Seahawks Hope To Touchdown In Houston

The Seattle Seahawks play Sunday in Houston 

against the Texans. This is  a winnable  game 

since the Texans  have only two wins.

The Seahawks  will be without  safety Jamal

Adam's who will miss the rest of the season..

Adam's had surgery  on  a  shoulder. The 

question how will  this effect him in the years 

ahead. Ryan O'Neal will start  in Adam's  spot.

The Washington Huskies  have hired to assistant 

coaches in offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb and

Julius Brown cornerback coach. Both come  over

from Fresno  Stat Also, Courtney  Morgan named 

as UW director of player personnel. Morgan  will 

be in charge of recruiting. He comes over from

University of  Michigan.  More staff will be named

over the next week or  so.

The Seattle Mariners 40-man Roster

Although  the players  are  locked  out   might 

as well look  at the 40 man roster. I  am  sure 

after the lock  out is over things  will change

in that regard. 

Of the 40 roster  spots  21 of them are pitchers..

The Mariners  will go with five  starting pitcher

and  eight or nine  relievers. Say they  go with 

nine relievers than make 14 pitchers and 12

position players  on 26 man roster for  the 

season. This would depend on the collective 

bargaining agreement. They could  go with 28 

players. Doing so the players would have to 

give up something in the agreement.

The Mariners starting  five will be recently 

signed Cy Young winner Robbie Ray, Marco

Gonzales,  Chris  Flexen, Logan  Gilbert plus

one more.  This could be Matt Brash who 

had a successful  season in double-A in 2021. 

This would mean Justus Sheffield and or 

Justin Dunn could be  in the  bullpen or traded.

 Another candidate would  be Nick Margevicius 

who was injured  most of last season.

In the bullpen three who will be counted  on to

pitch the eighth and ninth innings will be Paul 

Sewald, Drew Steckenrider and Diego Castillo.

The Mariners  have Ken Giles and Andres Munoz 

who can pitch late innings as well. Casey Sadler

who had  outstanding season in 2021 will again

be the first reliever out of the bullpen and then at 

least one lefty. Last year Anthony  Misiewicz was

the only  one  most of last season. He didn't have a 

good season  so Margevicius  or Sheffield  could  

take his  spot though  more likely  long reliever and

 spot starter. This would leave two relievers  left.

The Mariners have Erik Swanson and  Yohan Ramirez 

that could fill one or two spots. The Mariners  have  a

few others  who  spent time  in the  minors as well. 

They could add one  or more to compete.

At catcher they have Cal Raleigh,  Tom Murphy, Luis

Torrens, and Jose Godoy. Raleigh will likely be  the

starter with  Murphy catching against lefties on 

occasion.  Torrens do some dh well as first base along 

with catching. Godoy likely  begin at triple-A. Murphy

 or Torrens could  be  traded to.

In the  infield  Ty France  at first  base, with newly

acquired Adam Frazier at second, JP Crawford at short, 

and Abraham  Toro at third. This  will  depend  on signing

a free agent  or not.  Not  sure whether Dylan  Moore be

on the team or not.  Evan White be on the team or not.

Might play  left field too. 

In the outfield right now  Kyle Lewis  if healthy be in left or 

center field. Jarred Kelenic be either spot  to. Mitch Haniger 

in right. Lewis and  Haniger will do some dh as well. Jake

Fraley  be the 4th outfielder if he is on the ball club. Julio 

Rodriguez is the  big one whether  he starts the season or 

arrives in a month  or  two.  The Mariners  have Taylor 

Trammell still. 

We look forward to another good season  ahead. Go M's

Huskies Add Offensive Coordinator

Washington Huskies head coach Kalen
DeBoer on Monday announced the hiring
of his first assistant coach to the staff.

DeBoer hired Ryan Grubb as offensive

coordinator and quarterback coach. This

will be the fourth stop where Grubb is

on the same staff as DeBoer. They were

together at Sioux Falls followed by

Eastern Michigan and Fresno State.

It is good to have someone who knows

your offense and how to run it. 

DeBoer should start hiring the rest of

his staff in the coming days. The biggest

hiring coming up next will be the defense

coordinator. What defense they run will

be determined by the coordinator. 

The Huskies have a talented group on

the defensive side of the ball. They were

the reason the Huskies were in any of

their games this last season. If they need

improvement it is on run defense. Whether

this coordinator comes from Fresno State

or elsewhere we will find out soon. 

Bob Gregory the defensive coordinator 

turned interim head coach likely won't

return but we have heard stranger things

before. It will be interesting to see any

members of the Washington staff from

2021 will be back. Go Dawgs!

Seahawks Beat 49ers

It wasn't an easy win but the best the
Seahawks have had in a while. In fact,
they haven't won since Halloween.

The Seahawks beat the 49ers 30-23.

The Seahawks got off to the start 

where Travis Homer took a fake punt

on the first possession all the way for

a touchdown. The 49ers though scored

17 unanswered points before the Seahawks

were able to do anything else positive.

Gerald Everett the Seahawks signed as

a free agent during the off-season from

the Rams had three turnovers including

two fumbles. One fumble was critical 

late in the game when the Seahawks look

like they were going to put the game away

with a touchdown. The Seahawks had

Everett run the ball but he fumbled on

the one run line. 

The 49ers went down the field like the

were going to score to tie the game without

time left on the clock. It looked like a sure

thing. The Seahawks couldn't tackle at all

until 49ers were inside Seattle's five yard

line. The Seahawks have been tough on

defense when the other team is in the red

zone. Again this happened. Sidney Jones

was able to stop a pass on third down

then on fourth down Carlos Dunlap batted

a ball away that gave the ball back to

Seattle. Russell Wilson went to the knee

and that was the ball game.

The Seahawks go to Houston next Sunday

to take on the Texans. The Texans have

only won two games so the Seahawks 

should win the game. We know with 

them anything can happen. The Seahawks

are now 4-8. They have to win their final

five games to have any chance to get in

the playoffs though things have to go 

their way still to get in. 

Even if the Seahawks go to the playoffs 

which is unlikely changes will need to

done to the team. They will need changes

on offense as well as defense. Also,

changes to the coaching staff too. Not

sure whether that has to do with Pete 

Carroll or the assistants. 

We will look at how things go during 

the off-season. One loss in these five

games remaining pretty much do the

Seahawks in. 

I get tired what I hear about the Seahawks

during the off-season, however, this year

is worse than in previous ten years or so. 

Will they have to rebuild? Like the 

Mariners have been doing. The problem 

they don't have any early draft

picks since they traded with the Jets to

pick up Jamal Adams. I am sure we will

have discussions about trading for Adams

as well. Juror is still out of him but sure

makes it hard on the Seahawks to do 

anything in the draft. 

The Seahawks will have to do some 

trading of players to get additional draft 

picks throughout the draft. They will 

have to sign some free agents and make 

no mistakes on them too. Go Hawks! 

Looking toward next season

Whether  talking about the Seattle Mariners

 or the Seattle Seahawks or the Washington 

Huskies football we hope  for better things.

The Mariners have hope for  a better year

then the football  teams.  The Mariners have 

better starting pitching and  the offense has

improved with  more to come we hope. We

hope  the lock down doesn't  last long and

be over in January. 

The Seahawks  have questions on both 

sides of the ball.  I am  sure  fans will

speculate what the future of Coach Pete 

 Carroll, his coaching staff and changes

to the roster  especially Russell Wilson. 

The Huskies have a new Head Coach so

that gives  hope and they have some good 

young players. We hope the Coach brings 

in good assistances. The offense will need

improve a lot too. The  wide receivers are 

good; they need help  on the line and at

running back. On defense  improve against 

the run and still good against the pass.

Seattle Kraken and Mariner Updates

The Seattle Kraken won two games in a row beating the Florida Panthers 4-1 and the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 in a high scoring affair. On Wednesday the Kraken lost in overtime 4-3 to the Detroit
Red Wings. All three games were on the road.
The Kraken come home on Friday night to take
on the Edmonton Oilers. It will not be an easy
game to win. The Kraken right now are 8-13-2.

On Wednesday major league baseball went  on

lockout. We won't likely hear any baseball news

for a while unless they get to a new agreement 

earlier.

Max Scherzer now of the New York Mets signing 

a large contract said the players don't like the lack

of competition because of several teams rebuilding

such as the Seattle Mariners. So veteran players

that are not superstars were losing their jobs. 

Scherzer should not be one to talk about that.

Also, several players who are on the players union

sub-committee signed large contracts to. 

I don't know about the other teams that are rebuilding

Jerry Dipoto and the Mariners realized they likely

would not make the playoffs with the current roster

back in 2018. They won 89 games that year but under

.500 after the all-star break. Having an older club

Dipoto felt it was time to make the changes. 

Two players Dipoto traded were Robinson Cano and

 Mike Zunino who I last seen are still playing in the

 major leagues though Cano did not play in 2021 for

 being suspended once again. 

The Mariners have gone from the worst farm system

to one of the top two in baseball. This should be good

news instead of these high salary players who think

they are standing up for the middle salary players. If

you are so concerned don't make as much money so

other players can make more money. Other words

get off your high horse. 

I guess this means we have to write about the

winter sports as where the Mariners will go this

coming  season. Hopefully this will be resolved 

sooner then later.

Seattle Mariners and More

The Seattle Mariners five-year contract
with Robbie Ray was finalized on Tuesday.
They also signed reliever Andres Munoz
to a four- year deal plus options for three
more years. Munoz was part of the trade
that brought Ty France, Luis Torrens and
Taylor Trammell at the trading deadline
in 2020 from San Diego. He spent most
of 2021 out recovering from Tommy John
surgery.

Major league baseball owners and players

are still negotiating on a new collective 

bargaining agreement. If  there is an impasse

than likely the players will be locked out 

and no baseball business will be done until

a new agreement is settled.

The Mariners signed Casey Sadler to a new 

contract and tendered contract to 33 players.

The Seahawks are 3-8 now after their loss

to the Washington Football team on Monday

night. They would have to win all remaining

games to have a chance. It will be interesting

off-season to say the least.

Washington Huskies new Head Coach Kalen

DeBoer had his introduction press conference

on Tuesday. He said all the right things. See

how it turns out.