May 20, 2025 • 15 mins
Walter Jones, Hall of Fame left tackle joins Dick Fain to talk about a special event benefitting youth athletics and what he sees from the Seahawks draft moves.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Big Wald. How are you man?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm doing just fine. Man. How you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm doing well. Long time note, Chad.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Great to have you on and we'll you know, I
want to talk to some Seahawks and NFL with you
for a good fifteen minutes or so.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
But let's start with what you're doing tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
These Strong Youth Strong Community Summit returning to loom and
Field and you are going to be a speaker of
honor alongside alongside your old teammate Marcus Trufant. So talk
to me about what's what's going on there tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
It's called, like you said, it's all the Strong Youth
Grown Community sum So basically we just bringing the kids
in and have a conversation with these kids about mental
health and kind of you know, helping these kids throughout
through their younger years to prepare them and stuff like that.
So anytime that I could be a part of that,
I want to be a part of it because you
get a chance to reach the young kids and help
them out through mental helpings and a lot of time,
(00:51):
that's a hard conversation to have. So anytime you're gonna
get together with the kids and kind of break it
down and kind of let these kids talk and let.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Us know how they feeling and how they dealing with
peer and.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
All that stuff, the stuff that goes along in high
school and school in the community too. So I'm proud
to just be a part of this.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
See awksome part of it.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
You'll have kids from Renting High school, Foster High School,
chief self, my alma mater i maunt in her high
school is going to be there, so that's going to
be great.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
And so you mentioned kind.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Of a back and forth, so this isn't just the
kids sitting there and listening to you tell your stories
or Marcus tell your stories.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
You'll actually have back and forth with the youth exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You know what saying.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
I think for us as an adults, sometimes it takes all
well to do.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Is sit back at list.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
A lot of times were nothing to talk, but for
me and Marcus to come out there and kind of
tell all story of things that we had to deal
with to let the kids know that we've been in
those same situation too.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And now for the fact that you're going.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
To get two professional guys, especially with Marcus being a
local kid here, a local superstar, you know, went the
high school here, went to college here and still was
able to play pro here. So I think it's going
to be a great conversation with these younger kids to
see what they're dealing with and hopefully that we can
help those kids in that process.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
You know, when you get to superstardom like you have,
and stardom like like Marcus has, I think a lot
of people think, oh, well, you know, there wasn't any
you know, tribulations.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
For Walter Jones. Everything came easy when he was growing up.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
He was the best player in his high school team.
He was the best player at Florida State. But you'll
share some personal stories of overcoming some obstacles. Do you
you have an antidote anecdote that you might be able
to share with us, that you might share with the
kids tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
You know what, I think, I think we all have
to deal with no matter what level or that you
deal with.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
And for me personally, I think it was more of
just understanding that part of, you know, taking on the
accolades and then being able to handle the accolades too,
because still, again, you know, you have to have a
great foundation.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
You got to have a great support group.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Behind you that's going to help you through those tough
times because now you have to focus so much on football.
So now do you have those people and places that's
going to help you out through all the other personal
stuff that you have to deal with. So for us,
you know a lot of people see that as you know,
you've been great at everything, but still and again, you
have to have structure, you have to have understand And
for me, I feel like if I would have had
someone at that age talking to me trying to prepare me,
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I think I've been better off.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So for me personally, I'm so glad. I'm so glad that.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Marcus is able to come out and give his personal
stories to the things that we had to deal with
to get to where we're at now.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
The great Walter joins Jones, joining us a strong Youth,
Strong community is going on tomorrow from ten to one
at Luominfield with some with some high school students. Just
a great job that he's doing there, as well as
as his former teammate Marcus truefive. Well, well, let's let's
talk about this football team. I mean, we've got we've
got a new look football team. And let's start with
the offensive line. The Seahawks used their highest pick for
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a guard since your right hand man, Steve Hutchinson. Hutchinson
was taken, So talk about the Seahawks deciding to really
invest in a high pick at left guard in Gray's abel.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
I think it was a question that's been talked about
for the last couple of years about, you know, how
he's gonna build this team, and we're gonna build with
offensive line. I think you know, every draft, you kind
of see where.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
The team is thinking.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I think when you draft for an offensive line of
that high, you're trying to build something that could sustained
for a long time. And then I always feel like
if you put a line together and you keep those
guys together, you're gonna see the success of this offensive line.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So you bringing in a guy like that.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Approving guy that could come in and definitely, like, you
know what, they call him, a plug and play guy.
I feel like a guy that as soon as you
get in, it's going to be his job to lose.
And I think that's what you want from an offensive line.
I think that's where you have to start at if
you're starting out new coach McDonald is showing his hand
on what he want to do and how he want
this team to be and the best play to start
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out is that offensive line, and you start from there
and you reach out from there. You start out from there,
you put your line together, and then you go from there.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
It looked like they may take a dip into free
agency to help that offensive line. There was reports out
there that they liked Will Fries, but they wanted him
to take a take a fit is a goal, and
they lost him in free agency weren't able to bring
him in here. So really, other than Zabel, I mean,
you're looking at a lot of names that you got
to watch last year. You know, Big Olu, Christian Haynes,
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Satoa Lemeya, Jalen Sundel, Anthony Bradford is pretty much the
same dudes back at center and right guards. So how
how nervous should Seahawks fans be or on the flip side,
how confident should Seahawk fans be with the right side
of that offensive line and the center position.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
I think it's just I think the more rough you get,
I think these guys are going to be better than
they was last year. I think a lot of that,
And you know, we see the game from audition aspect
and what the coaches in seeing that these guys are
getting better.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
So I think for me personally, if you get all
these guys.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
In there doing a training camp and OTAs and stuff
and they get an understanding of what this offense going
to be a lot, you've got to feel pretty comfortable
that these guys got another year up under the built
of this offense and how this office is supposed to
be running. So I'm excited to see what happened. I
think that for me personally, it's not a rebuild season
for me, but I think it's a season where we're
seeing what coach McDonald is all about and what he
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wants this team to be about. And I think it's amazing.
I think we hadn't been through the good time at
the bad time, So no matter what this season has become,
I think it's still going to be a growth until
something that are standing at the Seahawks have sat for
the last what ten or fifteen years, so we understand.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
I think the fans understand the.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Standard that had been set here in Seattle, and I
think coach McDonald is definitely setting the foundation. It's still
a continually to keep that standard.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Talk to me about Abe Lucas.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I mean, here's a guy that you know was fairly
highly drafted. I think everybody likes him, and yet you
know he's only played twenty nine career games. I mean,
he just hasn't put together a seventeen game season.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
When you see Abe.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Lucas at his healthiest, what type of tackle do you see?
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Oh, he can be one of those great tackles man
that can get the job done. You know a lot
of time, you know, when I was coming up, it
was all about the left tackle, But I think now
you have to have a right tackle get in there
and pass that and be able to do the same thing,
block and run block. I think with him, I think
it's all about just being healthy. You know, you're coming
off of injury last year. You got in late, so
you hopefully that you know, sometimes usually when you have
these bad injuries, especially with the knees and stuff, they
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usually take your a whole other year before you feel
comfortable enough to go out there and play your game freely.
So I'm hoping that this year when he comes in,
he's got a free bill of health and he's feeling
good about hisself and now he can kind of feel
like Okay, I can kind of be like the leader
of this offensive line too, you know, with Charles Cross
and all those guys getting these games up under their belt.
So the more you get, the more reps you get,
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I think, the better this team's gonna be off. So I'm,
like I said, I'm looking forward to these guys to
kind of put this together and kind of put something
nice on the field this year.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Well, you mentioned Charles Cross there, and it seems like
he's been here for a long time, and yet you
know he's going to play almost the entire season at
the age of twenty four this year. I mean, he's
still a pup, so he's still getting better. How much
you know, how much communication do you have with Charles Cross?
Have you ever you know, talked to him and maybe
give him a little little tricks to the trade at
that left tackle spot, because there couldn't be anybody that
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could give better advice than Walter Jones, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
You know what I just you know, just watch you know,
I think for me personally, you look at a guy
like that, you're third and fourth years kind of like
when things clip are now you're thinking about now you
start getting all these accolades. I think for him, I
think this could be his.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Pro bo year. You know, you're coming in with a
new with.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Everything, new new offense, this all that, and so I'm
thinking for him personally as an offensive line, and you're
thinking that this is the year that, Okay, this is
the year Charge going to get his recognition because, like
you said, being the most the most consistent player on
that offensive line. So you just feel like this kid's
going to get better and better. For me personally, I
don't have to say anything to him. Them guys understand
what it takes. But I'm always there to give information.
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But still again, I think this is going to be
the year for Charge across the counter. Get his name
out there across the board so people can understand who
this kid is.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
The great Walter Jones joining us Walt, pure and simple.
Is this team better at quarterback right now than they
were last year?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
How do you think? What do you think about the switch?
Speaker 4 (08:58):
All like it go about by the time, man, I
think what he was able to don'd was able to
do last year in Minnesota, and you're praying and hopefully
that he can bring that same exciting here to Seattle.
You know, I can't take anything from Gino. I thought
what Gino did while he was here was some amazing stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
You know, you kind of.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Saw him playing behind Russell and then the things that
he was able to do.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
But still again, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
You go with a more younger quarterback, a more established quarterback,
a guy that you know kind of been moved around,
but now he's founding it and founders Mark. So I'm
hoping that once he gets here to Seattle, that now
back at continued success and now can this guy get
it done at a very high level because you have
to understand that the fans going to be tough, but
still again, you have to believe that this is the
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right guy to get the job done.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
And a new look receiver corps. I mean we go
from DK, JSN and Tyler Lockett. Now we've got Cooper
Cup and we got three different letters. We got MVS
and we've got JSN. There's a whole lot of letters
being thrown out there in the wide receiver corre What
do you think of the changes to shake up that
John Snyder made in the wide receiver position.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
I think it's amazing. I think it's great for JSN.
You gotta think about JSN. Now you know this gotta
be This is gotta be great for him because now
you know you're still continuing to getting better every year.
You know, you tell a lot of balls last year,
kind of understand the interscuence of being a R receiver.
And what do you do now you lose two great
rob receivers and now you get another all pro riv receiver,
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one that's probably the one guy that you really want
to be around, that shows you how to work, how
to get read, how to air and stuff like that.
So I think that's all that's gonna do for Jasn,
to just make him a better and even more elite
wide receiver because Coop come in and you know the
stuff that he can do, the things that he can do,
and now you can.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Learn from that guy.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
So for me, first, I can't wait to see what
this line is, what this receiver coup gonna be, and
how they play off each other, because you just saw
the work that Coop has done and the things that
he can do the cause of Miss Max's problems and
get you open to So I'm looking forward to saying
what these two duo is gonna do for the Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah, I'm excited about the office.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I don't know necessarily think it's going to be an
explosive offense it's going to be putting up thirty plus
points very often. But I think it's going to be
an offense. It's going to be able to move the change.
It's going to allow the defense to win football games.
And that's why I was really I was really surprised
at the lack of respect that Vegas has given the Seahawks.
I mean, they have put there over under at seven
and a half wins. They are favored in six out
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of seventeen games. Walter, I what you know, put put
me in the put me in the right here. Why
why is Vegas so down on the Seahawks?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Do you think you know what? The Vegas stuff is
weird to me, but I get it. You know, I
think if they're unknown, I think a lot of time
you go with unknown. You know that even though the
thing that this new quarterback was able to do in
Minnesota for one year and now he used to starting
quarterback in Seattle, we lost two top tier receivers.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
So I think you're just unknown.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
But like I say, if if things go the way
they're supposed to go or the way we think they
should go. I think that this team's look at especially
looking at the schedules, you know that there's no team
that's really on that schedule where you say, okay, can
we can we go and play with this team? Can
we make it a content to keep the game close?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
But you know, that's all what it's all about.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Stay in these games, be these games at the end,
and find ways to win those games. And that's kind
of how how the games, how the games went lastly,
you know, so you stay tight in these games and
then let's see can we make a run and get
the game won in the third or fourth fourth. So
for me personally, I think it's all about a wait
and see a game. And I think that's the hard part.
You got a guy that you haven't seen. You know,
you saw him last year what he was able to
do with Minnesota, but that was just Minnesota. Would that
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still transfer to here in Seattle? And I think that's
the that's the way, and that's the unknown, especially for
the Vegas Betters.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Final couple of minutes with with Walter Jones, let's move
away from the Seahawks and.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
On onto our rivals.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
You know, you know those guys down south in Santa Clara, California.
Would you have given brock perty two hundred and sixty
five million dollars over five years? Have you seen enough
from that quarterback that you would give him that type
of contract?
Speaker 4 (12:58):
You know what, I think it's more of just market.
I think a lot of time we don't understand a
lot of people don't understand that part of and a
lot of you know, for me personally, the weird thing
is always said the next man up. I think whatever
money they give you, that's the money you deserve. So
if the forty nine things that this guy deserved this morning,
I think a lot of that compared to you know,
it's all about what you do in your younger years
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to those So these guys take these pay because that
they play for a low budget. Know, this guy was
the last pick, so this guy definitely had to prove
himself get out there. But then you know what I'm saying,
that unit that he had in front of him was
a pretty amazing So I think now that stuff is
you know a lot of these quarterback, the younger quarterbacks
get paid off what they've done in the past. So
I think this was all about what he'd done in
the past, helped out a lot of people, kept this
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team relevant through that.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
That's pretty crazy. I said that now that you know
he was the last guy pick. But till again, this guy.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
You know definitely was did some big thing. You know,
you think about the year that they could have wanted
with hurry his arms. So this guy has been in
the hunting since. He's been a starter for the forty
forty nine ers and keep them in the hunt to
be a team that people unnerve to play. So you
know they done lost some pieces to at Robert Siever.
But I still think that guy, you know, this is
what the forty.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Nine think that you deserve. This is what you deserve.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
And I think now it's all about what he's gonna
do now that he didn't got his money.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Who is a team to beat in this division?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
You think, oh man, you still got to put it
on the Rams.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I think Ram they got to you know, you always
look at the quarterbacks in every position. You looking at
the Rams. They was able to keep their quarterback approving
that guy that you know, the toughiest he had in
Detroit and now he didn't kind of found his snitch
there in the RAMS. So for him, I think they're
the team still a team to beat, the team that's
gonna set the standing here for this league. You know,
you still got to worry about Arizona for some reason
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for us, we don't play Arizona good in Arizona or
Arizona here. So still again you be thinking about the Rams.
But still again, I think we still got to figure
out ways to go out there and beat Arizona Card
and those teams that we should be beat on the regular.
But still again I think it's the RAM and the
team that we have to beat in this in this conference.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Walt, is always a pleasure to talk, talk to you
and enjoy your your summit tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
The strong youth, strong communities.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
UH give me give my guys from out very near
go rams for me and uh and we'll talk to
you soon.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Thanks man, all right too, Thank you all. I appreciate that
Big Wald. How are you man?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm doing just fine. Man. How you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm doing well. Long time note, Chad.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Great to have you on and we'll you know, I
want to talk to some Seahawks and NFL with you
for a good fifteen minutes or so.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
But let's start with what you're doing tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
These Strong Youth Strong Community Summit returning to loom and
Field and you are going to be a speaker of
honor alongside alongside your old teammate Marcus Trufant. So talk
to me about what's what's going on there tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
It's called, like you said, it's all the Strong Youth
Grown Community sum So basically we just bringing the kids
in and have a conversation with these kids about mental
health and kind of you know, helping these kids throughout
through their younger years to prepare them and stuff like that.
So anytime that I could be a part of that,
I want to be a part of it because you
get a chance to reach the young kids and help
them out through mental helpings and a lot of time,
(00:51):
that's a hard conversation to have. So anytime you're gonna
get together with the kids and kind of break it
down and kind of let these kids talk and let.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Us know how they feeling and how they dealing with
peer and.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
All that stuff, the stuff that goes along in high
school and school in the community too. So I'm proud
to just be a part of this.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
See awksome part of it.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
You'll have kids from Renting High school, Foster High School,
chief self, my alma mater i maunt in her high
school is going to be there, so that's going to
be great.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
And so you mentioned kind.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Of a back and forth, so this isn't just the
kids sitting there and listening to you tell your stories
or Marcus tell your stories.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
You'll actually have back and forth with the youth exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You know what saying.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
I think for us as an adults, sometimes it takes all
well to do.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Is sit back at list.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
A lot of times were nothing to talk, but for
me and Marcus to come out there and kind of
tell all story of things that we had to deal
with to let the kids know that we've been in
those same situation too.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And now for the fact that you're going.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
To get two professional guys, especially with Marcus being a
local kid here, a local superstar, you know, went the
high school here, went to college here and still was
able to play pro here. So I think it's going
to be a great conversation with these younger kids to
see what they're dealing with and hopefully that we can
help those kids in that process.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
You know, when you get to superstardom like you have,
and stardom like like Marcus has, I think a lot
of people think, oh, well, you know, there wasn't any
you know, tribulations.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
For Walter Jones. Everything came easy when he was growing up.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
He was the best player in his high school team.
He was the best player at Florida State. But you'll
share some personal stories of overcoming some obstacles. Do you
you have an antidote anecdote that you might be able
to share with us, that you might share with the
kids tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
You know what, I think, I think we all have
to deal with no matter what level or that you
deal with.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
And for me personally, I think it was more of
just understanding that part of, you know, taking on the
accolades and then being able to handle the accolades too,
because still, again, you know, you have to have a
great foundation.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
You got to have a great support group.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Behind you that's going to help you through those tough
times because now you have to focus so much on football.
So now do you have those people and places that's
going to help you out through all the other personal
stuff that you have to deal with. So for us,
you know a lot of people see that as you know,
you've been great at everything, but still and again, you
have to have structure, you have to have understand And
for me, I feel like if I would have had
someone at that age talking to me trying to prepare me,
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I think I've been better off.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So for me personally, I'm so glad. I'm so glad that.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Marcus is able to come out and give his personal
stories to the things that we had to deal with
to get to where we're at now.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
The great Walter joins Jones, joining us a strong Youth,
Strong community is going on tomorrow from ten to one
at Luominfield with some with some high school students. Just
a great job that he's doing there, as well as
as his former teammate Marcus truefive. Well, well, let's let's
talk about this football team. I mean, we've got we've
got a new look football team. And let's start with
the offensive line. The Seahawks used their highest pick for
(03:41):
a guard since your right hand man, Steve Hutchinson. Hutchinson
was taken, So talk about the Seahawks deciding to really
invest in a high pick at left guard in Gray's abel.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
I think it was a question that's been talked about
for the last couple of years about, you know, how
he's gonna build this team, and we're gonna build with
offensive line. I think you know, every draft, you kind
of see where.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
The team is thinking.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I think when you draft for an offensive line of
that high, you're trying to build something that could sustained
for a long time. And then I always feel like
if you put a line together and you keep those
guys together, you're gonna see the success of this offensive line.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So you bringing in a guy like that.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Approving guy that could come in and definitely, like, you
know what, they call him, a plug and play guy.
I feel like a guy that as soon as you
get in, it's going to be his job to lose.
And I think that's what you want from an offensive line.
I think that's where you have to start at if
you're starting out new coach McDonald is showing his hand
on what he want to do and how he want
this team to be and the best play to start
(04:42):
out is that offensive line, and you start from there
and you reach out from there. You start out from there,
you put your line together, and then you go from there.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
It looked like they may take a dip into free
agency to help that offensive line. There was reports out
there that they liked Will Fries, but they wanted him
to take a take a fit is a goal, and
they lost him in free agency weren't able to bring
him in here. So really, other than Zabel, I mean,
you're looking at a lot of names that you got
to watch last year. You know, Big Olu, Christian Haynes,
(05:14):
Satoa Lemeya, Jalen Sundel, Anthony Bradford is pretty much the
same dudes back at center and right guards. So how
how nervous should Seahawks fans be or on the flip side,
how confident should Seahawk fans be with the right side
of that offensive line and the center position.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
I think it's just I think the more rough you get,
I think these guys are going to be better than
they was last year. I think a lot of that,
And you know, we see the game from audition aspect
and what the coaches in seeing that these guys are
getting better.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
So I think for me personally, if you get all
these guys.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
In there doing a training camp and OTAs and stuff
and they get an understanding of what this offense going
to be a lot, you've got to feel pretty comfortable
that these guys got another year up under the built
of this offense and how this office is supposed to
be running. So I'm excited to see what happened. I
think that for me personally, it's not a rebuild season
for me, but I think it's a season where we're
seeing what coach McDonald is all about and what he
(06:09):
wants this team to be about. And I think it's amazing.
I think we hadn't been through the good time at
the bad time, So no matter what this season has become,
I think it's still going to be a growth until
something that are standing at the Seahawks have sat for
the last what ten or fifteen years, so we understand.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
I think the fans understand the.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Standard that had been set here in Seattle, and I
think coach McDonald is definitely setting the foundation. It's still
a continually to keep that standard.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Talk to me about Abe Lucas.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I mean, here's a guy that you know was fairly
highly drafted. I think everybody likes him, and yet you
know he's only played twenty nine career games. I mean,
he just hasn't put together a seventeen game season.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
When you see Abe.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Lucas at his healthiest, what type of tackle do you see?
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Oh, he can be one of those great tackles man
that can get the job done. You know a lot
of time, you know, when I was coming up, it
was all about the left tackle, But I think now
you have to have a right tackle get in there
and pass that and be able to do the same thing,
block and run block. I think with him, I think
it's all about just being healthy. You know, you're coming
off of injury last year. You got in late, so
you hopefully that you know, sometimes usually when you have
these bad injuries, especially with the knees and stuff, they
(07:14):
usually take your a whole other year before you feel
comfortable enough to go out there and play your game freely.
So I'm hoping that this year when he comes in,
he's got a free bill of health and he's feeling
good about hisself and now he can kind of feel
like Okay, I can kind of be like the leader
of this offensive line too, you know, with Charles Cross
and all those guys getting these games up under their belt.
So the more you get, the more reps you get,
(07:34):
I think, the better this team's gonna be off. So I'm,
like I said, I'm looking forward to these guys to
kind of put this together and kind of put something
nice on the field this year.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Well, you mentioned Charles Cross there, and it seems like
he's been here for a long time, and yet you
know he's going to play almost the entire season at
the age of twenty four this year. I mean, he's
still a pup, so he's still getting better. How much
you know, how much communication do you have with Charles Cross?
Have you ever you know, talked to him and maybe
give him a little little tricks to the trade at
that left tackle spot, because there couldn't be anybody that
(08:03):
could give better advice than Walter Jones, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
You know what I just you know, just watch you know,
I think for me personally, you look at a guy
like that, you're third and fourth years kind of like
when things clip are now you're thinking about now you
start getting all these accolades. I think for him, I
think this could be his.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Pro bo year. You know, you're coming in with a
new with.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Everything, new new offense, this all that, and so I'm
thinking for him personally as an offensive line, and you're
thinking that this is the year that, Okay, this is
the year Charge going to get his recognition because, like
you said, being the most the most consistent player on
that offensive line. So you just feel like this kid's
going to get better and better. For me personally, I
don't have to say anything to him. Them guys understand
what it takes. But I'm always there to give information.
(08:42):
But still again, I think this is going to be
the year for Charge across the counter. Get his name
out there across the board so people can understand who
this kid is.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
The great Walter Jones joining us Walt, pure and simple.
Is this team better at quarterback right now than they
were last year?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
How do you think? What do you think about the switch?
Speaker 4 (08:58):
All like it go about by the time, man, I
think what he was able to don'd was able to
do last year in Minnesota, and you're praying and hopefully
that he can bring that same exciting here to Seattle.
You know, I can't take anything from Gino. I thought
what Gino did while he was here was some amazing stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
You know, you kind of.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Saw him playing behind Russell and then the things that
he was able to do.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
But still again, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
You go with a more younger quarterback, a more established quarterback,
a guy that you know kind of been moved around,
but now he's founding it and founders Mark. So I'm
hoping that once he gets here to Seattle, that now
back at continued success and now can this guy get
it done at a very high level because you have
to understand that the fans going to be tough, but
still again, you have to believe that this is the
(09:42):
right guy to get the job done.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
And a new look receiver corps. I mean we go
from DK, JSN and Tyler Lockett. Now we've got Cooper
Cup and we got three different letters. We got MVS
and we've got JSN. There's a whole lot of letters
being thrown out there in the wide receiver corre What
do you think of the changes to shake up that
John Snyder made in the wide receiver position.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
I think it's amazing. I think it's great for JSN.
You gotta think about JSN. Now you know this gotta
be This is gotta be great for him because now
you know you're still continuing to getting better every year.
You know, you tell a lot of balls last year,
kind of understand the interscuence of being a R receiver.
And what do you do now you lose two great
rob receivers and now you get another all pro riv receiver,
(10:24):
one that's probably the one guy that you really want
to be around, that shows you how to work, how
to get read, how to air and stuff like that.
So I think that's all that's gonna do for Jasn,
to just make him a better and even more elite
wide receiver because Coop come in and you know the
stuff that he can do, the things that he can do,
and now you can.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Learn from that guy.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
So for me, first, I can't wait to see what
this line is, what this receiver coup gonna be, and
how they play off each other, because you just saw
the work that Coop has done and the things that
he can do the cause of Miss Max's problems and
get you open to So I'm looking forward to saying
what these two duo is gonna do for the Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah, I'm excited about the office.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I don't know necessarily think it's going to be an
explosive offense it's going to be putting up thirty plus
points very often. But I think it's going to be
an offense. It's going to be able to move the change.
It's going to allow the defense to win football games.
And that's why I was really I was really surprised
at the lack of respect that Vegas has given the Seahawks.
I mean, they have put there over under at seven
and a half wins. They are favored in six out
(11:22):
of seventeen games. Walter, I what you know, put put
me in the put me in the right here. Why
why is Vegas so down on the Seahawks?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Do you think you know what? The Vegas stuff is
weird to me, but I get it. You know, I
think if they're unknown, I think a lot of time
you go with unknown. You know that even though the
thing that this new quarterback was able to do in
Minnesota for one year and now he used to starting
quarterback in Seattle, we lost two top tier receivers.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
So I think you're just unknown.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
But like I say, if if things go the way
they're supposed to go or the way we think they
should go. I think that this team's look at especially
looking at the schedules, you know that there's no team
that's really on that schedule where you say, okay, can
we can we go and play with this team? Can
we make it a content to keep the game close?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
But you know, that's all what it's all about.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Stay in these games, be these games at the end,
and find ways to win those games. And that's kind
of how how the games, how the games went lastly,
you know, so you stay tight in these games and
then let's see can we make a run and get
the game won in the third or fourth fourth. So
for me personally, I think it's all about a wait
and see a game. And I think that's the hard part.
You got a guy that you haven't seen. You know,
you saw him last year what he was able to
do with Minnesota, but that was just Minnesota. Would that
(12:32):
still transfer to here in Seattle? And I think that's
the that's the way, and that's the unknown, especially for
the Vegas Betters.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Final couple of minutes with with Walter Jones, let's move
away from the Seahawks and.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
On onto our rivals.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
You know, you know those guys down south in Santa Clara, California.
Would you have given brock perty two hundred and sixty
five million dollars over five years? Have you seen enough
from that quarterback that you would give him that type
of contract?
Speaker 4 (12:58):
You know what, I think it's more of just market.
I think a lot of time we don't understand a
lot of people don't understand that part of and a
lot of you know, for me personally, the weird thing
is always said the next man up. I think whatever
money they give you, that's the money you deserve. So
if the forty nine things that this guy deserved this morning,
I think a lot of that compared to you know,
it's all about what you do in your younger years
(13:18):
to those So these guys take these pay because that
they play for a low budget. Know, this guy was
the last pick, so this guy definitely had to prove
himself get out there. But then you know what I'm saying,
that unit that he had in front of him was
a pretty amazing So I think now that stuff is
you know a lot of these quarterback, the younger quarterbacks
get paid off what they've done in the past. So
I think this was all about what he'd done in
the past, helped out a lot of people, kept this
(13:39):
team relevant through that.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
That's pretty crazy. I said that now that you know
he was the last guy pick. But till again, this guy.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
You know definitely was did some big thing. You know,
you think about the year that they could have wanted
with hurry his arms. So this guy has been in
the hunting since. He's been a starter for the forty
forty nine ers and keep them in the hunt to
be a team that people unnerve to play. So you
know they done lost some pieces to at Robert Siever.
But I still think that guy, you know, this is
what the forty.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Nine think that you deserve. This is what you deserve.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
And I think now it's all about what he's gonna
do now that he didn't got his money.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Who is a team to beat in this division?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
You think, oh man, you still got to put it
on the Rams.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I think Ram they got to you know, you always
look at the quarterbacks in every position. You looking at
the Rams. They was able to keep their quarterback approving
that guy that you know, the toughiest he had in
Detroit and now he didn't kind of found his snitch
there in the RAMS. So for him, I think they're
the team still a team to beat, the team that's
gonna set the standing here for this league. You know,
you still got to worry about Arizona for some reason
(14:40):
for us, we don't play Arizona good in Arizona or
Arizona here. So still again you be thinking about the Rams.
But still again, I think we still got to figure
out ways to go out there and beat Arizona Card
and those teams that we should be beat on the regular.
But still again I think it's the RAM and the
team that we have to beat in this in this conference.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Walt, is always a pleasure to talk, talk to you
and enjoy your your summit tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
The strong youth, strong communities.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
UH give me give my guys from out very near
go rams for me and uh and we'll talk to
you soon.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Thanks man, all right too, Thank you all. I appreciate that
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