December 2, 2025 • 8 mins
Ernest Jones IV, Seattle Seahawks linebacker, joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain from his toy drive at BJ’s in Redmond to talk about his event, his pick six and massive game against Minnesota, Mike Macdonald’s defense, and his Sam Darnold comments.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Duke of Duke Seafood, and this hour is
brought to you by Duke Seafood. Why don't you make
it at Duke's Night tonight. Reserve your table today at
Dukeseafood dot com. Now back to Softy and Dick on
Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
All right, we got a very special guest joining us right.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Now on the radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're gonna head to BJS in Redmond where there is
a Toys for Totch Drive happening until eight o'clock tonight.
I like toys. You like toys? Yes, I like BJS,
and I like the Seahawks. That did not come out
right at all. I apologize. Where's the drops?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Jackson? Get on that.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I like the restaurant and I like the Seahawks two
and we're combining the two of them right now. Ernest Jones,
Seahawks linebacker, is joining us right now from BJS in
Redmond on ninety three to three KJRFM.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Ernest, how are you, man? What's going on?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm doing well?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
There we go, good, good good.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I got a present for you, by the way, before
we get going here, you had your big pick six
and the game on Sunday. Have you heard that pick
six and what it sounded like on Minnesota Viking Radio.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I love it, I have you? Would you like to
hear it right now? All right? Check this out.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
This is Paul Allen, the voice of Minnesota Viking Football,
calling your pick six Sunday against the Vikings.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
It's fourth and one snap. Rozner rolls out to the right.
He's in trouble.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He's gonna throw the ball up and it's pissed off.
Awful decision by.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
Max Brosner, and this is going to be a defensive touchdown.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
For the Seattle Seahawks. It's Ernest Jones top four, but
the first.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Touchdown of his career and Seattle has taken a nine
zero lead. Max Brozner, falling to the field, decided to
underhand it to absolutely nobody except Ernest Jones, and he's
gonna go the distance for the first touchdown of the game.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
How about that, dude, Minnesota Viking Radio calling your pick six.
Please tell me tell me that you kept that ball
for your first touchdown of your career.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Oh yeah, of course, I wasn't letting any of those
those go right there.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
How do you go into a game and prepare for
a quarterback with literally no NFL regular season film.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Oh, I think you go out there and you do.
You know, you do your best from what they've done
in the preseason, but ultimately you want to go out
there and you make them respond to you, not respond
to them, get them uncomfortable, and they just go out
there and make them make plays. And you know you'll
see what you get out of them on Sunday, but
you know beforehand there's not too much you can you
know you can get on them.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, you ran about ninety yards on that play. Did
you feel like you needed a nap after that long run?
And was that the longest you've ever run during a
football game in your life?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Man, Yeah, that's as long as I've ever been in
my entire life or anything. Yes, definitely still need a
nap today actually.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, and then the post game you mentioned you thought
you looked up at the video board and you thought
you were gonna get caught, but then you realized who
it was chasing you?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Right right? It was.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
It was kind of showing up in pixels a little
bit like I only see no bodies there. I get
to the end on I look behind me, and of
course it is ever out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I love it well. Ernest Jones Jr. As well us.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
He's got a toys for touch driving Bjas and Redman.
We'll talk more about that Ernest in just a second.
But dude, four picks in four years and now you
have five and one season.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
How did that happen?
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Man?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I just think it's just the evolution of the game,
just being you know what I'm supposed to be, just
taking my game to the next level and just having
a success now where you know, quarterbacks are trying me
in those areas and I'm coming down with the balls.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
We could see last year that the Mike McDonald defense
was going to work, It just wasn't as dominant it
was as it has been so far this year. Was
there a game either late last year earlier this year
where it just clicked for you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
At what point did.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
It did you just become locked in with what Mike
McDonald's trying to do on defense.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think it's been if they're having it since last year.
I mean I always say I think what coach has
been building, you know, it took time, and I think
we're hitting those strides right now, and I think it's
an accumulation of all the work we put in last year.
You know, the tough losses, the tough wins we just
made this year, and know where we've got to be
at and know where we got to go, and you know,
I think he's just making us better.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Well. Ernest Jones Junior again is with us on the
radio show Seawk Linebacker, and Dude, I know a lot
of people would talk about your pick sex maybe being
their favorite moment of yours for the year, and it's
up there. But Dude, I gotta tell you, man, my
number one thing that you've done this year that I
love as a fan is the way you stepped up
for Sam Darnold after that four pick game against the Rams.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Can you talk about.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Why you felt it was needed to do that and
maybe tell us how Sam responded to you having as
back man.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Well, I mean, I'll talk about how it was going,
and I say, from from what we've built in that lot,
that locker room, I think it was just a mutual thing.
I think in any of those guys would have been
up there, maybe they wouldn't have used the words that
I used, but everybody would have defended him and in
a way that would have been you know, honorable and
as such. And I think that's just.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
What we've built. And you know, he really have to
say much.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
I mean, I think what's understood doesn't need to be explained.
And man and man, I think we we had that
respect that he knew that I was going to go
up there and do that. But I think it was needed.
You know, during the game, I could already could could
even though I wasn't on social media, I could see
and feel like I could hear the things that people
are already saying, and I just knew what was coming.
(05:53):
So for me, it's, you know, any of my teammates
up there, I'm going to defend and do just that.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Hawk linebacker Ernest Jones joining us on ninety three point
three KJFM. I want you to talk about the guys
that are in front of you on that line, because
Softy and I off the air yesterday were debating. We
were like, is this front four better than the one
that won the Super Bowl in twenty thirteen, And I mean,
I don't know if it is or not, but just
to even have that comparison and have that conversation says
(06:22):
a lot about what those guys up front are doing.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Okay, those those guys in front of dominant, they take
up a lot of room and you know, offensive heads.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
It makes my job easier.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Of course, I got to go out there and dominate it.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Like but those guys is they're like, I just can't
say the word dominant enough.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Man. What they bring to the table, to the game.
Each and every one of them has a different aspect
and a different skill set, I'm sorry, and it just
combines and it just makes them a realist erocean group.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, Ernest Jones as well, I said do before we
let you go. First of all, I appreciate you doing this.
So it's said day off for players, and you don't
have to be there at BJ's, but you're hanging out
raising money and getting toys for a great cause, Toys
for Tots at BJ's and Redmond until eight o'clock tonight.
What's the best toy you ever got for Christmas? As
a kid, you remember the best the best toy you
ever got when you're growing up, you remember what it was.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I think it was when I was probably toiled by
that a bike, my bike. I remember that bike and
I rode it literally to the wheels.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Fill off. I love it.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Well, listen, if you got any bikes you can donate
to Toys for Tots. Ernest Jones will take them at
BJ's and Redmond until eight.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I think Chenna's down there as well.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I heard a rumor that big old Gary Gilliams down
there as well, hanging around. So how fun tonight, man,
appreciate you doing this. Go get the Falcons on Sunday
and best of luck down the road.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Man.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Thanks man, oh yeah, thank you all you.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Bet Ernist Jones Junior with us on the radio show.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
So glad that we were able to.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Play that Paul Allen clipped for him because he never
would have been able to hear it, and you can
argue him. And you asked about the game that turned
it around. I mean, Julian Loved told us it was
the bye week last year when they came to Jesus
and they had a meeting and they said this ends
now and they figured everything out.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It also kind of coincides too with them getting Ernest
Jones from the Titans last year. Where would this defense
be without that guy? Man, so hey, thanks to Jess
for getting them on great stuff if you're in the area.
Toys for Touch Drive happening at eight o'clock at BJ's
in Redmond. Swing on by NC Ernest and Company there tonight.
All right, we're gonna break Tony castra Cone. He's going
(08:27):
to join Next Talks and Dogs Football basketball tomorrow with UCLA.
Will have the game for you tomorrow night right here
on the radio station. Tony will join Next on ninety
three to three KJRFM.
This is Duke of Duke Seafood, and this hour is
brought to you by Duke Seafood. Why don't you make
it at Duke's Night tonight. Reserve your table today at
Dukeseafood dot com. Now back to Softy and Dick on
Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
All right, we got a very special guest joining us right.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Now on the radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're gonna head to BJS in Redmond where there is
a Toys for Totch Drive happening until eight o'clock tonight.
I like toys. You like toys? Yes, I like BJS,
and I like the Seahawks. That did not come out
right at all. I apologize. Where's the drops?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Jackson? Get on that.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I like the restaurant and I like the Seahawks two
and we're combining the two of them right now. Ernest Jones,
Seahawks linebacker, is joining us right now from BJS in
Redmond on ninety three to three KJRFM.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Ernest, how are you, man? What's going on?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm doing well?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
There we go, good, good good.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I got a present for you, by the way, before
we get going here, you had your big pick six
and the game on Sunday. Have you heard that pick
six and what it sounded like on Minnesota Viking Radio.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I love it, I have you? Would you like to
hear it right now? All right? Check this out.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
This is Paul Allen, the voice of Minnesota Viking Football,
calling your pick six Sunday against the Vikings.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
It's fourth and one snap. Rozner rolls out to the right.
He's in trouble.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He's gonna throw the ball up and it's pissed off.
Awful decision by.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
Max Brosner, and this is going to be a defensive touchdown.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
For the Seattle Seahawks. It's Ernest Jones top four, but
the first.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Touchdown of his career and Seattle has taken a nine
zero lead. Max Brozner, falling to the field, decided to
underhand it to absolutely nobody except Ernest Jones, and he's
gonna go the distance for the first touchdown of the game.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
How about that, dude, Minnesota Viking Radio calling your pick six.
Please tell me tell me that you kept that ball
for your first touchdown of your career.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Oh yeah, of course, I wasn't letting any of those
those go right there.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
How do you go into a game and prepare for
a quarterback with literally no NFL regular season film.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Oh, I think you go out there and you do.
You know, you do your best from what they've done
in the preseason, but ultimately you want to go out
there and you make them respond to you, not respond
to them, get them uncomfortable, and they just go out
there and make them make plays. And you know you'll
see what you get out of them on Sunday, but
you know beforehand there's not too much you can you
know you can get on them.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, you ran about ninety yards on that play. Did
you feel like you needed a nap after that long run?
And was that the longest you've ever run during a
football game in your life?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Man, Yeah, that's as long as I've ever been in
my entire life or anything. Yes, definitely still need a
nap today actually.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, and then the post game you mentioned you thought
you looked up at the video board and you thought
you were gonna get caught, but then you realized who
it was chasing you?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Right right? It was.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
It was kind of showing up in pixels a little
bit like I only see no bodies there. I get
to the end on I look behind me, and of
course it is ever out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I love it well. Ernest Jones Jr. As well us.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
He's got a toys for touch driving Bjas and Redman.
We'll talk more about that Ernest in just a second.
But dude, four picks in four years and now you
have five and one season.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
How did that happen?
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Man?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I just think it's just the evolution of the game,
just being you know what I'm supposed to be, just
taking my game to the next level and just having
a success now where you know, quarterbacks are trying me
in those areas and I'm coming down with the balls.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
We could see last year that the Mike McDonald defense
was going to work, It just wasn't as dominant it
was as it has been so far this year. Was
there a game either late last year earlier this year
where it just clicked for you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
At what point did.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
It did you just become locked in with what Mike
McDonald's trying to do on defense.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think it's been if they're having it since last year.
I mean I always say I think what coach has
been building, you know, it took time, and I think
we're hitting those strides right now, and I think it's
an accumulation of all the work we put in last year.
You know, the tough losses, the tough wins we just
made this year, and know where we've got to be
at and know where we got to go, and you know,
I think he's just making us better.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Well. Ernest Jones Junior again is with us on the
radio show Seawk Linebacker, and Dude, I know a lot
of people would talk about your pick sex maybe being
their favorite moment of yours for the year, and it's
up there. But Dude, I gotta tell you, man, my
number one thing that you've done this year that I
love as a fan is the way you stepped up
for Sam Darnold after that four pick game against the Rams.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Can you talk about.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Why you felt it was needed to do that and
maybe tell us how Sam responded to you having as
back man.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Well, I mean, I'll talk about how it was going,
and I say, from from what we've built in that lot,
that locker room, I think it was just a mutual thing.
I think in any of those guys would have been
up there, maybe they wouldn't have used the words that
I used, but everybody would have defended him and in
a way that would have been you know, honorable and
as such. And I think that's just.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
What we've built. And you know, he really have to
say much.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
I mean, I think what's understood doesn't need to be explained.
And man and man, I think we we had that
respect that he knew that I was going to go
up there and do that. But I think it was needed.
You know, during the game, I could already could could
even though I wasn't on social media, I could see
and feel like I could hear the things that people
are already saying, and I just knew what was coming.
(05:53):
So for me, it's, you know, any of my teammates
up there, I'm going to defend and do just that.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Hawk linebacker Ernest Jones joining us on ninety three point
three KJFM. I want you to talk about the guys
that are in front of you on that line, because
Softy and I off the air yesterday were debating. We
were like, is this front four better than the one
that won the Super Bowl in twenty thirteen, And I mean,
I don't know if it is or not, but just
to even have that comparison and have that conversation says
(06:22):
a lot about what those guys up front are doing.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Okay, those those guys in front of dominant, they take
up a lot of room and you know, offensive heads.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
It makes my job easier.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Of course, I got to go out there and dominate it.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Like but those guys is they're like, I just can't
say the word dominant enough.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Man. What they bring to the table, to the game.
Each and every one of them has a different aspect
and a different skill set, I'm sorry, and it just
combines and it just makes them a realist erocean group.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, Ernest Jones as well, I said do before we
let you go. First of all, I appreciate you doing this.
So it's said day off for players, and you don't
have to be there at BJ's, but you're hanging out
raising money and getting toys for a great cause, Toys
for Tots at BJ's and Redmond until eight o'clock tonight.
What's the best toy you ever got for Christmas? As
a kid, you remember the best the best toy you
ever got when you're growing up, you remember what it was.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I think it was when I was probably toiled by
that a bike, my bike. I remember that bike and
I rode it literally to the wheels.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Fill off. I love it.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Well, listen, if you got any bikes you can donate
to Toys for Tots. Ernest Jones will take them at
BJ's and Redmond until eight.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I think Chenna's down there as well.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I heard a rumor that big old Gary Gilliams down
there as well, hanging around. So how fun tonight, man,
appreciate you doing this. Go get the Falcons on Sunday
and best of luck down the road.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Man.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Thanks man, oh yeah, thank you all you.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Bet Ernist Jones Junior with us on the radio show.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
So glad that we were able to.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Play that Paul Allen clipped for him because he never
would have been able to hear it, and you can
argue him. And you asked about the game that turned
it around. I mean, Julian Loved told us it was
the bye week last year when they came to Jesus
and they had a meeting and they said this ends
now and they figured everything out.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It also kind of coincides too with them getting Ernest
Jones from the Titans last year. Where would this defense
be without that guy? Man, so hey, thanks to Jess
for getting them on great stuff if you're in the area.
Toys for Touch Drive happening at eight o'clock at BJ's
in Redmond. Swing on by NC Ernest and Company there tonight.
All right, we're gonna break Tony castra Cone. He's going
(08:27):
to join Next Talks and Dogs Football basketball tomorrow with UCLA.
Will have the game for you tomorrow night right here
on the radio station. Tony will join Next on ninety
three to three KJRFM.
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