5 HRS AGO - John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Bet you didn’t think this game would actually be interesting at the start of this month, did you? Collapse

10 HRS AGO - Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images One of my biggest criticisms of Brian Schottenheimer last year was the idea that his play-calling style was geared way too heavily towards “third and manageable” over getting first downs as early as possible. The Seahawks only had 11 more offensive plays than the 49ers and somehow had 9 more third-down conversion attempts.Brian Schottenheimer plays for 3rd down.— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) December 17, 2018 Last year the Seattle Seahawks offense ranked 20th in getting first downs on early downs (1st and 2nd down), which tied in with their ridiculously high percentage of three-and-out possessions, and Russell Wilson getting sacked for fun on obvious third down passing situations. This year has been a very different story and one of the biggest developments of the Schotty offense. Per Pro-Football-Reference, the 2019 Seahawks are 6th in what I’m going to consider “early down success rate,” with 29.8% of their 1st and 2nd down plays Collapse

12 HRS AGO - Scott R. Galvin-USA TODAY Sports While the Seattle Seahawks are happy to be sitting at 5-1 and in second place in the NFC West following the Week 6 victory over the Cleveland Browns, the team and its fans are certainly not happy to have lost Will Dissly for the season. Dissly, per reports, tore his Achilles tendon during the game, and the fact that the team had yet to move the 2018 fourth round pick to injured reserve had some fans hoping that initial reports were mistaken about the severity of the injury. However, according to Ian Rapoport, Dissly was scheduled to have surgery on Thursday. #Seahawks budding star TE Will Dissly will have surgery tomorrow on his torn Achilles, I’m told. Out for this season, as everyone expected, but should be good to go for 2020.— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 16, 2019 Thursday morning Dissly himself chimed in on Twitter giving some thoughts on the situation. pic.twitter.com/2wQE5zMXGF— Will Dissly (@Will_Diss) October 17, 2019 I’m Collapse

15 HRS AGO - Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images As the Seattle Seahawks prepare to take on the Baltimore Ravens and former Seahawk Earl Thomas in Week 7 on Sunday, the injury report for the team following practice Wednesday was longer than many may have anticipated. While it came as no surprise that the two starting linemen who missed Week 6, Duane Brown and D.J. Fluker, did not participate in practice for the team, the addition of three key members of the defense to the report was somewhat unexpected. #Seahawks practice report for Wednesday: pic.twitter.com/DkKAwgFf8P— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) October 16, 2019 So, while Rashaad Penny’s hamstring has healed enough that he is no longer on the injury report, Bradley McDougald, K.J. Wright and Ziggy Ansah were all listed with new injuries. Whether these injuries are significant enough that they could impact playing time, or whether they were simply minor injuries that were enough to earn these members of the team some veteran rest on Collapse

1 DAY AGO - After spending nine seasons as the Seahawks’ free safety, Earl Thomas will return to CenturyLink Field Sunday as a member of the Baltimore Ravens. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports In Week 6 the Seattle Seahawks moved to 5-1 by defeating the Cleveland Browns in yet another one-score thriller that kept with the team’s habit of giving fans a cardiac workout during the game. On the offensive line Duane Brown and D.J. Fluker were out with injuries, meaning George Fant and Jamarco Jones got their first starts of the season at left tackle and right guard, respectively. So, how does the line stack up now? Football Outsiders Run Blocking: 24th (Unchanged from Week 5) Pass Blocking: 20th (Down from 17th after Week 5) PFF Pass Blocking Efficiency: 28th (Down from 27th after Week 5) Pass Blocking Grade: 30th (Down from 28th after Week 5) Run Blocking Grade: 11th (Up from 12th after Week 5) https://t.co/md3PwZYM1G Week 6 PFF Grades: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns #Seahawks #NFL #GoHawks— /r/Seahawks (@SeahawksReddit) October 14, 2019 For those who don’t use a 55” television as their monitor in order to make those grades large enough Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images A comeback authored by Russell Wilson, turnovers from the defense and another dominant performance from the tailback; the Seahawks went on the road in Week 6 and delivered a vintage performance against the Browns to improve to 5-1. Seattle fought against bizarre circumstances and mistakes which cost them explosive plays to win in Cleveland, and though certain areas—the pass rush in particular—didn’t play to standards, it was a Seahawks performance worth diving into. [SEA 3-2 CLV 42] (10:34) (Shotgun) R. Wilson pass short left to DK. Metcalf to CLV 12 for 30 yards (T. Carrie) Of course, DK Metcalf’s run after the catch was tremendous, as he showed off the raw strength and physicality that makes him so tantalizing. But similar to his first career target, what is really promising is what comes before the catch. Metcalf’s stutter-step off the line is largely ineffective, but the final jab step to the left sells the sideline route enough to create Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for 1st Family Foundation Actor Josh Brekhus joins the Goofballs this week to tell the best Marshawn Lynch story that you’ve never heard. (It starts at 34:30. I’m okay with it if you just want to start listening there but I think/hope you’ll understand why it’s good to start at the beginning once you get to the end!) Josh had a truly unique life experience by replacing Adam Levine as the co-lead in an X-Box commercial with Lynch and several other NFL players and he talks about how he won Beast Mode over, how much Marshawn and the other NFL players got paid to do it, and why Hennessy and quesadillas slowed down production during Marshawn’s second commercial shoot. Josh also met many other players during his time in those X-Box ads and he talks about Antonio Brown’s inability to stay awake DURING takes, Drew Brees over-preparing, Jimmy Graham’s childlike wonder, and much more. We also discuss fantasy, burritos, Pac-12 football, and make our Week 7 Collapse