October 4, 2025 • 30 mins
HUGH MILLEN’s X’s and O’s. RYON HEALY joins the show as our post season contributor and helps us take a look at how the Mariners and Tiger match up!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, nine o'clock hour here on this football Friday,
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chat with Ryan Healey at nine point thirty today about
the mariners upcoming series against the Detroit Tigers. But nine
o'clock that's typically reserved Fridays for our QB one. Hugh
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Millan now joins us here on Chuck and Buck in
the Morning. Hello, sir, it's great to be with you.
Good morning. Are you fired up for a little baseball
maybe this weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Maybe? Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I love playoff baseball, Okay, okay, yeah, I think it's
gonna be a nice juggle.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We don't get these kind of weekends often. And you know,
it's funny. I was gonna go into the spreadsheet and
try and put some numbers to the idea that the
Mariners seem like they are streakier this year than they
have in the last handful.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
They've had more.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
You know, I don't know how you'd quant fight, but
they've had more. Really lousy stretches and more really elite stretches.
I think it's been abnormal in that regard. So obviously
the finish this season up on a real high in
that sense, and you know, hopefully they can retain it.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
All right, Well, let's dive right into some Seahawks talk.
Then they're taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quality opponent
on Sunday, start at one five there, and there's a
lot to discuss with these two teams. I think are
very good teams, both of them. And let's go ahead
and start with the Seahawks and their passing game right now.
I mean, Sam Darnold's been humming so far this season
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for the team, but hasn't really been asked to carry
the majority of the load either. So what are you
seeing and is he possibly ready to maybe take that
next step and shoulder more of the offensive load.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Well, you're right, And numbers to that point is Seattle
is number one in the percentage of called running plays.
Now they're too, number two in run plays, but that
includes scrambles. But but yeah, they're they're not asking them
to throw a lot. But here here's some stats for you.
If you go percentage of completions ten or more yards.
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Sam Donald number one in the NFL. The percentage of
of his passes that are first downs or touchdowns, Donald
is number three. The NFL has an off target percentage
in their stat portal, so you can look that up.
Sam Donald is number one in avoiding, so meaning the
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least number of off targets number one, not just total
the gross because that would speak to how often you're thrown.
I'm saying the percentage of his throws that are off target.
Sam Donald is is the best in that regard red
zone turnovers, Donald's you don't want to have a low number,
you want to have a big number. In this one,
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he's twenty fifth. And by the way, Geno was first.
Again for those who are engaging in that discussion. Here
here's an interesting set. I put it in in the portal.
The NFL still has it with my email attached to it,
so any coach who wants to look it up. I
thought it was interesting air yards divided by time to throw,
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and I did this a few years ago. But the
idea of being if you can just say, okay, imagine
a quarterback he's got he's got a fair amount of
time and to throw? How many yards is he producing
given a certain amount of time to throw, Like, like,
you don't want to see a guy back there holding
the ball, holding the ball, holding the ball, and then
he just checks down for a three yard checkdown, Like
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that's not that's not the quarterback and we'd love to see.
So Sam Donald's number one in air yards per time
to throw, So some some cool stuff going on with him.
I think that the big question will be, as you
alluded to in your question, you know, are they going
to put more on his plate?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Well, yesterday we had our round table thing, and I
big round table. Well it's a big round table. Well,
I'm sitting at the table. I didn't say a whole
heck of a lot, but you kind of laughed a
little bit when I said the biggest part of the game,
obviously is whether or not a guy named Bucky plays,
because that is almost unstoppable.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Again.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, yeah, there you go again.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I'm not even trying to be funny, breed Love, but
it sounds like he's not going to be out there.
I read reports that he was on crutches and in
a boot most of this week and didn't practice yesterday,
But that still doesn't mean that they can't run the ball.
They have the Rashad guy and Rashad White, and so
I'm curious your thoughts on the running attacks for both
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of these teams.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Well, I think.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Let's start with the Seahawks, and we talked about their
propensity fifty two point six percent run play a percent,
that's number one. Buccaneers are at thirty nine percent. They're seventeen.
Their middle of the road in that regard the yards
per rush. Here here's Seattle is trying the hardest to rude.
But at three point six yards per tempt they are,
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that's twenty eighth in the league. The Buccaneers at four
point four.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
They're there.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
They're again in the middle. So basically this Buccaneers are
dead middle in the pack in terms of their frequency
and their effectiveness. Seattle is is tops in terms of
their frequency and near the bottom in terms of the
effective This has got to change.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And this is a.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Stat that that I don't think that Canine is gonna
like yards after contact per rush The Sea Yarks are
twenty seventh. Now that isn't all just on the running back.
That could be that there's a whole bevy and army
of tacklers at the time when they come to h
to tackle, and I think that that's mostly the case.
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But Canine for the first time kind of ticked me
off against the Cardinals. Oh gosh, there's a the safety
four or the corner the nickel guy for the Cardinals,
number thirty four. He's at cougar anyways, five eleven. What's
the nonsen Jalen Tom, thank you, well, well done on you. Yeah,
there is a play where can I had a beautiful
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play up the middle and then he bounced it outside.
And just like no two snowflakes are the same. I
don't think any two rushing situations are the same. A
running back has to process. Hey, how many more yards
can I get near the sideline? What's the type of
player you know? And and what's the angles coming at
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If he's at front of me and there's two guys, Okay,
step out of bounds because you're gonna get lit up.
But if you've got a five eleven, one hundred and
ninety pound nickel guy coming at you from the side,
you can you can drop your shoulder and and finish
with with the explosiveness at the end. You can get
another four or five yards. And look, maybe some coaches say, hey,
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I'm fine with you going out of bounds because it
keeps you healthy, preserves your career.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I think that, okay, all right, we're gonna have to
reconnect or something. I was going to try to wait
that out, but sometimes it just like clears up and
I'm just, you know, like a pimple.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yeah, sometimes it's internet like it was like a sneeze
and then he's back.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
But that was going on a little too long and
it was making me uncomfortable. But Hugh mellin is with us.
It's our x's and o's segment right here is we
have got a lot to break down Before Seahawks Buccaneers
play on Sunday. We were in the midst of talking
about both teams running games. As the Seahawks I think
have to get their running game going in this game.
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It feels essential. I mean, it's one of those things
I think that you can work around in the National
Football League, but not against quality defenses, not against something
like Tampa Bay where they're ninth versus the pass and
fifth versus the run and fourth overall they're just too
well bound. So you've got to be balanced too to
counteract that. All right, he was back with us, and
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he was in the midst of talking about the running
game situation. So I don't know if you remember where
you left off, but the floor is yours again, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Yeah. No.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I just think that Canine, probably for this first time,
irked me when he ran out of bounce, and I
just think you could get a good debate with coaches. Hey,
some guys are fine with going out of bounds. I
think on that play he looked a little too much
like a quarterback. And you know, I don't know, I'd
probably had to get that off my chest. More fans
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speaking here than anything, but I thought he left certainly
three yards maybe four or five on the table there.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So I'd like to see him, as Pete Carroll used.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
To refer to, you know, close the circle physicality for
the football team. I think it's inspiring to his teammates
when a guy runs tough, and I think he's got
to pick that up near the sideline. Let's not be
come on, Franco, let's stay in bounce, Let's finish the run.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Franco a shot at Frank Oharris right there at the
very end. I heard that is that acceptable? Hugh Milan
is with us. We're talking some x'es and o's. Baker
Mayfield's an interesting character Highs and Lowe's in his career,
but he's on a little bit of a heater right now.
And man, you were talking about a guy doesn't give
up on a play. Sometimes it gets him in trouble
and sometimes it ends up making fantastic plays. What's your
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take on Baker Mayfield the twenty twenty five version and
how difficult he's going to be to defend.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, he's third in scramble yards in the league, so
you've got to contend with his legs. I think he's inclined.
As he said, he's kind of a swashbuckler. I mean
his Pro Football Focus has a turnover worthy play. Baker
Mayfield is five point one percent. Meanwhile Sam Darnold is
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his zero point nine percent, right, So I mean he's like,
you know, five six times and as likely that's a
Pro Football Focus grade. The NFL and their stat portal,
they have interceptions plus interceptions dropped and Baker is fourth.
That's a number that you'd prefer to have, you know,
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from a Tampa Bay perspective, that's putting the football in
harms way. He's thirty first in completion percentage, although I
think that's more of a reflection that more to your
propensially to throw the ball down the field in your accuracy.
But the past success thirty first, passer rating eighteenth. But
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this is what silis to continue with attempts air yards
ten ten plus from the line of scrimmage, he's fourth.
Twenty plus yards down the field, he's second. He's going
to push the ball down the field. In terms of
the completions on twenty or more yards, he's fifth non
red zone passing touchdowns. Baker Mayfield number one in the NFL.
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So there's some aspects that that Seal's going to have
to contend with. Now here's here's something to look look for.
The Buccaneers have felt like Kate Dotton is kind of
a Pro Bowl level.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Ish type of tight end.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
He has not been untracked and and they would look
at the Sea Hawk defense in this regard when opponent
quarterbacks throw to wide receivers. Now this is this could
be even have fantasy implication for some people. When opponent
quarterbacks throw to wide receivers, they have just a forty
eight passer rating, but when opponing opponent quarterbacks throw to
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tight ends, the passer rating is one hundred and five.
So Seal's got to be better at that. Tampa Bay
may be induced to throw and get Kate Otten more
involved because they feel like that's a little bit of
a missing piece. So let's see how much the Tumbwater
product has in store for us on Sunday.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Tumbwater, We're dangerous, all right? Well, since you laughed twice
now at me and the importance that I put on
trying to stop someone named Bucky, I'm gonna go to
something maybe you won't laugh at. How how big of
a of a fun factor is the return of nick
Emon worry for coach McDonald in this defense.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Well, I think it's it's a mystery. I know that
he wants to involve him a lot. I don't want
to overplay the versatility piece too much because a lot
of what they're gonna ask him to do with him
being the nickel is uh, it's just something that nickel
guys do. You know, some occasionally nickel guys go in
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the back end. But you know, I I if I
was evaluating him and and preparing for the Seahawk defense.
I would just say he's been he's the nickel sam
most teams play uh predominant. In fact, all teams. This
is a nickel league. It's taken over the position of linebacker. Now,
his versatility is that, you know, he's a you know,
he's a big, long guy, and so he can cover
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tight ends. We just talked about Kate Otton. We'll see
if if if if that factors. But he's quick enough
and agile and fast enough. He has makeup speed. I
think he's faster than he is quick. So so if
he kind of if they match him up against a
quicker player, maybe he has a uh A quickness deficit,
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but he'll have a length and top speed surplus, and
so how they use him is going to be very interesting.
We talked about how in just those four plays that
he's played thus far, the one time Seattle played man
and man because they're not a big man and man team,
but Emon Worry was lined up.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Covering Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
So I think that that that was a statement to
the belief in what he can do.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So, uh, I don't.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
I know that they're going to use him in a
lot of different ways, particularly with Witherspoon apparently out. So uh,
and that's that's kind of a subject Mike Homgrin had
talked about and we had talked about in the draft.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Draft.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
When you draft the little guy, you know, how durable
is he going to be? Well, now we're starting to
see some injuries surface with Witherston, so that's something to
keep an eye on. But I think that that changes things.
You can see Emon worry you know, probably more of
them than me, maybe even you thought you were going
to see. But I think he's gonna be mostly a
nickel outside linebacker.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
We're doing x's and o's on a Friday with you
Millon right here, ur QB one on Chuck and Buck
in the morning. So I wanted to close out by
talking about another rookie, A Mecca, a BOOKA makes his
return to Seattle way too long away. Should have never
gone to Ohio State. That was clearly a mistake. I
just fell on his face there with that program. That no,
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that's a no, no, no good program. I'm just curious,
how well did you know him when he was a
high school star and why did you let him go
to Ohio State?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Well, I actually know him really well.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
He was on a seven on seventeen shout out to
Reggie Jones and air and and uh my son was
was a quarterback for him for three years and uh
one you know, did a lot of traveling Vegas tournaments,
Orange County, you know, back east, and and got to
know him really well. Uh, I can't rave enough about
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him the person. And uh the time that I was
talking to him, he seemed convinced he was going to
go to Stanford. Real bright guy, uh goliering guy. And
and uh I thought it was gonna be a Stanford cardinal.
But but in the end, I think Brian Hartline and
that wide receiver lineage was just too much for him.
Obviously had a great career, and so Seattle's gonna have
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to contend. I had said when he was drafted that
the the similarities with him and Jackson Smith and Jigba
are just uncanny in terms of their size, their attributes,
their intelligence, their ball tracking ability, Uh, run after the catch.
It it's almost like a mirror player. Now, I did
note uh a fact that will contradict that a little bit.
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While a Mecca has been in the slot eighty seven snaps,
he's been wide one hundred and fifty one. So the
corners for Seattle are going to have to deal with
this guy.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, no doubt. I mean he's off of just a
tremendous start this year, not playing like a rookie, had
a great camp, and he's just carried it right over.
Do you have any like personal stories like anything from
you know, your son, Was he one of those people
that ate chewing gum off the bottom of the bleacher
or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
You know, he was so selfless, he was. He was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
But probably the memory that makes me smile is, so
we're go down to play in Atlanta in a tournament
and you had to have won some tournaments locally or
placed high in the tournaments locally to qualify.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
But they go down to.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Play a tournament in Atlanta in Mercedes Benz Stadium where
the Falcons play, and so they're playing. They had the
pool play and now they're in playoff play and so there,
you know, loser out type portion of the of the
weekend and they're playing the top team from Florida and
it comes down to the end and.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
It's a tie.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
And the way in those tournaments they do, you know,
because they got to keep things going. They have one
team starts at the forty going into one side. One
teams starts at the forty.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
That's for all.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
That's for all games, so that you can play two
games on one field. But for the overtime portion, it
was a one play playoff or I should say two
play playoffs. Each team gets the ball for one play
in how many yards can you get on one play?
So obviously you want to go second, but we lose
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the coin toss, and so the idea is you try
and get like an eight or nine or ten to
twelve you are completed, and then play defense and win
the play because it's just how many yards can you
get in one play? Well, the defense comes up with
safety comes down on the slot, a mecca's on the outside,
and so my son audible lies to a play with
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a mecca on a deep post and so as he's
going back. And by the way, Courtney Taylor was the
offensive coordinator, the former Siaka wide receiver. He was like
a you know, hammer down to all gas, no breaks.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
But the head coach is kind of defense goes, why
do we do it? Like he was just freaking.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Out as the balls in the air and and so
a Mecca catches this ball about four yards deep in
the end zone on a one play. Now you just
got to play defense and of course, you know, prevent
a touchdown from the forty yard line.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
And so so.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
That play really won that game. And it is pretty
dramatic because you just don't see a guy crank it
up and throw, you know, fifty yards in the air,
fifty five yards in the air into the middle of
the end zone on an overtime play. But you know what,
when you have a Mecca, you know that he has
that finishing style and he showed it on that play.
Hopefully he won't show it on Sunday, that's.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Right, keep him out of the end zone on Sunday.
All right, great stuff, you, thank you, sir. We appreciate it,
and we'll check in with you, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Having a good weekend.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Yeah, Hugh Melon joining us right here on the X's
and O's here on this Friday. Coming up next, bicking
up the Mariners, Ryan Heally. I think we're going to
be hearing from Ryan Healey quite a bit during our
Mariners postgame coverage. He's going to join us to preview
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Speaker 1 (20:08):
All right, here we are on this Friday. Normally we're
talking Mike Homer and here in this segment, but coaches,
you know what you guys need to embrace your base right,
that's right, so we're talking baseball and joining us now
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Mike Holmgren before in his lifetime. Probably pinch it for
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a couple of you know, dignitaries in the baseball world,
but never for Mike Homberan joining us as former Mariner
third Basement and you're gonna be hearing a lot from
him during the course of these playoffs and joining us
to preview the series starting tomorrow. Ryan Healy is with
us here on Chuck and Buck. Good morning, sir, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
How we doing?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Then we're doing? All right? How are you doing?
Speaker 6 (20:52):
I'm living the dream. I'm excited to be here with
you guys today. I'm excited for Mariners playoff baseball to
start this weekend and sitting on pins and needles, but
I'm excited to her talking baseball.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Do you guys all right, well, let's dive right in
then let's talk about this matchup. But do you like
this matchup the Tigers for the Mariners.
Speaker 6 (21:10):
I'd like the seeding how it's shaked out for where
the Mariners got the week off to really rest and recover.
Obviously they didn't finish great against the Dodgers in that series,
but after the excitement against the Rockies of clinching not
just the wild car but also the division, I think
it was time for a little bit of a breather,
to reset, refocus, and everything that I'm seeing and reading
right now, it just seems like they're executing this downtime
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really well. So I'm excited to see how they come
out tomorrow with the energy. The home crowd's really gonna help.
And I'm hoping that the Seattle faithful or really excited
for playoff baseball because I know football season is here
as well. We got some competition, but I think the
Mariners need one hundred and ten percent of what Seattle's
got to offer.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Oh yeah, well, the city is turned on. We got
a guy Softy that does the afternoon shows. I hopefully
you haven't had to talk to him yet, actually talk
softly already softy.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, you're a uniform in this city. You've talked to something. Yeah,
that's probably true.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yeah, And yet he did some posts that was like
if you only had one on Sunday, you could just
watch the Seahawks or Mariners. It was like ninety percent
and thousands of voters. Ninety percent were saying baseball, so
that the city has turned on for baseball. It's that
time of year when you were talking about how they've
handled the time off, and I agree, I think the
time off is good. But then there becomes the argument
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of rest versus rust. I mean, I don't necessarily buy
into that a whole heck of a lot. What's your
take on rest versus rust?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
It's out of your control.
Speaker 6 (22:34):
You battle all year, for six plus months straight to
win the division, to earn the time to rest. At
this point, it's got to be a choice of how
are we going to attack it. We can choose to think, yeah,
we might get little rusty guys, we're gonna be a
little cautious and maybe you overdo it this week, or
we can really steer into it of guys.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
We earned this.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
We battled for one sixty two and pulled this off
the last week. It's all about the mindset. And the
same conversation goes for our opponent now, Tigers. They could
have dragged their blankets into that wild Card series and
felt sorry for themselves for blowing a fifteen and a
half game lead, but they didn't. They battle, They played
clean baseball, and they beat a really hot Guardian's team.
So what are the Mariners going to choose? They have
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the ability within the clubhouse to do that. In what
I'm hearing out and Julio said this specifically the experience
that we have from being in the playoffs a few
years ago to now with the similar bodies, the additions
of other guys that have experienced of the playoffs at
Josh Naylor, they're choosing to choose the rest over the
rust because they know they're prepared for this and now
it's time to go execute.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Did you like the scrimmage idea? Do you think that
that would have worked? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (23:38):
I think the live pitching is the most important aspect
and I saw that. I think Gino and Cal hit
homers in the game. And then they talked about the
significance of what those homers would have mended. They happened
a week ago of sixty one and fifty and I
laughed at that, and I'm like, yeah, okay, cool. But
also I tell this to young players as well when
they go through injuries like see live pitching, go standing
in bullpens, standing in flat grounds. The fact that you
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can actually swing against your arms, how good is that
pitching staff too, Guys like you can go to get
bats off of the best pitchers in the Major League Baseball,
Like you're gonna stay tuned to, eyes are gonna be fresh,
and you're gonna be ready to go.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Well, I mean, obviously you be in a position player.
You understand the difference and how much more important position
players are versus the group of non athletes. Well, let's
just get somebody a fellow, I mean a fellow, a
position player. He's gonna get the joke with just calling
them non athletes. But this group of non athletes or
stud pitchers that the Mariners have, I mean, that's got
to be a pretty good feeling, I would imagine for
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the group of position players.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Knowing that you.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Don't have to go out there and put a ton
of pressure on every A. B just go grind out
some AB's push a couple of runs across because of
how good these these arms are.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
You, Bucky, think about this too as a position player,
because I got the joke. I can't say my response
alive on the radio, but we'll talk about that later.
A think think about the soreness that you have as
a position player. You you kind of get into this
numb state of playing every day where the body is
just always sore to some regard, but you move through it.
The minute you stop moving. That first day after you
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feel like you got hit by a train like it
probably took these position players two to three days to
flush some of that soreness out that the long season brought,
and then by Wednesday Thursday, they're feeling a little bit better. Today,
my guess is they're all waking up feeling light on
their feet, ready to go. And then tomorrow the adrenaline
is gonna add to that and they're gonna be playing
at one hundred percent of whatever they have to offer
at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Maybe not as great as athletes, but you guys know
always the ladies men, the pitchers, they always yeah, yeah,
they always did.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
The chicks like goofy, especially lefties that their pants go crooking.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
They love that.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Ryan Heay is with his former Mariner helping us preview
the Mariners Tigers series, which starts tomorrow. What do you
make of the Tigers and what kind of challenges Trek
Schouble potentially pitching forty percent of these games.
Speaker 6 (25:52):
I know, it's the fact that he could go two
of these five games is It's something you have to acknowledge.
And if you look at the way that the Guardians
beat him late in the season, how many balls left
the infield to score a couple runs that they did
like and he still got ten ten plus punches like
it's it's not going to be the Mariner's brand of
baseball this season of We're gonna walk, get guys on,
and then do some hit some big boy homers. I
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don't anticipate that happening. Terrek Scoople's too sharp, So how
do we play clean defense? But when you look at
these teams matched up side by side on paper, they
are dead even in a lot of categories, both offensively, defensively,
and then pitching wise. That's the testament to how strong
the Mariners perform the second half, and then how strong
the Tigers performed the first half. Who's gonna show up
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during this series is gonna be really important. But for me,
I was always told the major leagues, you're not gonna
make your money off of the ace of a staff.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
You really gotta.
Speaker 6 (26:44):
Eat the lunch of the three, four, five guys in
a rotation. So if my mindset is, if we can
grind out one of those two games against Google, even
if we get the second, we don't need to have
the second.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
If we can.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Grind out one of those games against Google, then take
care of the two, three four guy like we're supposed to,
then this Mariner's series should be clean and well executed.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
In my opinion.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Yeah, I mean, there's been a bunch of years where
the well, I shouldn't say a bunch, but the last
couple of years pitching staff's been stellar. There's been some
studs in the lineup, and then there's been holes in
the lineup as well. I'm curious just your take when
it comes to the lack of pressure that you feel
when you all of a sudden feel like you got
a long lineup, when you all of a sudden feel
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like it's kind of one through nine can have grinder
AB's anybody can go yard, it doesn't. That could create
a little bit less pressure per ab for these guys
because they know they don't have to go get it
done like maybe they've felt they had to the last
few years.
Speaker 6 (27:37):
One hundred percent. If you look at Julio's number specifically
the first half or second the first half or second
half of the season, there's something that clicks with him
in the second half, and I don't know, you know,
if he got hot before the additions and then kind
of settled in one of the two big boys of
Suarez and Naylor came in. I just think you have
a lot of professional at bats one through nine in here,
and guys that understand what their role is and how
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to execute it really well. There's the guys that are
taking their shots and they're gonna punch out. But this
is the bat that I watched last week of Josh
Naylor hitting the bases clearing double I believe to clinch
the division or was that the wild card that day?
Speaker 1 (28:11):
It goes back to back days that was the division night.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Yeah, okay that but to bring a picture in I
think it was wild card. It was the first day,
but to bring a brand new pitcher in the first
pitch was ninety nine almost through the backstop, The second
pitch was nowhere near, and then the third pitch was
up and a way and he went with it to
left center. You just see guys that understand how to
command a strike zone. And this team has a tremendous
walk percentage and they know how to lead the yard,
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but they also know how to put together some tremendous
at bats. And you think about the secret weapon this
Marriagers team has Randy a Rose Arena. Do you remember
how he came on the scene when he was with
the Rays that COVID year. Guys, we have that guy
in our starting lineup.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Are you kidding me? Ryan Healy is whether So let's
not even let scoobale pitch twice, Let's just win it
in three or four. What do you say? You said it?
I think that's the plan that I'm going on with. Yeah. Yeah, Hey,
by the way, I like the the post career Scruffy
got going on there.
Speaker 6 (29:06):
Yeah, look, Charlotte, it's not as good as BUCkies. I
got a few more gaps in mind, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
But you know what.
Speaker 6 (29:13):
Good things take time.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
Hey, it just you're not old enough yet. Eventually you'll
get there, by the way, I like the you got
beltray in the background. Is that big poppy? And who's
the one in the middle of your head's blocking that you.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
That I try to block down?
Speaker 4 (29:27):
Mine must be over in the corner My jersey must
be over in the.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
Corner a little bit.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Yeah, yeah, just out of frame makes sense.
Speaker 6 (29:34):
I got each rows hung up in the closet. I
need to get a frame on that ace app.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
A good one to hang.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Yeah, maybe you know we we might know some people
with the Mariners. They could get it signed for you
if you wanted. Yeah, I got, I got too signed
by each row?
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Is that right?
Speaker 1 (29:47):
One?
Speaker 6 (29:47):
Was opponent? And I got Ken Griffy Junior signed one
as well. Did you guys see that that each row
is playing right field in the scrimmages? Yeah, he cannot
stay off the field. He probably looks sharp as ever
route there as well.
Speaker 4 (29:59):
He was given the no fly He was giving Julio's
no fly zone thing too after he caught one.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I bet you he's holding out hope that he makes
the roster.
Speaker 6 (30:06):
Oh yeah, here's a go I remember him catching King
Felix's bullpens in twenty nineteen when we were all rehabbing.
He was literally catching bullpens for Felix. Her name to this,
like what, yeah, one of a kind. All right, man, Well,
great having you on again, and we'll do this. We'll
do this throughout the postseason. If that's all right with you.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I appreciate the opportunity, man, all right.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Former Mariner Ryan Healey joining us right here on Chuck
and Buck in the morning. We'll close out the week
with Booze News.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Next.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
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Millan now joins us here on Chuck and Buck in
the Morning. Hello, sir, it's great to be with you.
Good morning. Are you fired up for a little baseball
maybe this weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Maybe? Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I love playoff baseball, Okay, okay, yeah, I think it's
gonna be a nice juggle.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We don't get these kind of weekends often. And you know,
it's funny. I was gonna go into the spreadsheet and
try and put some numbers to the idea that the
Mariners seem like they are streakier this year than they
have in the last handful.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
They've had more.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
You know, I don't know how you'd quant fight, but
they've had more. Really lousy stretches and more really elite stretches.
I think it's been abnormal in that regard. So obviously
the finish this season up on a real high in
that sense, and you know, hopefully they can retain it.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
All right, Well, let's dive right into some Seahawks talk.
Then they're taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quality opponent
on Sunday, start at one five there, and there's a
lot to discuss with these two teams. I think are
very good teams, both of them. And let's go ahead
and start with the Seahawks and their passing game right now.
I mean, Sam Darnold's been humming so far this season
(01:38):
for the team, but hasn't really been asked to carry
the majority of the load either. So what are you
seeing and is he possibly ready to maybe take that
next step and shoulder more of the offensive load.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Well, you're right, And numbers to that point is Seattle
is number one in the percentage of called running plays.
Now they're too, number two in run plays, but that
includes scrambles. But but yeah, they're they're not asking them
to throw a lot. But here here's some stats for you.
If you go percentage of completions ten or more yards.
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Sam Donald number one in the NFL. The percentage of
of his passes that are first downs or touchdowns, Donald
is number three. The NFL has an off target percentage
in their stat portal, so you can look that up.
Sam Donald is number one in avoiding, so meaning the
(02:37):
least number of off targets number one, not just total
the gross because that would speak to how often you're thrown.
I'm saying the percentage of his throws that are off target.
Sam Donald is is the best in that regard red
zone turnovers, Donald's you don't want to have a low number,
you want to have a big number. In this one,
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he's twenty fifth. And by the way, Geno was first.
Again for those who are engaging in that discussion. Here
here's an interesting set. I put it in in the portal.
The NFL still has it with my email attached to it,
so any coach who wants to look it up. I
thought it was interesting air yards divided by time to throw,
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and I did this a few years ago. But the
idea of being if you can just say, okay, imagine
a quarterback he's got he's got a fair amount of
time and to throw? How many yards is he producing
given a certain amount of time to throw, Like, like,
you don't want to see a guy back there holding
the ball, holding the ball, holding the ball, and then
he just checks down for a three yard checkdown, Like
(03:41):
that's not that's not the quarterback and we'd love to see.
So Sam Donald's number one in air yards per time
to throw, So some some cool stuff going on with him.
I think that the big question will be, as you
alluded to in your question, you know, are they going
to put more on his plate?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Well, yesterday we had our round table thing, and I
big round table. Well it's a big round table. Well,
I'm sitting at the table. I didn't say a whole
heck of a lot, but you kind of laughed a
little bit when I said the biggest part of the game,
obviously is whether or not a guy named Bucky plays,
because that is almost unstoppable.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Again.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, yeah, there you go again.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I'm not even trying to be funny, breed Love, but
it sounds like he's not going to be out there.
I read reports that he was on crutches and in
a boot most of this week and didn't practice yesterday,
But that still doesn't mean that they can't run the ball.
They have the Rashad guy and Rashad White, and so
I'm curious your thoughts on the running attacks for both
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of these teams.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Well, I think.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Let's start with the Seahawks, and we talked about their
propensity fifty two point six percent run play a percent,
that's number one. Buccaneers are at thirty nine percent. They're seventeen.
Their middle of the road in that regard the yards
per rush. Here here's Seattle is trying the hardest to rude.
But at three point six yards per tempt they are,
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that's twenty eighth in the league. The Buccaneers at four
point four.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
They're there.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
They're again in the middle. So basically this Buccaneers are
dead middle in the pack in terms of their frequency
and their effectiveness. Seattle is is tops in terms of
their frequency and near the bottom in terms of the
effective This has got to change.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And this is a.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Stat that that I don't think that Canine is gonna
like yards after contact per rush The Sea Yarks are
twenty seventh. Now that isn't all just on the running back.
That could be that there's a whole bevy and army
of tacklers at the time when they come to h
to tackle, and I think that that's mostly the case.
(05:46):
But Canine for the first time kind of ticked me
off against the Cardinals. Oh gosh, there's a the safety
four or the corner the nickel guy for the Cardinals,
number thirty four. He's at cougar anyways, five eleven. What's
the nonsen Jalen Tom, thank you, well, well done on you. Yeah,
there is a play where can I had a beautiful
(06:08):
play up the middle and then he bounced it outside.
And just like no two snowflakes are the same. I
don't think any two rushing situations are the same. A
running back has to process. Hey, how many more yards
can I get near the sideline? What's the type of
player you know? And and what's the angles coming at
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If he's at front of me and there's two guys, Okay,
step out of bounds because you're gonna get lit up.
But if you've got a five eleven, one hundred and
ninety pound nickel guy coming at you from the side,
you can you can drop your shoulder and and finish
with with the explosiveness at the end. You can get
another four or five yards. And look, maybe some coaches say, hey,
(06:52):
I'm fine with you going out of bounds because it
keeps you healthy, preserves your career.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I think that, okay, all right, we're gonna have to
reconnect or something. I was going to try to wait
that out, but sometimes it just like clears up and
I'm just, you know, like a pimple.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yeah, sometimes it's internet like it was like a sneeze
and then he's back.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
But that was going on a little too long and
it was making me uncomfortable. But Hugh mellin is with us.
It's our x's and o's segment right here is we
have got a lot to break down Before Seahawks Buccaneers
play on Sunday. We were in the midst of talking
about both teams running games. As the Seahawks I think
have to get their running game going in this game.
(07:44):
It feels essential. I mean, it's one of those things
I think that you can work around in the National
Football League, but not against quality defenses, not against something
like Tampa Bay where they're ninth versus the pass and
fifth versus the run and fourth overall they're just too
well bound. So you've got to be balanced too to
counteract that. All right, he was back with us, and
(08:05):
he was in the midst of talking about the running
game situation. So I don't know if you remember where
you left off, but the floor is yours again, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Yeah. No.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I just think that Canine, probably for this first time,
irked me when he ran out of bounce, and I
just think you could get a good debate with coaches. Hey,
some guys are fine with going out of bounds. I
think on that play he looked a little too much
like a quarterback. And you know, I don't know, I'd
probably had to get that off my chest. More fans
(08:35):
speaking here than anything, but I thought he left certainly
three yards maybe four or five on the table there.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So I'd like to see him, as Pete Carroll used.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
To refer to, you know, close the circle physicality for
the football team. I think it's inspiring to his teammates
when a guy runs tough, and I think he's got
to pick that up near the sideline. Let's not be
come on, Franco, let's stay in bounce, Let's finish the run.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Franco a shot at Frank Oharris right there at the
very end. I heard that is that acceptable? Hugh Milan
is with us. We're talking some x'es and o's. Baker
Mayfield's an interesting character Highs and Lowe's in his career,
but he's on a little bit of a heater right now.
And man, you were talking about a guy doesn't give
up on a play. Sometimes it gets him in trouble
and sometimes it ends up making fantastic plays. What's your
(09:26):
take on Baker Mayfield the twenty twenty five version and
how difficult he's going to be to defend.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, he's third in scramble yards in the league, so
you've got to contend with his legs. I think he's inclined.
As he said, he's kind of a swashbuckler. I mean
his Pro Football Focus has a turnover worthy play. Baker
Mayfield is five point one percent. Meanwhile Sam Darnold is
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his zero point nine percent, right, So I mean he's like,
you know, five six times and as likely that's a
Pro Football Focus grade. The NFL and their stat portal,
they have interceptions plus interceptions dropped and Baker is fourth.
That's a number that you'd prefer to have, you know,
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from a Tampa Bay perspective, that's putting the football in
harms way. He's thirty first in completion percentage, although I
think that's more of a reflection that more to your
propensially to throw the ball down the field in your accuracy.
But the past success thirty first, passer rating eighteenth. But
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this is what silis to continue with attempts air yards
ten ten plus from the line of scrimmage, he's fourth.
Twenty plus yards down the field, he's second. He's going
to push the ball down the field. In terms of
the completions on twenty or more yards, he's fifth non
red zone passing touchdowns. Baker Mayfield number one in the NFL.
(10:58):
So there's some aspects that that Seal's going to have
to contend with. Now here's here's something to look look for.
The Buccaneers have felt like Kate Dotton is kind of
a Pro Bowl level.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Ish type of tight end.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
He has not been untracked and and they would look
at the Sea Hawk defense in this regard when opponent
quarterbacks throw to wide receivers. Now this is this could
be even have fantasy implication for some people. When opponent
quarterbacks throw to wide receivers, they have just a forty
eight passer rating, but when opponing opponent quarterbacks throw to
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tight ends, the passer rating is one hundred and five.
So Seal's got to be better at that. Tampa Bay
may be induced to throw and get Kate Otten more
involved because they feel like that's a little bit of
a missing piece. So let's see how much the Tumbwater
product has in store for us on Sunday.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Tumbwater, We're dangerous, all right? Well, since you laughed twice
now at me and the importance that I put on
trying to stop someone named Bucky, I'm gonna go to
something maybe you won't laugh at. How how big of
a of a fun factor is the return of nick
Emon worry for coach McDonald in this defense.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Well, I think it's it's a mystery. I know that
he wants to involve him a lot. I don't want
to overplay the versatility piece too much because a lot
of what they're gonna ask him to do with him
being the nickel is uh, it's just something that nickel
guys do. You know, some occasionally nickel guys go in
(12:38):
the back end. But you know, I I if I
was evaluating him and and preparing for the Seahawk defense.
I would just say he's been he's the nickel sam
most teams play uh predominant. In fact, all teams. This
is a nickel league. It's taken over the position of linebacker. Now,
his versatility is that, you know, he's a you know,
he's a big, long guy, and so he can cover
(12:58):
tight ends. We just talked about Kate Otton. We'll see
if if if if that factors. But he's quick enough
and agile and fast enough. He has makeup speed. I
think he's faster than he is quick. So so if
he kind of if they match him up against a
quicker player, maybe he has a uh A quickness deficit,
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but he'll have a length and top speed surplus, and
so how they use him is going to be very interesting.
We talked about how in just those four plays that
he's played thus far, the one time Seattle played man
and man because they're not a big man and man team,
but Emon Worry was lined up.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Covering Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
So I think that that that was a statement to
the belief in what he can do.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So, uh, I don't.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
I know that they're going to use him in a
lot of different ways, particularly with Witherspoon apparently out. So uh,
and that's that's kind of a subject Mike Homgrin had
talked about and we had talked about in the draft.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Draft.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
When you draft the little guy, you know, how durable
is he going to be? Well, now we're starting to
see some injuries surface with Witherston, so that's something to
keep an eye on. But I think that that changes things.
You can see Emon worry you know, probably more of
them than me, maybe even you thought you were going
to see. But I think he's gonna be mostly a
nickel outside linebacker.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
We're doing x's and o's on a Friday with you
Millon right here, ur QB one on Chuck and Buck
in the morning. So I wanted to close out by
talking about another rookie, A Mecca, a BOOKA makes his
return to Seattle way too long away. Should have never
gone to Ohio State. That was clearly a mistake. I
just fell on his face there with that program. That no,
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that's a no, no, no good program. I'm just curious,
how well did you know him when he was a
high school star and why did you let him go
to Ohio State?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Well, I actually know him really well.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
He was on a seven on seventeen shout out to
Reggie Jones and air and and uh my son was
was a quarterback for him for three years and uh
one you know, did a lot of traveling Vegas tournaments,
Orange County, you know, back east, and and got to
know him really well. Uh, I can't rave enough about
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him the person. And uh the time that I was
talking to him, he seemed convinced he was going to
go to Stanford. Real bright guy, uh goliering guy. And
and uh I thought it was gonna be a Stanford cardinal.
But but in the end, I think Brian Hartline and
that wide receiver lineage was just too much for him.
Obviously had a great career, and so Seattle's gonna have
(15:38):
to contend. I had said when he was drafted that
the the similarities with him and Jackson Smith and Jigba
are just uncanny in terms of their size, their attributes,
their intelligence, their ball tracking ability, Uh, run after the catch.
It it's almost like a mirror player. Now, I did
note uh a fact that will contradict that a little bit.
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While a Mecca has been in the slot eighty seven snaps,
he's been wide one hundred and fifty one. So the
corners for Seattle are going to have to deal with
this guy.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, no doubt. I mean he's off of just a
tremendous start this year, not playing like a rookie, had
a great camp, and he's just carried it right over.
Do you have any like personal stories like anything from
you know, your son, Was he one of those people
that ate chewing gum off the bottom of the bleacher
or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
You know, he was so selfless, he was. He was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
But probably the memory that makes me smile is, so
we're go down to play in Atlanta in a tournament
and you had to have won some tournaments locally or
placed high in the tournaments locally to qualify.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
But they go down to.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Play a tournament in Atlanta in Mercedes Benz Stadium where
the Falcons play, and so they're playing. They had the
pool play and now they're in playoff play and so there,
you know, loser out type portion of the of the
weekend and they're playing the top team from Florida and
it comes down to the end and.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
It's a tie.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
And the way in those tournaments they do, you know,
because they got to keep things going. They have one
team starts at the forty going into one side. One
teams starts at the forty.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
That's for all.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
That's for all games, so that you can play two
games on one field. But for the overtime portion, it
was a one play playoff or I should say two
play playoffs. Each team gets the ball for one play
in how many yards can you get on one play?
So obviously you want to go second, but we lose
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the coin toss, and so the idea is you try
and get like an eight or nine or ten to
twelve you are completed, and then play defense and win
the play because it's just how many yards can you
get in one play? Well, the defense comes up with
safety comes down on the slot, a mecca's on the outside,
and so my son audible lies to a play with
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a mecca on a deep post and so as he's
going back. And by the way, Courtney Taylor was the
offensive coordinator, the former Siaka wide receiver. He was like
a you know, hammer down to all gas, no breaks.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
But the head coach is kind of defense goes, why
do we do it? Like he was just freaking.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Out as the balls in the air and and so
a Mecca catches this ball about four yards deep in
the end zone on a one play. Now you just
got to play defense and of course, you know, prevent
a touchdown from the forty yard line.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
And so so.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
That play really won that game. And it is pretty
dramatic because you just don't see a guy crank it
up and throw, you know, fifty yards in the air,
fifty five yards in the air into the middle of
the end zone on an overtime play. But you know what,
when you have a Mecca, you know that he has
that finishing style and he showed it on that play.
Hopefully he won't show it on Sunday, that's.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Right, keep him out of the end zone on Sunday.
All right, great stuff, you, thank you, sir. We appreciate it,
and we'll check in with you, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Having a good weekend.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Yeah, Hugh Melon joining us right here on the X's
and O's here on this Friday. Coming up next, bicking
up the Mariners, Ryan Heally. I think we're going to
be hearing from Ryan Healey quite a bit during our
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Speaker 1 (20:08):
All right, here we are on this Friday. Normally we're
talking Mike Homer and here in this segment, but coaches,
you know what you guys need to embrace your base right,
that's right, so we're talking baseball and joining us now
on the program. I bet he's never pinch it for
Mike Holmgren before in his lifetime. Probably pinch it for
(20:28):
a couple of you know, dignitaries in the baseball world,
but never for Mike Homberan joining us as former Mariner
third Basement and you're gonna be hearing a lot from
him during the course of these playoffs and joining us
to preview the series starting tomorrow. Ryan Healy is with
us here on Chuck and Buck. Good morning, sir, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
How we doing?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Then we're doing? All right? How are you doing?
Speaker 6 (20:52):
I'm living the dream. I'm excited to be here with
you guys today. I'm excited for Mariners playoff baseball to
start this weekend and sitting on pins and needles, but
I'm excited to her talking baseball.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Do you guys all right, well, let's dive right in
then let's talk about this matchup. But do you like
this matchup the Tigers for the Mariners.
Speaker 6 (21:10):
I'd like the seeding how it's shaked out for where
the Mariners got the week off to really rest and recover.
Obviously they didn't finish great against the Dodgers in that series,
but after the excitement against the Rockies of clinching not
just the wild car but also the division, I think
it was time for a little bit of a breather,
to reset, refocus, and everything that I'm seeing and reading
right now, it just seems like they're executing this downtime
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really well. So I'm excited to see how they come
out tomorrow with the energy. The home crowd's really gonna help.
And I'm hoping that the Seattle faithful or really excited
for playoff baseball because I know football season is here
as well. We got some competition, but I think the
Mariners need one hundred and ten percent of what Seattle's
got to offer.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Oh yeah, well, the city is turned on. We got
a guy Softy that does the afternoon shows. I hopefully
you haven't had to talk to him yet, actually talk
softly already softy.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, you're a uniform in this city. You've talked to something. Yeah,
that's probably true.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yeah, And yet he did some posts that was like
if you only had one on Sunday, you could just
watch the Seahawks or Mariners. It was like ninety percent
and thousands of voters. Ninety percent were saying baseball, so
that the city has turned on for baseball. It's that
time of year when you were talking about how they've
handled the time off, and I agree, I think the
time off is good. But then there becomes the argument
(22:25):
of rest versus rust. I mean, I don't necessarily buy
into that a whole heck of a lot. What's your
take on rest versus rust?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
It's out of your control.
Speaker 6 (22:34):
You battle all year, for six plus months straight to
win the division, to earn the time to rest. At
this point, it's got to be a choice of how
are we going to attack it. We can choose to think, yeah,
we might get little rusty guys, we're gonna be a
little cautious and maybe you overdo it this week, or
we can really steer into it of guys.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
We earned this.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
We battled for one sixty two and pulled this off
the last week. It's all about the mindset. And the
same conversation goes for our opponent now, Tigers. They could
have dragged their blankets into that wild Card series and
felt sorry for themselves for blowing a fifteen and a
half game lead, but they didn't. They battle, They played
clean baseball, and they beat a really hot Guardian's team.
So what are the Mariners going to choose? They have
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the ability within the clubhouse to do that. In what
I'm hearing out and Julio said this specifically the experience
that we have from being in the playoffs a few
years ago to now with the similar bodies, the additions
of other guys that have experienced of the playoffs at
Josh Naylor, they're choosing to choose the rest over the
rust because they know they're prepared for this and now
it's time to go execute.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Did you like the scrimmage idea? Do you think that
that would have worked? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (23:38):
I think the live pitching is the most important aspect
and I saw that. I think Gino and Cal hit
homers in the game. And then they talked about the
significance of what those homers would have mended. They happened
a week ago of sixty one and fifty and I
laughed at that, and I'm like, yeah, okay, cool. But
also I tell this to young players as well when
they go through injuries like see live pitching, go standing
in bullpens, standing in flat grounds. The fact that you
(23:59):
can actually swing against your arms, how good is that
pitching staff too, Guys like you can go to get
bats off of the best pitchers in the Major League Baseball,
Like you're gonna stay tuned to, eyes are gonna be fresh,
and you're gonna be ready to go.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Well, I mean, obviously you be in a position player.
You understand the difference and how much more important position
players are versus the group of non athletes. Well, let's
just get somebody a fellow, I mean a fellow, a
position player. He's gonna get the joke with just calling
them non athletes. But this group of non athletes or
stud pitchers that the Mariners have, I mean, that's got
to be a pretty good feeling, I would imagine for
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the group of position players.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Knowing that you.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Don't have to go out there and put a ton
of pressure on every A. B just go grind out
some AB's push a couple of runs across because of
how good these these arms are.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
You, Bucky, think about this too as a position player,
because I got the joke. I can't say my response
alive on the radio, but we'll talk about that later.
A think think about the soreness that you have as
a position player. You you kind of get into this
numb state of playing every day where the body is
just always sore to some regard, but you move through it.
The minute you stop moving. That first day after you
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feel like you got hit by a train like it
probably took these position players two to three days to
flush some of that soreness out that the long season brought,
and then by Wednesday Thursday, they're feeling a little bit better. Today,
my guess is they're all waking up feeling light on
their feet, ready to go. And then tomorrow the adrenaline
is gonna add to that and they're gonna be playing
at one hundred percent of whatever they have to offer
at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Maybe not as great as athletes, but you guys know
always the ladies men, the pitchers, they always yeah, yeah,
they always did.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
The chicks like goofy, especially lefties that their pants go crooking.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
They love that.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Ryan Heay is with his former Mariner helping us preview
the Mariners Tigers series, which starts tomorrow. What do you
make of the Tigers and what kind of challenges Trek
Schouble potentially pitching forty percent of these games.
Speaker 6 (25:52):
I know, it's the fact that he could go two
of these five games is It's something you have to acknowledge.
And if you look at the way that the Guardians
beat him late in the season, how many balls left
the infield to score a couple runs that they did
like and he still got ten ten plus punches like
it's it's not going to be the Mariner's brand of
baseball this season of We're gonna walk, get guys on,
and then do some hit some big boy homers. I
(26:12):
don't anticipate that happening. Terrek Scoople's too sharp, So how
do we play clean defense? But when you look at
these teams matched up side by side on paper, they
are dead even in a lot of categories, both offensively, defensively,
and then pitching wise. That's the testament to how strong
the Mariners perform the second half, and then how strong
the Tigers performed the first half. Who's gonna show up
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during this series is gonna be really important. But for me,
I was always told the major leagues, you're not gonna
make your money off of the ace of a staff.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
You really gotta.
Speaker 6 (26:44):
Eat the lunch of the three, four, five guys in
a rotation. So if my mindset is, if we can
grind out one of those two games against Google, even
if we get the second, we don't need to have
the second.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
If we can.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Grind out one of those games against Google, then take
care of the two, three four guy like we're supposed to,
then this Mariner's series should be clean and well executed.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
In my opinion.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Yeah, I mean, there's been a bunch of years where
the well, I shouldn't say a bunch, but the last
couple of years pitching staff's been stellar. There's been some
studs in the lineup, and then there's been holes in
the lineup as well. I'm curious just your take when
it comes to the lack of pressure that you feel
when you all of a sudden feel like you got
a long lineup, when you all of a sudden feel
(27:23):
like it's kind of one through nine can have grinder
AB's anybody can go yard, it doesn't. That could create
a little bit less pressure per ab for these guys
because they know they don't have to go get it
done like maybe they've felt they had to the last
few years.
Speaker 6 (27:37):
One hundred percent. If you look at Julio's number specifically
the first half or second the first half or second
half of the season, there's something that clicks with him
in the second half, and I don't know, you know,
if he got hot before the additions and then kind
of settled in one of the two big boys of
Suarez and Naylor came in. I just think you have
a lot of professional at bats one through nine in here,
and guys that understand what their role is and how
(27:58):
to execute it really well. There's the guys that are
taking their shots and they're gonna punch out. But this
is the bat that I watched last week of Josh
Naylor hitting the bases clearing double I believe to clinch
the division or was that the wild card that day?
Speaker 1 (28:11):
It goes back to back days that was the division night.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Yeah, okay that but to bring a picture in I
think it was wild card. It was the first day,
but to bring a brand new pitcher in the first
pitch was ninety nine almost through the backstop, The second
pitch was nowhere near, and then the third pitch was
up and a way and he went with it to
left center. You just see guys that understand how to
command a strike zone. And this team has a tremendous
walk percentage and they know how to lead the yard,
(28:34):
but they also know how to put together some tremendous
at bats. And you think about the secret weapon this
Marriagers team has Randy a Rose Arena. Do you remember
how he came on the scene when he was with
the Rays that COVID year. Guys, we have that guy
in our starting lineup.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Are you kidding me? Ryan Healy is whether So let's
not even let scoobale pitch twice, Let's just win it
in three or four. What do you say? You said it?
I think that's the plan that I'm going on with. Yeah. Yeah, Hey,
by the way, I like the the post career Scruffy
got going on there.
Speaker 6 (29:06):
Yeah, look, Charlotte, it's not as good as BUCkies. I
got a few more gaps in mind, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
But you know what.
Speaker 6 (29:13):
Good things take time.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
Hey, it just you're not old enough yet. Eventually you'll
get there, by the way, I like the you got
beltray in the background. Is that big poppy? And who's
the one in the middle of your head's blocking that you.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
That I try to block down?
Speaker 4 (29:27):
Mine must be over in the corner My jersey must
be over in the.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
Corner a little bit.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Yeah, yeah, just out of frame makes sense.
Speaker 6 (29:34):
I got each rows hung up in the closet. I
need to get a frame on that ace app.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
A good one to hang.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Yeah, maybe you know we we might know some people
with the Mariners. They could get it signed for you
if you wanted. Yeah, I got, I got too signed
by each row?
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Is that right?
Speaker 1 (29:47):
One?
Speaker 6 (29:47):
Was opponent? And I got Ken Griffy Junior signed one
as well. Did you guys see that that each row
is playing right field in the scrimmages? Yeah, he cannot
stay off the field. He probably looks sharp as ever
route there as well.
Speaker 4 (29:59):
He was given the no fly He was giving Julio's
no fly zone thing too after he caught one.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I bet you he's holding out hope that he makes
the roster.
Speaker 6 (30:06):
Oh yeah, here's a go I remember him catching King
Felix's bullpens in twenty nineteen when we were all rehabbing.
He was literally catching bullpens for Felix. Her name to this,
like what, yeah, one of a kind. All right, man, Well,
great having you on again, and we'll do this. We'll
do this throughout the postseason. If that's all right with you.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I appreciate the opportunity, man, all right.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Former Mariner Ryan Healey joining us right here on Chuck
and Buck in the morning. We'll close out the week
with Booze News.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Next.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
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