Jeff Passan joins Brock and Salk to from the MLB winter meetings to discuss Kyle Scwarber going back to the Phillies and Edwin Diaz signing with the Dodgers. Then, he discusses Jorge Polanco's market and why Ketel Marte would be the big swing that could make the Mariners AL favorites. Plus, we go Around the NFL with stories on Trey Hendrickson's season ending surgery, Pete Carroll trying to keep his guys joful in Vegas, Aaron Rodgers being petulant again and John Harbaugh on the catch rule.
QB and RG are the two biggest questions for the Seahawks offense. Which one worries you more? Then, Daniel Jeremiah had to move to later this week so we have a discussion on Mike Macdonald's emphasis on process and how that is generally more of a baseball focus than a football one.
Has the NFL switched from an offensive league to a defensive one over the last couple of years or so? The M's already made a big move in locking up Josh Naylor but there is room for one more big move. What does that look like and does it happen during these winter meetings? Then, Brock answers three football questions in Blue 88.
The Colts are working out Phillip Rivers with backup QB Riley Leonard now dealing with a knee injury. Salk was more shocked to hear that Rivers is a 2026 HOF semi finalist. We debate whether he has a case or not. In Need to Know, we discuss the Colts looking into Phillip Rivers, the Seahaws moving up to number three in ESPN's weekly powere rankings, the latest from the winter meetings, the Eagles OT Monday Night Football loss to the Chargers and the Kraken losing their 5th straight. Then, we revisit our sit down interview with Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald yesterday.
Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Seahawks win over the Falcons. He breaks donw what he saw in the offensive turnaround from the first to second half, whether Darnold running a bit more was by design or not, the dominant defensve performance and Nick Emmanwori's big day, and predicting Rashid Shaheed's kickoff return for a TD.
This Seahawks team plays with an athletic arrogance and confidence that is not unlike the LOB era Seahawks but Brock says there is bit more humility with this team and that probably comes from the head coach and his approach. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the Seahawks win over the Falcons, the M's trading Harry Ford to the Nationals for Jose Ferrer, WSU football coach Jimmy Rogers departing for Iowa State and fallout from the CFP decisions. **The Mike Macdonald Show can only be found exclusively on the Seattle Sports YouTube page and the Seattle Sports app until 10 am Tuesday morning.
The Mariners traded Harry Ford to the Nationals for relief pitcher Jose Ferrer. With that move now done, what is next for the Mariners? Should the Mariners go after Ketel Marte? // Need to Know: The Seahawks special teams came up big with a 100-yard TD return by Rashid Shaheed and the 12’s traveled well down to Atlanta. The Mariners made a move over the weekend dealing Harry Ford to the Nationals for left-handed reliever Jose Ferrer. The Huskies will take on the Boise State Broncos in the LA Bowl, while WSU lost their head football coach. // Brock, Salk, and Maura give us their takeaways from the Seahawks dominant win over the Falcons.
The Seahawks are now a 10-win team with a 10-3 record. You can argue that 7 of the Seahawks 10 wins have been blowouts. The only question left to answer is how will the Seahawks offense perform in a 2-minute drill. // Need to Know: The Seahawks special teams came up big with a 100-yard TD return by Rashid Shaheed and the 12’s traveled well down to Atlanta. The Mariners made a move over the weekend dealing Harry Ford to the Nationals for left-handed reliever Jose Ferrer. The Huskies will take on the Boise State Broncos in the LA Bowl, while WSU lost their head football coach. // Even though the Seahawks came out with a dominant win, the first half offense by the Hawks was anything but great. What was holding the offense back before the 3rd quarter? Should Sam Darnold use his legs more and run instead of throwing the ball away? // Blue 88: What were the most impressive stats from the Seahawks win over the Falcons? How did Jarren Reed and Julian love play yesterday and what was their production like? What was Brock’s biggest takeaway from casting his Heisman ballot?
The Seahawks had a dominant win over the Falcons yesterday and Nick Emmanwori had the best game of his rookie season. It was a complete win for the Seahawks with everyone contributing. // Need to Know: The Seahawks special teams came up big with a 100-yard TD return by Rashid Shaheed and the 12’s traveled well down to Atlanta. The Mariners made a move over the weekend dealing Harry Ford to the Nationals for left-handed reliever Jose Ferrer. The Huskies will take on the Boise State Broncos in the LA Bowl, while WSU lost their head football coach. // Maura takes us Around the Weekend with all the news from the NFL and College Football. One big note, Daniel Jones hurt his achilles and he will be out when the Colts come to Seattle next week.
In For You-In Review. We have discussions on some of your favorite things we heard this week from guests like Mike Macdonald, Joel Klatt, Daniel Jeremiah and Howie Long. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the Seahawks injury report, M's Fanfest returning, the Cowboys Thursday Night Football loss to the Lions, and the Kraken's lopsided 9-4 loss to the Oilers. Plus, we take your calls, as we do every Friday.
Hour 3Salk has numbers that highlight just how much the Seahawks defense is forcing their opponent into negative plays. Then, Gee Scott joins us to talk watches, writing a book, whether Seahawks fans are all in on this team yet or not, and Jaxon Smith Njigba's team first mentality.
We discuss what the Seahawks are capable of and whether the fans are fully bought in to this team benig a Super Bowl contender yet or not. Then, a conversation about George Pickens looking disengaged last night leads to a conversation on how much we appreciate Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Plus, Brock answers three football questions in Blue 88.
We discuss whether fans are fully bought in on this Seahawks team being a Super Bowl contender or not. It feels like there is still some hesitancy. In Need to Know, we discuss the Seahawks injury report, the return of M's FanFest, the Lions defeating the Cowboys on Thursday Night Football, and the Kraken suffering a tough 9-4 loss. Plus, we revisit our conversation with FOX Sports analyst Howie Long.
We discuss Howie Long's comments last hour about John Schneider noticing how talented Mike Macdonald was when the Seahawks lost to the Ravens in 2023. Then, Lyle fills us in on his trip to the winter meetings before he heads out and we discuss some potential M's additions. Plus, Maura answers your fantasy football questions.
The hour starts with listening to some funny fan voicemails for Here's The Thing. After that, Howie Long of FOX Sports joins the show to discuss the Seahawks defense, Mike Macdonald and plenty more.
Brock and Salk react to some sound from Jim Bowden (who was on with Bump and Stacy) suggesting that the Mariners have the ability to get greedy this offseason. If they do so, who would that be for? They discuss. They also debate the value of QB's late in the season due to Joel Klatt's analysis and go through a few of Joel's talking points that really jumped out to them. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at the most surprising Seahawk so far this season, if the Falcons will be able to implement some of the pressure schemes that the Vikings did on defense and who some of the most fundamental QB's are in the NFL today.
Salk went to the Seattle Torrent PWHL game yesterday and loved the experience, so he talk about it to open the show. Then, they re-air their conversation with Joel Klatt of FOX Sports with topics featuring the Seahawks, Sam Darnold, college football and more.
How do you fix college football? Brock and Salk discuss why change needed to happen but how out of hand things have become and where you go from here. Then, ESPN Seahawks reporter Brady Henderson joins us to discuss whether Jalen Sundell should be moved to right guard when he returns, when we could see Jarran Reed start to practice, if this is the best Seahawks defensive front ever and the questions still surrounding whether you can trust Sam Darnold in big games.
The hour starts by going Around The NFL with storylines featuring Aaron Rodgers, Mike Tomlin and more. Later, Joel Klatt of FOX Sports joins the show to provide some great insight on the Seahawks, Sam Darnold's play and comparing him to Matthew Stafford, along with a little bit of talk on the state of college football and plenty more.
Brock and Salk talk through the elements of what makes a team a Super Bowl team and how much of it the Seahawks have on their roster. They then look at a handful of names that the Mariners could trade for, especially with the MLB Winter Meetings coming up next week. In Blue 88, Brock analyzes more on the Seahawks culture, Mike Macdonald discussing the Vikings defense and the University of Colorado athletic department.
Salk dives more into the right guard spot of the Seahawks, noting that it is their one area of weakness on an otherwise really good Seahawks roster, and he notes the idea of testing out some different options at that spot this Sunday. Then, they re-air their conversation with Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network featuring analysis on the Seahawks win over the Rams, the QB play of Sam Darnold and plenty more.
We react to Daniel Jeremiah's assessment of Anthony Bradford's play and discuss the Seahawks possibly making a change at right guard. Then, we get into the NFC West race and if the Niners are more of a concern than the Rams or not. Plus, we talk re-heating pizza, the worst meal we've ever had, books on tape and more in Answer the Question Jerk.
The hour starts with a game of Buy Or Sell with a variety of Seahawks and NFL topics. Then, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show for his weekly segment and dives into the Seahawks win over the Vikings, Sam Darnold and what he could do down the stretch, the offensive line and more.
Brock and Salk dive in further to the Mike Macdonald Seahawks culture and why they believe it's built around love. They also debate where their current confidence level in Sam Darnold and dissect both the things that he does really well along with some of his continuous question marks. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at another national voice weighing in on Sam Darnold's kryptonite, how Rashid Shaheed has factored in to the Seahawks culture and why Mike Macdonald is eagerly looking forward to the return of Julian Love.
The MLB Winter Meetings are less than a week away, and Salk goes through a list of names that could be traded, or at least heavily discussed, next week in Orlando. Later, they re-air their conversation with Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald to hear all of his insight after the Seahawks shutout win over the Vikings.
Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Seahawks shutout win over Minnesota, how important DeMarcus Lawrence has been to this team, what his defense did best, what problems Minnesota's defense presented and how they shut down JSN, where he feels they are at with establishing his culture. Plus, some injury updates.
Brock and Salk share some of their Thanksgiving stories and discuss Lyle being non responsive over the holiday weekend. Then, in Need to Know we discuss the Seahawks win, the Rams loss, Aaron Rodgers throwing his teammates under the bus, Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss for the LSU job and UW's loss to Oregon. **The Mike Macdonald Show can be found exclusively on the Seattle Sports YouTube page and the Seattle Sports app until 10 am Tuesday morning.
While the jury is still out on Sam Darnold, it is not on Mike Macdonald. Brock and Salk dive in on him being the incredible coach that he is and the home run hire that the Seahawks made with him. Later, they get into all of their Seahawks Takeaways.
With the Seahawks being 9-3, Salk proclaims that this is who he thought the Seahawks would be, only even better. He explains what he means and why. He then has a few big Seahawks questions for Brock that include Sam Darnold, the offense and the dominating defense. In Blue 88, topics include what challenge the Vikings defense presented, Anthony Bradford and how much more the Seahawks are running the ball in 2025 compared to 2024.
The Seahawks won in dominating fashion again on Sunday as they shut out the Vikings with the defense taking center stage to help put them back into a tie for first place the NFC West. Later, the group goes Around The NFL with stories from the Rams, Aaron Rodgers, the Ravens and more.
