Brock and Salk

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.

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Brock and Salk debate if the Seahawks are starting to turn themselves into a national brand, especially if they win on Sunday. Afterwards, Joel Klatt of FOX Sports joins the show for his weekly segment in which he gives the Seahawks some major praise, including why he thinks they could win by a lot on Sunday, plus plenty more.

Brock and Salk describe the scene at radio row as they're at Super Bowl week in San Francisco. Later, they re-air their interview with Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network to help them get ready for the Super Bowl and analyzes a few Seahawks storylines ahead of the contest.

Mike Reis joins the show to discuss Drake Maye's shoulder injury, what makes Milton Williams so good and how the Patriots got here. Then, Abe Lucas discusses the Super Bowl experience, what Rick Dennison and John Benton have brought to their O-line, his favorite walk and talk, the story behind the neck roll and facing the Patriots.

Brock talks through yet another element that he loves about the Seahawks. Later, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show for his weekly segment in which he analyzes what jumps out to him about this Super Bowl, explains which Patriots could jump out and plenty more.

Brock and Salk highlight why Brendan Donovan is a trade that contending teams make and explain the things he does well as a player. They also listen to some sound of the Seahawks at Super Bowl Media Day, a lot of which were very unique questions that you don't often hear. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at the Seahawks who can improve their Q rating the most, Ken Walker's upcoming free agency and why the Seahawks OC job will be extremely desireable.

Salk highlights what to expect at Super Bowl Week and the media party as the crew heads out to San Francisco after today's show, and also reacts to the Mariners trading for Brendan Donovan and how he fits the team. Later, they re-air their conversation with former NFL center Jeff Saturday (now of ESPN) to help preview the upcoming Super Bowl and what to watch for on the Seahawks side.

Salk explains what he loves most about this Seahawks team and asks if that could be a differentiator in this Super Bowl. Then, we react to a very open and insightful interview that Sam Darnold did with Dan Patrick explaining how far he's come and why this week is about balance.

The hour starts with Blue 88, with topics including a surprising Patriots stat, the most likely in-house Seahawks candidates to replace Klint Kubiak and how Tom Brady is just like the rest of us. Later, Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams joins the show to discuss his season, the chemistry of this Seahawks team and much more.

The Seahawks have been in the news over the last few days with both the team being reportedly up for sale and Klint Kubiak reportedly set to be the next head coach of the Raiders, so Brock and Salk discuss it all and if this will have any impact on the team in terms of it being a distraction ahead of the Super Bowl. Later, Jeff Saturday joins the show to help preview the big game, what he'll be watching for and what jumps out about the Seahawks.

The Seahawks could be up for sale and Salk reacts to the news to open the show. Afterwards, they re-air their conversation with Mike Tirico of NBC, who will be broadcasting the Super Bowl, to hear everything he'll be watching for from both teams ahead of the big game.

We react to some of our favorite things we heard this week from guests like Tom Brady, Daniel Jeremiah, Mike Macdonald, and Brian Nemhauser. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the Seahawks and Patriots injury reports, John Schneider joining Wyman and Bob, Klint Kubiak lookng like the top candidate for both the Cardinals and Raiders head coaching vacancies, and the Kraken beating the Maple Leafs. Plus, we take your calls, as we do every Friday.

The hour starts with Blue 88, with topics including a pivotal strength on strength matchup between the Seahawks and Patriots, a new insight that John Schneider pointed to that has had a major impact on the Seahawks drafts and if Nick Emmanwori is the best player on the Seahawks defense. Later, Gee Scott stops by for his weekly appearance.

Brock and Salk react to an upcoming interview that they recorded with Leonard Williams and describe how his personality embodies the culture of the Seahawks roster. Afterwards, Mike Tirico of NBC Sports, who will be broadcasting the Super Bowl, joins the show to highlight what jumps out to him about both teams, what the Seahawks do well and more.

There are a lot of ESPN personalities picking the Seahawks to beat the Patriots, and it makes Salk a little bit nervous. He dives in to why to open the show. Then, they re-air their conversation with QB coach Jordan Palmer who shares his insights on Sam Darnold, the Seahawks, the Super Bowl matchup and more.

Salk says one of his favorite things about this team is that the defense runs and hits so well, so he was surprised to find out that they don't rank that well in tackles and YAC allowed. Brock breaks down why a few games might skew those numbers. Then, we hear from some former players that think this will be a close game and we discuss when we started believing the Seahawks had a chance to go to the Super Bowl.

The hour starts with funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Then, QB coach Jordan Palmer joins the show to give his perspective on the evolution of Sam Darnold, his success this year, the Seahawks Super Bowl chances and more.

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Salk gets his wish granted yesterday regarding their Tom Brady clip on Bill Belichick getting left out of the Hall of Fame on the first ballot and the people that shared the clip of it. Then, they re-air their conversation with Tom Brady about the Seahawks, what makes their defense so great, their Super Bowl chances and keys to winning it and more.

Brock answers three football questions in Blue 88. Then, we react to Tom Brady with us earlier in the show discussing Belichick not making the HOF and waht he saw from the Seahawks the last couple of weeks. Plus, Salk crowns a Trash Takes winner for the week.

Brock and Salk discuss their favorite things about this Seahawks team and Brock has a proclamation about the 2025 Seahawks. Later, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show to share why he believes the Seahawks are in the Super Bowl, their chances against the Patriots, his first NFL mock draft and more.

Brock and Salk discuss how Mike Macdonald has the chance to be the first defensive playcalling head coach to ever win a Super Bowl and just how unique that would be. Later, Tom Brady joins the show to share his insight on what has jumped out about the Seahawks and Mike Macdonald, what makes their defense so special, stories from his playing career and plenty more.

A Mariners icon in Rick Rizzs is set to make 2026 his final season on the broadcast and Salk highlights what made him so phenomenal over all of these years. Then, they re-air their conversation with Brian Nemhauser (aka Hawkblogger) to discuss the NFC Title Game and expectations in the Super Bowl.

We talk about Mike Macdonald's relatability in discussing overthinking his viral post game with Michael Strahan. Salk thinks he will be on of the stars to come out of the Super Bowl once the entire country gets to know him. Then, Brian Nemhauser (Hawkblogger) joins us to discuss the Rams game, some stats on just how good Darnold has been in the playoffs, and whether this is the best Seahawks team in history.

The Seahawks have been built on a model that is pretty uniquely their own, including taking a chance on a quarterback with a low-risk contract and it paying off. After that, they react to a bunch of sound from what the rest of the media around the country is saying about the Seahawks after reaching the Super Bowl.