Brock and Salk

The hour starts with a bunch of funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Later, they welcome on Jeff Passan to discuss all of the Mariners lack of activity this offseason and what they could potentially do moving forward.

Brock and Salk preview Wild Card Weekend and the NFL Playoffs and what matchups they're most looking forward to. Then, they dive into the Mariners offseason and their lack of activity, and Salk believes this is the first time in the Jerry Dipoto era that they haven't truly had a plan. For Blue 88, Brocks breaks down who/what offers the Seahawks the clearest perspective on personnel decisions, a lesson he's learned about NFL Draft profiles regarding injuries, and if the Mariners were a college football team, who would they be.

Salk opens the show with a couple of non-sports stories, along with previewing the Mariners conversations that will take place throughout the show. Then, they re-air their conversation with Daniel jeremiah of the NFL Network to discuss a variety of Seahawks topics, including the future of the QB position, the decision to let go Ryan Grubb and plenty more.

A listener Lyle's age said he doesn't know enough about movies, music, etc that are outside his generation. So, Monday we are debuting Lyle's Lessons and his first assignment is to watch Pulp Fiction. Then, we dig back into Salk's article exploring the reasons the Seahawks could part ways with Geno Smith and discuss Daniel Jeremiah's take on why they shouldn't. Plus, the debut of our new segment...Trash Takes.

The crew goes Around The NFL, with stories including Tom Brady, Justin herbert, Tyreek Hill and more. Then, they bring on Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network to discuss the end of the Seahawks season, Geno Smith, what the Seahawks could do at QB moving forward, the decision to move on from Ryan Grubb and more.

Brock and Salk compare where the Seahawks QB situation is at after year one under Mike Macdonald to where it was at after year one of Pete Carroll, and there are some similarities. They then react to more of Mike Macdonald's press conference in which he gives his season review of a few other players in addition to Geno Smith. In Blue 88, topics include Pete Carroll interviewing with the Bears, a certain word Mike Macdonald used when describing his vision for the offense moving forward and the 30 newly enrolled UW football players.

Salk opens the show by reacting to Mike Macdonald's comments on Geno Smith in his press conference about returning, amnd there are a couple of ways to interpret it. Then, they re-air their conversation with Matt Hasselbeck which includes his thoughts on the Ryan Grubb firing, the state of the Seahawks offense and more.

Brock and Salk dive into the list of some potential offensive coordinators for the Seahawks. Then, we revisit our earlier conversation with Matt Hasselbeck about it fixing the offense not being as simple as just saying 'we need to run the ball more'. We discuss the different rushing attack approaches he mentioned. Then, we answer questions on moving, the perfect bread for a PB&J, and best golf shots in Answer the Question Jerk.

Brock and Salk listen to some sound from former Seahawk Jordan Babineaux, who believes that Geno Smith won't be back with the Seahawks next season. They share their thoughts on it. Then, they welcome on Matt Miller, ESPN Draft Analyst, to begin to go through the upcoming NFL Draft and players that would fits what the Seahawks are looking for.

Brock and Salk can't help but notice that Mike Macdonald doesn't mess around when it comes to fits for his football team. He's moved on from people quickly when it hasn't worked, and he just did the same with Ryan Grubb. Then, they welcome on Matt Hasselbeck to get his insight on Ryan Grubb and the state of the Seahawks offense. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on potential names for the Seahawks next offensive coordinator, the best and worst Seahawks in 2024, and one clear difference that's ahead on paper for the Seahawks in 2025 compared to 2024?