With the addition of Nick Emmanwori, the door opens wider for Macdonald to dial up the three-safety usage.

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The return yardage from the previous season doubled, and the amount of touchbacks went down. Well, the NFL is pushing this further, moving a ball downed in the end zone now to the 35-yard line in 2025. We might just see a true renaissance in regards to kick offs again, and this part of the game going from one that has been recently automatic to a key part of the game.

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On the show today, we contemplate whether it really has to be either or maybe in Macdonald's mad scientist-fashion, matchup based.

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No real bad contracts on the books. No tens of millions of dollars in dead money. Very little use of void years. General Manager John Schneider has set the stage for the Seahawks to be able to be aggressive when the time is right.

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Indeed, the NFC West has at times turned into an arms race. On the show, we're going to take a look at the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, and Los Angeles Rams off-seasons and see if they have continued to put the pedal to the metal.

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A few years ago, the Seattle Seahawks bucked the rule of thumb, bucked analytics, taking running backs in the second round in back to back seasons. And while currently the Seahawks have as deep and strong stable of backs as you'll find in the NFL, they've struggled to maximize that talent. The rule of thumb has been proven true, at least so far, and given the Front Office and John Schneider a chance to learn some tough lessons.

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More often than not over the past ten years they have underestimated the Seahawks, and appear to have done it once again for next season.

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Will the Seahawks face a gauntlet-like at some point next year? Where does the bye week land, because too early is never a good thing. Do the Seahawks gets to play the younger, more inexperienced teams early? And how many primetime games? We'll break it all down on today's show.

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Bootleg Football's EJ Snyder joins the show to help breakdown the draft, new trends and if he's as high as so many on the Seattle Seahawks recent 2025 NFL Draft returns.

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The Seattle Seahawks pick once in the fourth, twice in the fifth round and twice in the 7th round.

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