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Erik Briggs joins me to discuss the end of the Dan Cave, and what's next? 

Also..... 

**The Seahawks amazing defensive turnaround - what's been the secret to their success? 

**Is the offense good enough to win a championship?

**Assessing the Mariners offseason so far. 

**Best thing we saw in 2020 - What are we looking forward to most in 2021? 

**The launch of the Emerald City Sportscast, and the future of the podcast. 

In this week's episode Seahawk Maven managing editor Corbin Smith joins me to talk Hawks:

**Have the Seahawks finally learned how to put teams away? 

**Is the performance of the defense sustainable? 

**Has KJ Wright earned himself another contract with the Hawks? 

**Final word on the 2020 Apple Cup

**Highlights of the new WSU recruiting class

**Did the Mariners just acquire their 2021 closer?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SEAHAWKS?

**Is it a coaching problem?

**Is it a talent issue? 

**Or is it..... a Russell Wilson problem? 

>>Insight from Erik Briggs on what one local analyst is saying..... 

**Baseball Winter Meetings - the Mariners have been linked to Sonny Gray, does he make sense? 

**Apple Cup Update

**Fantasy Football wrapup, what YOU can learn from MY mistakes

**More evidence that the Seahawks defense is fixed but......

**Is the defense now carrying the offense? 

**Is the offense broken? How can IT be fixed?!

**Shaquille Griffen's value

**Four new free agents the Mariners should be targeting.

**Great news for the Everett Aqua Sox!

**What needs to happen for their to be a 2020 Apple Cup

**Did Ken Norton Jr redeem himself? 

**How last night's win may have transformed their season. 

**Can we expect the defense to continue getting better?

**Big WSU news - De Laura out with Covid, who gets the call in his place? 

**Are the Mariners no the verge of a major uniform change? 

**My Seahawks mid-season grades. Who earned honors, and who's failing? 

**Are we on the verge of a 3-game losing streak? If so, does it doom the season? 

**Why the sky is NOT falling. 

**WSU first impressions. Defense on the Palouse?! 

**What dynamic NFL QB does Jayden de Laura remind me of? 

**Quiet week for the Mariners, but a BIG week elsewhere in baseball. 

**SUNDAY STANDOUTS from a HUGE Seahawks win that I didn't see coming

**Why THIS game in Buffalo is so important

**A big-name FA starting pitcher the Mariners should kick the tires on

**Getting to know Jayden de Laura, the cougs true freshman starting QB

**Can Carlos Dunlap fix the Seahawks defense? 

**Why Russell Wilson was NOT the reason the Hawks lost to the Cardinals

**Why was this loss SO crucial? 

**Mariners find a bullpen solution, and they didn't have to look far. 

**Does Brad Hand make sense in Seattle? 

**Are the Cougs about to make history with their QB decision? 

**Erik Briggs joins me from Phoenix with a look behind enemy lines of the key divisional matchup this Sunday between the undefeated Seahawks and the upstart 4-2 Cardinals

**We made it to 100 episodes!

**Major Announcement about the future of the podcast er..... it's.... cousin?

**How do the Seahawks stack up in the NFC West race? 

**Is Dan Quinn the answer to defensive woes? 

**Are the Mariners the next Tampa Bay Rays? 

**Another potential bullpen solution, already in house.....

**First live stream attempt, complete with technical issues and a no-show guest! 

And MORE!!!!!

**How GREAT is Sue Bird? No... I mean seriously!

**Are the 4-0 Seahawks LEGIT Super Bowl contenders? 

**Did the Pac-12 media poll get it right with UW and WSU? And who should each team start at QB?

**Five potential bullpen arms that could help the Mariners contend in 2021

**YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! Brian Schottenheimer - Head Coaching Candidate. Get used to hearing that, and enjoy him while you can. 

**Yes, the Seahawks can fix their defense without massive changes. Here's how. 

**Was the 2020 Mariners team a success? 

**Can the Mariners REALLY contend in 2021? 

**Russ is cooking, is it enough to overcome the defensive shortcomings?

**Can the defense be good enough to contend? 

**Who will fill the shoes of Blair and Irvin? 

**Can the Mariners REALLY make the playoffs? 

**Pac-12 football set to return! Details and thoughts. 

**Seahawks beat Atlanta with Russ COOKING!

     *Is this new offense here to stay?

     *How did we get here, and why did it take so long? 

**Has Pete Carroll changed for the better? 

**What about the defense? 

**Can the Mariners really make the playoffs? Should they even try?

**Tight race for AL Rookie Of The Year, what does Kyle Lewis need to do to wrap it up. 

Ahead of the Seahawks Season Opener it's time for some Hawk Talk!

**Final thoughts on 53-man roster, biggest concerns? 

**Season prediction, what will their record be? 

**One roster move highlights John Schneider's biggest failure as GM, what is it? 

**Unveiling the Dan Cave Fantasy Team, how YOU can help set the lineups.

**My NFL Upset Pick of the Week

**Mariners lose ground in the playoff race but bright spots still abound

SEAHAWKS TALK!!!!

**BREAKING NEWS! Hawks add yet another talented deep threat to the WR corps.

**My final stab at a full 53-man roster projection. Any surprises? 

**Is Jadeveon Clowney still in play? 

**Updates on Mariners trade returns, and what role with new IF/DH Ty France play? 

Jerry Dipoto has done it again. In today's episode we look at the Austin Nola trade.

**How Dipoto found the perfect trade partner

**What the Mariners got vs. what they gave up

**How does this impact the 2021 lineup and the rebuild as a whole? 

**Do they have too many OFs? What does this mean for Julio Rodriguez? 

COMMENCE TRADE SEASON!

**Jerry Dipoto trades Taijuan Walker for the second time. What's the return? I dig deep into the Blue Jays farm system to try and reveal the PTBNL

**The Mariners hottest hitter not named Kyle Lewis looks legit

**Seahawks on the verge of re-signing Paul Richardson. Which WR should be most worried about his job? 

**Is a Justin Britt reunion on the horizon as well?

Part 2 of my conversation with Erik Briggs is all about the pigskin!

**Is the Seahawks defense good enough to get this team back to the Super Bowl? 

**Are more personnel moves on the horizon? 

**Will Russell Wilson get his wish and get more control of the offense? 

**What can the NFL do to ensure home field advantage with no fans in the stands? 

**Pac12 cancels fall football, what would a spring season look like? 

**How is the new staff at WSU dealing with all of this? 

Part 1 in a two-part interview with Erik Briggs focuses on the Mariners:

**General thoughts on the young season so far

**Biggest positives and disappointment

**Impact of shortened-season on Mariners rebuild

**Potential trade deadline scenarios

**Is it time to consider trading one of our top prospects? 

**Now that the Pac-12 has cancelled fall sports, will all the other conferences follow? My thoughts on what SHOULD happen.

**Russell asks for more control of the offense, will he get it? I'll dig through the clues.

**RW also unveils the starting offensive line! Any surprises? 

**MARINERS fall to 7-13- should they pull the plug on the season and tank for the #1 draft pick? 

**My 5 position player locks to be on the Mariners roster in 2022 (with one mild surprise and one BIG one)

The Dan Cave is BACK after a short hiatus to launch it's 3rd season

**MARINERS - The Ugly, the Bad and the Good from their 4-8 start to the season (and yes, there's some good!)

**SEAHAWKS - Which tier of Super Bowl Contender are they in? Legit? Fringe? Or on the outside looking in? 

**WSU FOOTBALL - My reaction to the Nick Rolovich/Kassidy Woods controversy

**PLUS! My thoughts on the Seattle KRAKEN name and the Seattle Dragons potential return. 

**And.... where the hell have I been for the last two months? 

A very special episode this week: 

**Ty Gonzalez and Colby Patnode join me to talk about being fired from SoDo Mojo for not "sticking to sports"

**What happened? What's next for them? Some exciting news about how you can support their Mariners coverage and contribute to charity at the same time

**Dueling Mariners mock drafts! Ty and Colby each give us their preferred picks for the Mariners through 3 rounds

Jam-packed show this week!

**Everything you need to know about the Top 3 prospects the Mariners are likely to choose from in the upcoming MLB Draft

**My Seahawks offseason grades, how has John Schneider done so far?

**Which retired former Seahawk would you most like to have back, in his prime, on this team? 

**My choice (and the only right one) for Greatest American Rock Band of all time!

I look at two possible alternate draft scenarios for the Seahawks:

**My "Shadow Draft" where I unveil which players I wrote down while the Hawks were on the clock, BEFORE they made each pick

**A "What If" Draft, detailing who I think they may have picked had they executed the trade down to 30 that Green Bay pulled out of

**My thoughts on the 2020 schedule

**Making sense of the report that the NFL wants fans in the stands from Day 1. 

**Full recaps of all Hawks draft picks, focusing on their upside and their fit

**Dispelling the myth that Jordyn Brooks was a reach at 27

**My favorite and least favorite picks

**Which one had shown up in 50% of my mock drafts? 

**Is the team better than they were a year ago? 

**What's next? Is Jadeveon Clowney still in play? 

**Once again the Seahawks shock us with their first pick, was it really as bad as it seems? 

**I walk you through the 5 stages of grief, we can get through this together. 

**Do the Seahawks feel better about their defensive line than we do? 

**What now? Trade for Ngakoue? Sign Griffen? 

**New day 2 and 3 mock draft. Which direction do the Hawks go next?  

It's a Seahawks Draft Mockapalooza! Not one, but TWO real-time mock drafts!

**Real-time dueling mocks with Erik Briggs, including a big trade to acquire more picks. Who does a better job filling out Seattle's biggest needs?

**Worried about being disappointed by the team's picks? I do another real-time mock draft where I choose my LEAST favorite prospect at each spot. 

Longtime Seahawks journalist and author Chris Cluff joins me to get you ready for the Seahawks draft

**Could Seattle once again take a running back with their first pick? (It actually makes sense)

**What's their most underrated positional need? 

**What has John Schneider learned from poor drafts in 2016-17?

**Could a big trade be in the cards? 

**What about that pass rush? 

**What would it cost for Seattle to move UP in this year's draft? I outline 3 different scenarios

**THE ULTIMATE 7-round Seahawks mock draft. Seriously... this one is perfect. 

All Seahawks and All NFL Draft in Episode 79!!

**Your Seahawk Draft Crushes discussed!

**My 7 favorite Hawk prospects at each position for EACH ROUND unveiled

**RIP to the XFL.... my thoughts

Colby Patnode of Sodo Mojo and Seahawk Maven discuss his thoughts on:

**MLB's plan for the players draft and the possibility of starting the season in Arizona

**How this downtime may hinder or help the Mariners rebuilding efforts

**Trade-down possibilities for the Seahawks

**His 3 favorite seahawks draft crushes

**The possibility of a big Seahawks surprise at the top of the draft

Bill joins me from the Seahawks Playbook Podcast to do dueling mock drafts, but neither of us is allowed to take any player we've ever mocked to the Hawks before. It makes for some interesting picks. 

Compare, contrast, comment, criticize, commend... do what you will! Just listen! 

Go Hawks!

I answer questions from listeners regarding the Seahawks offseason moves and draft plans

**What are the greatest positions of need? 

**Who are some of my favorite prospects? 

**Will they pull any surprises? 

**So much more!!!!!

Join Erik Briggs and I as we each lay out our draft plan for each and every Seahawk pick in next months NFL draft.

**Where do we agree?

**Where do we disagree?

**Any big surprises?

**Who had the best draft?

**Whither Jadeveon Clowney? Should the Seahawks keep waiting or move on without him? 

**What's their Plan B?

**Sizing up the GOOD about the Seahawks free agent moves

**How do the Hawks moves so far alter their draft plans? 

**Saying goodbye to our sweet Allie

**Dealing with that Quarantine Life

We take a break from all the corona virus craziness to dive into our pre-free agency Seahawks mock draft, simulated LIVE while recording.

And this one starts with a bang! A blockbuster trade for a big-time pass-rusher to kick things off. 

I put on my General Manager hat and tackle the 2020 Seahawks offseason through free agency and the draft. 

I fix the pass rush, but is Clowney part of the solution? 

Who's protecting Russell Wilson in 2020? And does he get another pass-catcher or two?

Tell me what you think, and what YOU would do to get the Seahawks back to the Super Bowl. 

**Taijuan Walker joins the M's rotation race, how will that all shake out? 

**Decision time is looming on Justin Britt and Germaine Ifedi, what will (and should) the Seahawks do?

**Good, Bad and Ugly from the first weekend of the XFL - and my first impressions of the Seattle Dragons.

**How Nick Rolovich has already shown more recruiting chops than Mike Leach bodes well for WSU football. 

**Top 3 things Russell Wilson wants the team to do to improve

**Seattle Dragons opening game primer

**Mariners set for spring training after a number of intriguing moves last week - How do they fit the rebuild

**My thoughts on the Seattle NHL team name (reportedly)

**Could 2020 be Pete Carroll's swan song? 

**Seahawks Top 5 Offseason Needs

**Full 7-round Seahawks Mock Draft focuses on defense

**Meeting new WSU coach Nick Rolovich (and 3 things I learned about him that night)

**How does Mitch Haniger's latest injury impact the Mariners? 

**An amazing burger highlights my pub recommendation in this week's Dan's Dandy

Erik Briggs and I discuss all things WSU football and their new head coach Nick Rolovich

**First impressions - how does he fit? Is he right right guy?

**Can he roll right into another bowl season with current roster?

**What will the Cougar offense look like now?

**What about DEFENSE? Who will his Defensive Coordinator be? I have a name..... 

**WSU looking for a new head football coach as Mike Leach bolts for Mississippi State

**Why did this make so much sense for Leach and MSU?

**What does WSU do now? Who are the leading candidates to replace Leach? 

**The Cougs could go "back to the future" to hire their new man. 

**How do the Seahawks matchup with Green Bay? 

**Are the Packers overrated? 

**Wild Card Weekend in Philly - What do the Seahawks need to do to avoid an early exit like last year in Dallas? 

**Two significant offseason moves the Mariners can still make. 

**My Ideal New Year's Resolutions for the Hawks, M's and Cougs

**My 5 Favorite Things from 2019

**Seahawks being counted out by national media - but is this a GOOD thing? 

**Why failing to get the #1 seed may not be all that big a deal.

**Mariners getting calls about Mitch Haniger. Will they trade him? We play "Would I - Should they?"

**5 names of starting pitchers still in play for the M's

**Will Mike Leach go the transfer QB route again? A new name emerges as a candidate. 

**And.... my TOP 5 CHRISTMAS COOKIE LIST!

The Seahawks are now in first place in the NFC West and hold the #2 seed in the NFC, but the passing game hasn't been as effective the last 3 weeks. Is there cause for concern? 

50 new free agents joined the market after Monday's non-tender deadline. I'll give you 3 starters the Mariners should be considering. 

How does Chris Peterson's resignation affect the Apple Cup rivalry - and what are the latest rumors surrounding Mike Leach's pursuit of a new job? (I'll tell you where I think he could end up)

It's time for a change in Pullman. Mike Leach's refusal to adapt his game plan for the Apple Cup is a problem, but his complete lack of disrespect for the rivalry is unacceptable. Could he be fired? Would he resign? Is there a market for his services elsewhere? Who could replace him if he leaves?