October 31, 2025 • 32 mins
HUGH MILLEN’S X’s and O’s- Hugh gives us insight like only he can! Who deserves the credit for the fact that Sam Darnold isn’t getting sacked as frequently as previous Seahawks QBs? Pass game vs run game. The defense is almost whole again, what will that mean for Mike MacDonald’s defensive plans? :30- MIKE HOLMGREN makes his Friday visit to give us his thoughts on the Seahawks ahead of Sunday night football. How big of an advantage is it for the Seahawks to be coming off a bye? What can we expect in Jayden Daniels’ return to the Commanders? :45- We wrap up the show and the week with Booze news!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Pretty much just trying to pull off the unzipped check
out my chest. Well oh yeah, look and I now
know based on the photo we just took. I dressed
as a sith Lord. Yes for Halloween. So happy Halloween everyone.
We roll into the nine o'clock hour. It's time to
be joined by our QB one. Hugh Millan is with
(00:20):
us his x's and O segment brought to you by
Frost Brewed Course, Light Choice Chill. Hello Hugh, Happy Halloween,
Happy Halloween, good day, fun day. All right, what do
you what are you handing out? Are you giving the
missus h sweet potatoes with the with the marshmallows.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And we're going with Halloween, so you know what Sea
handles at. You know, I just say, go go to Costco.
Make sure we get get the big I don't want
people talking smack about us that we give out lightweight candy,
So get the big stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I love the idea of like you sitting there just
scooping out some sweet potatoes and just right into the
bags of the kids.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I kind of like that idea. Let's get the house
toilet papered.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
After that, well, let's dive in seahawks take on the
commanders on Sunday Night. I want to bring up something
that we discussed right off the top of the show.
I think maybe we haven't discussed enough how few times
Sam Donald has been sacked this year, just nine compared
to the two quarterbacks we had previously to Sam Donald,
where that was a weekly issue that the Seahawks and
(01:25):
we discussed about the Seahawks. I certainly think the offensive
line is better, but I don't know if they deserve
all the credit for that. Where does the credit go
for how few times Sam Donald's been dumped on his keyster?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, I think that the portion that Sam Donald deserves
credit is is just an awareness of the threats that are,
whether it's blitzes that he has an awareness of where
his hot receivers are. Oftentimes he'll be looking down the
field and and there'll be a flat of a potential
(02:01):
sack of pressure, and then he'll quickly get the ball
to the outlet he knows what even if they're on
the opposite side of the field. He races through his
progressions sometimes, you know, we'll oftentimes see him on a
swing pass on this fifth progression off of just one hit.
So I think mechanically you know, you know he's so
signed of a veteran understanding it, and and then you
(02:21):
know there's a scheme portion of it. They've they've protected
a Lucas after Nick Bosa, you know rec Game one.
Uh you saw thereafter a big effort to help a
Lucas and and have tight ends chipping and what having
really not leave an open.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Edge to him.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
So I think, you know, as it's generally the case,
it's it's a uh that there's a number of factors
and you see that on tape.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
What how much do you put into how he's playing
the position in how much credit do you give to
kind of the attempt at being balanced at least? I mean,
they're trying to run the ball. Maybe it's not crazy effective.
I think it's sometimes they should give ken Walker just
more times of handing it to him, you know, times
in a row, let him kind of eat a little bit.
(03:06):
But are you giving any credit to the way in
which Sam Darnom's playing quarterback and taking.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Care of the ball for the most part, to the
balance attack?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, Well, the Seaxs are number one in terms of
their run percentage, in which means they're dead last in
terms of past percentage percentage of plays that are run,
so they're trying. Unfortunately, at thirtieth in the league, they're
near the bottom in terms of the yards per rush,
and I don't see any improvement likely to happen. Last
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year they went in weeks one through eight they were
four point three. Then for the second half of the
year there four point two, So they went from twentieth
that actually went to eighteenth the year before. They went
from four point three in the first half they dropped
to four point zero the second. So you know, history
has shown as they're not likely to improve. If you
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look at schematically the outside it's kind of funny. I
can use the term comparative advantage. Their best play relative
of the league is the outside zone at four point
two yards per attempt, but that's just nineteenth of all
teams running the outside zone. Inside zone they're twenty fourth.
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The gap scheme where you're blocking down and then pulling
guards gap in power encounter, those are gap skins. They're
twenty eighth and twenty first in the league and yards
per temp respectively. Another play called duo where you get
double teams on to the strong side but you don't
pull it back guy they're three and a half yards,
they're twenty sixth So I'm looking for ways like, hey,
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you know, maybe have a little shift away from that,
you know, go from here. This has really been working
for you. I'm looking for it. I can't find it.
I don't expect there to be a real material change
in the quality of the running game. But I think
that to your point, if you do keep investing in
those body blows, maybe that helps reduce the sacks. For
(05:01):
what that's worth, the Commanders come in at at eight
point eight percent of passes result in sacks against the
Commander defense. That's eighth in the NFL. A little bit
of a concern there, particularly deron payin over on Abe
Lucas's side. As I mentioned, he's got the third highest
uh cap number of any defensive player in the league.
(05:23):
How about that at twenty six million. So so you
got you gotta be aware of him. Other than that,
the defense, you know, the Commander defenses is not good.
They're falling off, and so I think that there should
be opportunities for some some you know, get their running
game going a little bit. And certainly Sam Darnold on
paper should have another good game.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, I'm expecting it. Hugh Millan is with us Ora
QB one here, x Is and Oz segment every Friday
during the football season on the defensive side of the ball.
I know that you are a member of the Mike
McDonald admiration society. You think a lot of his skill
as a defensive minded head coach. And yet he says
(06:06):
earlier this week, or at least revealed to Greg Bell,
that I finally get to implement my defense now that
I got Witherspoon and Emon Worri and the secondary together.
What do you think that means? What does that unlock
for McDonald? Well, I've spent a lot of time thinking
about this week. I think for me, I think that
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involves Witherspoon plane out at cornerback when they're in nickel
and the Seahawks right now are number one in the
percentage of nickel at eighty seven point eight percent. They're
just twentieth in the use of dime at three and
a half percent. So I think you're going to see
more dime with Witherspoon as one overhang defender and Emon
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Worry as the other. So you know, I think you
can bring more blitzes. You know, and he likes to
bring the zone pressures that you know, there is something
about Nick m and Worry.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You know, I'm really interested in in when the Seahawks
play cover one. So I went in and look, there's
been thirteen snaps. Cover one is just man and man
with a free safety. That is the conventional way teams
play man and man. There's been thirteen snaps with m
and Worry playing cover one. He has just lined up.
Here's the evidence. He just lines up and he covers
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whoever number two is, number two is counting outside in
the widest guy to the sideline, that's number one. He
whoever's in number two, and you know he's he has
he has. Amm and Worry has covered Jalen Nowell three times.
He's five foot ten, two hundred one pounds. He's covered
Braxton Burrios five nine and one hundred and eighty fives.
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He's covered Jaydon Higgins sixty four two fifteen. He's covered
Tim Patrick sixty four to two ten. He's covered tight
ends on three or four occasions. He's covered. He covered
Christian McCaffery up for one snap before he got hurt
in the forty nine ers. He covered Chris Godwin and
uh A six one two O nine A Mecca Buka
six one two of five like all side, what that
(08:07):
should tell you? In thirteen snaps he has covered whomever however,
big or small receiver, tight end doesn't matter. He just
covers that guy. And by the way, he's only been
targeted one time out of those thirteen snaps. It was
on a fader route Who's fourteen for Houston uh Uhxavier Hutchinson.
(08:29):
I think it was Jaylen Noel okay, and he covered
him beautifully and and it was an incomplete So he
has in man coverage. He has targeted once no completion,
So so that is very encouraging to me when I
consider you know him at six three two twenty. I
ran into Buddha Baker kind of in a golf thing
and we were talking about Emon Warrey in the offseason
(08:51):
and he had worked out with him. I hope I'm
not violating any confidence from Buddha, but you know, he
had he really praised Nick. But you know, we we
kind of talked about does he have that short area.
You know, if somebody runs a whip route, starts the
shall across, snaps back out, does he have the quickness,
and Buddha's like, well, you know, he kind of gave well,
you know, you want to say it, but you know
he kind of could read read into it. So you know,
(09:12):
so there's legit concerns about a two hundred and twenty
pounds man. Uh you know, Guardian, as I said, a
five nine eighty five, I promise you if your business
card says wide receiver and you are five nine one
eighty five, you are quick as hell. And and yet
the the sea arcs hey because of his length. It's
kind of like when you play a guy in one
(09:34):
on one basketball. I'm six five, so I I, you know,
long arms. But but you know, if I play a
shorter guy, you know, I say, hey, he's quicker than me.
But if I'm quick enough, my length is going to
be a problem. Even though he absolutely he's quicker than me.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
But but I.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Can still, you know, you know, just create some create
some problems, or at least that's the theory, you know.
You know, So, yes, Rason Barrios at five nine five
is quicker, but he him and worry is quick enough
and his strength and his length is able to compensate.
So it's an important part of what they do. And
now with Witherspoon, we'll see what kind of zone pressures
(10:10):
and simulated pressures.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
I can't wait to see it.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
We haven't seen those two guys on the field together,
and I'm just that's going to be a Halloween treat
in itself.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
All Right, You keep that Mike McDonald defensive hat on,
because I mean, I have a little bit of concern
about the strength that is the Seahawks defense, or the
defense in general is the strength. But they do tend
to stop the run. I think their ranked number one
in the NFL at that right now, and yet I
could foresee some possible trouble if they let Jayden Daniels
(10:40):
get loose, or this Bill McCroskey merrit Kid get loose,
and possibly even Debo Samuel that they might use. Greg
was mentioning he might be used in the run game
as well. So what's your game plan to make sure
that that run game stasts out like it has been?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I like the Seahawks matchup against je Gory cross Get
merit Man. He's their number one running back, but rushing
yards per attempt on designed runs, that's excluding the scrambles.
The Commanders at five point zero that's second in the NFL.
That gets your tention. But I think I still think Seattle.
That's a strength of Seattle. They're number one in the NFL,
(11:15):
the Seahawks at three point three one opponent yards per rush.
By the way, the Commanders are are nineteenth.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
In the league.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
But I think that the question when you're talking about
Jayden Daniels and the scramble Daniels per game he has,
He's five exactly five scrambles per game. That's first in
the NFL. To put that into context, Lamar Jackson is
only two point two scrambles per game. Again, Daniels five
rushing yard or excuse me yards per game in scrambles
(11:46):
thirty six doesn't sound a lot, but if you get
three or four first downs, that can really hurt you.
And his scramble percentage thirteen point seven percent of his
times when he drops back that's number one again, is
only seven and a half percent. So so here's the thing.
Contain this has been a problem for Seattle. It costs,
(12:06):
you know, on a contained DeMarcus, Lawrence lost. Contain when
Brock Purty extended to play on the game winner in
Week one. If Jacksonville was going to have an unlikely comeback.
Remember when they Trevor Lawrence had converted that unlikely fourth
and five that was losing. Contained right handed quarterback out
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the right side, he throws across his body. If you
if you win that play, you're not even sweating that game.
So this has been a problem. Obviously, Daniel's a right
handed quarterback. You've got to keep him outside.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
When he does get outside the pocket, his attempts three
point eight per per per game, that's thirty third. But
his scramble percentage when he gets out he you know
a lot of times they say guys are looking when
they scramble, they're looking to pass. When he scrambles, he's
looking to scramble. When he gets outside the pocket, fifty
(12:58):
one percent times he's going to run the ball. That's
second in the NFL. And outside the pocket his passer
rating is one hundred and eighteenth.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
That's eight.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
So I would just say this, he's a right handed quarterback.
If you're gonna make if you're going to allow him
to get out of the pocket, have your breakdown be
so that he's a right hand quarterback going to his left.
But don't But we got to stop this issue of
letting a right handed quarterback out the right handed side
of the pocket, so that those components in stopping the
(13:27):
run I think are gonna be a vital on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Well, you have Daniels who obviously is a running threat.
Samuel is your wide receiver one without Terry McLaurin, and
he's mostly a running back threat. And then you have
the actual run game that they implement. Does that work
for the Seahawks and their number one ranked rush defense
or does that work against it? To have that many
(13:51):
weapons coming at you, I kind of like seat. I
think that they have an ability to build a wall
and really spill things to the outside. I think now
with with Witherspoon back on the field, they're gonna have
more team speed.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
If if they want to run outside, I think you
spill that.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
And and if Emon worries an alley player an overhang
player on one side, and uh and and Witherspoon is
on the other, I think I think those guys are
gonna they can cover a lot of ground to the flat.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
So I don't know, I I feel pretty good about it,
Chuck Uh.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
You know, I think I think the concern you know,
we talked about the Seahawks and covering tight ends, and
we talked about it before the Cardinals and then Trade McBride.
Still he went off relatively. So the Seahawks giving up
sixty three yards per game to tight ends, that's that's
eighth most, and they're passer rating when the Seahawks all
(14:45):
passes going to non tight ends. Uh, the the opponent
passer rating against the Seahawks is seventy eight, so Seahawks
are fourth best. But but when opponents target a tight end,
the passer rating jumps.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
From seventy eight to one hundred and seven passer rating.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
So in zach Ertz, you know, look, he's passes pride
and he's on the injury report, but he's a heady guy.
He's got moxie. He knows how to find holes and zones.
You know, that's an issue and and somewhat related to that,
and you know, I'm just kind of my notes here.
Here's an interesting split for Jaden Daniels his pass. Now,
(15:23):
you wouldn't expect that teams would play a lot of
man to man because Jayden Daniels has such a running threat,
and they say, well, who's gonna who's gonna cover him?
If you who's gonna spy him if he runs? But
if against cover one Jaden Daniels, his passer rating is
sixty eight. That's thirty third in the NFL. You know,
(15:46):
contrast that to you know, a cover two of five
under zone where everybody's eyes are on the quarterback. That's
probably what he's used to seeing throughout his career because
he probably doesn't see a lot of man. His passer
rating is one hundred fourteen. Let me say that again,
Man to man sixty eight and it jumps to one
hundred and fourteen in against a very conservative zone. So
so and then I said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
(16:07):
There's two ways to play man and man cover one.
You can rush four and have a spy, and you
can rush five. If there's no way he's seeing man
rushes because there's literally nobody for the quarterback. Well, it's happened,
and his passer rating is only forty four. So how
lucky are you feeling, Mike McDonald if you want to
(16:29):
run a five man cover one, This guy has really
had a problem. As I said, he doesn't see a
lot of man and man. I think there's more of
a primacy on accuracy, maybe less of a primacy on anticipation,
you know. So there's a skill set that's different. He
doesn't see a lot of man and man. If you
want to throw five guys out of him, I wouldn't
have the guts to do it. But those who have
(16:50):
have had success. So that's something to watch as well.
If you see on Sunday Night where Jayden Daniels scrambles
for like a twenty seven yarder and they're going man
to man, just count the number are there? Is it
a fore man rush or a five because you know
fore man rush. Yeah, at least you gonna have a
spy there. Maybe Ernest Jones will whoever it is, feel
like he can he can hunt him down.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But if you rush five man, you better hold your breath.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Hell of a breakdown right there.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, I'm I just started this week really listening to this.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Is that right?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Why?
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Once you told me that he's a former NFL quarterback,
I was like, then he probably I should probably pay attention.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Alright, man, Well, thank you, thanks, great, break a lot,
all right, have a good weekend, all right down QB
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Speaker 1 (18:13):
What Coach Holmergan's got planned for Halloween tonight? I probably
just scared a crap out all the kids in the neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Don't you think so? I think more is that?
Speaker 4 (18:21):
I mean, I think nowadays he's just kind of, you know,
answers a door, big burly, but you know, calm, and
then hands out probably king sized candyb.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Well sin as far from b Bbe pulled that trick
on it. He doesn't trust Halloween anymore possible.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Yeah, good morning, guys. Yeah, ruined Halloween for me forever. No,
it's but Bucky's right, I'm a handout, big candy bars person.
But again, we live in a condos, so we don't
get anything. No one comes where we are. So but
(18:58):
when we were in a neighborhood and at a house, yeah,
it was, it was. And Green Bay it was funny.
In Green Bay, they they sat, it was very structured.
They set times between six and eight or you know,
and then they shut everything down. And in small city
can do that. Small town so it was fun always
like Halloween, and then growing up, I remember one quick thing.
(19:19):
We didn't have any money, so, uh, my dad was Halloween. Okay,
what are you gonna be a My dad goes, I
think he should be a hobo. So I wore a
my T shirt, jeans that he got a stick for me.
I had a bag on the end of it. You're
all set go.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Same, yeah, I say.
Speaker 4 (19:35):
I wore his T shirt, his jeans, stuffed a pillow
in the butt and a pillow in the stomach, and
then the stick in a handkerchief.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
With that I walked around with and charcoal on my face.
Five yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Uh, Coach Olgren with us right here on Chuck and
Buck in the morning, all right, let's talk a little football.
Taking on the Commanders on Sunday night. Man, the Commanders
are just so beat up and they're playing on short rest,
where the Seahawks might be the healthiest they've been all
season long and got a bye week. I mean, how
big of an advantage does that feel like the Seahawks
(20:12):
have heading into Sunday Night.
Speaker 5 (20:14):
Well, it couldn't have come at a better time. And
it's a huge advantage, and particularly the way Washington schedules
set up. And it also goes to show you, and
not just Washington, but all the teams, you lose your
starting quarterback for a while, it changes everything. It just
changes everything. Your defense has to be spectacular otherwise you're
(20:34):
going to lose the football game. It's not the same
now they get Jayden Daniels back, Washington does. But I
think tremendous advantage to the Seahawks this week.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Coach.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
I've been kind of discounting the five and two to
some degree, not totally. I mean, I think that this
is a really good football team, and yet I was
saying earlier in the show that I don't feel great
about any of their wins and the couple teams they've
lost to I think I feel like they maybe are better.
Maybe not the Niners as hurt as they are, but
the Buccaneers, I do think, even though that was a
(21:06):
close ballgame. So I kind of want you to coach
me up as if you if you were to have
heard me say that, just let me know exactly how
difficult wins are, whether it's against the Cardinals, Saints, you know, Texans,
or even the you know, Steelers and Jaguars, who both
have winning records.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
Yeah, I agree with you, Bucky. That's kind of how
I've been thinking as well. They won some really close games,
and you know, they lost a couple of close games,
but they've been relatively close most of the time against
teams that in the beginning of the season I thought
would just be okay, you know that they're middle of
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the road teams and now I tall Washington, excuse me,
would be a real challenge. But they've been hurt and
banged up and they're not the same team that was
at the beginning of the season. So I kind of
agree with you. I think, however, they would stand out.
What stood out to me was how their defense and
(22:02):
how the secondary in particular has played even with the
injured guys, the new guys, the young guys come in
and they're playing pretty well. Why because the defensive front
has been spectacular. I mean, they've really done a nice
job up front, and then Sam Darnold is playing very
very well on offense. And of course the receiver Jigma
is just shooting lights out. I suspect in the second
(22:24):
half of the season, though, teams have to do something
about him, you know, because it's he's just he's just
doing whatever he wants out there, and he's looking great
doing it.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
What would you do with him? You have a wide
receiver that just continuously keeps getting open and a quarterback
that loves throwing to him. At one point, do you say, well,
if you're not going to take it away from me,
I'm just going to keep going. Or do you have
to kind of create the balance that might be more
long term beneficial.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Yeah, I think you have to create the balance, and
then you know, I can remember I remember I think
I don't know if we mentioned it before, but we
played Carolina in the championship game and d Steve Smith
was a great receiver for them, and I stayed away
from Fritz Sherman and my coordinators in Seattle as well.
(23:17):
Let them do it. Except when I knew the receiver
and I knew kind of what I knew the team
on offense would do, and I went in and I
just said, listen, I don't know, you make your plan,
but I want him hit or at the line of
scrimmage on every play. I want him banged round so
he just can't get into the secondary. And so I
think teams, if it was me, that's what I would
(23:38):
do with Enjigma, you know, just make sure that he
just can't release cleanly. When he does that, he finds
he's good enough and he finds the open area, and
you know, to say, okay, if we stop Jigma, that
will open up other guys. I said, okay, fine, but
we're going to stop this guy. This guy can't can't
beat this by himself.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Well, what about jayde Daniels. What would you do with him?
If you had a talent who's who's a little banged
up right now, but you know you want him to
run a little bit. But how much do you just
uncork him? Considering his recent injuries though, what kind of
factor is he going to be Sunday night?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Well, I think he's going to be a big factor.
He's going to a big, big boost to the team. Now,
how he handles his injury, how the injury affects his play,
that'll be one one thing to watch. I don't think
Chuck that I think he's going to play the way
he plays. You might tell him now just you know,
be a little cautious, but that falls on deaf ears.
(24:39):
He's going to play and react to a particular play
or a situation because he's an athlete and that's what
he does. So you just pray that that he doesn't
get if you're the you know, Washington, that he doesn't
get banged up again because they really need him to
play well to have a chance to win the game.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
All right, So is there any truth to Halloween trick
or tree? In Green Bay? You just hand out cheese,
just like craft singles and curds and stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Yeah, cheese, curds, crackers.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Right, Yeah, there's no candy.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
There's maybe some maybe some sausage. I would, I would,
you know, you gotta you gotta kind of heavy heavy
it up and the kids look at you, Oh I candy, no, no, no,
have this taste this, you know, look at you either,
Are you serious?
Speaker 1 (25:25):
I'd love to. I love the idea of just uh
Kathy just dropping too. You know, well cooked brought worst
into a little kids candy bag.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
I love that.
Speaker 5 (25:34):
There you go, and you might give a little jar
that little mustard with it, you know, just just to
make sure that you know, and if it's bucky. I listened,
since I had BUCkies, since you treated me with the dip,
I would figure out a way to do that somehow
to and include that in make it a buffet.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Yeah all right, individual ELK dip packets.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
Yeah yeah, or you just put I could actually could
stop me from having to even answer the door. I
don't have tri or teers, but just put the crock
pot full of it with a bag of chips and
the way it will come up and just dip a
chip and I tell my two chips only.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
Yeah, but well you know that how long would that last?
You know? You have these people that put the bucket
of candy, I just take one, you know, and then
you get some some dingling come in there and just
dumps the whole thing into his thing and says, eight,
I'm here first, I'm getting all, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
I love the idea that you just look out there
and it's coach.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah you know is oh give me your purse? Yeah
that he just.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
All right, coach, We'll enjoy. We'll talk to you on Monday.
Speaker 5 (26:41):
Great, guys, have a good weekend.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
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Speaker 1 (28:13):
Yeah, not in that order.
Speaker 7 (28:16):
No, not in that order. Booze first.
Speaker 8 (28:17):
We do need to start off, though, with a note
to our coworker, Dick Fane. He posted a photo of
a pumpkin his daughter carved on social media.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
Calling it a quote dumper, oh lantern.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Oh geez, dumb name.
Speaker 7 (28:32):
First of all, wow, what the actual f richard?
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Our people ours? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (28:40):
Everyone who celebrates Calloween knows it. Get with the program
and listen to the dang podcast. Okay, be a support
of cowork We've been only been talking about it for
two damn months.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
I was under the impression that Nick Fane listened to
our show a lot.
Speaker 8 (28:55):
Yeah, clearly not because he missed a big part of it.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Hurt.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
Now.
Speaker 8 (29:01):
I know there are some of you out there who
might be struggling to find a last minute costume, and
I get it.
Speaker 7 (29:05):
It's a it's a it's.
Speaker 8 (29:07):
A hard world out there, hear not. We are the
show for the people, and we are here to help.
I have some ideas that you could just put together
with things you've got around your house, easy peasy. Now
these are, of course just off the top of my head.
We're just spitballing here. But you could unfold a cardboard box,
add some straps, wear it over your shoulders, and that's
your Jeopardy Jeopardy table.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
You are now local legend a Ron Levine.
Speaker 8 (29:29):
Ah see very timely, Yeah, very in the moment.
Speaker 7 (29:36):
People could ask you what XBH means. Yes, dress in a.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
Coat, hat and mittens, shiver all night while you ignore everyone.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
Seattle, freeze, done and done.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Oh you're welcome.
Speaker 7 (29:49):
It's going to be cold anyway.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Yeah, it's an activity as well.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
It is that all night long.
Speaker 8 (29:55):
Yeah, shivering We've got other activities in here. Mariners shirt
and a mustache and must stash and you are insert
your favorite Mariners player here if you want to step
it up and not you add some patting to the
booty and.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
Then your cal rawley.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Now, yeah, there's a lot of different one that you're
going to go with.
Speaker 8 (30:12):
There are a lot of mustache. Here's another activity. Take
a soccer ball around with you and keep missing your
target m.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
One Okay, yeah, yeah, well you know what he should
be mad.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
We need to motivate them to be better than they
got this.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
Yeah, you could wear a Seahawks jersey and just have
people throw things in your direction all night long.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
You can fail to catch it or just have it
hit you in the face. Jamal a.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Perfect.
Speaker 8 (30:47):
You are welcome, plenty of good ideas. Don't ever say
we didn't never give you anything and that you don't
even have to do anything outside.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
Of your house to make all of those happen.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Yeah, it's very clever. I think you provided a tremendous
service here.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
Happy to help.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Okay, that's it.
Speaker 7 (31:01):
That's my business.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
And her booze news right there. I'm glad that I
don't have to come up with a costume. I kind
of like this whole dressed down for Halloween.
Speaker 7 (31:10):
It should be our theme every year.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
I was dressed down every day though, but you but
I still dressed up.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
I feel like, oh you did, don't.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I mean this is more like you didn't.
Speaker 8 (31:21):
Clothes I wear well in terms of sheer volume. But
it's just one item.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Item, right, It's true, girl friend Jammis.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I don't like Jammis.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
I do really like my onesie.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
I never thought that I would.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
And then Unicorn got me this about four years ago
during like covid.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Oh that's a good covide.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
I'm telling you where you can the whole face off. Uh,
that's like the seattle freeze and then something.
Speaker 7 (31:51):
I think that the whole seattle.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Yeah, you just go zip your face up.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Yeah no, I don't, won't see you anymore. Zip all
the way up.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
All right.
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Pretty much just trying to pull off the unzipped check
out my chest. Well oh yeah, look and I now
know based on the photo we just took. I dressed
as a sith Lord. Yes for Halloween. So happy Halloween everyone.
We roll into the nine o'clock hour. It's time to
be joined by our QB one. Hugh Millan is with
(00:20):
us his x's and O segment brought to you by
Frost Brewed Course, Light Choice Chill. Hello Hugh, Happy Halloween,
Happy Halloween, good day, fun day. All right, what do
you what are you handing out? Are you giving the
missus h sweet potatoes with the with the marshmallows.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And we're going with Halloween, so you know what Sea
handles at. You know, I just say, go go to Costco.
Make sure we get get the big I don't want
people talking smack about us that we give out lightweight candy,
So get the big stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I love the idea of like you sitting there just
scooping out some sweet potatoes and just right into the
bags of the kids.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I kind of like that idea. Let's get the house
toilet papered.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
After that, well, let's dive in seahawks take on the
commanders on Sunday Night. I want to bring up something
that we discussed right off the top of the show.
I think maybe we haven't discussed enough how few times
Sam Donald has been sacked this year, just nine compared
to the two quarterbacks we had previously to Sam Donald,
where that was a weekly issue that the Seahawks and
(01:25):
we discussed about the Seahawks. I certainly think the offensive
line is better, but I don't know if they deserve
all the credit for that. Where does the credit go
for how few times Sam Donald's been dumped on his keyster?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, I think that the portion that Sam Donald deserves
credit is is just an awareness of the threats that are,
whether it's blitzes that he has an awareness of where
his hot receivers are. Oftentimes he'll be looking down the
field and and there'll be a flat of a potential
(02:01):
sack of pressure, and then he'll quickly get the ball
to the outlet he knows what even if they're on
the opposite side of the field. He races through his
progressions sometimes, you know, we'll oftentimes see him on a
swing pass on this fifth progression off of just one hit.
So I think mechanically you know, you know he's so
signed of a veteran understanding it, and and then you
(02:21):
know there's a scheme portion of it. They've they've protected
a Lucas after Nick Bosa, you know rec Game one.
Uh you saw thereafter a big effort to help a
Lucas and and have tight ends chipping and what having
really not leave an open.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Edge to him.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
So I think, you know, as it's generally the case,
it's it's a uh that there's a number of factors
and you see that on tape.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
What how much do you put into how he's playing
the position in how much credit do you give to
kind of the attempt at being balanced at least? I mean,
they're trying to run the ball. Maybe it's not crazy effective.
I think it's sometimes they should give ken Walker just
more times of handing it to him, you know, times
in a row, let him kind of eat a little bit.
(03:06):
But are you giving any credit to the way in
which Sam Darnom's playing quarterback and taking.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Care of the ball for the most part, to the
balance attack?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, Well, the Seaxs are number one in terms of
their run percentage, in which means they're dead last in
terms of past percentage percentage of plays that are run,
so they're trying. Unfortunately, at thirtieth in the league, they're
near the bottom in terms of the yards per rush,
and I don't see any improvement likely to happen. Last
(03:36):
year they went in weeks one through eight they were
four point three. Then for the second half of the
year there four point two, So they went from twentieth
that actually went to eighteenth the year before. They went
from four point three in the first half they dropped
to four point zero the second. So you know, history
has shown as they're not likely to improve. If you
(03:57):
look at schematically the outside it's kind of funny. I
can use the term comparative advantage. Their best play relative
of the league is the outside zone at four point
two yards per attempt, but that's just nineteenth of all
teams running the outside zone. Inside zone they're twenty fourth.
(04:18):
The gap scheme where you're blocking down and then pulling
guards gap in power encounter, those are gap skins. They're
twenty eighth and twenty first in the league and yards
per temp respectively. Another play called duo where you get
double teams on to the strong side but you don't
pull it back guy they're three and a half yards,
they're twenty sixth So I'm looking for ways like, hey,
(04:38):
you know, maybe have a little shift away from that,
you know, go from here. This has really been working
for you. I'm looking for it. I can't find it.
I don't expect there to be a real material change
in the quality of the running game. But I think
that to your point, if you do keep investing in
those body blows, maybe that helps reduce the sacks. For
(05:01):
what that's worth, the Commanders come in at at eight
point eight percent of passes result in sacks against the
Commander defense. That's eighth in the NFL. A little bit
of a concern there, particularly deron payin over on Abe
Lucas's side. As I mentioned, he's got the third highest
uh cap number of any defensive player in the league.
(05:23):
How about that at twenty six million. So so you
got you gotta be aware of him. Other than that,
the defense, you know, the Commander defenses is not good.
They're falling off, and so I think that there should
be opportunities for some some you know, get their running
game going a little bit. And certainly Sam Darnold on
paper should have another good game.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, I'm expecting it. Hugh Millan is with us Ora
QB one here, x Is and Oz segment every Friday
during the football season on the defensive side of the ball.
I know that you are a member of the Mike
McDonald admiration society. You think a lot of his skill
as a defensive minded head coach. And yet he says
(06:06):
earlier this week, or at least revealed to Greg Bell,
that I finally get to implement my defense now that
I got Witherspoon and Emon Worri and the secondary together.
What do you think that means? What does that unlock
for McDonald? Well, I've spent a lot of time thinking
about this week. I think for me, I think that
(06:27):
involves Witherspoon plane out at cornerback when they're in nickel
and the Seahawks right now are number one in the
percentage of nickel at eighty seven point eight percent. They're
just twentieth in the use of dime at three and
a half percent. So I think you're going to see
more dime with Witherspoon as one overhang defender and Emon
(06:51):
Worry as the other. So you know, I think you
can bring more blitzes. You know, and he likes to
bring the zone pressures that you know, there is something
about Nick m and Worry.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You know, I'm really interested in in when the Seahawks
play cover one. So I went in and look, there's
been thirteen snaps. Cover one is just man and man
with a free safety. That is the conventional way teams
play man and man. There's been thirteen snaps with m
and Worry playing cover one. He has just lined up.
Here's the evidence. He just lines up and he covers
(07:23):
whoever number two is, number two is counting outside in
the widest guy to the sideline, that's number one. He
whoever's in number two, and you know he's he has
he has. Amm and Worry has covered Jalen Nowell three times.
He's five foot ten, two hundred one pounds. He's covered
Braxton Burrios five nine and one hundred and eighty fives.
(07:45):
He's covered Jaydon Higgins sixty four two fifteen. He's covered
Tim Patrick sixty four to two ten. He's covered tight
ends on three or four occasions. He's covered. He covered
Christian McCaffery up for one snap before he got hurt
in the forty nine ers. He covered Chris Godwin and
uh A six one two O nine A Mecca Buka
six one two of five like all side, what that
(08:07):
should tell you? In thirteen snaps he has covered whomever however,
big or small receiver, tight end doesn't matter. He just
covers that guy. And by the way, he's only been
targeted one time out of those thirteen snaps. It was
on a fader route Who's fourteen for Houston uh Uhxavier Hutchinson.
(08:29):
I think it was Jaylen Noel okay, and he covered
him beautifully and and it was an incomplete So he
has in man coverage. He has targeted once no completion,
So so that is very encouraging to me when I
consider you know him at six three two twenty. I
ran into Buddha Baker kind of in a golf thing
and we were talking about Emon Warrey in the offseason
(08:51):
and he had worked out with him. I hope I'm
not violating any confidence from Buddha, but you know, he
had he really praised Nick. But you know, we we
kind of talked about does he have that short area.
You know, if somebody runs a whip route, starts the
shall across, snaps back out, does he have the quickness,
and Buddha's like, well, you know, he kind of gave well,
you know, you want to say it, but you know
he kind of could read read into it. So you know,
(09:12):
so there's legit concerns about a two hundred and twenty
pounds man. Uh you know, Guardian, as I said, a
five nine eighty five, I promise you if your business
card says wide receiver and you are five nine one
eighty five, you are quick as hell. And and yet
the the sea arcs hey because of his length. It's
kind of like when you play a guy in one
(09:34):
on one basketball. I'm six five, so I I, you know,
long arms. But but you know, if I play a
shorter guy, you know, I say, hey, he's quicker than me.
But if I'm quick enough, my length is going to
be a problem. Even though he absolutely he's quicker than me.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
But but I.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Can still, you know, you know, just create some create
some problems, or at least that's the theory, you know.
You know, So, yes, Rason Barrios at five nine five
is quicker, but he him and worry is quick enough
and his strength and his length is able to compensate.
So it's an important part of what they do. And
now with Witherspoon, we'll see what kind of zone pressures
(10:10):
and simulated pressures.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
I can't wait to see it.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
We haven't seen those two guys on the field together,
and I'm just that's going to be a Halloween treat
in itself.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
All Right, You keep that Mike McDonald defensive hat on,
because I mean, I have a little bit of concern
about the strength that is the Seahawks defense, or the
defense in general is the strength. But they do tend
to stop the run. I think their ranked number one
in the NFL at that right now, and yet I
could foresee some possible trouble if they let Jayden Daniels
(10:40):
get loose, or this Bill McCroskey merrit Kid get loose,
and possibly even Debo Samuel that they might use. Greg
was mentioning he might be used in the run game
as well. So what's your game plan to make sure
that that run game stasts out like it has been?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I like the Seahawks matchup against je Gory cross Get
merit Man. He's their number one running back, but rushing
yards per attempt on designed runs, that's excluding the scrambles.
The Commanders at five point zero that's second in the NFL.
That gets your tention. But I think I still think Seattle.
That's a strength of Seattle. They're number one in the NFL,
(11:15):
the Seahawks at three point three one opponent yards per rush.
By the way, the Commanders are are nineteenth.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
In the league.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
But I think that the question when you're talking about
Jayden Daniels and the scramble Daniels per game he has,
He's five exactly five scrambles per game. That's first in
the NFL. To put that into context, Lamar Jackson is
only two point two scrambles per game. Again, Daniels five
rushing yard or excuse me yards per game in scrambles
(11:46):
thirty six doesn't sound a lot, but if you get
three or four first downs, that can really hurt you.
And his scramble percentage thirteen point seven percent of his
times when he drops back that's number one again, is
only seven and a half percent. So so here's the thing.
Contain this has been a problem for Seattle. It costs,
(12:06):
you know, on a contained DeMarcus, Lawrence lost. Contain when
Brock Purty extended to play on the game winner in
Week one. If Jacksonville was going to have an unlikely comeback.
Remember when they Trevor Lawrence had converted that unlikely fourth
and five that was losing. Contained right handed quarterback out
(12:27):
the right side, he throws across his body. If you
if you win that play, you're not even sweating that game.
So this has been a problem. Obviously, Daniel's a right
handed quarterback. You've got to keep him outside.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
When he does get outside the pocket, his attempts three
point eight per per per game, that's thirty third. But
his scramble percentage when he gets out he you know
a lot of times they say guys are looking when
they scramble, they're looking to pass. When he scrambles, he's
looking to scramble. When he gets outside the pocket, fifty
(12:58):
one percent times he's going to run the ball. That's
second in the NFL. And outside the pocket his passer
rating is one hundred and eighteenth.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
That's eight.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
So I would just say this, he's a right handed quarterback.
If you're gonna make if you're going to allow him
to get out of the pocket, have your breakdown be
so that he's a right hand quarterback going to his left.
But don't But we got to stop this issue of
letting a right handed quarterback out the right handed side
of the pocket, so that those components in stopping the
(13:27):
run I think are gonna be a vital on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Well, you have Daniels who obviously is a running threat.
Samuel is your wide receiver one without Terry McLaurin, and
he's mostly a running back threat. And then you have
the actual run game that they implement. Does that work
for the Seahawks and their number one ranked rush defense
or does that work against it? To have that many
(13:51):
weapons coming at you, I kind of like seat. I
think that they have an ability to build a wall
and really spill things to the outside. I think now
with with Witherspoon back on the field, they're gonna have
more team speed.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
If if they want to run outside, I think you
spill that.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
And and if Emon worries an alley player an overhang
player on one side, and uh and and Witherspoon is
on the other, I think I think those guys are
gonna they can cover a lot of ground to the flat.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
So I don't know, I I feel pretty good about it,
Chuck Uh.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
You know, I think I think the concern you know,
we talked about the Seahawks and covering tight ends, and
we talked about it before the Cardinals and then Trade McBride.
Still he went off relatively. So the Seahawks giving up
sixty three yards per game to tight ends, that's that's
eighth most, and they're passer rating when the Seahawks all
(14:45):
passes going to non tight ends. Uh, the the opponent
passer rating against the Seahawks is seventy eight, so Seahawks
are fourth best. But but when opponents target a tight end,
the passer rating jumps.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
From seventy eight to one hundred and seven passer rating.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
So in zach Ertz, you know, look, he's passes pride
and he's on the injury report, but he's a heady guy.
He's got moxie. He knows how to find holes and zones.
You know, that's an issue and and somewhat related to that,
and you know, I'm just kind of my notes here.
Here's an interesting split for Jaden Daniels his pass. Now,
(15:23):
you wouldn't expect that teams would play a lot of
man to man because Jayden Daniels has such a running threat,
and they say, well, who's gonna who's gonna cover him?
If you who's gonna spy him if he runs? But
if against cover one Jaden Daniels, his passer rating is
sixty eight. That's thirty third in the NFL. You know,
(15:46):
contrast that to you know, a cover two of five
under zone where everybody's eyes are on the quarterback. That's
probably what he's used to seeing throughout his career because
he probably doesn't see a lot of man. His passer
rating is one hundred fourteen. Let me say that again,
Man to man sixty eight and it jumps to one
hundred and fourteen in against a very conservative zone. So
so and then I said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
(16:07):
There's two ways to play man and man cover one.
You can rush four and have a spy, and you
can rush five. If there's no way he's seeing man
rushes because there's literally nobody for the quarterback. Well, it's happened,
and his passer rating is only forty four. So how
lucky are you feeling, Mike McDonald if you want to
(16:29):
run a five man cover one, This guy has really
had a problem. As I said, he doesn't see a
lot of man and man. I think there's more of
a primacy on accuracy, maybe less of a primacy on anticipation,
you know. So there's a skill set that's different. He
doesn't see a lot of man and man. If you
want to throw five guys out of him, I wouldn't
have the guts to do it. But those who have
(16:50):
have had success. So that's something to watch as well.
If you see on Sunday Night where Jayden Daniels scrambles
for like a twenty seven yarder and they're going man
to man, just count the number are there? Is it
a fore man rush or a five because you know
fore man rush. Yeah, at least you gonna have a
spy there. Maybe Ernest Jones will whoever it is, feel
like he can he can hunt him down.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But if you rush five man, you better hold your breath.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Hell of a breakdown right there.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, I'm I just started this week really listening to this.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Is that right?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Why?
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Once you told me that he's a former NFL quarterback,
I was like, then he probably I should probably pay attention.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Alright, man, Well, thank you, thanks, great, break a lot,
all right, have a good weekend, all right down QB
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Speaker 1 (18:13):
What Coach Holmergan's got planned for Halloween tonight? I probably
just scared a crap out all the kids in the neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Don't you think so? I think more is that?
Speaker 4 (18:21):
I mean, I think nowadays he's just kind of, you know,
answers a door, big burly, but you know, calm, and
then hands out probably king sized candyb.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Well sin as far from b Bbe pulled that trick
on it. He doesn't trust Halloween anymore possible.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Yeah, good morning, guys. Yeah, ruined Halloween for me forever. No,
it's but Bucky's right, I'm a handout, big candy bars person.
But again, we live in a condos, so we don't
get anything. No one comes where we are. So but
(18:58):
when we were in a neighborhood and at a house, yeah,
it was, it was. And Green Bay it was funny.
In Green Bay, they they sat, it was very structured.
They set times between six and eight or you know,
and then they shut everything down. And in small city
can do that. Small town so it was fun always
like Halloween, and then growing up, I remember one quick thing.
(19:19):
We didn't have any money, so, uh, my dad was Halloween. Okay,
what are you gonna be a My dad goes, I
think he should be a hobo. So I wore a
my T shirt, jeans that he got a stick for me.
I had a bag on the end of it. You're
all set go.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Same, yeah, I say.
Speaker 4 (19:35):
I wore his T shirt, his jeans, stuffed a pillow
in the butt and a pillow in the stomach, and
then the stick in a handkerchief.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
With that I walked around with and charcoal on my face.
Five yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Uh, Coach Olgren with us right here on Chuck and
Buck in the morning, all right, let's talk a little football.
Taking on the Commanders on Sunday night. Man, the Commanders
are just so beat up and they're playing on short rest,
where the Seahawks might be the healthiest they've been all
season long and got a bye week. I mean, how
big of an advantage does that feel like the Seahawks
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have heading into Sunday Night.
Speaker 5 (20:14):
Well, it couldn't have come at a better time. And
it's a huge advantage, and particularly the way Washington schedules
set up. And it also goes to show you, and
not just Washington, but all the teams, you lose your
starting quarterback for a while, it changes everything. It just
changes everything. Your defense has to be spectacular otherwise you're
(20:34):
going to lose the football game. It's not the same
now they get Jayden Daniels back, Washington does. But I
think tremendous advantage to the Seahawks this week.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Coach.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
I've been kind of discounting the five and two to
some degree, not totally. I mean, I think that this
is a really good football team, and yet I was
saying earlier in the show that I don't feel great
about any of their wins and the couple teams they've
lost to I think I feel like they maybe are better.
Maybe not the Niners as hurt as they are, but
the Buccaneers, I do think, even though that was a
(21:06):
close ballgame. So I kind of want you to coach
me up as if you if you were to have
heard me say that, just let me know exactly how
difficult wins are, whether it's against the Cardinals, Saints, you know, Texans,
or even the you know, Steelers and Jaguars, who both
have winning records.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
Yeah, I agree with you, Bucky. That's kind of how
I've been thinking as well. They won some really close games,
and you know, they lost a couple of close games,
but they've been relatively close most of the time against
teams that in the beginning of the season I thought
would just be okay, you know that they're middle of
(21:41):
the road teams and now I tall Washington, excuse me,
would be a real challenge. But they've been hurt and
banged up and they're not the same team that was
at the beginning of the season. So I kind of
agree with you. I think, however, they would stand out.
What stood out to me was how their defense and
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how the secondary in particular has played even with the
injured guys, the new guys, the young guys come in
and they're playing pretty well. Why because the defensive front
has been spectacular. I mean, they've really done a nice
job up front, and then Sam Darnold is playing very
very well on offense. And of course the receiver Jigma
is just shooting lights out. I suspect in the second
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half of the season, though, teams have to do something
about him, you know, because it's he's just he's just
doing whatever he wants out there, and he's looking great
doing it.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
What would you do with him? You have a wide
receiver that just continuously keeps getting open and a quarterback
that loves throwing to him. At one point, do you say, well,
if you're not going to take it away from me,
I'm just going to keep going. Or do you have
to kind of create the balance that might be more
long term beneficial.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Yeah, I think you have to create the balance, and
then you know, I can remember I remember I think
I don't know if we mentioned it before, but we
played Carolina in the championship game and d Steve Smith
was a great receiver for them, and I stayed away
from Fritz Sherman and my coordinators in Seattle as well.
(23:17):
Let them do it. Except when I knew the receiver
and I knew kind of what I knew the team
on offense would do, and I went in and I
just said, listen, I don't know, you make your plan,
but I want him hit or at the line of
scrimmage on every play. I want him banged round so
he just can't get into the secondary. And so I
think teams, if it was me, that's what I would
(23:38):
do with Enjigma, you know, just make sure that he
just can't release cleanly. When he does that, he finds
he's good enough and he finds the open area, and
you know, to say, okay, if we stop Jigma, that
will open up other guys. I said, okay, fine, but
we're going to stop this guy. This guy can't can't
beat this by himself.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Well, what about jayde Daniels. What would you do with him?
If you had a talent who's who's a little banged
up right now, but you know you want him to
run a little bit. But how much do you just
uncork him? Considering his recent injuries though, what kind of
factor is he going to be Sunday night?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Well, I think he's going to be a big factor.
He's going to a big, big boost to the team. Now,
how he handles his injury, how the injury affects his play,
that'll be one one thing to watch. I don't think
Chuck that I think he's going to play the way
he plays. You might tell him now just you know,
be a little cautious, but that falls on deaf ears.
(24:39):
He's going to play and react to a particular play
or a situation because he's an athlete and that's what
he does. So you just pray that that he doesn't
get if you're the you know, Washington, that he doesn't
get banged up again because they really need him to
play well to have a chance to win the game.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
All right, So is there any truth to Halloween trick
or tree? In Green Bay? You just hand out cheese,
just like craft singles and curds and stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Yeah, cheese, curds, crackers.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Right, Yeah, there's no candy.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
There's maybe some maybe some sausage. I would, I would,
you know, you gotta you gotta kind of heavy heavy
it up and the kids look at you, Oh I candy, no, no, no,
have this taste this, you know, look at you either,
Are you serious?
Speaker 1 (25:25):
I'd love to. I love the idea of just uh
Kathy just dropping too. You know, well cooked brought worst
into a little kids candy bag.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
I love that.
Speaker 5 (25:34):
There you go, and you might give a little jar
that little mustard with it, you know, just just to
make sure that you know, and if it's bucky. I listened,
since I had BUCkies, since you treated me with the dip,
I would figure out a way to do that somehow
to and include that in make it a buffet.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Yeah all right, individual ELK dip packets.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
Yeah yeah, or you just put I could actually could
stop me from having to even answer the door. I
don't have tri or teers, but just put the crock
pot full of it with a bag of chips and
the way it will come up and just dip a
chip and I tell my two chips only.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
Yeah, but well you know that how long would that last?
You know? You have these people that put the bucket
of candy, I just take one, you know, and then
you get some some dingling come in there and just
dumps the whole thing into his thing and says, eight,
I'm here first, I'm getting all, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
I love the idea that you just look out there
and it's coach.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah you know is oh give me your purse? Yeah
that he just.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
All right, coach, We'll enjoy. We'll talk to you on Monday.
Speaker 5 (26:41):
Great, guys, have a good weekend.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
All right, Michael, you're joining us right here on Chucking Buck.
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Speaker 1 (27:20):
Light, Chuck Buck and Ashley with you here on this
Halloween Football Friday. And there's only one thing left to
do this week.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
Oh, I don't know why it sounded like Santa. I'm
Ashley and this is the Boozews.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
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Speaker 7 (27:41):
Maybe I was, I haven't seen it.
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Speaker 7 (28:03):
Cheers, cheers. It is delicious.
Speaker 8 (28:06):
It's like the nectar of the gods. So guys, happy Halloween.
We've got trigger treating and booze on the brain.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Yeah, not in that order.
Speaker 7 (28:16):
No, not in that order. Booze first.
Speaker 8 (28:17):
We do need to start off, though, with a note
to our coworker, Dick Fane. He posted a photo of
a pumpkin his daughter carved on social media.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
Calling it a quote dumper, oh lantern.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Oh geez, dumb name.
Speaker 7 (28:32):
First of all, wow, what the actual f richard?
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Our people ours? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (28:40):
Everyone who celebrates Calloween knows it. Get with the program
and listen to the dang podcast. Okay, be a support
of cowork We've been only been talking about it for
two damn months.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
I was under the impression that Nick Fane listened to
our show a lot.
Speaker 8 (28:55):
Yeah, clearly not because he missed a big part of it.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Hurt.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
Now.
Speaker 8 (29:01):
I know there are some of you out there who
might be struggling to find a last minute costume, and
I get it.
Speaker 7 (29:05):
It's a it's a it's.
Speaker 8 (29:07):
A hard world out there, hear not. We are the
show for the people, and we are here to help.
I have some ideas that you could just put together
with things you've got around your house, easy peasy. Now
these are, of course just off the top of my head.
We're just spitballing here. But you could unfold a cardboard box,
add some straps, wear it over your shoulders, and that's
your Jeopardy Jeopardy table.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
You are now local legend a Ron Levine.
Speaker 8 (29:29):
Ah see very timely, Yeah, very in the moment.
Speaker 7 (29:36):
People could ask you what XBH means. Yes, dress in a.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
Coat, hat and mittens, shiver all night while you ignore everyone.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
Seattle, freeze, done and done.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Oh you're welcome.
Speaker 7 (29:49):
It's going to be cold anyway.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Yeah, it's an activity as well.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
It is that all night long.
Speaker 8 (29:55):
Yeah, shivering We've got other activities in here. Mariners shirt
and a mustache and must stash and you are insert
your favorite Mariners player here if you want to step
it up and not you add some patting to the
booty and.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
Then your cal rawley.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Now, yeah, there's a lot of different one that you're
going to go with.
Speaker 8 (30:12):
There are a lot of mustache. Here's another activity. Take
a soccer ball around with you and keep missing your
target m.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
One Okay, yeah, yeah, well you know what he should
be mad.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
We need to motivate them to be better than they
got this.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
Yeah, you could wear a Seahawks jersey and just have
people throw things in your direction all night long.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
You can fail to catch it or just have it
hit you in the face. Jamal a.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Perfect.
Speaker 8 (30:47):
You are welcome, plenty of good ideas. Don't ever say
we didn't never give you anything and that you don't
even have to do anything outside.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
Of your house to make all of those happen.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Yeah, it's very clever. I think you provided a tremendous
service here.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
Happy to help.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Okay, that's it.
Speaker 7 (31:01):
That's my business.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
And her booze news right there. I'm glad that I
don't have to come up with a costume. I kind
of like this whole dressed down for Halloween.
Speaker 7 (31:10):
It should be our theme every year.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
I was dressed down every day though, but you but
I still dressed up.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
I feel like, oh you did, don't.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I mean this is more like you didn't.
Speaker 8 (31:21):
Clothes I wear well in terms of sheer volume. But
it's just one item.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Item, right, It's true, girl friend Jammis.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I don't like Jammis.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
I do really like my onesie.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
I never thought that I would.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
And then Unicorn got me this about four years ago
during like covid.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Oh that's a good covide.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
I'm telling you where you can the whole face off. Uh,
that's like the seattle freeze and then something.
Speaker 7 (31:51):
I think that the whole seattle.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Yeah, you just go zip your face up.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Yeah no, I don't, won't see you anymore. Zip all
the way up.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
All right.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
Well, Happy Alloween everyone, Thank you very much for listening.
Enjoy the football over the weekend. We'll talk to you
on Monday. Well that Monday morning quarterback for you starting
at six o'clock. Coming up next, it's MJ and the
midday and the suddenly not available Christopher Kidd right here
on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.
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