Seahawks Remain Mounted Against The Broncos Buck Winning 26-20

[@alod247]

Best thing about this game is seeing the the new coaching staff knows how to make halftime adjustments. Won’t always have the right game plan going in or the guys might not be clicking that day. Have to be able to scrap the plan A and find a good plan B. Grub adjusted the playcalling beautifully to hide th o line issues 2nd half.

[@haveagreatday6952]

YES.

[@TheGraham27]

The adversity Mike had to go through for his first game, and to get this win, I think says volumes, and this game will strengthen the whole team. GO HAWKS!!!

[@JamisonEdits]

So refreshing to actually see the seahawks play big boy defense again. Feels like its been forever.

[@LongLivDaKing]

Lockett said "Ahht Ahht, you shall not tuck me away, I'm still that guy!"

[@gohawks3571]

@@LongLivDaKing He sure is! He certainly gets unique balls and therefore unique catches💪💙💚💪

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

Yea it may be his last season but he is going to put everything he has left for us 💙💚

[@SugarRushTimes2030-gs3qp]

Prodigy strategist coach and big talent I think we’ll do alright this season. Congrats Hawks on winning the opener!

[@bucksnake]

At the post game interview, Mike said that the first half was just like they drew it up. That was so funny but it seemed that no one in the room understood that he was being funny. I’m glad he is here. He is going to take us far. So funny

[@elicash315]

It’s so awesome seeing a Defense again. Under Pete Bo would have looked ready for Canton

[@Jayo2454]

Crazy game. Can't help but think how much Pete woulda loved that game. Classic Seahawks, lots of ridiculousness and then winning it at the end in victory formation. Great vid by the way, thanks. Go Hawks

[@ricebowl3]

Classics Heartattack Hawks, Shout out to Pete!

[@trxe420]

No YAC attack, it was night and day the fundamentals with a lot of the same players. Love in particular looked like a totally different player and "Green Dot" Dodsen was amazing, it's so nice to have a LB that isn't a liability in the pass game. The most amazing thing for me though is Cross, he had a 95 grade, highest in the league I think. What we need more than anything in this year is some of our premiere draft picks becoming blue-chippers and we are on our way. Yes, the offensive line has issues, but a quick scheme change (tighter splits) from Grubb and Huff resolved that issue for the second half for the most part. This was week 1 and our offense obviously played well below expectations and still put up over 30 points if you take away the DK penalty, combine that with a defense giving up 20 points or less and no easy yardage and we got something! GO HAWKS!

[@mcdowelldanil]

Amazing breakdown as always. Whole game (yes even the first half) was a breath of fresh air. Excited to see what the next few years brings.

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

Thank you, McDowell. A great start to a new era.

[@DawnstealerGaming]

Defense looked great. O-line? Nooooooot so much. I don't totally blame Geno for the interception as the dude hit his ankle right as he was releasing - Geno had about half a second before the defense was on him pretty much the whole game. Sort of surprised we didn't see McIntosh out there when Walker went out

[@OwtkastMisfit]

@DawnstealerGaming Was hoping for McIntosh too. I think from what they saw, coaches might put him in instead of Zach

[@DawnstealerGaming]

@@OwtkastMisfit I don't know about that, but last night after Walker went out, I can't believe they didn't consider it

[@drewstar412]

I was waiting for this to drop. Always enjoy your takes, Brando! Say it brotha...Say it!

[@ilonakiforishin1273]

I’m so happy and glad Mike Mac Donald is our head coach!!!!!!!!!😃

[@kevinmichael4829]

The uniformed for the win! They are so clean and sexy. Love it!

[@DanzoB79]

I saw a King 5 post game interview with Julian Love where he said that "the communication was clean", so it sounds like the crowd noise didn't make it hard for our defense to communicate with each other.

[@ilonakiforishin1273]

Great win Go Hawks!!!!!!!!!😃💙💚💙💚👍🏻

[@HunterBaldwin-xg6rf]

Nice summary 👏. Glad to be back, you and Brandon Nelson are my favorites 🫡. I like the Tony Hinchcliffe look too 😀.

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

Tony Hincliffe, lol. You got me laughing this afternoon. Thanks, Hunter!

[@henrydiesel4054]

Always great to start my week with a W

[@stevenhearnden6103]

So far, so good. 👍💚💙🇬🇧

[@MAXIMUSRELDAS]

Great breakdown! Go hawks!

[@westall1966]

Defense played incredible! Lots of room to improve for Bradford and Tomlinson to say it mildly. Getting overpowered or just getting beat you can sometimes understand but blowing your blocking assignments is poor preparation and studying of the playbook. I know this is just the first game but this could get really scary for Geno. It was nice to see Geno take off and run. Did you see that straight line speed!

[@Runningace]

Bravo Mr. Cane!

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

Thank you, RunningAce!

[@Monica_aka_Kansas]

Williams is an underrated rookie in his very first NFL game. Maybe cut him a little slack.

[@Blaze2435]

They needed to continue to pay the bills for Providence for all those heart attacks.

[@NitsuJTrigger]

Some fans already calling to bench geno like he isn’t about to drop 3 TDs next Sunday

[@MichaelL-uq4bj]

I like your cat that sat next to you man, he/she that must be more concentrate to listen what you said then me 😅

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

She's my copilot. Always there.

[@gavinc1539]

If we didn’t have the safeties and the punt fumble, it would’ve been 27-13(27 bc we wouldn’t have gon for 2 and instead kicked a pat)

[@LongLivDaKing]

If I take my mind away from the (Seahawks aspect of it).. a lot of QBs were running for their lives this weekend. Is this a new developing trend?

[@lesjordan3316]

The Defense outside of Garbage time only allowed 9 points. subtract 4 for the safeties and 7 for garbage time TD. If the offense wouldn't have put the defense in so many bad situations it would probably be 6 or 3.

[@seahawksgaming1027]

90 coverage grade and run defense grade 1st among safeties do we have an all pro in our hands in Julian love?

[@rdrouynriv]

It seems like Seattle fans cannot escape the heart attack games, no matter who's the coach. I'll take the win but this feels like another stress filled season.

[@WhatThang]

This goes to show that SEA has talents on defense but didn't utilize it properly the last few years.

[@expatadventureturkey9324]

Great roll up on the game, Go Hawks! Other note did you see DJ Dallas return a kick off for 6? I watched that game and was like OMG why did we give him up…..just saying

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

I did see DJ Dallas house it. I don't think they felt as comfortable with him on punt returns. He struggled in that duty, though he was usually solid on the kick returns. Plus he was headed off that rookie contract so the price was going to go up, if but slightly.

[@expatadventureturkey9324]

@@TheHawksNest12thmanThanks for the feedback much appreciated, and thanks for all you do for our Hawk Nation. Let’s Go Week 2!

[@stilldreamin57]

Thank you on the fumble recovery disaster and how anyone who's ever played football knows, that if there's a fumble, you make sure to recovery the ball before anything else!!!!! Unless it bounces up right into your hands, the only thing you should be thinking is make sure to recover the "effing" ball.

[@olyokie]

Whoa that was stinky but still a win……..

[@AB-he8of]

I think we had around 11 missed tackles on defense but it sure didn’t feel like we missed one. We were swarming like 2013 so those “missed tackles” came with multiple defenders instantly following it up. Such a strong showing and base that we can go off of, not to mention the multiple dropped interceptions, the opportunities were there and will be capitalized! McDonald era has officially begun.

[@gmfootballbreakdowns]

we need haynes in over tomlinson

[@wiredspeaker5658]

Tomlinson was hard to watch

[@MichaelL-uq4bj]

Seahawks D win Championship

[@zephyrvanpatter9990]

There is a very obvious 1st half seam lol

[@westall1966]

Can Tre Brown return punts? Seems like he would be good at it.

[@davidwheelock5639]

Nice not to watch a heartattack comeback

[@ilonakiforishin1273]

Hi Hawks nest💙💚😃

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

Hi Ilona! 💙💚😃

[@ilonakiforishin1273]

@@TheHawksNest12thman Hi Go Hawks!!!!!!!😃💙💚👋🏻

[@tattooedjohnson]

Sean Payton is literally most over rated coach in history. Almost got a lifetime ban for being a chump. I hope he fails

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

Dee Williams blows every chance on teams. Meanwhile deejay Dallas takes back first Kickoff return for 96yard TD

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

Also Dee eskridge probably loving it

[@FreshlySnipes]

I was disappointed none of the players showered Mike with Gatorade for his first win

[@real.cryptic]

You pour Gatorade when you win a superbowl not a regular season game.

[@FreshlySnipes]

@@real.cryptic not necessarily, one of the rookie coaches yesterday got a Gatorade shower, I think it was Mayo. I thought that was kinda cool.

[@hilltopsshaq]

I’m sooo worried about our offensive line

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

A valid concern.

[@proudliberal605]

Offensive tackle is the wound that will never heal. In time it will become septic. It defines the Seahawk ceiling because Geno will become afflicted with bad habits. Self-preservation is a powerful force.

[@Praying_Mantis3]

The Right tackle was this bad last year, at this point Geno is used to it.

[@proudliberal605]

@@Praying_Mantis3 It is the reason why half the fanbase hates Geno. Bad habits from self-preservation. That half of the fan base doesn't realize that bringing in a new QB doesn't address the root problem. People that don't watch the franchise read the Geno negativity and reciprocally blame Geno at the expense of the offensive tackle ills and then half the fan base clings to that associated detached punditry as confirmation bias. It is a repeating cycle of a false narrative. A circular runaway effect. The offensive coordinator has to do more to protect Geno. It starts with a basic understanding of when the opposing defensive line is fresh and when it is fatigued. 1) You don't call slow developing plays against a fresh defensive line. 2) You can best fatigue an opposing defensive line by limiting their substitutions. 3) You limit defensive line substitutions by running a "hurry up" with scripted plays. 4) You don't run the "hurry up" for the sake of running a "hurry up". You just run it long enough to tactically further the defensive line fatigue. It is like a boxer landing body blows in the early rounds to set up head shots in the mid to later rounds. 5) It is the strategy that propelled Peyton Manning to greatness. He strategically fatigued defensive lines by selectively choosing when to limit their substitutions. Manning did it by unexpectedly, quickly lining up and calling audibles at the line of scrimmage. Manning strategically fatigued the opposing defensive line and gave himself time to throw by doing so. Grubb was calling slow developing plays and routes with double moves against a fresh defensive line. It never works for Seattle. You can't do it unless you have an elite offensive line. Those are second half play calls that come after landing body blows. Get those big guys tired first.

[@catalyst1641]

​@@proudliberal605 Excellent analysis.

[@haveagreatday6952]

@@catalyst1641what are you talking about it took him 3 paragraphs to start saying anything that aligned with reality

[@GeminiGlass]

It's gonna be a long season for Geno if he doesn't get protection from the offensive line. 😒

[@kevinmichael4829]

I have to poop

[@columbolajos4390]

DK proved again that he isnt a top WR

[@aa-ze5cz]

I say go the Chiefs route and just draft em'. Wide receivers are coming out of school non-stop these days ready to play in pro offenses as the NCAAF has followed the NFL and turned into a passing league. Mac seems like a guy that would rather spend money on the lines.

[@derroneverest4511]

To be fair , he didn’t get a lot of targets.

[@tylermuir9170]

🤡

[@hilltopsshaq]

Do yall be just not be liking DK or something because idk what game your watching our offensive line is horrendous and can’t stay healthy our defense is what saved us

[@aa-ze5cz]

@@hilltopsshaq I like DK just fine and yes the OL was a problem and about the only positive I can give on the offense is for Lockett/Walker, but I'm not prepared to pay DK $30M per, either...

[@zachrichardson5581]

I don't understand why we decided to keep Williams over Eskridge. I mean that in a specific returner capacity. The fact that Williams' purpose is only a returner as you mentioned makes it nonsensical because AT LEAST we've seen Dee have sure hands and somewhat of an ability to be dangerous on the return. I'm pretty sure Dee was still on his rookie contract right so there's no argument here about money.

[@jeremyestrill1764]

Williams tried to play "hero ball".....thinking "how cool it would be though I muffed this punt, I pick it up and still get a great return"

[@aa-ze5cz]

I said well before this game, "Seattle should be running the ball. We've got Williams (arguably the best run blocking Center in the NFL), Walker, Charbs, Denver was one of the worst run defenses last year, and they lost Jewell." The fact Grubb came out with a pass heavy philosophy is baffling to me and makes me lost a little bit of faith. Now if it was Grubb that said, "This is not working, let's go run" that's BETTER, although why did you go in that way... but part of me thinks it was someone upstairs or MacDonald telling him to knock off this deep ball NCAAF crap.

[@GodBless1121]

If DK doesn’t find a way to get open as the season goes on I think we are going to trade him. There is no way you can keep bobo on the side line and cut Tyler Lockett after he is still getting open. I know Tyler is on the down swing but we might have to draft a top WR in the draft and see what Sam Howell can do in 2025

[@yarlehnowz]

He was being guarded by arguably one of the best cover corners in the league all game. I'd hold off on the trade hot takes lol

[@GodBless1121]

@@yarlehnowz key words “As the season goes on”

[@hilltopsshaq]

@@GodBless1121 what game was you watching it’s not Geno or dks fault duration is a all pro CB have you seen our offensive line it’s horrendous

[@Jonathan-cf8yn]

​@@GodBless1121fans like you bother me

[@TyWortham]

Dk will be fine... great scheme from broncos early on, you'll have games like that when your shadowed by the best and geno running for his life

[@deejaytee]

Agreed with a lot of that, but missed the instant and/live reaction, think that's where you're at your best rather than some later-night edited video. Surely there was some context, though.

[@TheHawksNest12thman]

Thanks, Deejay. I just rolled with post game reaction after the game on the live stream play by play. If you go about four hours into that stream we're chopping up the post game. I had been breaking it up, because I do guest spots on Bleacher Report occasionally. Didn't have a spot today over there, so I just didn't want to stop and start the stream when we had so many in there post game.