September 5, 2024 • 25 mins
Mike Macdonald and the revamped Seahawks are ready to get things going. Jen Mueller and John Boyle preview Week 1 in Seattle. Today’s show: season preview (01:11), strengths of this team (04:47), Bo Nix (07:34), Seahawks offense under Ryan Grubb (13:14), fantasy Insider Scott Engel (18:42), and two players who need to stand out (22:41).
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:26):
Now here's your host, Jen Mueller.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
It is a new look Seahawks season, and I dare
say John Boyle, it is a new look to the
Seahawks Insiders podcast.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
I don't know if it's a good look. Do people
need to see I meant for me, not you, not you,
of course I just meant you know, people need to
see me on video.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Well, the people have spoken and the answer is yes.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well all right.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Also means that we can do nothing but smile at
each other the entire time. Sometimes we have been known
to make dirty looks at each other, or you know,
make silly faces. So unless we want to bloopers reel,
let's keep it lake tightening.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
No blooper material, seventeen weeks. Let's clean.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Let's we're going clean.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Plus playoffs. Yes, we can do that.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It is exciting to be back. It's exciting to be
talking about regular season football. Although I'm gonna be honest,
I don't necessarily know what we're talking about this week.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
I kind of like that it adds some excitement, like
we haven't seen I mean, we've seen a little bit
in training camp in preseason, but we have not really
seen what this is going to look like. And we
want until Sunday, which to me just adds to a
really fun week one.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I think it is the same on both sides, though,
because typically in a week one matchup, look, you spend
all summer in all off season preparing for what one
series of football, like literally one series of football. Then
everything goes in a completely different direction on that front.
But I think in past years it would be really
easy to study film from your opponent because tendencies would
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be the same, or the quarterback would be the same.
I don't know what quite honestly, I don't know what
Sean Payton's been studying for the Seahawks. And I know
that Mike McDonald who has been looking at a guy
like Bo Nicks, but that entire offense is going to
look different in Denver.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Yeah, I mean, you bring a new quarterback in, you're
gonna play to his strengths. And look, Sean Payton's been
coaching a long time, He's got there's plenty of film
of what his offense is, but he's gonna tailor it
to bo Nicks. So just as the Broncos don't have
a great read on what the Seahawks are doing week one,
the Seahawks aren't going to be sure what the offense
for the Broncos looks like. And that will just it
puts a fun challenge for both teams. Like to sit
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there and like, we need to be fundamentally sound, we
need to play fast, we need to not make mistakes.
But it's going to be hard to scheme.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I think that does add to a lot of intrigue.
We like it, ye, I really like it. And look,
we have been watching what the Seahawks team has done
in practice for the entire training camp, for OTAs, for
mini camp, and even those preseason games. But there is
something a little bit different when you get to week
one and kind of how practices look when you are
trying to scheme up an opponent.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Well, we're working stuff tailored towards the towards the opponent.
Almost probably eighty five percent of the practice. We'll do
some stuff that's you know, fast, try to work execution
with the ones on ones, but mostly it's carded dealer's
choice type of plays the whole time, so everything's pretty
much directed it, you know, the other side of the ball.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
At this point, it's a pretty clear distinction for those
who follow football closely. But it's a good reminder to
fans like how different an in season practice and what
we've seen training camp, training camp all the time. You
get the ones on ones, they're just competing, going against
each other. You know, the defense doesn't really have a
great plan for what the offense is doing and vice
versa because they're not scheming. Whereas you get a regular
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season practice and seat out there that who says the cards.
It's you know, an assistant coaches out there holding up
a card with the opposing team's play calls or you know,
what they think they're going to be and they're running
those plays. So very different format to practice just to
get ready for a specific opponent.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I also think that Week one is just a taste, yeah,
of everything, right, we've seen a lot of vanilla game
plans for the three weeks of the preseason. But at
what point, John, do you think we see I don't know,
like even upwards of sixty five percent of their place.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yeah, it's you know, it's really tough to say because
we just don't know what this coaching staff, how they're
going to roll things out. But I do think it's
you know, pretty normal in the NFL, and even more
so for a new coaching staff that you're building. You know,
I think it was Bill Belichick once country for like
the first four games of the regular season as preseason,
like you're not really who you are as a team.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Obviously you want to win those games.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
They still count the standings, but you're not the same
team in week one, week two as you are week seven,
week eight.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's just the way the NFL works.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yeah, it's sample size. And what Mike McDonald kept saying
this week was, you know, the team needs to find
its fastball, yeah, which is his way of saying they
need to figure out what they do best. And I
don't know that they know what that is yet, John,
Like I can take a guess. I don't think they
actually know.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Yeah, I mean they hope you know you have you
have what you hope it is, and you know you
have certain things.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That you want to be your identity.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
They've talked about being physical and tough, and the phrase
of Mike Mcdonaldy's like, we want to be really hard
to play against, like they they want to be the
team that you're like, oh no, we got to play them.
But until you've done it for a few weeks, to
your point, you don't know, Like you say you want
to be X, Y and Z, but are is that
going to be a strength or are you gonna get
two weeks? Since he's like, we're not doing this as
well as we hope. However, this is working, so we're
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going to lean that direction.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So what do you think is going to be the
strength of this team?
Speaker 5 (05:26):
I mean, we're talking both sides of the ball. I
do think, you know, from a general standpoint, I do
think they're going to be just kind of a fast,
physical team. The way Mike McDonald practices them. And while
I mean so much of what he does defensively is
like I want it to be where it looks hard
and it looks confusing, but to our players, it's basically
like we've got these few concepts, but we can switch
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them up and do them really fast. And then I
think the offense, we keep hearing the word explosive just
over and over, and if you watch the University Washington
last year, that's something they did really well, and it
suits the weapons they have so well in the quarterback
so well that like.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
It won't look exactly the same.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
It's big difference going against college defenses and NFL defenses.
But man, I think that Gino Smith and his weapons
could have a lot of fun in this scheme.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Okay, I want to get back to that in just
a second, but I want to weigh on on this
one because as you're talking about it, here's the way
that I would say it. Instead of having to pick
one side of the ball or the other, I would say,
these schemes are married together. And it is very much
what we said about the Ravens, right. You just have
the scheme on both sides of the ball. It's complimentary football.
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There is never a chance to catch your breath. And
I was talking to some of our players after Mike
McDonald was hired and just happened to pop in and
run into them in the building, and I was talking
about this, and it's funny because if you were on
one side of the ball or the other, you're only
focused on what defense is doing, what offense is doing. Right,
it makes sense. And I'm like, but look, guys, if
you watch an entire game, look at what happens. Like, look,
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you guys are doing the same thing on both sides
of the ball, and they're like, oh, yeah, that would
that would be kind of fun.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I think it's the way these two are potentially married
together that would be just a juggernaut for an entire game. Now,
I'm saying this having not seen a regular season game,
but the potential is there to do what the Ravens did,
to have it built the way the Ravens had it built.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
And I think you know one other thing i'd throw
out with McDonald. We hear the word discipline a lot
and accountability a lot, and like, I just think he's
a coach that you're gonna have to figure out how
to do things cleanly, and that's going to show up.
I think on the defensive side of the ball, especially
where maybe there's been some issues that have held this
scene back in past years recently that I think they'll
clean up some of that well.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
And defense this week is going against a rookie quarterback,
one that they are really excited about in Denver and
bow Nicks. I do think that his style of play,
at least what we saw in college, matches what Sean
Payton wants to do. But here's what Mike McDonald is
expecting from bow Yeah.
Speaker 7 (07:53):
I think it's a sliding scale, so to speak.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
But on how much you you know, factor all the
things you know, this this system is, you know, Sean's system.
It seems like that they've been really successful with for
such a long time, and both seems like he's a
great fit for what they're asking him to do, which
is a little bit different than some of the stuff. Now,
you know, some of those things might carry over how
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he operates things like that. His strengths probably will definitely,
you know, transfer from from college to the pros.
Speaker 7 (08:23):
But I wouldn't put too much stock into it.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
But we all had our respect Froim as a player,
and uh, but we're also defending like the plays that
you know, Sean's been running for years.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Yeah, and what Sean Payton likes to do is play action.
It is quick decision making it is getting the ball
out fast. We saw bo Nicks do that at times
in college. But I do think that phrase that Mike
McDonald just used, I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
It's one of the reasons, quite honestly, I didn't look
up a whole lot of numbers from today because it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, and that's to be close, you're not taking a
shot anybody of that.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
That's just he's putting out Like so much changes from
what this guy is doing in Oregon to what is
going to be happening in Chompaynon's offense with him, So
it's like, you you know, they're going to obviously do
everything they can to scheme and figure out things it
will help them, but so much of a week one
game is just gonna be like, all right, here's what
they're doing.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
How do we addrest well, and to be fair, if
you want to know what he did in the preseason,
he led the Broncos to scoring drives on six of
the seven possessions that he was in the game. Last year,
it was a big problem three and out for the Broncos,
and we kind of understand some of those struggles based
on the personnel group. But what they're really excited about
in Denver is staying on the field and giving your chance,
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your team a chance to actually march down the field.
I totally get that. I would expect that they're going
to lean on the run game and that there's going
to be some easy outlet passes for him, because what
I know about this defense is he is not going
to get the same read pre snap as when that.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Ball is snapped exactly.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
I mean, that's a huge part of what Mike McDonald's
defense does as they confuse. They put pressure on an
offense by confusing him of like you're showing one thing
before the snap and then you think, think this guy's coming,
and this guy's coming, they drop into coverage and pressure's
coming from somewhere else. And you know, to bo Nix's credit,
one of the things we saw in college that he
did do very well is he can get the ball
out fast. He's not going to stand there and hold
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the ball. And that's a big part of Sean Payton's
defense is quickly he's getting the ball out. So Siaux
will dial plenty of things up to try to mess
with him. But I think Bonnicks is, you know, for
a rookie in his first start, he's probably as well
equipped as any player in that situation to handle pressure well.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And he has won over his teammates and his coaches
and the city. Not only is he going to be
the first rookie to start for the Broncos since John
Elway in nineteen eighty three, he turned out okay, he
did turn out okay. He is also the first Broncos
rookie to be named a captain since nineteen sixty seven.
That is an honor that is voted on by his teammates.
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So whatever he has done in his short time in
the Mile High City, he has won them over.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yeah. Absolutely, it's yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
I mean he's It's not easy to start as a
rookie and teams are careful with who they let do that.
So he's clearly done a lot of things to impress
everybody around him.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Okay, so we know that bo Nix is going to
be the starter. They have high hopes during a rebuilding
season in Denver. Now, fans will tell you that this
is going to be their year, but if you actually
look at the odds makers, they're saying about five and
a half wins is where they've got the Broncos peck
As for more of what we expect to see on Sunday, well,
probably just a lot of personnel groups.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Uh, you're gonna get it. He's gonna play everybody. They
do a great job of playing all their guys. It's
a lot of different personnel groups running pass for complimentary
drop back game. I think it's consistent for the quarterback,
but you know they can they can create explosives that
way too, and then they you.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Know, they get the ball to their playmakers.
Speaker 6 (11:42):
So it's a tried and true system that they've done
it really well for a long time.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
On Peyton's offense because he has you know, he built
some of the great offenses in the NFL for a
long time, and you know, you know Seaks has seen
him plenty, and it's McDonald's referenced that that's part of
what makes it challenging is the way they use different guys.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
It's you know, it's not.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Necessarily unpredictable in terms of play to play, but just
they're running all these different personnel groups that really strain
a defense. So it's gonna be a fun tests, good,
good matchup of coaches, test.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
And wits well. And if I have to say what
the Seahawks defense has been looking at for the entirety
of the off season, there's a lot of personnel groups
on the Ryan Grubb offensive skime.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Yeah, a lot of motion, a lot of different group beings.
It should should be a good, good preparation for them
what they've been seeing all of camp.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I think it is going to be really interesting. We're
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Speaker 3 (13:10):
I don't know which side of the ball I'm looking
forward to seeing most, but I think I am most
intrigued by how Ryan Grubb's offense translates to the NFL.
And I'm not saying that it can't and that I
have any doubts. I just want to know what it
looks like. First of all, you've got hash marks that
are different in college, so that's a little bit different.
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Second of all, you don't get to have ninety guys active,
like there are some real decisions. And we were talking
with John Schneider before one of the preseason games and
he explained this exercise that he takes the coordinators through
and said, Okay, now, explain to me how you're going
to use these guys on game day, right, like what
packages and what plays are we going to run? And
for the coordinators to realize, oh, I don't have everybody
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on the roster, right, like, okay, this is what we're
actually doing. Again, I think that this is easy enough
to overcome. I did. I think it was interesting when
talking to DK Metcalf this week when it asked, you know,
like about the explosive plays, and he's like, yep, it's
a run first offense.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yeah, I yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
I mean I don't think we expect to hear that
because you just when you think of those Washington offenses,
you think of the passing games. Now, if you actually
look at the the run pass splits, it was not
as unbalanced as you might think. Then again, they were
winning big in a lot of those games and it
might have been a lot of fourth quarter running. That
being said, it was interesting to hear DK Metcalf say like, yeah,
first team meeting, he brought us in here, introduced himself
and immediately said like, no, we're going to run the ball.
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We're gonna set the tone with running. So it's you know,
I think he recognizes I can't remember if it was
his first press conference or during OTA's in mini camp,
but Ryan Grebb talked about like, yeah, we have certain
things we know work, but we also recognize like some
things that worked in college will not work in the NFL.
Defense are is better, they're faster, so he's going to
have to make adjustments and one of those will be,
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you know, I think relying a little more in a
running game to be a little more balanced and keep
defenses on their toes.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Well, and you've got to control time of possession too
if you want this defense to be explosive as you
expect them to be. You can't have them on the
field for forty minutes a game, right, So it's actually
kind of the Broncos problem the year that they played
the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, right, they had one
of the fastest scoring drive times in the NFL, but
their defense was on the field the entire time, so
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they were worn out by the time they got to
the postseason. I do think it's interesting. I also wonder
and Ryan Grubb is awesome. I really enjoyed the conversations
with him. I would be curious to talk to guys
a few weeks in and see if the buy in
was easier because he was in town and everybody knew
what the Huskies were doing everybody.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
That's a good point, like if he was doing the
exact same thing somewhere in the Midwest, would all the
players be as familiar with it and just be like, oh, yeah,
we saw that last year and it was just awesome.
And I think it also helps like the NFL pedigree
that came out of that offense of like you see, okay,
he's doing this and sending all these dudes to the
NFL first round picks, you know, top top three rounds
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whatever where all those receivers were. So I do think
even though he has not been a coordinator on this
level yet, he comes in with players being and also
just I think they've looked at his playbook and his
schemes and be like, dang, he's doing some cool stuff.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Like we heard Tyler Lockett talk about this. We go
like ya, Tiler's been doing this for nine years.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
He's at a bunch of different coordinators and he's like, Oh,
this guy sees some things that I don't see.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Like it's cool to hear players talk about him.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
It was super cool to sit in production meetings during
the preseason. It's one of the It's one of my
favorite times of year because we don't get to do
that every week during the regular season. The national broadcast
gets a chance to do that, whereas the local broadcast.
We get a chance to have pretty in depth one
on one conversations. And when you talk about Jay Harbob
running special teams and you talk about Ryan Grubb running
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the offense, both of those guys essentially said, man, we
love to think outside the box, and we've come from
systems where that's all you did. Because in college everything
is open to you, so like you talk about like
the creativity and the innovation that's there. They like being
challenged in that way. And when I talked to Grub
and I started asking him about where some of these
philosophies come from, he said, look, well, it was all
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out of necessity, right, Like, if you have the best
players in the world, you don't have to do any schemey,
you just go beat your guy. Ye, it all came
out of necessity. But listening to him talk reminded me
a little bit of the conversations I had with Mike Leach,
who did the same sort of thing different way, but
the way that he used time and space was very different. Grub,
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I cannot wait to see third down plays. I cannot
wait to see them. He is not going for the sticks,
And he flat out said that. He goes, why would
I go for the sticks? Everybody's going to defend the sticks. Yeah,
he's going to call up plays that go for like
eight fifteen twenty yards on third.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Time Excity Yeah no, And I mean third down was
a big struggle for this offense. And you'll go back
to your coming about time and possession earlier helping the defense.
If if the one thing Grub does is coming and
make this team a good chunk better on third down.
That can make all the difference in the world on
both sides of them. All you sustained drives, you score
more points, and you take some burden off the defense man.
We've seen the last couple of seasons the Seahawks defense
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has just got killed by time and possession and it
you know, there are things of defense need to do
better itself. But for sure they were playing, you know,
against kind of a stacked deck a lot of times,
just on time and possession.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Speaking of stacking the deck, maybe in the Seahawks favor,
how about DK metcalf Movenor on the field. Yeah, we've
already seen that. Yeah, we've seen that. DK talked about
that one. That's that's going to be a fun one.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
Ye see, He's always moved some, but it definitely, you know,
there's more of that, and it does, you know, create
some opportunities for him and for the other guys too.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I think it's probably also going to create some opportunities
for fantasy owners. But I am not the expert on that.
I'm very clear on that. We do have an expert
who is standing by to help you with Week one,
and that would be Scott Engele, our fantasy insider.
Speaker 8 (18:43):
Thanks Jenn and John, and welcome to Week one of
the twenty twenty four fantasy football season. The Seahawks open
up at home against the Broncos at Lumen Field, and
we have everything you need to get your fantasy's lineups
locked in for your fantasy opener. I will start in
running back. You're not gonna bench Kenneth Walker, but he
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may elevate your fantasy team to a victory in Week one,
so I just wanted to spotlight that. And last year
he was number two in juke rate and number three
in evaated tackles according to Pro Football Focus. So he's
gonna give the Broncos defense a big challenge in Week
one while helping your fantasy team. David Montgoming and the
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Detroit Lions get him in there. The Lions have the
best run blocking advantage in football and week one according
to Pro Football Focus. And also, you want to play
Raheem Moster of the Miami Dolphins against the Jacksonville Jaguars
in your flex spot. That could be a high scoring
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game and we know that Moster it's a goal line
Ace and he could score one, maybe two touchdowns. And
wide receiver the exciting Giants rookie Malik Neighbors is an
instant must start against the minute the secondary. Also Deontay
Johnson now at the Carolina Panthers, a new and busy
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target for Bryce Young and of course Jackson Smith and
Jigba getting in your lineup. Sixty three receptions last year,
the second most ever for a Seahawks rookie. He's going
to operate well out of the slot. For Ryan Grubb
at tight end. Another rookie who can make an instant impact.
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Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders. Good matchup against
the Chargers defense, and while you may not use him
right away, keep an eye on JANEU Smith of Miami
Dolphins as a compliment to those explosive wide receivers. You
may want to consider actually adding him before the Week
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two waiver run. Also, we go back to the Seahawks.
They're a good fantasy team, a good resource for Week
one Geno Smith going deep possibly against that Denver secondary.
Last year he was fourth in Ze Bowl Actor receiver
rating and we know he has a great trio wide receivers. Also,
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a healthy Kylo Murray with Marvin Harrison Junior as his
new rookie weapon. And if you're playing a two quarterback
league or super flex, we can start a second quarterback.
Consider Baker Mayfield and his wide receivers against the Washington Secondary.
I am Scott Engel. You can follow me on social
media at Scottie the King, more of my work, the
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in Depth Lineup, Tipsover at Seahawks dot com, News ten,
Fantasy Insider, Rhotobowler dot com, sportsline dot com, The Athletic,
and Sunday mornings on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio. Let's
get ready for Week one. Back to you Jen and John.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Thank you Scott. So I think at this point, John,
what we have determined is we have no idea what's
gonna happen on Sunday. We're both very excited for whatever
it is that's gonna happen.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Folks, you can't get this kind of analysis anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
We don't know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Good luck.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
I believe in honesty. I believe in honesty. I'm just
set in the stage, you know, for next week when
we come in and we just go hard for all
the stats and all of the trends that we just
know are gonna pop up during the course of the season.
Usually at this point, folks, if you have been following
the Seahawks Insiders podcast for any length of time, I
would ask about two things that you need to see
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for a Seahawks win. However, but I actually want to
know a twist.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
I'm not prepared for this. Uhh, we didn't rehearse this
at all.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
I think what I'm gonna do today is two players
who need to stand out to you on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
All right, two players who need to stand out. I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
I want to see what Tyrel Dodson's gonna do in
the middle of the defense. I think we kind of
have a pretty good idea of how good the secondary
can be. They've got some great weapons up front on defense,
they'll be deep, that rotation can be awesome. Middle linebacker,
we just you know, we haven't seen those guys in
a game yet. And you know, Jerome Baker's been banged up.
But Dowson he's such really good. You know those practice
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in Tennessee, he was making plays all over the place.
I want to see what he can bring the middle
of that defense. Mike McDonald's gotten a lot out of
linebackers over the course of his career, so let's see
what he can do offensive side of the ball. We've
been hearing we've seen so little Kenneth Walker because he
doesn't play in the preseason.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
You keep that I took years. I love it.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
You just you don't play running backs much in the
preseason because that's so physical. But man, the way everyone's
talking about Kenneth Walker this this training camp. You hear
coaches grub loves him. I think he's gonna I mean,
he's been really good for two years. He's rushed over
two thousand yards toime touchdowns. But I think he could
do some pretty special things this year. I'm sorry for you.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Can I just piggyback on that? Actually, Nope, nope, I'm
gonna give you another one because I expect DK and
Tyler to do what they do. I would love to
see JSN a little bit more in the slot and
a few more explosive plays, just kind of see what
happens when you let him get like shifty inside a
little bit. On the defensive side of things. I could
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either go secondary and say I want to see Reek
Woollan in a game and see if he can carry
it over or we didn't actually see a lot of
Byron Murphy in the preseason either. Yeah, and I know
what they've said, I know what I've seen on one
on ones, But as Mike McDonald say, I want to
feel him on defense, like I just I want to
see what he can do and what he can do
to kind of to pressure and make things difficult on BONEX.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah. I mean we could go on. There's so many
guys that I'm he it was.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So easy and you still took mine. So this is,
you know, this is how things go. Next week we
will rehearse and next week we will be back with
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Speaker 5 (00:40):
I don't know if it's a good look. Do people
need to see I meant for me, not you, not you,
of course I just meant you know, people need to
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Speaker 3 (00:48):
Well, the people have spoken and the answer is yes.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well all right.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Also means that we can do nothing but smile at
each other the entire time. Sometimes we have been known
to make dirty looks at each other, or you know,
make silly faces. So unless we want to bloopers reel,
let's keep it lake tightening.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
No blooper material, seventeen weeks. Let's clean.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Let's we're going clean.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Plus playoffs. Yes, we can do that.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It is exciting to be back. It's exciting to be
talking about regular season football. Although I'm gonna be honest,
I don't necessarily know what we're talking about this week.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
I kind of like that it adds some excitement, like
we haven't seen I mean, we've seen a little bit
in training camp in preseason, but we have not really
seen what this is going to look like. And we
want until Sunday, which to me just adds to a
really fun week one.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I think it is the same on both sides, though,
because typically in a week one matchup, look, you spend
all summer in all off season preparing for what one
series of football, like literally one series of football. Then
everything goes in a completely different direction on that front.
But I think in past years it would be really
easy to study film from your opponent because tendencies would
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be the same, or the quarterback would be the same.
I don't know what quite honestly, I don't know what
Sean Payton's been studying for the Seahawks. And I know
that Mike McDonald who has been looking at a guy
like Bo Nicks, but that entire offense is going to
look different in Denver.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Yeah, I mean, you bring a new quarterback in, you're
gonna play to his strengths. And look, Sean Payton's been
coaching a long time, He's got there's plenty of film
of what his offense is, but he's gonna tailor it
to bo Nicks. So just as the Broncos don't have
a great read on what the Seahawks are doing week one,
the Seahawks aren't going to be sure what the offense
for the Broncos looks like. And that will just it
puts a fun challenge for both teams. Like to sit
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there and like, we need to be fundamentally sound, we
need to play fast, we need to not make mistakes.
But it's going to be hard to scheme.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I think that does add to a lot of intrigue.
We like it, ye, I really like it. And look,
we have been watching what the Seahawks team has done
in practice for the entire training camp, for OTAs, for
mini camp, and even those preseason games. But there is
something a little bit different when you get to week
one and kind of how practices look when you are
trying to scheme up an opponent.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Well, we're working stuff tailored towards the towards the opponent.
Almost probably eighty five percent of the practice. We'll do
some stuff that's you know, fast, try to work execution
with the ones on ones, but mostly it's carded dealer's
choice type of plays the whole time, so everything's pretty
much directed it, you know, the other side of the ball.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
At this point, it's a pretty clear distinction for those
who follow football closely. But it's a good reminder to
fans like how different an in season practice and what
we've seen training camp, training camp all the time. You
get the ones on ones, they're just competing, going against
each other. You know, the defense doesn't really have a
great plan for what the offense is doing and vice
versa because they're not scheming. Whereas you get a regular
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season practice and seat out there that who says the cards.
It's you know, an assistant coaches out there holding up
a card with the opposing team's play calls or you know,
what they think they're going to be and they're running
those plays. So very different format to practice just to
get ready for a specific opponent.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I also think that Week one is just a taste, yeah,
of everything, right, we've seen a lot of vanilla game
plans for the three weeks of the preseason. But at
what point, John, do you think we see I don't know,
like even upwards of sixty five percent of their place.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yeah, it's you know, it's really tough to say because
we just don't know what this coaching staff, how they're
going to roll things out. But I do think it's
you know, pretty normal in the NFL, and even more
so for a new coaching staff that you're building. You know,
I think it was Bill Belichick once country for like
the first four games of the regular season as preseason,
like you're not really who you are as a team.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Obviously you want to win those games.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
They still count the standings, but you're not the same
team in week one, week two as you are week seven,
week eight.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's just the way the NFL works.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yeah, it's sample size. And what Mike McDonald kept saying
this week was, you know, the team needs to find
its fastball, yeah, which is his way of saying they
need to figure out what they do best. And I
don't know that they know what that is yet, John,
Like I can take a guess. I don't think they
actually know.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Yeah, I mean they hope you know you have you
have what you hope it is, and you know you
have certain things.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That you want to be your identity.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
They've talked about being physical and tough, and the phrase
of Mike Mcdonaldy's like, we want to be really hard
to play against, like they they want to be the
team that you're like, oh no, we got to play them.
But until you've done it for a few weeks, to
your point, you don't know, Like you say you want
to be X, Y and Z, but are is that
going to be a strength or are you gonna get
two weeks? Since he's like, we're not doing this as
well as we hope. However, this is working, so we're
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going to lean that direction.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So what do you think is going to be the
strength of this team?
Speaker 5 (05:26):
I mean, we're talking both sides of the ball. I
do think, you know, from a general standpoint, I do
think they're going to be just kind of a fast,
physical team. The way Mike McDonald practices them. And while
I mean so much of what he does defensively is
like I want it to be where it looks hard
and it looks confusing, but to our players, it's basically
like we've got these few concepts, but we can switch
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them up and do them really fast. And then I
think the offense, we keep hearing the word explosive just
over and over, and if you watch the University Washington
last year, that's something they did really well, and it
suits the weapons they have so well in the quarterback
so well that like.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
It won't look exactly the same.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
It's big difference going against college defenses and NFL defenses.
But man, I think that Gino Smith and his weapons
could have a lot of fun in this scheme.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Okay, I want to get back to that in just
a second, but I want to weigh on on this
one because as you're talking about it, here's the way
that I would say it. Instead of having to pick
one side of the ball or the other, I would say,
these schemes are married together. And it is very much
what we said about the Ravens, right. You just have
the scheme on both sides of the ball. It's complimentary football.
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There is never a chance to catch your breath. And
I was talking to some of our players after Mike
McDonald was hired and just happened to pop in and
run into them in the building, and I was talking
about this, and it's funny because if you were on
one side of the ball or the other, you're only
focused on what defense is doing, what offense is doing. Right,
it makes sense. And I'm like, but look, guys, if
you watch an entire game, look at what happens. Like, look,
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you guys are doing the same thing on both sides
of the ball, and they're like, oh, yeah, that would
that would be kind of fun.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I think it's the way these two are potentially married
together that would be just a juggernaut for an entire game. Now,
I'm saying this having not seen a regular season game,
but the potential is there to do what the Ravens did,
to have it built the way the Ravens had it built.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
And I think you know one other thing i'd throw
out with McDonald. We hear the word discipline a lot
and accountability a lot, and like, I just think he's
a coach that you're gonna have to figure out how
to do things cleanly, and that's going to show up.
I think on the defensive side of the ball, especially
where maybe there's been some issues that have held this
scene back in past years recently that I think they'll
clean up some of that well.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
And defense this week is going against a rookie quarterback,
one that they are really excited about in Denver and
bow Nicks. I do think that his style of play,
at least what we saw in college, matches what Sean
Payton wants to do. But here's what Mike McDonald is
expecting from bow Yeah.
Speaker 7 (07:53):
I think it's a sliding scale, so to speak.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
But on how much you you know, factor all the
things you know, this this system is, you know, Sean's system.
It seems like that they've been really successful with for
such a long time, and both seems like he's a
great fit for what they're asking him to do, which
is a little bit different than some of the stuff. Now,
you know, some of those things might carry over how
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he operates things like that. His strengths probably will definitely,
you know, transfer from from college to the pros.
Speaker 7 (08:23):
But I wouldn't put too much stock into it.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
But we all had our respect Froim as a player,
and uh, but we're also defending like the plays that
you know, Sean's been running for years.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Yeah, and what Sean Payton likes to do is play action.
It is quick decision making it is getting the ball
out fast. We saw bo Nicks do that at times
in college. But I do think that phrase that Mike
McDonald just used, I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
It's one of the reasons, quite honestly, I didn't look
up a whole lot of numbers from today because it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, and that's to be close, you're not taking a
shot anybody of that.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
That's just he's putting out Like so much changes from
what this guy is doing in Oregon to what is
going to be happening in Chompaynon's offense with him, So
it's like, you you know, they're going to obviously do
everything they can to scheme and figure out things it
will help them, but so much of a week one
game is just gonna be like, all right, here's what
they're doing.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
How do we addrest well, and to be fair, if
you want to know what he did in the preseason,
he led the Broncos to scoring drives on six of
the seven possessions that he was in the game. Last year,
it was a big problem three and out for the Broncos,
and we kind of understand some of those struggles based
on the personnel group. But what they're really excited about
in Denver is staying on the field and giving your chance,
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your team a chance to actually march down the field.
I totally get that. I would expect that they're going
to lean on the run game and that there's going
to be some easy outlet passes for him, because what
I know about this defense is he is not going
to get the same read pre snap as when that.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Ball is snapped exactly.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
I mean, that's a huge part of what Mike McDonald's
defense does as they confuse. They put pressure on an
offense by confusing him of like you're showing one thing
before the snap and then you think, think this guy's coming,
and this guy's coming, they drop into coverage and pressure's
coming from somewhere else. And you know, to bo Nix's credit,
one of the things we saw in college that he
did do very well is he can get the ball
out fast. He's not going to stand there and hold
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the ball. And that's a big part of Sean Payton's
defense is quickly he's getting the ball out. So Siaux
will dial plenty of things up to try to mess
with him. But I think Bonnicks is, you know, for
a rookie in his first start, he's probably as well
equipped as any player in that situation to handle pressure well.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And he has won over his teammates and his coaches
and the city. Not only is he going to be
the first rookie to start for the Broncos since John
Elway in nineteen eighty three, he turned out okay, he
did turn out okay. He is also the first Broncos
rookie to be named a captain since nineteen sixty seven.
That is an honor that is voted on by his teammates.
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So whatever he has done in his short time in
the Mile High City, he has won them over.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yeah. Absolutely, it's yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
I mean he's It's not easy to start as a
rookie and teams are careful with who they let do that.
So he's clearly done a lot of things to impress
everybody around him.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Okay, so we know that bo Nix is going to
be the starter. They have high hopes during a rebuilding
season in Denver. Now, fans will tell you that this
is going to be their year, but if you actually
look at the odds makers, they're saying about five and
a half wins is where they've got the Broncos peck
As for more of what we expect to see on Sunday, well,
probably just a lot of personnel groups.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Uh, you're gonna get it. He's gonna play everybody. They
do a great job of playing all their guys. It's
a lot of different personnel groups running pass for complimentary
drop back game. I think it's consistent for the quarterback,
but you know they can they can create explosives that
way too, and then they you.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Know, they get the ball to their playmakers.
Speaker 6 (11:42):
So it's a tried and true system that they've done
it really well for a long time.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
On Peyton's offense because he has you know, he built
some of the great offenses in the NFL for a
long time, and you know, you know Seaks has seen
him plenty, and it's McDonald's referenced that that's part of
what makes it challenging is the way they use different guys.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
It's you know, it's not.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Necessarily unpredictable in terms of play to play, but just
they're running all these different personnel groups that really strain
a defense. So it's gonna be a fun tests, good,
good matchup of coaches, test.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
And wits well. And if I have to say what
the Seahawks defense has been looking at for the entirety
of the off season, there's a lot of personnel groups
on the Ryan Grubb offensive skime.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Yeah, a lot of motion, a lot of different group beings.
It should should be a good, good preparation for them
what they've been seeing all of camp.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I think it is going to be really interesting. We're
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Speaker 3 (13:10):
I don't know which side of the ball I'm looking
forward to seeing most, but I think I am most
intrigued by how Ryan Grubb's offense translates to the NFL.
And I'm not saying that it can't and that I
have any doubts. I just want to know what it
looks like. First of all, you've got hash marks that
are different in college, so that's a little bit different.
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Second of all, you don't get to have ninety guys active,
like there are some real decisions. And we were talking
with John Schneider before one of the preseason games and
he explained this exercise that he takes the coordinators through
and said, Okay, now, explain to me how you're going
to use these guys on game day, right, like what
packages and what plays are we going to run? And
for the coordinators to realize, oh, I don't have everybody
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on the roster, right, like, okay, this is what we're
actually doing. Again, I think that this is easy enough
to overcome. I did. I think it was interesting when
talking to DK Metcalf this week when it asked, you know,
like about the explosive plays, and he's like, yep, it's
a run first offense.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yeah, I yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
I mean I don't think we expect to hear that
because you just when you think of those Washington offenses,
you think of the passing games. Now, if you actually
look at the the run pass splits, it was not
as unbalanced as you might think. Then again, they were
winning big in a lot of those games and it
might have been a lot of fourth quarter running. That
being said, it was interesting to hear DK Metcalf say like, yeah,
first team meeting, he brought us in here, introduced himself
and immediately said like, no, we're going to run the ball.
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We're gonna set the tone with running. So it's you know,
I think he recognizes I can't remember if it was
his first press conference or during OTA's in mini camp,
but Ryan Grebb talked about like, yeah, we have certain
things we know work, but we also recognize like some
things that worked in college will not work in the NFL.
Defense are is better, they're faster, so he's going to
have to make adjustments and one of those will be,
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you know, I think relying a little more in a
running game to be a little more balanced and keep
defenses on their toes.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Well, and you've got to control time of possession too
if you want this defense to be explosive as you
expect them to be. You can't have them on the
field for forty minutes a game, right, So it's actually
kind of the Broncos problem the year that they played
the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, right, they had one
of the fastest scoring drive times in the NFL, but
their defense was on the field the entire time, so
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they were worn out by the time they got to
the postseason. I do think it's interesting. I also wonder
and Ryan Grubb is awesome. I really enjoyed the conversations
with him. I would be curious to talk to guys
a few weeks in and see if the buy in
was easier because he was in town and everybody knew
what the Huskies were doing everybody.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
That's a good point, like if he was doing the
exact same thing somewhere in the Midwest, would all the
players be as familiar with it and just be like, oh, yeah,
we saw that last year and it was just awesome.
And I think it also helps like the NFL pedigree
that came out of that offense of like you see, okay,
he's doing this and sending all these dudes to the
NFL first round picks, you know, top top three rounds
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whatever where all those receivers were. So I do think
even though he has not been a coordinator on this
level yet, he comes in with players being and also
just I think they've looked at his playbook and his
schemes and be like, dang, he's doing some cool stuff.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Like we heard Tyler Lockett talk about this. We go
like ya, Tiler's been doing this for nine years.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
He's at a bunch of different coordinators and he's like, Oh,
this guy sees some things that I don't see.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Like it's cool to hear players talk about him.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
It was super cool to sit in production meetings during
the preseason. It's one of the It's one of my
favorite times of year because we don't get to do
that every week during the regular season. The national broadcast
gets a chance to do that, whereas the local broadcast.
We get a chance to have pretty in depth one
on one conversations. And when you talk about Jay Harbob
running special teams and you talk about Ryan Grubb running
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the offense, both of those guys essentially said, man, we
love to think outside the box, and we've come from
systems where that's all you did. Because in college everything
is open to you, so like you talk about like
the creativity and the innovation that's there. They like being
challenged in that way. And when I talked to Grub
and I started asking him about where some of these
philosophies come from, he said, look, well, it was all
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out of necessity, right, Like, if you have the best
players in the world, you don't have to do any schemey,
you just go beat your guy. Ye, it all came
out of necessity. But listening to him talk reminded me
a little bit of the conversations I had with Mike Leach,
who did the same sort of thing different way, but
the way that he used time and space was very different. Grub,
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I cannot wait to see third down plays. I cannot
wait to see them. He is not going for the sticks,
And he flat out said that. He goes, why would
I go for the sticks? Everybody's going to defend the sticks. Yeah,
he's going to call up plays that go for like
eight fifteen twenty yards on third.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Time Excity Yeah no, And I mean third down was
a big struggle for this offense. And you'll go back
to your coming about time and possession earlier helping the defense.
If if the one thing Grub does is coming and
make this team a good chunk better on third down.
That can make all the difference in the world on
both sides of them. All you sustained drives, you score
more points, and you take some burden off the defense man.
We've seen the last couple of seasons the Seahawks defense
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has just got killed by time and possession and it
you know, there are things of defense need to do
better itself. But for sure they were playing, you know,
against kind of a stacked deck a lot of times,
just on time and possession.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Speaking of stacking the deck, maybe in the Seahawks favor,
how about DK metcalf Movenor on the field. Yeah, we've
already seen that. Yeah, we've seen that. DK talked about
that one. That's that's going to be a fun one.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
Ye see, He's always moved some, but it definitely, you know,
there's more of that, and it does, you know, create
some opportunities for him and for the other guys too.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I think it's probably also going to create some opportunities
for fantasy owners. But I am not the expert on that.
I'm very clear on that. We do have an expert
who is standing by to help you with Week one,
and that would be Scott Engele, our fantasy insider.
Speaker 8 (18:43):
Thanks Jenn and John, and welcome to Week one of
the twenty twenty four fantasy football season. The Seahawks open
up at home against the Broncos at Lumen Field, and
we have everything you need to get your fantasy's lineups
locked in for your fantasy opener. I will start in
running back. You're not gonna bench Kenneth Walker, but he
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may elevate your fantasy team to a victory in Week one,
so I just wanted to spotlight that. And last year
he was number two in juke rate and number three
in evaated tackles according to Pro Football Focus. So he's
gonna give the Broncos defense a big challenge in Week
one while helping your fantasy team. David Montgoming and the
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Detroit Lions get him in there. The Lions have the
best run blocking advantage in football and week one according
to Pro Football Focus. And also, you want to play
Raheem Moster of the Miami Dolphins against the Jacksonville Jaguars
in your flex spot. That could be a high scoring
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game and we know that Moster it's a goal line
Ace and he could score one, maybe two touchdowns. And
wide receiver the exciting Giants rookie Malik Neighbors is an
instant must start against the minute the secondary. Also Deontay
Johnson now at the Carolina Panthers, a new and busy
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target for Bryce Young and of course Jackson Smith and
Jigba getting in your lineup. Sixty three receptions last year,
the second most ever for a Seahawks rookie. He's going
to operate well out of the slot. For Ryan Grubb
at tight end. Another rookie who can make an instant impact.
(20:30):
Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders. Good matchup against
the Chargers defense, and while you may not use him
right away, keep an eye on JANEU Smith of Miami
Dolphins as a compliment to those explosive wide receivers. You
may want to consider actually adding him before the Week
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two waiver run. Also, we go back to the Seahawks.
They're a good fantasy team, a good resource for Week
one Geno Smith going deep possibly against that Denver secondary.
Last year he was fourth in Ze Bowl Actor receiver
rating and we know he has a great trio wide receivers. Also,
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a healthy Kylo Murray with Marvin Harrison Junior as his
new rookie weapon. And if you're playing a two quarterback
league or super flex, we can start a second quarterback.
Consider Baker Mayfield and his wide receivers against the Washington Secondary.
I am Scott Engel. You can follow me on social
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in Depth Lineup, Tipsover at Seahawks dot com, News ten,
Fantasy Insider, Rhotobowler dot com, sportsline dot com, The Athletic,
and Sunday mornings on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio. Let's
get ready for Week one. Back to you Jen and John.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Thank you Scott. So I think at this point, John,
what we have determined is we have no idea what's
gonna happen on Sunday. We're both very excited for whatever
it is that's gonna happen.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Folks, you can't get this kind of analysis anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
We don't know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Good luck.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
I believe in honesty. I believe in honesty. I'm just
set in the stage, you know, for next week when
we come in and we just go hard for all
the stats and all of the trends that we just
know are gonna pop up during the course of the season.
Usually at this point, folks, if you have been following
the Seahawks Insiders podcast for any length of time, I
would ask about two things that you need to see
(22:28):
for a Seahawks win. However, but I actually want to
know a twist.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
I'm not prepared for this. Uhh, we didn't rehearse this
at all.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
I think what I'm gonna do today is two players
who need to stand out to you on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
All right, two players who need to stand out. I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
I want to see what Tyrel Dodson's gonna do in
the middle of the defense. I think we kind of
have a pretty good idea of how good the secondary
can be. They've got some great weapons up front on defense,
they'll be deep, that rotation can be awesome. Middle linebacker,
we just you know, we haven't seen those guys in
a game yet. And you know, Jerome Baker's been banged up.
But Dowson he's such really good. You know those practice
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in Tennessee, he was making plays all over the place.
I want to see what he can bring the middle
of that defense. Mike McDonald's gotten a lot out of
linebackers over the course of his career, so let's see
what he can do offensive side of the ball. We've
been hearing we've seen so little Kenneth Walker because he
doesn't play in the preseason.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
You keep that I took years. I love it.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
You just you don't play running backs much in the
preseason because that's so physical. But man, the way everyone's
talking about Kenneth Walker this this training camp. You hear
coaches grub loves him. I think he's gonna I mean,
he's been really good for two years. He's rushed over
two thousand yards toime touchdowns. But I think he could
do some pretty special things this year. I'm sorry for you.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Can I just piggyback on that? Actually, Nope, nope, I'm
gonna give you another one because I expect DK and
Tyler to do what they do. I would love to
see JSN a little bit more in the slot and
a few more explosive plays, just kind of see what
happens when you let him get like shifty inside a
little bit. On the defensive side of things. I could
(24:09):
either go secondary and say I want to see Reek
Woollan in a game and see if he can carry
it over or we didn't actually see a lot of
Byron Murphy in the preseason either. Yeah, and I know
what they've said, I know what I've seen on one
on ones, But as Mike McDonald say, I want to
feel him on defense, like I just I want to
see what he can do and what he can do
to kind of to pressure and make things difficult on BONEX.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah. I mean we could go on. There's so many
guys that I'm he it was.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So easy and you still took mine. So this is,
you know, this is how things go. Next week we
will rehearse and next week we will be back with
you with a brand new edition of the Seahawks Insiders
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