Seattle Seahawks' New Era: Coach McDonald and Team Outlook

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00:00how about the Seattle Seahawks new head coach and Mike McDonald of course it is

00:07no longer the Pete Carroll era up in the Pacific Northwest 14 seasons under the

00:13man that loved to chew some gum they now go to Baltimore's former defensive

00:17coordinator in Mike McDonald seven and a half the win total for the Hawks the

00:22over has the juice again flirting with 500 do you think that's the reality for

00:27Seattle this season I do think it is the reality and also one of my favorite

00:31wide receiving cores in the NFL by a long shot man Lockett Smith and Jake

00:35Met and Metcalf I mean three dominant rod receivers if you can just get time

00:39in the pocket the reason I bring that up is it's not really a knock on Gino

00:42Smith he's an average quarterback that has the tendency to sometimes play above

00:46average and that's what you're looking for give me a quarterback top 15 in the

00:49NFL top 20 with a decent defense and away you go you'll probably make the

00:53playoffs but here's where the question marks pop up Connor Williams solid

00:56center that's going to be a good benchmark for them this season but

00:59outside of that there are a lot of questions at guard and it tackled and if

01:03you're having those issues you know how that usually turns out that means you

01:07can't protect the quarterback the wide receivers can't run the routes and the

01:10running game with two quality running backs in the back foot if you're just

01:13looking from a skill position layout I love the Seattle Seahawks but we know

01:17where games are won and lost it's in the trenches that's my only knock on the

01:21Seahawks but I do expect them again to be competent on a week-to-week basis do

01:24I think they win that division Ben probably not but in the last couple

01:28weeks of the season they're fighting for a playoff spot I think we have them

01:31slotted appropriately here