last week it 1439 01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:07,560 Speaker 1: was eighty percent. And he's a good quarterback. But you know, 1440 01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:10,360 Speaker 1: I would say this, you make mistakes in high school 1441 01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:13,479 Speaker 1: and college probably get away with it. You can't make 1442 01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:16,800 Speaker 1: mistakes in the NFL. They will find it. And Garoppolo 1443 01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:19,080 Speaker 1: is not the greatest quarterback in the world, but he 1444 01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:22,240 Speaker 1: can find those errors if you're not dropping into the 1445 01:09:22,320 --> 01:09:25,759 Speaker 1: right place. And that's just what I saw, especially in coverage. 1446 01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:28,080 Speaker 1: I mean again, they have some problems with their cutback run. 1447 01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:31,000 Speaker 1: You know, they get washed down, you know, to the 1448 01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:34,840 Speaker 1: side too much. There's lots of cutback lanes. But to me, 1449 01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:38,080 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is just get in your position. Have 1450 01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:42,439 Speaker 1: this pass coverage played together. That's the biggest key I 1451 01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:45,080 Speaker 1: and I would fully agree with that with Dave and 1452 01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,559 Speaker 1: everything that he said. I mean, you mentioned the cutback 1453 01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:51,800 Speaker 1: lane situation with the Tennessee game and everybody getting washed down, 1454 01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:55,040 Speaker 1: and I immediately had my eyes focused on it against 1455 01:09:55,080 --> 01:09:59,920 Speaker 1: the Vikings and saw that instantly, And so you know, 1456 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,640 Speaker 1: oh that Kyle Shanahan is seeing that. Just know that 1457 01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,360 Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel, as you pointed out, the guy that you're 1458 01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:08,040 Speaker 1: worried about, as the offensive coordinator there with the forty 1459 01:10:08,120 --> 01:10:10,679 Speaker 1: nine ers that they are seeing that too and wanting 1460 01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:15,000 Speaker 1: to exploit that as much as humanly possible. The other thing, 1461 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:17,200 Speaker 1: I'll flip it to the other side of the ball. Offensively, 1462 01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:20,920 Speaker 1: you've got to finish the way you start. You started fast. 1463 01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:24,160 Speaker 1: You have been able to go into multiple games now 1464 01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:29,360 Speaker 1: where you look great offensively, You're balanced, you know, explosive, 1465 01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:32,719 Speaker 1: being able to convert on third downs. I mean the beginning, 1466 01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:35,439 Speaker 1: the first you know, two drives of the Vikings game 1467 01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:39,000 Speaker 1: for Russell Wilson, for this offense was beautiful. I mean, 1468 01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:41,479 Speaker 1: the way that they were executing on third down was awesome. 1469 01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:44,519 Speaker 1: And you've got to be able to sustain that into 1470 01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:46,839 Speaker 1: the second half. And you've got to be able to 1471 01:10:47,320 --> 01:10:49,400 Speaker 1: I think here's the key, and here's the thing that 1472 01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:52,479 Speaker 1: I don't want to see happen. Last year we had 1473 01:10:52,479 --> 01:10:55,439 Speaker 1: a moment where the defense obviously was not playing great football, 1474 01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:57,920 Speaker 1: and then you started to see Russell Wilson press a 1475 01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:01,799 Speaker 1: little bit. I want to make I hope that Russell 1476 01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,439 Speaker 1: doesn't go into these next couple games and thinks I 1477 01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:06,920 Speaker 1: gotta score every drive. We have to score every drive 1478 01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:09,960 Speaker 1: to keep pace rather than just keep playing the game, 1479 01:11:10,479 --> 01:11:13,000 Speaker 1: keep managing the game, let the game come to you, 1480 01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:15,519 Speaker 1: because that's when great things happen. That's when he's operating 1481 01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:17,599 Speaker 1: at his best. And so that to me is going 1482 01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:19,800 Speaker 1: to be a huge key heading in this game is 1483 01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:22,880 Speaker 1: not only start fast, finish fast, let the game come 1484 01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:25,840 Speaker 1: to you. Execute on third downs and I think you'll 1485 01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:27,439 Speaker 1: have a great result. Yeah, I think I'll move a 1486 01:11:27,439 --> 01:11:30,240 Speaker 1: little bit further up front for the defense and look 1487 01:11:30,240 --> 01:11:32,760 Speaker 1: at the defensive line. Pete Carroll has kind of talked 1488 01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:35,040 Speaker 1: around it. He's never won to criticize a player, but 1489 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:37,000 Speaker 1: I think he very much would like to see this 1490 01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,520 Speaker 1: pass rush get going and be a little more consistent. 1491 01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,679 Speaker 1: I think he thinks that getting turnovers starts with disrupting 1492 01:11:42,680 --> 01:11:44,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback, and honestly, most of the time it does. 1493 01:11:45,560 --> 01:11:48,360 Speaker 1: And so I think that for this defense to be 1494 01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:50,679 Speaker 1: able to weather the storm while it tries to improve 1495 01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:54,480 Speaker 1: as much as it can, getting the offense more possessions, 1496 01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:56,920 Speaker 1: getting the defense off the field is the best way 1497 01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:58,679 Speaker 1: to do it. If you're not going to stop teams 1498 01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:02,160 Speaker 1: every single time, try to get the ball, try to 1499 01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:05,400 Speaker 1: get those opportunities. You just haven't seen it at the 1500 01:12:05,439 --> 01:12:07,520 Speaker 1: same rate this year they don't have a single interception 1501 01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:11,360 Speaker 1: on the season. They have two forced fumbles and both 1502 01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:14,559 Speaker 1: fumble recoveries, and it's just not a pace I would 1503 01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:16,559 Speaker 1: imagine Pete Carroll's happy about. Well, you know, you talk 1504 01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:18,880 Speaker 1: about those turnovers a lot of times. Yes, it can 1505 01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:22,439 Speaker 1: come from individual great play, but it comes from what, Dave, 1506 01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:25,439 Speaker 1: what you were talking about is being in the right place. Yeah. Right, 1507 01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:27,479 Speaker 1: if you do your assignment and you're in the right 1508 01:12:27,479 --> 01:12:31,960 Speaker 1: place in your assignments, oftentimes good things will come, good 1509 01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:35,080 Speaker 1: things will happen. It just is by nature. And that 1510 01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:37,000 Speaker 1: is the one area day that you pointing back to 1511 01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:39,960 Speaker 1: with this defense, that that's gotta be that's gotta be 1512 01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:42,680 Speaker 1: a key part of it. I would assume. Yeah, I mean, 1513 01:12:42,680 --> 01:12:44,599 Speaker 1: if you're gonna be a good at one thing. And 1514 01:12:44,920 --> 01:12:47,400 Speaker 1: you know, I was with a disciple of Pete Carroll, 1515 01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:50,639 Speaker 1: Greg Robinson, in Denver, and he's like, what's the point 1516 01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:52,519 Speaker 1: of defense? And I'm like, oh, get the other team 1517 01:12:52,520 --> 01:12:55,360 Speaker 1: off the field. It's like, no, it's take the ball away. 1518 01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:58,360 Speaker 1: Get the ball. And if you can do that, because 1519 01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:00,200 Speaker 1: think about what you do, not only are you you're 1520 01:13:00,240 --> 01:13:03,559 Speaker 1: you're giving your you're giving them one less possession, Your 1521 01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:08,240 Speaker 1: opponent and you're giving your team an extra possession. So 1522 01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:11,800 Speaker 1: it's just it's money. I mean, those are That's that's 1523 01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:14,960 Speaker 1: what defense is all about. So if you can't you know, 1524 01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:17,479 Speaker 1: stop him, you're gonna give up lots of yards at least, 1525 01:13:17,960 --> 01:13:20,760 Speaker 1: you know. I saw the forty nine or defense. They 1526 01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:22,960 Speaker 1: they gave up a huge drive and then they got 1527 01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:25,639 Speaker 1: to stop against Philly on the on the goal line 1528 01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:28,720 Speaker 1: and then they blocked a field goal. I mean, you 1529 01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:32,200 Speaker 1: know at certain moments, and there's nothing better than a takeaway. 1530 01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:33,920 Speaker 1: But I mean if you can get sacks and they 1531 01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:36,200 Speaker 1: had a sack to get him out timely, yeah, the 1532 01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:38,800 Speaker 1: sack to get him off the field, and on third 1533 01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,920 Speaker 1: down the other other day and then you get a 1534 01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:45,000 Speaker 1: holding penalty, so those are killer. But um yeah, just 1535 01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:48,080 Speaker 1: those kinds of plays. If you're right now they're trying 1536 01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:51,639 Speaker 1: to get it together defensively and play together. Think about 1537 01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:53,600 Speaker 1: like Jamal Adams. I mean a lot of people have 1538 01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:55,400 Speaker 1: asked is he playing Okay. I'm like, yeah, I think 1539 01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:57,360 Speaker 1: he's playing okay. I haven't seen him make any mistakes, 1540 01:13:57,360 --> 01:13:59,519 Speaker 1: but he just not He's not been Like by this 1541 01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:02,559 Speaker 1: time last he had two sacks already and a bunch 1542 01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:05,080 Speaker 1: of plays up on the line of scrimmage. So you know, 1543 01:14:05,439 --> 01:14:08,000 Speaker 1: it's just just because they're not playing together. And you 1544 01:14:08,040 --> 01:14:10,720 Speaker 1: see how displeased those guys are. They're not happy about it. 1545 01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:13,120 Speaker 1: So I'm right again, I keep using the word bounce back. 1546 01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm looking for a big bounce back game defensively, especially 1547 01:14:16,720 --> 01:14:19,280 Speaker 1: this week. A lot of hard conversations have to happen, 1548 01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:21,280 Speaker 1: and I know that they are happening. I mean, Dave, 1549 01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:24,320 Speaker 1: you know, you know, playing playing the game, as we've 1550 01:14:24,439 --> 01:14:26,840 Speaker 1: both you know, been in those situations where you have 1551 01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:30,320 Speaker 1: to have these hard conversations, whether they're in player meetings, 1552 01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:33,519 Speaker 1: whether they're in individual meetings and pulling guys aside and 1553 01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:36,000 Speaker 1: just you know, not getting down on each other, but saying, hey, 1554 01:14:36,200 --> 01:14:38,719 Speaker 1: we believe in each other, and we know we're capable 1555 01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:41,320 Speaker 1: of so much better trying to work through some of 1556 01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:45,000 Speaker 1: the issues and the miscommunications and all of that. You know. 1557 01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:46,760 Speaker 1: The one thing that I also point to as well 1558 01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:50,400 Speaker 1: when it comes to the San Francisco defense is that 1559 01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:52,839 Speaker 1: this is not the same defense that should be feared 1560 01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:55,800 Speaker 1: like it was in twenty nineteen even of last year 1561 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,280 Speaker 1: under Robert Sala. Part of that as injuries, but you 1562 01:14:58,439 --> 01:15:02,000 Speaker 1: just look at their defensive rankings. They're sixteenth total, sixteenth, passing, 1563 01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:05,719 Speaker 1: twenty third, rushing seventeenth in points. For this Seahawks offense, 1564 01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:08,280 Speaker 1: they have to be able to attack that defense all right, 1565 01:15:08,360 --> 01:15:11,400 Speaker 1: attack the defense, be able to sustain drives on offense, 1566 01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:14,679 Speaker 1: have great second halfs and then get the ball. Get 1567 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:17,439 Speaker 1: the ball theme for the day for defense in addition 1568 01:15:17,479 --> 01:15:20,040 Speaker 1: to try and improve that secondary play. That is our 1569 01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:22,840 Speaker 1: wrap up for the huddle today. This has been the 1570 01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,599 Speaker 1: huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps, and Stacy Ross.