Brock And Salk

Adam Jude reports that Luke Raley will be activated this weekend. Who does he replace? Then, we hear from John Schneider on the three and out podcast about some similar qualities between Jalen Milroe and Brett Favre. Plus, Salk crowns this week's Trash Takes winner.

The hour starts with listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. After that, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show to discuss Seahawks OTA's, where they could still improve the roster and more.

Brock and Salk talk through getting closer to Brock's daughter's wedding and what the seating chart could  look like. They then go through where the economics in sports are at with both the Lakers and Rays set to sell their teams. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on ESPN's NFL All-Century Team, what stood out from Trey Lance's rookie year with Kyle Shanahan and Shedeur Sanders.

Salk talks through an article written by Awful Announcing discussing how MLB streaming could change in time and may try to model it after the NBA. Then, they re-air their conversation with former Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck.

How do the Mariners balance a need to be aggressive at the trade deadline with the lack of top tier talent expected to be available? Then, Joon Lee joins us to talk about his NYT piece on how private equity and streaming services are making it more expensive and less communal to be a sports fan.

Brock and Salk dive in on how great Cal Raleigh is and reference how fascinated Johnny Bench is with him as well. Later, former Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck joins the show to talk about being honored as one of the Top 50 Seahawks, how he thinks the Seahawks will fare in 2025 and more.

Brock and Salk talk through the Mariners win on Tuesday along with how different the offense looka on anightly basis. They then get into a fascinating article written by Joon Lee of Yahoo Sports regarding the tough costs of being a sports fan and what the ramifications of these sports moving forward could be. In Blue 88, topics include Lofa Tatupu's opinion on the new Seahawks defense, a fear that Brock has regarding the state of college football and a national opinion about eh optimism of the Seahawks.

Salk spends the opening segment discussing the Panthers winning the Stanley Cup title along with Cal Raleigh's ridiculous game against the Red Sox. Later, they re-air their conversation with Jeff Passan of ESPN in which he shares his insight on the Mariners recent games, the trade deadline and more.

We dig into Jeff Passan's comments that he doesn't believe the M's would actually make a run at a player like Devers because of the price tag. Then, we discuss Bradley Chubb calling out the Dolphins "lying to themselves" last year, Dak Prescott saying Super Bowl over legacy and the Browns potentially carrying 4 QB's into the season in Around the NFL. PLus, we talk favorite cartoons, chewing tobacco and wedding dances in Answer the Question Jerk.

Brock and Salk dig into PFF citing Klint Kubiak as the reason for Seahawks optimism in 2025 and they are intrigued, but it also wasn't the answer they were expecting. Later, Jeff Passan of ESPN joins the show to discuss the Mariners recent stretch of games, the Mariners getting All Star votes, Rafael Devers and more.

Brock and Salk talk through how important the return of Logan Gilbert is and how clearly he is the ace of the staff, watching him back on the mound. They also react to some sound from Jerry Dipoto on MLB Network on Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh and more. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at the typical NFL player schedule between mini camp and tarining camp, who the highest rated position group on the Seahawks is and a potential Michael Penix breakout season.

The Mariners lose to the Red Sox and Salk talks through some of the challengges that the Mariners battled on Monday, along with marveling at the return of Logan Gilbert and how dominant he looked in just his first start back. Afterwardsm, they re-air their conversation with Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith on the Mariners series win over Cleveland, the trade deadline and more.

We discuss JP Crawford's impressive season and how much injuries must have been affecting him last year. Then, we react to Colin Cowherd's comments on Caitlin Clark's ability to draw eyes to her sport. Plus, Salk presents the idea of doing away with the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts.

Salk was asked a question over the weekend: how are the Seahawks going to be in 2025? Him and Brock discuss. Then, Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith joins the show to discuss what changed for the Mariners this past weekend, what the trade deadline could look like and more.

Brock and Salk go through what clicked so well for the Mariners over the weekend against the Guardians, leading to the sweep. They also look through who could be available for the mariners at the trade deadline, especially after Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen said over the weekend that the Diamondbacks plan to be buyers at the deadline, rather than sellers. In Blue 88, topics include why the next month is less scary to NFL teams than it used to be, what Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford had in common in 2024 and the instability of college football.

Salk opens up the show by diving in on the Mariners sweep over the Guardians, and he further elaborates on how difficult it is to predict the game of baseball with the last week of Mariners games being a prime example. Then, they go Around The Weekend with stories from the Mariners, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals and more.

Brock wraps up his countdown of takeaways from minicamp with Jalen Milroe. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the M's weekend series wth the Guardians, Brady Henderson's explanation of why Nick Emmanwori and Elijah Arroyo are practicing depsite their contracts not being finalized and the thrilling finish to the Panthers Oilers game last night. Plus, we take your calls as we do every Friday.

Brock and Salk rank Autralia related things to open the hour in honor of Kangaroo Court night tonight at the Mariners game. Later, Mariners Insider Shannon Drayer joins the show to share her insight on the Mariners road trip, what the trade deadline could look like and more.

Jim Bowden writes that the Mariners need to be aggressive at the deadline, and Brock and Salk discuss what that could look like. They also go Around The NFL with stories from the Colts new owner, DK Metcalf and more. In Blue 88, topics include Cliff Avril, UW recruiting and someone that could do real red zone damage for the Seahawks this year.

The show starts by reading through some recent Apple Podcast of reviews. Some positive, some not as much. Then, Kraken broadcaster John Forslund jjoins the show to discuss the Stanley Cup Finals and all of the changes that have been made by the Kraken.