1 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Back here on Seahawk Saturday Night. Here's how the cornerback 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: situation looks. Shaquille Griffin and Trey Flowers, you're projected starters, 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Akeem King, Niko Thorpe. They also acquire Perry Nickerson via trade. 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: Nickerson a second year player who played sixteen games for 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: the New York Jets last year. And then the safety's 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: Bradley McDougald and Tedric Thompson. You're projected starters along with 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: the rookies Marquise Blair and Ugo Amati, also Lano Hill. 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: What do you make of the secondary as a whole, Well, 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: other than Bradley McDougall, really not a lot of experience there. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: But these guys project really well, and I think Bradley 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: is a great leader in that group there. But they're 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: expecting things from Lano Hill, for example, Marquise Blair, ugu Amati, 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: I mean, all of those guys they're expecting a lot from. 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: And you know, I throw Trey Flowers in there too, 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: just because you know he still needs to follow it 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: up with a really good second year. But ugu Amati 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: a what a great find he was. The guy was 18 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: a Lombardi Trophy winner, which if you look at the 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: list of guys, everybody from a Dominican Sue to Aaron Donald. 20 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: I mean, there's some really good players on there, and 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: you see him here on special teams. Probably the most 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: impressive part of this play was him split in that 23 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: double team and then timing that tackle perfectly. And these guys, 24 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: we heard from Bran Schneider, the special team coach, it's 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: going to be important that these guys play special teams. 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: So really expecting a lot out of Ugo Amadi even 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: though he's a rookie. So him Marquise Blair, the two 28 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: young guys that everybody's really excited about. I'm assuming that 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: Perry Nickerson is the new starting Nicole cornerback after all 30 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: that competition during the fall. Well possibly, I mean he's 31 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: crazy fast. I mean, the guy has incredible speeds. So 32 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: but you still have a Keeam King there who did 33 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: it last year and the guy with kind of a 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: resume at playing that Nicol Flock corner. So don't count 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: out Nico Thorpe Pi. Nico Thorpe plays really well at 36 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: that position to another great special team player, So I 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: think a lot of promise there in that secondary. What 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: kind of opportunities will this secondary have this season if 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: the front seven live up to its potential. Yeah, those 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: two kind of work together. So if they're able to 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: get the pressure and if we have the D line 42 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: that we think they might have, then yeah, there's going 43 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: to be some opportunities for turnovers. And those two work 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: together because the longer you cover, the more it gives 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: the D line a chance to get to the quarterback 46 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: and vice versas. So yeah, those two guys kind of 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: work together. And you know, you're you've got two sides there, 48 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: the D line and the defensive backs. There's some question 49 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: marks there. Right in the middle is the linebackers, who 50 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: are as solid as can be. The Seahawks didn't have 51 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: a lot of turnovers in the preseason, which is a 52 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: good thing, but they didn't have a lot of takeaways either. 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: Hopefully they can get the ball a bunch during the 54 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: regular season. You wanted to talk about the leftovers in 55 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: terms of the defensive backs from the twenty seventeen draft. 56 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: Three of the four are still here, Griffin Hill, Tedric Thompson. 57 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: When they were drafted, we talked about this being the 58 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: group of the future, and here they are. Yeah, and 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: they're sticking together, and I love that, and those guys 60 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: will always be a tight group. And the guy with 61 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: the most approved their Lano Hill certainly heard really good 62 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: things about him from Pete Carroll last year at the 63 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: end of the year, so they expect a lot from him. 64 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: The most proven guy they're Shaquille Griffin, even though he 65 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 1: gave himself a D plus, really a tough greader, so 66 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: I thought, I didn't think he played that poorly, but 67 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: he didn't take the step that he wanted to. So 68 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: and then Tedric Thompson more reliable and a better player. 69 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: I think than everybody thinks. You know, he is a 70 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: good you know, I think he's probably your starter in 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: Week one. They hope Marquise Blair is going to push him. 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, those three guys that they drafted in that 73 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: seventeen draft all look really good. They're all developing well, 74 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: but all still have something to prove. Now that we 75 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: have our fifty three man roster as it stands right now, 76 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: how do we feel about the overall outlook for the season. 77 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: Feel pretty good? You know. Again, you don't see the offense, 78 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: and we talked about the thirty points that they scored 79 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: in the second half of the season one hundred and 80 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: sixty yards running on the ground, so really a good offense. 81 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: I think Russell is going to be a top three 82 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: quarterback this year, So it might be a team that's 83 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: carried by their offense, you know. And one of the 84 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: things we saw in the preseason was play action pass 85 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: and I think that Will Disley is going to be 86 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: a huge part of that. He's a great blocker as well. 87 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: I think that there's going to be more targets to 88 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: the running backs and I look forward to seeing this 89 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: offense operate really well this year and possibly be one 90 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: of the best offenses in the league. Early thoughts on 91 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: Cincinnati next week, we'll all be out there at Century Linkfield. Yeah, 92 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll oh and two against the Cincinnati So you know, 93 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: he's got some great records against like Minnesota and Carolina, 94 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: but hasn't beat the Bengals as a head coach yet. 95 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: So looking forward to notching that first win. And you know, 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: I think they're a team that's kind of trying to 97 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: restructure there. They've got new coaches and everything, so but 98 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: you know, I think with the twelves there, it's going 99 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: to be They're gonna be fired up and I'm expecting 100 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: big things in the opener. We'll be talking about the 101 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: regular season opener in eight days. A reminder, even though 102 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: the game is not on our air, we will have 103 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: Seahawks Game Day right after the game ends on two 104 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: thirteen Fox with reaction from Coach Carroll and the players. 105 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: It's pretty much the case all year, whether or not 106 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: the game is on our air, We'll be on after 107 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: the game right here on your official Seahawks station. For 108 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: Dave Wiman, I'm Aaron Levine. It's time to get it 109 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: go and the regular season officially begins. We'll see you 110 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: next week.