Brock and Salk

A new song about the 2025 Seahawks has been released, so Brock and Salk listen to it on the air and then react to it. They then welcome on former Seahawks kicker Stephen Hauschka, who is now working with Mike Macdonald and the Seahawks on culture building, about some of his work, what he is up to now, some good stories from his playing days with the Seahawks and more. Finally, they end the show with Answer The Question Jerk.

Brock and Salk discuss the importance of a great defense in today's NFL after the Texans win over the Steelers and tie it back to the Seahawks. Can their defense win them a championship? Or one of the other great defenses in the NFL? Then, they welcome on Daniel jeremiah of the NFL Network for his weekly segment in which he breaks down the keys for Sam Darnold, if this Seahawks-49ers matchup will be much different than the last one two weeks ago, the NFL Wild Card games and more.

Brock and Salk circle back to their conversation with Hawkblogger in which he says the Seahawks defense is the best singular unit in the NFL. Do they agree? They then go Around The NFL, with stories including Ben Johnson, John Harbaugh, Jalen Hurts and Tony Romo. In Blue 88, topics include another off field advantage that the Seahawks will have over the 49ers on Saturday, another reason that DK Metcalf was no longer a fit in the Seahawks scheme and what is something he really lookd forward to not talking about anymore if the Seahawks make the Super Bowl.

The Steelers were eliminated from the NFL Playoffs by the Texans last night, and Salk celebrates Aaron Rodgers being eliminated, and also reacts to some sound from Rodgers' postgame press conference. Later, they re-air their conversation with Brian Nemhauser (aka Hawkblogger) to hear all of his thoughts on WIld Card Weekend, Seahawks vs 49ers for a third time and much more.

Brock and Salk react to Kyle Shanahan sounding off about being handed another Saturday game by the NFL, as the 49ers and Seahawks are set to play their Divisional Round playoff matchup on Saturday. Later, they bring on Brian Nemhauser (aka Hawkblogger) to hear his insight on the weekend of NFL Wild Card games, Rams and 49ers storylines, how the 49ers and Seahawks will fare in their third matchup of the year and much more.

Brock and Salk do a deep dive on Stats in the NFL and talk about the recent trend of teams going for it on 4^th down. They talk about the Hawks upcoming game with the 49ers, the AFC Wild Card games, and more in Need to Know. And they go around the weekend highlighting their biggest takeaways from a wild weekend of Wild Card and college football.

Brock and Salk recap the crazy weekend that was NFL Wild Card weekend. They talk more about the Hawks upcoming matchup with the 49ers, Alex Bregman signing with the Cubs, and more in Need to Know. The national media has finally taken notice of the Hawks O-line and run game improvements, Brock and Salk talk about why they’re right. And Brock talks about how the Seahawks got Ernest Jones from the Rams, the trend of teams going for it on 4^th down, and more in Blue-88.

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is set, with the Seahawks slated to face the 49ers again, this time at home. Salk talks about what’s coming up, along with a recap of some of the weekend’s games. He breaks down the wild weekend of NFL playoffs, the Cubs signing Alex Bregman, and more in Need To Know. Lyle takes us Around the Weekend and recaps the NFL Wild Card weekend.

We react to our favorite things said by guests like Joel Klatt, Daniel Jeremiah, Rich Eisen and more this week on our show in For You: In Review. Then, we discuss this weekend's wild card games, the Fiesta Bowl, and Demond Williams reversing course and staying at UW in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls, as we do every Friday.

Brock and Salk compare the relatability of Sam Darnold to both Russell Wilson and Geno Smith and discuss why his presence has been so important for this team. After that, Gee Scott stops by for his weekly appearance.

Salk believes there is a reason for Seahawks fans to root for the Rams this weekend and he explains why that is. They then bring on Brady Henderson of ESPN to get his insight on the upcoming wild card weekend, some Seahawks injuries, reasons why they'bve had so much success and more.

Maura and Lyle open the show by discussing a few different reasons as to why the Seahawks are where they are as the No. 1 seed in the NFC as they enter their bye on wild card weekend. Later, they re-air their conversation with former Seahawk Bryan Walters on what jumped out to him in the win over the 49ers, Sam Darrnold and much more.

We discuss how fun it is watching this Seahawks team evolve into what they are now and discuss the biggest reasons they ended up atop the NFC. Then, we discuss Russell Wilson switching agents and Demond Williams Jr's agent Doug Henderson dropping him as a client.

The hour starts with a bunch of funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. After that, they spin Around The NFC and preview a few of the NFC Wild Card games (and tie into how it impacts the Seahawks) with Matt Spiegel of 670 The Score in Chicago, Grant Cohn of Sports Illustrated in San Francisco and Sam Farmer of the LA Times in Los Angeles.

Brock and Salk discuss how the Seahawks are poised to do as much damage of any Seahawks team since 2014, how great each of those defensive groups were and needing to capitalize on this window. They then welcome on Rich Eisen of the NFL Network to hear his thoughts on the success of the Seahawks, Mike Macdonald, Sam Darnold and much more.

NFL windows don't forever, so Salk opens the show by discussing how important it is for the Seahawks to capitalize on this window, especially having the No. 1 seed, similar to how the 2013 Seahawks team did. Later, they re-air their conversation with Joel Klatt of FOX Sports to discuss Demond Williams, the Seahawks and more.

We continue to get vastly different answers when talking with guests about Sam Darnold. We compare what Joel Klatt, Daniel Jeremiah and Bryan Walters had to say. Then, Kraken voice John Forslund joins us to discuss the team's recent surge and what led to it. Plus, Salk crowns the first Trash Takes winner of the New Year.

The hour starts with a delayed version of Blue 88, with topics including the key to the Seahawks offensive evolution, where the Seahawks ranked in total pressures and why Jedd Fisch is the right guy to handle the Demond Williams situation and NIL contracts.

College football appears to be out of control, only further highlighted by the news of UW quarterback Demond Williams entering the transfer portal, so Brock and Salk react to it all and how they feel about the way Williams is handling the entire situation. After that, they bring on Joel Klatt of FOX Sports for his weekly segment in which he expresses all of his thoughts on Demond Williams, college football and the Seahawks chances to win it all.

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Brock and Salk react to Mike Macdonald talking about faith in football and with his team, as it led them to a conversation about faith in sports and why it has made many athletes so successful. Later, they bring on Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network for his weekly segment in which he analyzes the Seahawks dominant defensive win over the Rams, Charles Cross, the NFC playoff field and plenty more.

Brock and Salk share some laughs about the very long Mike Macdonald pause during their conversation yesterday and compare it to the pause in their interview from a couple of years ago with former UW defensive tackle Vita Vea. They then dive further in to Sam darnold, and the idea of viewing him more as a football player rather than a quarterback specifically. In Blue 88, Brock takeas a look at some of the attitude that Mike Macdonald has learned from John Schneider, what led to the end of Pete Carroll's time with the Raiders and which head coaching job would be most enticing for Klint Kubiak.

There was a lot that stood out to Salk after their conversation yesterday with Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, and he gies through some of it to open the show. Then, they re-air that conversation with Mike Macdonald.