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Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 34 - NY State of Mind

Open: Seattle Seahawks Fans, welcome back to the Hawks Playbook Podcast. Join us as we recap the great complete team win in the Big Apple against the NY Giants.  

Featured Segment: Seahawks win on the road vs. the Giants

Seattle finally has a pretty good complete game. The Seattle Seahawks dominated this game on both sides of the ball and moved the team to an overall record of 4-2.

The offensive line played well overall. Odhiambo and Glowinksi allowed only 1 QB pressure each out of 42 attempts. Ethan Pocic did not allow a single pressure on 22 snaps at left guard and center.

Seahawks again have the #1 scoring defense in the NFL. Against the Giants the Seahawks allowed 177 total yards and 1 TD, after getting the ball at the Seattle 17 yards line as a result of a Thomas Rawls fumble.

Giants had 300 combined rushing yards in previous 2 games. Seahawks allowed 46 yards and zero runs over 9 yards.

Seattle’s defense (outside of Titan’s game) has allowed 12.2 PPG and 281.4 YPG. They have not allowed more than 18 points scored against them in the other 5 games.

Featured Segment 2: Game Preview – Seattle Seahawks vs the Houston Texans.

The Texan’s come into the matchup with a record of 3-3 and 3rd place in the AFC South. The Texans have wins against the Bengals, Titans and Browns and losses against the Jaguars, Patriots and the Chiefs.  

The team is led by rooking phenom Deshaun Watson, the 12th overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft. Watson has plenty of playmakers around him but an OL almost as bad as Seattle's.  

Seattle’s offense can’t expect to face a stout run defense led by Merceilus, Clowney and McKinney. They also have a playmaker at middle linebacker in rookie, Zach Cunningham.  

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 33 - Bye Week Follies 

      In the news:
The Seahawks appear to be in the market for an upgrade at Left Tackle during the break, but so far, have not added a player to the roster. LTs. Cordy Glenn, Duane Brown, and Brandon Albert are all in play.Deshawn Shead, Dion Jordan and Malik McDowell all eligible to begin practicing after Giants game. McDowell not expected to be ready for a few more weeks, but the other two should be ready to start practicing with the team next week. It remains to be seen if and when those players will be added to the active roster any time soon.
Featured segment 1: Biggest Surprise / Disappointment

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Featured Segment 2: Adjusting Expectations

The Seahawks sit at 3-2. With a win over the Giants on Sunday they’ll be 4-2,  which is exactly what both of us predicted before the season began. Unfortunately, they haven’t been as dominant as expected, should our expectations change for this season?

Also, how does the Aaron Rodgers injury and Dallas under-performing alter the landscape of the NFC? What about the emergence of the Eagles and Rams?

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Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 32 The LA Chronicles

Open: Welcome to the Hawks Playbook Podcast. Thanks for joining your Hosts Bill Alvstad and Keith Myers. Our Seattle Seahawks enter their bye week in 1st place after beating the Rams 16-10 on the road in LA. 

In the News

Michael Bennett has plantar fasciitis issue. Luke Joeckel having knee surgery to clean up some meniscus debris left over from his ACL/MCL repair last fall. Joeckel will miss Giants game and will back after that.

Seahawks worked out LT Brandon Albert, who ended up leaving without a deal, and inquired about trading for Houston’s Duane Brown. 

Featured Segment 1: Seahawks escape LA with 16-10 win over the Rams

Wilson was 24/31 for 198 yards, 1 TD and 1 Int.

No running game without Carson. Rawls 8 carries for 20 yards, Lacy 9 carries for 19 yards and McKissic 2 carries for 0 yards. 

Defense holds NFL’s top offense to 10 points despite lack of offensive consistency to help, zero points in second half.

Defense collected 5 turnovers, including two each by Earl Thomas and Sheldon Richardson.

Featured Segment 2: How do we fix the offense?

Bill and Keith discuss several different ways in which the Seahawks could get more efficiency out of their offense.

Other fixes could include other schematic changing to line blocking, quick hitting pass routes and expanding the role of Russell Wilson in the Read Option look, especially if the team also added a few pass plays out of the read option to further complicate the job of the defense to defend those types of plays.

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Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 31 – Seahawks Terrific Win is Costly

Open: Hello again Seahawks fans and welcome to the show!

Featured Segment: Great Win Proves Very Costly

We don’t know exactly how costly just yet, but 4 key Seahawks players left the game with injuries, some rather significant. Most of which was an ankle injury to running back Chris Carson. Other injuries included CB Jeremy Lane (Groin), DE Cliff Avril (Neck) and LT Rees Odhiambo (Chest).

Key Takeaways:

Seattle finished with 477 yards and allowed just 237 yards to the Colts, including only 32 yards in the 2nd half.

Wilson finished 21-26 for 295 yards, 2TD’s and 2 Int. He ran 23 yards for a touchdown and finished the game with a 107.5 QB Rating.

Eddie Lacy finished with 11 carries and 52 yards. JD McKissic finished with a 30 yards TD run and a 27-yard TD reception. The Seahawks finished the game with 194 yards rushing.

Defense scored 2 TD’s from turnovers. Justin Coleman had a pick-6 and Bobby Wagner had a 21-yard fumble recovery return for a TD. 

Featured Segment 1:Los Angeles Rams 

Players to watch for: QB Jared Goff, RB Todd Gurley, DT Aaron Donald, WR Tavon Austin, WR Sammy Watkins, DE Robert Quinn.

The defense will once again be asked to stop the run and turn the Rams into a one-dimensional team led by an unproven talent in Jared Goff. Seattle should have the right stuff to hold the Rams under their season averages in yards and points. This game is all about Seattle’s ability to score points against the Rams defense. 

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Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 30 Titan Fall

In the News:

Team protests, but does so by not coming out for anthem after President Trumps comments. Bill and Keith get into this a bit. For us is this: Let’s have a conversation, listen and by empathetic.

Doug Baldwin left game with groin injury. Baldwin said Tuesday afternoon that he expects to play this week against the Colts.

Dewey McDonald headed to IR with ACL injury. All 3 standout ST standouts are currently hurt.

Featured Segment: Seahawks lose 33-27 on the road vs Titans but Offense Wakes Up

Russell Wilson started slow, completing just 3 of his first 10 passes. After that he was vintage Russ, finishing the day 29/49 for 373 yards, 4 TDs, and no interceptions with a 129.3 QB rating. 

The OL was mildly improved with the addition of Oday Aboushi at RG. The pass blocking was still bad, and the run blocking was terrible. Chris Carson finished with only 39 yards rushing on 11 carries. 

Jimmy Graham finally got on track with 7 catches for 72 yards.  Doug Baldwin had 10 catches for 105 yards before getting hurt.

What is wrong with the Defense?

Defense gave up 33 points. Tennessee’s backs gashed for 195 yards on the ground, including a 5.6 YPC. Only the Giants and Chargers have allowed more rushing yards than the Seahawks in 2017. 

Featured Segment 2: Seahawks host 1-2 Colts

•Still no Andrew Luck, and without him the Colts look like one of the NFL’s worst teams

•Their win was a comeback win over Cleveland (0-3) this week.

•Jacoby Brisset, the former Patriot 3rd-stringer, is the starter at QB.

•Colts rush D only giving up 3.3 yards per carry, 8th in NFL

•Colts pass D is giving up 7.9 yards per pass attempt, 25th in the NF

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 29 – Seahawks Make Winning Hard

Open:  By almost all accounts, the 49ers are terrible, but the game much harder to put away than was to be expected. Maybe the Seahawks offense is THAT bad. 

Featured Segment: Seahawks Win Despite our Below Than Average Offense

Keys to the game:

Wilson completed 23-of-39 passes for 198 yards with one TD. He ran 12 times for 34 yards in the game. 

Wilson’s touchdown to Richardson came after Richardson had badly dislocated a finger.

The Seahawks defense kept them in the game with stellar pass defense. BrianHoyer completed 15-of-27 passes for 99 yards. 

6 drops, including two TDs and a critical 3rd down, kept the offense from gaining both rhythm and separation in this game. 

Chris Carson carries the ball 20 times for 93 yards. Eddy Lacy was a healthy scratch and Thomas Rawls was limited to 5 carries.  Carson is the present and future featured back for the Seahawks.

Chris Carson has averaged 2.6 yards per rush after contact through two games. Lacy and Rawls have combined to carry it 10 times for 7 yards.

Featured Segment 2:

The Tennessee Titans are 1-1 on the year after beating the Jaguars 37-16. Derrick Henry has emerged as their lead back after picking up 92 yards against the Jags. But of course, the main headline generating player for the Titans is QB Marcus Mariota. 

The focus is all on the Seattle offense this week. Can the Seattle Seahawks move the ball consistently against an average NFL Defense? The Titan’s look beatable, but on the road, with our struggling offense, our defense may have to step up and win the day.

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