Brock and Salk

Salk strongly objects to a Jay Cutler comparison that Daniel Jeremiah made to Sam Darnold's game. Brock looks further at what Jermiah had to say about whether Darnold can elevate in the playoffs like Eli Manning did. Then, Ben Fennell joins the show to discuss what he liked about the Seahawks in covering the Seattle Carolina game, what to expect from Sam Darnold week 18 and in the playoffs, and what makes this defensive line so good. 

The hour starts with an early version of Here's The Thing for the week with a bunch of listener voicemails. After that, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show for his weekly appearance to break down some Sam Darnold comparisons, the upcoming Week 18 game between the Seahawks and 49ers and plenty more.

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Is a Saturday game for the Seahawks in Week 18 a disadvantage? Salk doesn't think so, and he's a fan of it. He explains why to open the show. Later, they re-air their conversation with Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald who shares all of his insight and takeaways from the team's win over the Panthers.

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald breaks down everything he saw in the Seahawks win over the Panthers, including some of his commonly used phrases and why he uses them, the different ways in which they can win games, what has made his defense and some of the players on that side of the ball so effective and plenty more.

Brock and Salk react to the sound of Mike Macdonald's postgame locker room speech and discuss what it truly means to play complimentary football.

**The Mike Macdonald Show can only be found exclusively on the Seattle Sports YouTube page and the Seattle Sports app until 10 am Tues morning. 

Brock and Salk talk about the Seahawks upcoming game against the 49ers on Saturday night and debate whether or not the scheduling favors the Hawks. They talk more about the Hawks defensive dominance, last night’s Sunday Night Football thriller, and more in Need to Know. Brock breaks down some of the X’s and O’s from the Hawks win, Salk talks about the Hawks draft decisions, and more in Takeaways.

For Salk on Sunday, two things stood out about the Hawks defense, he and Brock dive into it and more as they recap the Seahawks win over the Panthers. They talk more about the Hawks defensive dominance, last night’s Sunday Night Football thriller, and more in Need to Know. Salk has come up with a new way to think about Sam Darnold that has him a little more positive. And Brock does his deep dive in Blue-88.

Salk opens the show by recapping the Seahawks win over the Carolina Panthers, he highlights the defensive effort again from the Hawks and the challenges that they will face this Saturday against the 49ers. He talks more about the suffocating defensive effort from the Seahawks, last nights thrilling Sunday Night Football game, and more in Need To Know. And Lyle takes us around the weekend and we talk about some of the top headlines from the NFL, MLB free agency rumors, and more.

With Rob Refsnyder signing with the Mariners, Brock and Lyle discuss why he's a good fit for the roster as well as what it could mean for the Mariners next move this winter. Then, Brock and Brady Henderson go through For You In Review, where they revisit some sound during the short week from Rich Gannon, Sheil Kapadia and Matt Hasselbeck.