August 3, 2024 • 7 mins
New Seattle Seahawks guard Laken Tomlinson sits down with Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain at the VMAC to talk about being part of the Hawks-Niners rivalry on the other side, being from Jamaica, and working under new Offensive Line Coach Ryan Grubb.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is our next guest. Playing left guard for the Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Lake and Tomlin said of the Hawks is with us
now on the radio show for the very first time.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
How are you, man, I'm doing good. How you doing today?
We're good.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's great to see you. Great to meet you. We
had your former teammate, George Fan from the Jets obviously
on the air with us the other day. I mean,
you guys just gonna follow each other around the country.
What's going on here?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Big g Man, he's the man. I mean, he's awesome, guys. Man,
I love playing with him.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Talk about you know, I want to start with the
other side where you spent more than half your career,
the other side of the Seahawks Niners rivalry. Yep, I
want to start there. What is the Seahawks Niners rivalry?
Like when you're a San Francisco forty nine er for
a half a decade?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Man, Back in the day, Man, we used to go
at it, man, like those games were like just like
gotta have the games, and you know, we'd come up
here at Louman and those are one of the most
hostile environments I ever stepped into. I'm super excited to
have that on the flip end, you know, but it
was always a battle. He was always one of those
games we were like, hey, this is a conference game.
(01:00):
We had come up, we gonna play the best ball.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well, look at the schedule between you guys, and this
isn't your fault. Trust me, I'm not blaming you for
this because you're number one a lot bigger than me
and number two.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It's inaccurate.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
But the Seahawks got you guys a lot in those
games down there. How much did that just piss you off?
Losening to this football team?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Hey, man, like.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
We know, we knew the revelry man, and we we
we come out here and you know there are some
there are some times you're going at it and you
know they Yeah, if you you're right about that. They
definitely had this when I was back back in San Francisco.
But I mean it is a hostile environment. Yeah, coming here,
you have to prepare difference complay here.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Lake and Tominson joining us.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Another thing that jumped out at me when I took
a look at your your numbers and in your career
is just the games played and the game started. I mean,
you're just always out there man. Seventeen seventeen, sixteen sixteen six,
and like, what do you owe your durability to.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I mean, knock on one there, knock, knock on it.
There we go.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah, I mean just gotta gotta thank God, thank God.
You know, there're just some times where you know, I
felt I was out there. I feel like, man, I
touched a bullet a couple of times. But you know,
in the off season, I put a lot of time
and resources into my body. I try to exhaust every
resource that I have. And I mean I'm every day
I'm working doing something with my body.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Look like geez.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I appreciate it. But I would say one, definitely, thank God.
You know, I'm blessed, you know, have this health and
and too. You know, it's a lot of work that
I put into you know, my work.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, I put a lot of resources into my body too.
Like donuts over there in the media room over there,
we got you. We got a maple bar, frosted the
whole thing. Are you a big donut guy? You like donuts?
Puts your mice by the way, because I know that
you guys like to watch what you eat a little bit.
Maybe let yourself go over the off season. But if
you could eat one thing and not worry about putting
(02:54):
weight on. What would that one thing be for you?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I mean you talk to a Jamaican that's right, that's right.
You have to be jerk chicken. I mean rice and
peace and jerk chicken. Yeah, I mean you would. That's
what I got me to Mary, my wife. I'm just saying, Wow,
she can makee jrk Chicken?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
What hot you you move? When you were in two
thousand and three? Is that correct?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
To the States Jamaica? So you were how old? When
even eleven? Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So what is what is American football about in Jamaica?
How much of this sport did you know about when
you're a kid growing?
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I knew zero, wow about American football. I mean you
talk to eleven year old Liacoln. You say football to
eleven year old Liacoln, He's immediately thinking soccer, right, And
you say football to a twelve year old Laken, he
would think that, oh, I can't play soccer anymore because
I just gained eighty pounds in the last year.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So no, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I didn't know anything about football coming to the States,
you know, I came to the States. I got big
quick and my mom ursered me to do a sport
and my uncle recommending American football. So wow, I just
did that. I just did it on a whim because
I just wanted to, uh, you know, make my mom happy.
What's your uncle's name, Chris Wilson, Chris Wilson. Thank you,
Chris Wilson.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Appreciate it helping four to five the Seahawks os R
pancake people.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We can thank Chris Wilson.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well, tell us a little bit about about your game,
because I think Hawk fans probably have heard of Lake
and Thomlinson.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
You've had a very good career.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
You were a pro bowler your first round draft picks,
so you've you've been around and done great things, but
probably don't know what type of offensive lineman are. We
tell us about your your your strengths. Where where do
you think you really stand out?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Man? I feel like I'm a player that can bring
a lot of power to offensive line.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Every off season, man, I'm I'm in the gym twenty
four to seven. Man, I'm lifting, getting strong, and that's
one thing I want to be. I want to be
that anchor in the left guard spot. You know, when
it comes to running the ball. Hey, I'm always gonna
say running behind me. So I'm saying I want to
be I want to be a freaking anchor. I want
to be a freaking moller out there. Man. That's kind
of my game. That's all I will do.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah. Well, you had Nathaniel Hackett last year as your
OC right with the Jets thinking that smile.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, first of all, tell me about playing for him
versus playing for Ryan Grubb, Like, how different are the
systems that you guys ran in New York versus what
you're seeing now from coach grub Man.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I love Coach grub everything he's doing with the offensive
line and coach coach Huff two. He's coaching those young
guys a lot. Man. We got Charles, we got Olu,
we got ab we got top g doing everything, all
the young guys coming along as well. Everything that we're
doing here, Man, it's amazing. And not only that is
the way to teach the young guys too, because obviously
(05:33):
there's a lot of new coaches in the building right now,
but that communication is the first key about everything that
we're installing right now.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Why was he asked about the Jets? Yeah, the quarterback
I'm gonna ask about Aaron Rodgers. Now, you didn't play
a lot of regular season games with him. In fact,
you played like a quarter with them of a regular
season game, but you had training camp and everything.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
What's what's it like.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
He's obviously a polarizing character nationally.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I mean, he's an obviously amazing player and MVP type player.
Obviously when he's on the field, he does amazing things.
And the way he tastes care of the ball and
operas the offense. You know, he's a hell of a player.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Obviously what happened to him last year was very unfortunate.
And you know that he played whatever world he played
into what happened last year. You know, this is what
it is is football.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Injuries happened. Yeah, and this is one of the things
you you know, you got to prepare for, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
So you'll be thirty two.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
In February, Laking lacn Tomlinson with us said, look, I mean,
you don't look to me like a guy that is
close to retiring. I mean, you're starting all the time,
You're you're kicking ass in the NFL. But is there
any part of you when you get to how many
years now is this in the National Football League?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Is is this eleven.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Years now for you? I'ming on ten ten years in
the NFL. You think, you know what, I'm thirty one.
I got my health, Thank god.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Not guy.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Is there any part of you talking about and thinking
about what's next after this is over?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I'm I'm I'm just going. I'm just going. Man. In
my head, I feel like I can play as long
as my body allows and if I continue to be
blessed with health and you know, continue to you know,
just come out healthy every season. I'm gonna just keep
going going. You know, my mentor someone that I trained
with in the off season is Jackie Slater.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
You know he played twenty years legend yes as a tackle,
so you know when he's talking to me, I'm training
him this past offseason, said like, hey, Lake and you're
a young pup. You're a young pup in this league,
and you should go out there and play like a
young pup because that's just who you are compared to him.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Obviously, he's like seventy years old, right, Well, thirty one
is the new twenty one. That's what I've been told. Man,
you look great, So fired up figure here. Man, keep
it up and we'll talk down the road. Buddy, Thank
you so appreciate. Man Laken Tomlinson with us on the
radio show We're gonna Break. We're gonna talk some Huskies
because today was Day one for them in the Big ten.
Next on ninety three three kJ A RFM,
Is our next guest. Playing left guard for the Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Lake and Tomlin said of the Hawks is with us
now on the radio show for the very first time.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
How are you, man, I'm doing good. How you doing today?
We're good.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's great to see you. Great to meet you. We
had your former teammate, George Fan from the Jets obviously
on the air with us the other day. I mean,
you guys just gonna follow each other around the country.
What's going on here?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Big g Man, he's the man. I mean, he's awesome, guys. Man,
I love playing with him.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Talk about you know, I want to start with the
other side where you spent more than half your career,
the other side of the Seahawks Niners rivalry. Yep, I
want to start there. What is the Seahawks Niners rivalry?
Like when you're a San Francisco forty nine er for
a half a decade?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Man, Back in the day, Man, we used to go
at it, man, like those games were like just like
gotta have the games, and you know, we'd come up
here at Louman and those are one of the most
hostile environments I ever stepped into. I'm super excited to
have that on the flip end, you know, but it
was always a battle. He was always one of those
games we were like, hey, this is a conference game.
(01:00):
We had come up, we gonna play the best ball.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well, look at the schedule between you guys, and this
isn't your fault. Trust me, I'm not blaming you for
this because you're number one a lot bigger than me
and number two.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It's inaccurate.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
But the Seahawks got you guys a lot in those
games down there. How much did that just piss you off?
Losening to this football team?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Hey, man, like.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
We know, we knew the revelry man, and we we
we come out here and you know there are some
there are some times you're going at it and you
know they Yeah, if you you're right about that. They
definitely had this when I was back back in San Francisco.
But I mean it is a hostile environment. Yeah, coming here,
you have to prepare difference complay here.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Lake and Tominson joining us.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Another thing that jumped out at me when I took
a look at your your numbers and in your career
is just the games played and the game started. I mean,
you're just always out there man. Seventeen seventeen, sixteen sixteen six,
and like, what do you owe your durability to.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I mean, knock on one there, knock, knock on it.
There we go.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah, I mean just gotta gotta thank God, thank God.
You know, there're just some times where you know, I
felt I was out there. I feel like, man, I
touched a bullet a couple of times. But you know,
in the off season, I put a lot of time
and resources into my body. I try to exhaust every
resource that I have. And I mean I'm every day
I'm working doing something with my body.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Look like geez.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I appreciate it. But I would say one, definitely, thank God.
You know, I'm blessed, you know, have this health and
and too. You know, it's a lot of work that
I put into you know, my work.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, I put a lot of resources into my body too.
Like donuts over there in the media room over there,
we got you. We got a maple bar, frosted the
whole thing. Are you a big donut guy? You like donuts?
Puts your mice by the way, because I know that
you guys like to watch what you eat a little bit.
Maybe let yourself go over the off season. But if
you could eat one thing and not worry about putting
(02:54):
weight on. What would that one thing be for you?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I mean you talk to a Jamaican that's right, that's right.
You have to be jerk chicken. I mean rice and
peace and jerk chicken. Yeah, I mean you would. That's
what I got me to Mary, my wife. I'm just saying, Wow,
she can makee jrk Chicken?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
What hot you you move? When you were in two
thousand and three? Is that correct?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
To the States Jamaica? So you were how old? When
even eleven? Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So what is what is American football about in Jamaica?
How much of this sport did you know about when
you're a kid growing?
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I knew zero, wow about American football. I mean you
talk to eleven year old Liacoln. You say football to
eleven year old Liacoln, He's immediately thinking soccer, right, And
you say football to a twelve year old Laken, he
would think that, oh, I can't play soccer anymore because
I just gained eighty pounds in the last year.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So no, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I didn't know anything about football coming to the States,
you know, I came to the States. I got big
quick and my mom ursered me to do a sport
and my uncle recommending American football. So wow, I just
did that. I just did it on a whim because
I just wanted to, uh, you know, make my mom happy.
What's your uncle's name, Chris Wilson, Chris Wilson. Thank you,
Chris Wilson.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Appreciate it helping four to five the Seahawks os R
pancake people.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We can thank Chris Wilson.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well, tell us a little bit about about your game,
because I think Hawk fans probably have heard of Lake
and Thomlinson.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
You've had a very good career.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
You were a pro bowler your first round draft picks,
so you've you've been around and done great things, but
probably don't know what type of offensive lineman are. We
tell us about your your your strengths. Where where do
you think you really stand out?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Man? I feel like I'm a player that can bring
a lot of power to offensive line.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Every off season, man, I'm I'm in the gym twenty
four to seven. Man, I'm lifting, getting strong, and that's
one thing I want to be. I want to be
that anchor in the left guard spot. You know, when
it comes to running the ball. Hey, I'm always gonna
say running behind me. So I'm saying I want to
be I want to be a freaking anchor. I want
to be a freaking moller out there. Man. That's kind
of my game. That's all I will do.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah. Well, you had Nathaniel Hackett last year as your
OC right with the Jets thinking that smile.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, first of all, tell me about playing for him
versus playing for Ryan Grubb, Like, how different are the
systems that you guys ran in New York versus what
you're seeing now from coach grub Man.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I love Coach grub everything he's doing with the offensive
line and coach coach Huff two. He's coaching those young
guys a lot. Man. We got Charles, we got Olu,
we got ab we got top g doing everything, all
the young guys coming along as well. Everything that we're
doing here, Man, it's amazing. And not only that is
the way to teach the young guys too, because obviously
(05:33):
there's a lot of new coaches in the building right now,
but that communication is the first key about everything that
we're installing right now.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Why was he asked about the Jets? Yeah, the quarterback
I'm gonna ask about Aaron Rodgers. Now, you didn't play
a lot of regular season games with him. In fact,
you played like a quarter with them of a regular
season game, but you had training camp and everything.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
What's what's it like.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
He's obviously a polarizing character nationally.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I mean, he's an obviously amazing player and MVP type player.
Obviously when he's on the field, he does amazing things.
And the way he tastes care of the ball and
operas the offense. You know, he's a hell of a player.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Obviously what happened to him last year was very unfortunate.
And you know that he played whatever world he played
into what happened last year. You know, this is what
it is is football.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Injuries happened. Yeah, and this is one of the things
you you know, you got to prepare for, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
So you'll be thirty two.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
In February, Laking lacn Tomlinson with us said, look, I mean,
you don't look to me like a guy that is
close to retiring. I mean, you're starting all the time,
You're you're kicking ass in the NFL. But is there
any part of you when you get to how many
years now is this in the National Football League?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Is is this eleven.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Years now for you? I'ming on ten ten years in
the NFL. You think, you know what, I'm thirty one.
I got my health, Thank god.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Not guy.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Is there any part of you talking about and thinking
about what's next after this is over?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I'm I'm I'm just going. I'm just going. Man. In
my head, I feel like I can play as long
as my body allows and if I continue to be
blessed with health and you know, continue to you know,
just come out healthy every season. I'm gonna just keep
going going. You know, my mentor someone that I trained
with in the off season is Jackie Slater.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
You know he played twenty years legend yes as a tackle,
so you know when he's talking to me, I'm training
him this past offseason, said like, hey, Lake and you're
a young pup. You're a young pup in this league,
and you should go out there and play like a
young pup because that's just who you are compared to him.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Obviously, he's like seventy years old, right, Well, thirty one
is the new twenty one. That's what I've been told. Man,
you look great, So fired up figure here. Man, keep
it up and we'll talk down the road. Buddy, Thank
you so appreciate. Man Laken Tomlinson with us on the
radio show We're gonna Break. We're gonna talk some Huskies
because today was Day one for them in the Big ten.
Next on ninety three three kJ A RFM,
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