On NFL on NBC interview with HC Mike Macdonald that his dad had been sick, but the story ended beautifully:
"You really don't know when life is going to hit you in the face. My dad called me at the end of last season and said he had kidney disease. You know how parents do, they don't really tell you the whole story. I had no idea what kidney disease or dialysis or anything like that. You looked it up and did some quick math of how long you can be on dialysis at his age vs. what the expected turnaround time for a kidney donation. It wasn't good math, it didn't really add up. It was a tough hurdle to get over. But my dad's attitude the whole time, he was just so positive about everything. It really helped us as a family to be like, "Okay, like let's go support him. Let's do what we need to do." And if God would have it, a woman from his church, Samantha Harris, God bless her, donated her kidney to my dad. A couple of of weeks later, they did the operation. She is doing great. My dad is doing great. Was able to come for the divisional game, the Championship game, and he will be on Sunday."
[📷: NFL on NBC]
@ErikEride@Txp_RBI_Xctuxl@hawkmania4 As much as I personally love that team, that team had lots of locker room issues. Not nearly as disciplined as the current team.
Fun to watch? Absolutely. But the fighting, and locker room problems weren’t fun to endure lol
@l4skmodder@cashmoneydrunk Lot of talk about McDaniels in a Vrabel argument lol.
MM took a 10-7 team to a 14-3 team (in THE best division in the NFL) in 2 years, and developed a rookie in his defense to be an argument for DROY.
@cashmoneydrunk Vrable made a 8 win team inna 2 szn span turn into a 14-3 superbowl team in Year1 and Josh Mcdaniels made the offense go from bottom 30 to Top 5 with Maye a Mvp finalists whats hard to understand?
Mike Vrabal doesn’t call plays for Defense
Mike Vrabal had one of the easiest schedules ever
Mike Vrabal was carried by Josh McDaniels
Mike Vrabal is a players coach NOT a defensive mastermind
@drewkerr17@jacobdyer96@hawkblogger You say it’s “inexcusable for the team to allow this” and that they need to “dial it back this close to the game”.
I don’t know what you want the team to do. Obviously what they’ve been doing leading up to games has worked all season…again, it was a freak accident.
@user87656789@jacobdyer96@hawkblogger “There’s something to be said for both sides of it” injury mitigation vs sharpness is a constant back and forth in the sports world and there’s logic you can point to on both sides that’s reasonable. There’s no reason to respond like this.
No crutches. No boot. This is a positive sign.
Doesn’t mean he will be 100% or even play, but certainly is better than the doom and gloom that was overtaking this fanbase.
@MikeFox75369107@Commenter51@hawkblogger Acting like you’ve played in the SB too lol. I’m sure you’ve never felt the adrenaline of playing in the SB in your rookie year. He’s got today and 2 more days to heal with an incredible medical team behind him.
@drewkerr17@jacobdyer96@hawkblogger Dude players could roll their ankles stepping off a curb?
It’s a freak accident. You want these dudes having walkthroughs 4 days before a Super Bowl? Grow up. It’s football. Freak accidents happen, and they’ll have one of the best medical teams in the NFL working on him.
@jacobdyer96@hawkblogger I think there’s something to be said for both sides of that argument but I would certainly say dialing back this closing proximity to the game certainly makes sense. There’s going to be questions there regardless of how warranted they are.
@not_d_kin@Sheadixon The program isn’t worth $1.5 billion. They can barely pay the coaches they’ve fired. Also, 50% of people in LA is on public assistance of some sort. Priority should be people not football.
No. 1 transfer QB Sam Leavitt visited LSU, but didn't sign.
Kiffin's answer: fly to them + keep recruiting.
I asked why he's wired different than most coaches in that spot.
"I think that fits with Louisiana people. They find a way to get it done."
➡️: on3.com/teams/lsu-tige…
Sean McVay says he usually watches the Super Bowl, but this year: "I don't know. I might punish myself. That game the other day probably hurt more than any loss I've ever been a part of & it's because of the love for the team. So I don't know that I'll be tuning in for this one."
@206minotaur@onsideknight@hawkmania4 Dude no way. The NFL would never allow one of its best fan bases ever to leave the city. Especially when they know that city already lost an NBA team.
If the NFL even thought of that, then that is just unbelievable.
Paul Allen purchased the #Seahawks from Ken Behring in 1997 for a reported $200 million, which prevented the team from being relocated to Southern California. THANK YOU.
I trust Jody Allen not to do this to the team, move them, because we've had so much success since then, and she knows that the #12s are strong in Seattle.
But if the team does pull a Behring and I'm not posting per usual and I go dark. Just know that I am rioting, lol.
@riv2rp4ge@imightbepop he's good yea but not his natural position as he's a bit undersized, we would def get more out of him if we found an actual nose
The 2026–27 Seahawks Defense
EDGE: Maxx Crosby
DE: Leonard Williams
NT: Byron Murphy II
DE: Jarran Reed
EDGE: Demarcus Lawrence
LB: Ernest Jones
CB: Devon Witherspoon
CB: Riq Woolen
NB: Nick Emmanwori
S: Budda Baker
S: Julian Love
Yikes: The Rams told Cooper Kupp to retire from football and even warned teams not to pay him anything more than the veteran minimum in free agency.
The Seahawks ignored them and gave Kupp a 3-year $45 million deal.
He is now one win away from another Super Bowl title.
(via @MikeSilver)