Will Seattle Seahawks threaten 49ers for NFC West title with Mike Macdonald? | Richard Sherman NFL

welcome to the new YouTube channel if you haven't already done it hit the Subscribe button to follow us all season long for updates and content so happy that you're here it's going to be a great year but let's go a little bit further north Richard to your Homeland Seattle um I know you stopped by training camp for a little bit the Seahawks look pretty darn good in that last game they let they let the big dogs eat a little bit you saw DK get in the end zone you saw jsn do his thing like what what are your thoughts about Seattle because they've kind of been a dark horse you know and I don't know what teams expect out of them this year is Seattle legitimate contender in the NFC West no question no question about it they're legitimate and I think it's their Poise to have a really great season and and obviously I think they make the playoffs uh because they were built well to begin with you know they have the receiving core that's explosive they have the explosive back in K9 they got a really solid offensive line that was really beat up last year both tackles were injured um I think Lucas is still on the shelf for a couple uh couple weeks um but they brought in uh George Fant to to help with that transition Charles cross is healthy again and he looks really good uh big monster of a man I think that's going to be good Gino looks as good as he's ever been if you keep him up upright and protected he's as good as anybody right now you can talk about his history and whatever I don't really care about that since he's been in Seattle and he's been the starter he's been really good most of the time now he's had moments where he struggled because they can't keep him upright nobody does well you getting hit in the face um every day you lose both tackles that's going to be tough on anybody on the other side of the ball I think is where they're going to take their greatest leap is because they built this defensive line and it had me scratching my head for a while Mitchell because I was sitting there like okay y'all are stockpiling a lot of defensive line men right now you got jiren Reed you got Leonard Williams you got Byron Murphy who you just took in the first round U and you're like all right that's a lot you still got you still got Boyer MAF on the edge you just traded for a linebacker to play Edge for you um who am I missing I'm missen nosu who is out unfortunately nosu is out for the first four games but he was probably their best pass rusher and was probably going to benefit the most I I think jiren Reed is probably going to benefit the most but he's up there and I think Byron Murphy is perfect for this system um and if you just talk about Justin matab matab from last year in Baltimore had a career year I don't think he had more than three sacks before Mike McDonald came in and changed that system and then he comes in and has I think 12 or 13 career year and that's crazy that's Aaron Donald numbers for a defensive tackle um and so that was really impressive but that that just goes to show what Mike McDonald likes um in a d lineman and his D lineman and they have such tremendous depth that's what's going to help him you got a lot more than the dline too rich you got a Witherspoon the kid was a stud last year I mean he's got that aggression I know you can speak a heck of a lot better out than I can towards cornerback play but goodness he's aggressive and then you got Tyreek woen fastest can be I mean Richard to me the Seahawks are a Darkhorse uh Contender there's always that team that rises out of nowhere and I think the Seahawks could be that this year no question I think the secondary is as good as anybody uh I think Tariq Woolen is set for a career year at the corner um I think Devon Witherspoon has been everything they could have imagined in more uh you just listened to Mike McDonald he glows when talking about him um they're really Dynamic they're playing fast they're playing confident my concern is at the linebacker um not not the down linebackers that they have but but the the guy the standup linebackers uh it's just a lot of unknowns there but in terms of the secondary and the corner Play It's been as good as ever um feel terrible for Arty Burns had an ACL injury in a preseason non- contct you know it just didn't look like anything really happened on the play and you know he was having a really good training camp really really poised to make a big difference for this team and so he's out and that's a huge blow to that defense and I don't think enough people were talking about that and then you got Jordan love out there he's going to make a he's going to be really great Kobe Bryant moved to safety that transition is going really well um and so it's going to be fun to watch it's going to be fun and you just can see the amount of pride when I spoke to the team that's what I impressed upon them that that that I really liked when watching them is just the amount of pride every level you know even when the twos and threes come in they they take pride and getting stops getting the ball getting off the field getting three and outs uh making a difference making tackles and I just I just think that had slowly been sliding away over the last couple years but Mike's brought it back and uh and I'm excited and that was them running all vanilla stuff they weren't running anything crazy nothing exotic so when they really they they got your boy bone Knicks and Denver coming into town first week I think it's going to be a lot for a rookie quarterback to deal with the noise in Seattle the fans are passionate they're excited about a new change and a new team and the energy it's going to be tough for a rookie to come in here and get a win want to discuss one last topic before we wrap here Rich the New York Jets right this is Aaron Rogers finally gets his moment after whatever it was five plays last year going down with the Achilles injury there's so much hype around this team I mean you see so many reports coming out that you know they're one of the top five rosters in football a lot of people are picking them to to go to the NFC their AFC Championship game like what are your true expectations of Aaron Rodgers in the Jets is it is it just hype or is this is this more realistic it's definitely realistic I mean if you just look at the defense last year and the last couple years they've been really good that's why you've hate that that they're getting wasted you know I hate when great defense just gets wasted because of bad quarterback play or bad offensive play or injuries on the offensive side because they deserve to go in playoffs with how hard and how well they were playing against some of the top offenses because they got to deal with Miami and all their speed and and Mike McDaniels Dynamic play calling and buffalo with Josh Allen and everything Stefon Diggs was bringing before they got rid of him and so I I'm really excited for him I hope it pans out exactly like they just because Sol is a great dude a great coach they deserve it their fans deserve it they've been in a drought for a long time and I hope he goes out there and you know for everything Aaron Rogers is off the field and all the controversy you know all the on that field he's still a savant he's still a problem and he's still an issue and he's still one of the greatest players to ever strap up cleats in the National Football League or any other Football League uh and so you give him all the respect in the world his teammates love him and I'm excited for gar Wilson to have his breakout gear after what he's had to deal with um even Lazar I'm sure he's excited for for to be back they're going to have a tough tough first game going to San Francisco to Santa Clara Aaron has just not historically played well against the San Francisco 49ers you don't say rich but maybe that changes but um I think you got an interception ball in your house that uh that speaks to that a little bit that speaks to that yeah was a couple couple um games where the score was double digits uh but yeah it's it's it's really a great roster but they just got to put it all together on this season you know this is this is the Allin season they've had good season they've been a fiood story everybody's felt bad for the tackle situation I think they lost four or five tackles last year both on the right and left side um so I hope everything comes together and they can just get in the playoffs and make noise and just play to the to the standard and and and play to their potential you know that'd be fun to see