Mike Salk

KJ said that this group of rookies might actually be further along than the young group on his LOB-era team at this point in their development. Jerry Dipoto joins Brock & Salk a full hour earlier than his normal visit to discuss the future for the Mariners while he is in Arizona for the GM meetings. Brock's 'Blue 88' covers which of KJ's teammate who studied the most film and how that showed up in his play, the biggest match-ups in Sunday's Bucs game and which college QB has the best NFL future ahead of him?

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Salk starts the show wondering why Mariners fans are so caught up in the idea of signing free agents as the only way the M's can get better? Salk discusses the other ways the team can go from good to great. The Seahawks have arrived in Munich to get ready for the first-ever NFL game in Germany and we hear Russ responds to Pete Carroll's wristband comments before revisiting some of yesterday's KJ Wright Show.

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Brock has a fresh batch of Mean Tweets for Justin and Maura to perform. Then, he previews UW Oregon in Wash Weds and Salk is particularly excited to bring you today's Ranked.

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KJ Wright joins Brock and Salk before heading to Munich for his weekly show & they discuss where this rookie class is in comparison to the 2012 class, why the offense is so much more efficient on 3rd down, how defenses are struggling to defend Waldron's schemes, and what happens on a team when they realize they are contenders.

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Salk opens the second hour by playing some sound out of Denver sports radio reacting to Pete's comments about Russell's wristband, but Salk argues that Pete hasn't really gone "all-in" to bury him like he probably could. It is our final conversation with the great Jeff Passan; the artist formally known as The Wet Blanket, as Brock & Salk give him grief for sounding asleep again before asking what he learned this season. Brock's 'Blue 88' answers the questions: how does the Tampa defense challenge the Seahawks? How good could Jordyn Brooks be? And what to watch in this upcoming OR/WASH matchup?

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Cowherd addressed the wristband comments from Pete yesterday and said the "Seahawks are feeling themselves". So what if they are?! He also says that parting ways with a franchise QB doesn't work out often. The Mariners reportedly won't extend qualifying offer to Haniger and Salk wonders if this actually a sign of good faith? We revisit yesterday's conversation with Curt Menefee before Salk continues the conversation about why the Seahawks been so good at 3rd down conversions this year.

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Brock says he's figured out the special sauce to the Seahawks success this season. Then, we discuss Pete Carroll pointing out Geno Smith's success using a wristband and noting that there was resistance to it from Russell Wilson. Why wouldn't Russ want to use it? Plus, another edition of Ranked.

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Congrats to Julio and Servais on being finalists for Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year, but what do you want the M's to do with Mitch Haniger? Brock asks the fans to text yes or no on whether they want to keep him and the answers were mostly No's. FOX NFL's Curt Menefee joins Brock & Salk and shares his perspective on Geno Smith's resurgence before Brock & Salk discuss Jim Irsay's hiring of interim head coach (and former player) Jeff Saturday and how it leads to the continued issues with the NFL's practices of hiring head coaches.

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Brock says he's figured out the special sauce to the Seahawks success this season thus far and it all boils down to "time on task," and ultimately just doing the work. We further discuss the contrast of Green Bay being held hostage by Aaron Rodgers and struggling and the Seahawks finding success after moving on from Russ before Brock gives us some more insight on the QB wristband and why it might make a difference that Russ didn't want to use it. Brock's 'Blue 88' answers how Nwosu taken the next step, how OL Coach Dickerson done better than anything we’ve seen in SEA and what QB/Play Caller came to mind with Pete yesterday discussing Waldron/Geno.

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Pete Carroll's comments on Geno wearing a wristband and the "resistance" to them in the past blew up yesterday and Salk wonders why Russ be opposed to that because it sure seems like it would have helped in some of those delay of game situations. Julio Rodriguez is a finalist for AL rookie of the year and Scott Servais is a finalist for AL manager of the year, Salk will be furious if they don't win. We revisit yesterday's Pete Carroll Show to hear more about the wristband drama and what has been making the Seahawks play so well together.

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