Brock and Salk

Brock answers questions on team copycatting the Seahawks, Rashid Shaheed's future and an area where Ken Walker and Zach Charbonnet really shine in Need to Know. Then, we discuss a Fox Sports Greatest Seahawks of All Time list and where they got it wrong. Plus, Brock shares the surprising answers he got from his Madden producers on which Seahawks grew the most in popularity or notoriety on this Super Bowl run.

The hour starts with a bunch of funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Later, Brady Henderson of ESPN joins the show to share his insight on the Seahawks being up for sale, the free agency of Ken Walker and Boye Mafe, and much more.

Brock and Salk start to discuss some potential names as the Seahawks next owner or ownership group with the team now being up for sale. They then bring on Todd Leiweke, part CEO of the Kraken, to discuss what makes a good owner, what the Seahawks being up for sale will mean for the next steps and more.

The Seahawks are now officially getting sold and Salk discusses what that could mean next in terms of who the next owner will be. They then re-air their conversation with Michelle Smallmon of ESPN and Unsportsmanlike to discuss what Brendan Donovan will bring to the Mariners along with the reactions to the Seahawks Super Bowl win. After that, Salk reacts to some sound on Josh Naylor and his time in Cleveland and compares that too the Mariners model of retaining their own players.

We get a little off topic and discuss kids having cell phones in school and a listener asking Lyle to babysit their children. Then, we dig into the news that MLBPA Exec Dir, Tony Clark resigned and debate just how much of a battle next year's MLB CBA negotiations are going to be. Plus, Salk crowns a new Trash Takes winner.

Brock and Salk get into the discussion yet again about whether or not to pay Ken Walker and if his price tage is worth it. They then dive in to what the Mariners model truly is for how they've built their team over the years and why it has worked for them.

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Salk is back from vacation and expresses his excitement for baseball to be back and what he'll be watching for at Spring Training. Later, they re-air their conversation with Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times to listen in on all of the things he's learned and picked up on so far in Peoria at Mariners Spring Training.

Brock and Salk trade off and Mike Salk decides to hop on with Mike Lefko for a segment to fill us in on his Colorado vacation and staying with the Huards. Then, we discuss what the Seahawks "why" will be this year. How does their motivation change after winning it all? Plus, we talk shampoo and conditioner, the better of the two Olympics, and whether World Champions is an appropriate title for the Super Bowl winner in Answer the Question Jerk.

Plenty of Mariners have started to turn heads at Spring Training, including some prospects. So Brock and Lefko talk through it all. Later, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times joins the show to share what he's seen at heard from Spring Training so far, including but not limited to Brendan Donovan, Colt Emerson and Ryan Sloan.

The Seahawks have hired a new offensive coordinator in Brian Fleury, so Brock and Lefko analyze what to expect from him and why Mike Macdonald decided to make this hire. They then bring on 49ers beat reporter Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle to get further insight on Fleury and who he is as a coach and person. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on the 3 P's that come to mind with hiring Brian Fleury, what Bill Simmons got wrong about his Super Bowl prediction and how the talent in the 2026 NFL Draft correspond to the areas of need for the Seahawks.

Mike Lefko, filling in for Salk, highlights all of the Seahawks coaching changes that happened over the weekend and reacts to what it could mean for the team. Later, Rustin Dodd of The Athletic joins the show to share some insight on a couple of Seahawks stories that he wrote on Miek Macdonald, John Schneider, Jason Myers plus much more.

Mike Lefko and Brock react to some of their favorite clips from our interviews with Mike Macdonald and Joel Klatt this week in For You-In Review. Then, we discuss the Seahawks OC search, some MLB rule changes and Trinidad Chamblis granted an injunction allowing him to play 6th year of football in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls about the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl and what the parade was like.

The hour starts with Buy Or Sell, featuring Brock and Mike Lefko going through a bunch of Seahawks and Super Bowl Week topics. Then, Gee Scott joins the show for his weekly appearance.

Brock and Mike Lefko discuss the Seahawks search of a new offensive coordinator and how the offense could evolve as a result. They then go through a bunch of Seahawks season awards, including MVP, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Moment of the Year and more. In Blue 88, topics include a potential franchise tag for Ken Walker, a stat that highlighted another Seahawks strength and how college football continues to disintegrate.

Mike Lefko (filling in for Salk) opens the show by voicing some frustration over the Seahawks potentially not playing in the opening game in 2026. After that, they re-air their conversation with Kaylee Hartung of Amazon Prime Video to discuss the Seahawks Super Bowl win, Mike Macdonald and much more.

We react to some of what we heard from the Seahawks parade yesterday, including John Schneider explaining how personal losses may have brought the team evn closer together. Then, NBC Sports reporter Kaylee Hartung discusses her time at the Super Bowl covering the Seahawks and the quick turn around to head to Milan to cover the Olympics.

The hour starts with some funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Afterwards, Brock and Brady Henderson go through all of their final Seahawks Takeaways, including many from the parade.

Brock and Brady Henderson discuss what they learned from this Seahawks team this season. They then bring on Ray Roberts of the Seahawks radio pregame show, who was in the parade, to hear his experience there and what impressed him most about the Seahawks this season. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at more Seahawks being mic'd up, how different the Seahawks offseason schedule could be and an area that the Seahawks put a lot of resources into.

Maura and Lyle open the show by going through some of the best moments of the Seahawks parade and the team's ability to take it all in. Later, they re-air their conversation with Joel Klatt of FOX Sports to discuss the Seahawks Super Bowl win, what allowed them to overpower the Patriots, Sam Darnold and much more.

Michael Bumpus and Stacy Rost each check in with us from Lumen Field ahead of the Seahawks trophy presentation. Then, we discuss the deep love and vulnerability that seems to set this Seahawks team apart.

The hour starts with Blue 88, with topics including Seahawks mic'd up during the Super Bowl, what could have been done with the "tells" Devon Witherspoon was mentioning about the Patriots and and why Rashid Shaheed will be tough to bring back next year. After that, they re-live all of the best Seahawks Super Bowl highlights and what they were thinking during each moment.

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Saslk highlights how great parades are and how they bring cities together, while also giving a PSA on the best ways to get to the parade. Later, they re-air their conversation with Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, fresh off of the Super Bowl win, to hear all of his takeaways from it all and how much it means to him.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk fresh off of all of his post Super Bowl media duties. He discusses being on Jimmy Kimmel, all of the messages of support he's recieved, what he believes were the most important factors in them winning it all, whether they blitzed more in this game than usual, searching for a new OC and trying to enjoy this moment.

We discuss MLB missing out on a chance to market their product during the Super Bowl. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss Mike Macdonald's media tour yesterday, the plans for tomorrow's Seahawks parade and the Olympics. **The Mike Macdonald Show is exclusive to the Seattle Sports YouTube page and the Seattle Sports app until 10 am Tues morning when you can find it wherever you stream your podcasts.

Brock and Salk analyze how poised the Seahawks could be to win more Super Bowls with this group, and it includes potential contract exrtensions, keeping or not keeping certain free agents, and comparing the Seahawks to other teams that have been a similar position to this. Later, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show for his weekly segment to share his insight on why the Seahawks dominated in the Super Bowl, who jumped out, Sam Darnold, the Super Bowl MVP and much more.

Brock and Salk wonder if the Seahawks will finally get their national respect from some of the people that doubted them for so long. They then highlight the Sam Darnold redemption story and ponder where his level of respect now stands around the league. In Blue 88, topics include Seahawks PFF grades in the Super Bowl, Leslie Frazier and the next potential Seahawks offensive coordinator.

There was a story that annoyed Salk regarding the Patriots and he explains both what it was and why. Then, Albert Breer of MMQB joins the show to discuss what made the Seahawks performance so great, the Super Bowl MVP, the hiring process of Mike Macdonald and more.

We discuss some of the redemption storylines from this Super Bowl. Then, in Need to Know, we break down the Seahawks Super Bowl win, Ken Walker being named MVP, and the upcoming parade. Plus, we take your calls on why the Seahawks won it all last night.

Brock & Salk go through the best Mike Macdonald quotes from this season and how they all came to fruition in their Super Bowl LX victory. // Need To Know: The Seahawks defense proved themselves in the Super Bowl with two interceptions, a fumble recovery, and six sacks. Ken Walker is your Super Bowl MVP and Sam Darnold has shown everybody that he is a top tier QB. The Seahawks parade will be on Wednesday! // Brock & Salk give us their takeaways from the Seahawks Super Bowl win over the Patriots, what they liked and what they wish was done differently. 

The Seahawks dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball but more intensely with our defense. This team was loose and focused and showed that both on the field and in the locker room after the game. // Need To Know: The Seahawks defense proved themselves in the Super Bowl with two interceptions, a fumble recovery, and six sacks. Ken Walker is your Super Bowl MVP and Sam Darnold has shown everybody that he is a top tier QB. The Seahawks parade will be on Wednesday! // Is Sam Darnold one of the few QB’s to be a backup in the Super Bowl and then start and win in a Super Bowl? Brock & Salk break down Sam Darnold’s pass game and if he was smart with the ball. Drake Maye struggled heavily against the Seahawks pass rush and they tortured him all game long. // Blue 88: Brock goes through three Super Bowl related questions, what was his favorite call of scheme offensively, why was he surprised that Ken Walker was able to break out of the Patriots scheme, and what was the defensive scheme that the Patriots had no answer to? 

Happy Championship Monday! The Seahawks are Super Bowl LX victors, and we could not be happier! This was a dominant win by the Seahawks defense which is what we expected. // Need To Know: The Seahawks defense proved themselves in the Super Bowl with two interceptions, a fumble recovery, and six sacks. Ken Walker is your Super Bowl MVP and Sam Darnold has shown everybody that he is a top tier QB. The Seahawks parade will be on Wednesday! // We take your calls with the question of: Why are the Seahawks Super Bowl Champs? 

Brock & Salk are joined by former Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck to give us his take on this Seahawks team, dissects each team’s QB, and which team could have the most tricks up their sleeves for some creative offensive plays. He also lays out some criteria for what the Seahawks should look for in a new OC. // Need To Know: No surprise that Nick Emmanwori did not practice yesterday but he is expected to play on Sunday. The NFL Honors were announced and JSN took home Offensive Player of the Year award and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel won Coach of the Year. Larry Fitzgerald was elected to the National Football Hall of Fame. // Legendary broadcaster Chris Berman joins the show to give us his take on this Seahawks team and when he started to pay attention to the team during the regular season. He also tells us what song he would use to describe the Seahawks ‘Darkside’ defense and he gives us his prediction as to who will be victorious.

We revisit our interview we had with Mike Felger // Need To Know: No surprise that Nick Emmanwori did not practice yesterday but he is expected to play on Sunday. The NFL Honors were announced and JSN took home Offensive Player of the Year award and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel won Coach of the Year. Larry Fitzgerald was elected to the National Football Hall of Fame. // Brock gives us his six things that we need to be on the lookout for on Super Bowl Sunday // Blue 88: Brock answers the following questions: What is the biggest mismatch on the field on Sunday? What led to JSN taking home the Offensive Player of the Year? Who is the better duo, Mike Macdonald and Klint Kubiak or Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels? 

It’s time to focus on how the Seahawks can beat the Patriots on Sunday, the Seahawks are the superior team, and they should showcase that with a dominant win in the Super Bowl. Brock & Salk answer the question of who are we going to be talking about on Monday after the Super Bowl? // Need To Know: No surprise that Nick Emmanwori did not practice yesterday but he is expected to play on Sunday. The NFL Honors were announced and JSN took home Offensive Player of the Year award and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel won Coach of the Year. Larry Fitzgerald was elected to the National Football Hall of Fame. // Brock & Salk are joined by Senior NFL Reporter for Sports Illustrated Albert Breer to talk about the Seahawks and their lack of national recognition prior to being in the spotlight of the postseason, the standout players on this Seahawks team, how messed up the QB development is in the NFL, and how he thinks the Super Bowl will play out. 

Live from Radio Row, Brock & Salk talk about the lack of recognition of the Seahawks by the national media until they made it deep into the playoffs. // Need To Know: No surprise that Nick Emmanwori did not practice yesterday but he is expected to play on Sunday. The NFL Honors were announced and JSN took home Offensive Player of the Year award and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel won Coach of the Year. Larry Fitzgerald was elected to the National Football Hall of Fame. // We take another listen to our interview yesterday with Kyle Brandt 

Brock and Salk continue to talk through the Nick Emmanwori news and the potential severity and implications of it for Sunday. They also have Kyle Brandt of Good Morning Football join the show to discuss the Seahawks Super Bowl chances, Sam Darnold, what the national headlines are around the team and much more. They then react to the interview and are still fascinated that the Seahawks stars are talked about so little outside of Sam Darnold.

Gee Scott joins the show to start the hour and talk a little more on the Seahawks and the injury of Nick Emmanwori. After that, Seahawks safety Coby Bryant hops on to share what stands out about the Patriots, the excitement of playing in the Super Bowl and much more. Then, Dr Michael Gervais sits down to share some really unique tidbits on the Seahawks and Mike Macdonald.

Brock and Salk further discuss the injury to Nick Emmanwori and how the Seahawks might have to pivot if he doesn't play. They then react to some station sound from Clinton Yates regarding how the QB position is starting to change again and how Sam Darnold embodies that. In Blue 88, topics include the 15 year run of John Schneider, what would be the Seahawks plan if Nick Emmanwori doesn't play on Sunday and Demond Williams press conference.

Brock and Salk react to the news that Nick Emmanwori injured his ankle late in practice on Tuesday and try and ecipher how serious it is. Later, they re-air their conversation with Joel Klatt of FOX Sports in which he highlights things to watch for in the Super Bowl and why he is a firm believer in the Seahawks over the Patriots.

Brock and Salk discuss just how big a deal the Super Bowl is as they continue their week on radio row from San Francisco, along with the decision to have Chris Pratt introduce the Seahawks on Sunday. Then, they discuss how good the Patriots could actually be and go through some of their schedule as a result, due to that being so much of a conversation of their season.