Seahawks Forever w/ Dan Viens

The vibes are all positive coming out of Mike Macdonald's first training camp as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, with the possible exception of one injury update.... **New leader identified (and paid!) on defense? **A familiar face returns to the Seahawks secondary after 2 years away **Injury lists down to just 4, but what's the latest on Abe Lucas? **Is a Connor Williams signing inevitable? And more!!!!! Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

It was just last year that the Seattle Seahawks drafted center Olu Oluwatimi in the 5th round after a decorated senior season at Michigan. After starting two games his rookie campaign in place of Evan Brown, he's been the first-team center all throughout OTA's and the presumed starter heading into the season. But the Seahawks interest in Connor Williams and the sneaky signing of another interesting UDFA rookie may indicate the team's desire to replace Olu with a different athletic profile. I'll discuss. Also, the Hawks got some outstanding news on the injury front and are hoping for more as Mike Macdonald gets set to address the media after today's opening training camp session. Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic has been covering the Seattle Seahawks for nearly 8 years now and has seen good..... and not-so-good teams. Today he shares his thoughts on where he sees this current Hawks team going, with a potential floor that may give fans pause before booking flights to the next Super Bowl. Mike also provides updates on a couple key injuries, and we chop it up about the current wave of player-driven inside access content, and where to draw the line when it comes to letting people into their lives. Enjoy! Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

Bryce Coutts of the Hawks Zone Rundown Podcast joins me for a LIVE Seahawks training camp preview. We took a bunch of great questions from YOU the fans. Check it out! Go Hawks! Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

Shawn Syed of Sumer Sports took the deep dive of all analytical deep dives in trying to get a feel for how the NFL's new kickoff rule will look as they unveil it for the first time this season. To do that, he went back to the genesis of the rule, the XFL, and charted every single kickoff play from their 2023 season. What trends did he find? How did teams scheme up the return game, and how did they choose to cover it? How does the rule the NFL is instituting differ from what the XFL did? How might it impact roster construction, and the game itself? Listen in to find out! Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

With Seattle Seahawks rookies finally hitting the practice field today for the start of Mike Macdonald's first training camp as head coach, I asked Ty Dane Gonzalez to momentarily take off his Mariners hat and talk some Hawks ball! Ty used to write for All Seahawks (SI) and produces the Seattle Overload podcast for Matty Brown and Griffin Sturgeon, and we've talked plenty of Seahawks over the years. It was great to have him back on and I'm sure you'll enjoy our wide-ranging conversation covering everything from rookies to watch (including UDFA's), the new coaching staff's approach fresh approach, "Hard Knocks" type access and whether we'll ever see that in Seattle, how the NFC West is shaping up and much more. Stick around for some BONUS content at the end where I ask Ty to assess the Mariners chances of potentially going big-fish hunting at the trade deadline as they attempt to hold onto their lead in the AL West. Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w Join YouTube Premium! Watch ALL videos across the app AD-FREE (a portion of the fees comes back to the channel) Hit the SUPER THANKS button! Or… just engage with the videos! Comment, critique, as questions. The more interaction the better! FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever For promotional or media inquiries - EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

Forget the questions, the concerns, the "what if's" and some of the negative national rhetoric when it comes to the 2024 Seattle Seahawks. Today I'm focusing on the POSITIVE, because there are plenty of reasons for it. FIVE to be exact. Here, presented for your consideration, are my 5 reasons to get EXCITED about this year's Seahawks team. SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w Join YouTube Premium! Watch ALL videos across the app AD-FREE (a portion of the fees comes back to the channel) Hit the SUPER THANKS button! Or… just engage with the videos! Comment, critique, as questions. The more interaction the better! FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever And for media inquiries or to book me for YOUR show - EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

According to a new statistical measure developed by Seahawks beat reporter Corbin Smith, Geno Smith gives you the best value of any NFL starting QB. Corbin joins me to today to talk about how he built this new metric, and what it means about Geno's performance and potentially his future in Seattle moving forward. Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

I've yet to put a number on how many games I think this new-look Seattle Seahawks team can, and will, win in 2024...... until now. Today I move beyond the general concepts that have driven my short-term outlook for the Hawks and finally put a number on it. In the process, I'll try and quantify the three categories I think most fans and analysts fall into when trying to measure this team's ceiling. Where do YOU fall on the spectrum of optimism? Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w

In this one I attempt to explore all the reasons some fans of the Seattle Seahawks believe DK Metcalf's value lies more in a potential trade piece than as one of their foundational players. Why do so many fans have a hard time wrapping their arms around the Seahawks star wide receiver? Or.... should they be thinking more in terms of whether the team should actually EXTEND him beyond the end of his current contract in 2025? I present both sides of the debate here. YOU be the judge. Be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts! Here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w Join YouTube Premium! Watch ALL videos across the app AD-FREE (a portion of the fees comes back to the channel) Hit the SUPER THANKS button! Or… just engage with the videos! Comment, critique, as questions. The more interaction the better! FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever And for media inquiries or to book me for YOUR show - EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com All content on this YouTube channel is produced, written, edited & performed by Dan Viens. All content on this channel is copyrighted and/or licensed to be used under permitted audiovisual grounds, and/or for the single use of "fair use" under news reporting and/or teaching only. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. No copyright infringement intended. No video is used on this channel that has previously been broadcast and thus unauthorized for use. Only all-22 tape is used, and done so within the legally defined context of “fair use.” Any re-broadcast, or unauthorized use of content produced on this channel is strictly prohibited and subject to legal consequences unless otherwise permitted by the owner.

I joined Ryan and Bryce on their awesome HawksZone Rundown Podcast this week and together we put together an ALL-TIME Seahawks roster and depth chart. I really love what these guys are doing and want to promote their content in any way that I can so I'm re-posting the show here for you to enjoy! So if you do like the episode, do me and yourself a favor and give their channel a sub! Here's the link!!! https://www.youtube.com/@hawkszonerundown Meanwhile.... here’s how you can support the Seahawks Forever channel: SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg Prefer audio? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe Buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w Join YouTube Premium! Watch ALL videos across the app AD-FREE (a portion of the fees comes back to the channel) Hit the SUPER THANKS button! Or… just engage with the videos! Comment, critique, as questions. The more interaction the better! FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever And for media inquiries or to book me for YOUR show - EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

Jeff Simmons of the Real Hawk Talk podcast joins me to dive into the Seattle Seahawks 2025 roster. As new head coach Mike Macdonald attempts to mold a championship contender in the pacific northwest, are the pieces in place to build a super bowl foundation? We'll look at which positions are locked in for next season and beyond, and determine which others may need to be addressed in the draft or free agency.... as well as how the salary cap shapes up, and how John Schneider and his front office can create more salary flexibility if needed. SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

While optimism seems to be high among fans that the Seattle Seahawks will return to their contending ways with an improved roster and new head coach Mike Macdonald in the fold, the national media is painting a different picture. Many of them (if not most) are projecting Seattle to finish not only out of the playoff race, but in some cases last in the NFC West (yes, BEHIND the Cardinals!) Why is this? I've identified a number of reasons that may help explain their reluctance to get on the Seahawks hype train just yet. SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

Now that the Seattle Seahawks have officially wrapped up their offseason program, they'll get their longest break of the year before reconvening for training camp in late July. New head coach Mike Macdonald and his staff were so pleased with the performance at mandatory minicamp last week that they excused the team a day early to begin their summer break in earnest. What did we learn about this team over the last few months? Tune in for my list of what I think are the 5 biggest storylines after OTA's were all said and done. SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

John Schneider is in his 15th season as general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, and this year he added VP of Football Operations to his title after the departure of legendary head coach Pete Carroll. Schneider has had some good strategic offseasons, some admittedly bad ones, but also many GREAT ones. Where does this offseason - his first without Carroll by his side - fit on his resume? While it is certainly too soon to tell, we can get an idea of where it MIGHT slot in by RANKING HIS BEST-EVER OFFSEASONS! Tune in, give it a listen, and then YOU tell ME where you think I got it right or wrong - and chip in with YOUR rankings.... and do you think 2024 has a shot to make the list in a few years? SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

Bill Alvstad and Keith Myers co-host the Seahawks Playbook Podcast and have becomes friends of mine, and the show. Today they join me to talk "blue chip" Seahawks players, which players are going to benefit most from the new schemes and coaching staff, as well as take YOUR questions and comments. Tune in! Check out the Seahawks Playbook Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCrqT5lY2HBi... Bill Alvstad on Twitter: @NWSeahawk Keith Myers on Twitter: @MyersNFL SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7... SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

The Geno Smith debate has raged for two years now, and will continue on.... at least until we see how he fits and performs in Ryan Grubb's newly-installed Seahawks offense. Statistics are plentiful, and no matter where you stand on Geno's skill-level and value you can find numbers to support you argument. Which leads me to this question - where does Smith fit in the echelon on current NFL QB's? In this episode I try to quantify that not by number, but by attempting to determine a trade value. In essence - which other NFL QB's would you deal Smith for straight up if you had the chance? Play along with me, and let me know what YOU would do! Forever and Always.....Go Hawks! SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer!

When Bryce Coutts isn't recording episodes as co-host of the Hawks Zone Rundown podcast, he's coaching quarterbacks. After years of playing and coaching the QB position, he opened his own quarterback academy 3 years ago, where he gets to help tutor prospective signal-callers from the age of 10 all the way into their college years. So today, we're going to break down all the aspects of playing the position and how it relates to teaching, coaching, and development. Then we'll apply those concepts to the NFL, and take a deep dive into Seahawks history to try and construct the perfect quarterback from the team's history. This is a fun conversation so check it out! Check out Bryce's podcast with his co-host Ryan on the HawksZone Rundown Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@hawkszonerundown FOLLOW Bryce on Twitter @BryceCoutts SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com

Week 2 of the Seattle Seahawks voluntary full-squad minicamp is in the books, and as we begin to see, and hear, more about how practices are going - I present to you my 5 main takeaways from the workouts. SUBSCRIBE on Spotify for ad-free audio episodes, for just 99 cents a month! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seahawksforever-danviens/subscribe SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel for video versions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKP7ohrtTc8P0a4YIBUTfdg SUPPORT me and the channel - buy me a coffee, or a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dviens08w FOLLOW me on Twitter @SeahawksForever EMAIL dviens08@gmail.com