The Mike Macdonald Show on Seattle Sports

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald breaks down everything he saw in the Seahawks win over the Panthers, including some of his commonly used phrases and why he uses them, the different ways in which they can win games, what has made his defense and some of the players on that side of the ball so effective and plenty more.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to recap the Seahawks huge win over the Rams last night, he describes how incredible the atmosphere was in the stadium, the Rams being so aggressive on 4th down early, how Sam Darnold performed, DeMarcus Lawrence and Leonard Williams importance in a mentally challenging game, the plan on the two point conversions, whether he knew that was a backward pass or not, and the overtime plan.

Mike Macdonald joins Brady Henderson and Mike Salk to discuss the Seahawks win over the Colts yesterday, how the Colts game plan was different than what they anticipated, why he thought Sam Darnold did a great job, Rashid Shaheed becoming a bigger part of the offense, his approach to clock management at the end of that game.,how important Jason Myers has been to this team, and not getting caught up in the hype of the rematch with the Rams Thursday.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Seahawks win over the Falcons. He breaks donw what he saw in the offensive turnaround from the first to second half, whether Darnold running a bit more was by design or not, the dominant defensve performance and Nick Emmanwori's big day, and predicting Rashid Shaheed's kickoff return for a TD.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Seahawks shutout win over Minnesota, how important DeMarcus Lawrence has been to this team, what his defense did best, what problems Minnesota's defense presented and how they shut down JSN, where he feels they are at with establishing his culture. Plus, some injury updates.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Seahawks win over the Titans, what impressed him about Cam Ward, the tackling with a lot of depth guys stepping up, whether he considers his team a fun loving bunch, JSN breaking records while not looking for the spotlight, and the support they felt from the large number of Seahawks fans that traveled to Tennessee.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss yesterday's loss, how he makes crucial in game decisions while calling defense, what it's like to go head to head with Sean McVay, how he will approach trying to cut back turnovers with wanting Darnold to remain aggressive, what a healthy Uchenna Nwosu brings to this team, the Rams executing a perfect punt, and some injury updates.

Mike Macdonald joins the show to discuss what it's like on the sidelines when you open up a big lead as the Seahawks did yesterday, what he likes about the pass rush, how Nick Emmanwori has grown, the importance of the special teams play, the run pass ratio yesterday, what he saw from Rashid Shaheed and an injury update on Jarran Reed.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss why he was so happy with his team's performance in last night's win, what complementary football means to him, whether he can feel a freedom as a playcaller with how many blitzing options are available to him, what DeMarcus Lawrence brings to the team, if the numbers being out out there for Grey Zabel support what he sees, how the Bucs loss helped them and how Brandon Pili ended up on kickoff coverage.

Mike Macdonald joins the show to discuss the Seahawks win over the Texans last night. He discusses how well the defense played, Leonard Williams' instincts, Josh Jobe's growth, the importance of Jarran Reed to what they do, and why Jaxon Smith-Njigba is so difficult to cover

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to break down yesterday's win over the Jaguars. He discusses the improvement in tackling, how they got som much defensive pressure, why Jaxon Smith Njigba has been so incredibly consistent, why they've had Sam Darnold under center so much this season and the struggles in the run game.

Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss yesterday's loss. He talks about what jumped out to him watching the film back, the impressive QB performances from Mayfield and Darnold, the growth of AJ Barner, why he was disappointed in his defense's tackling efforts, and where they stand with injuries.

Mike Macdonald joins the show to discuss, the win against Arizona, playing on a short week, Sam Darnold's impressive play, Leonard Williams deserving more love on a national level for his play, how they are getting so much pressure without blitzing a lot, and the confidence they had in Jason Myers.

Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald joins us to discuss, a complete team win, Tory Horton's big punt return TD, what makes ST coach Jay Harbaugh so good, why the rushing numbers weren't there yesterday, how they were able to be so successful on defense while missing some key players, and what he's seen from Sam Darnold so far.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss how his team is evolving and learning how to win games when adversity hits. He also talked about Ernest Jones' leadership, Josh Jobe answering the call, Riq Woolen having a bounceback week, the Steelers kickoff miscue that resulted in a George Holani TD, JSN's looking dominant again, the rushing attack and injury updates.

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss what he saw when watching the film back on yesterday's loss, where they are in their goal of playing complementary football, why hey chose to kick a FG instead of going for it on fourth down, how Sam Darnold played and what the coaching notes are for Riq Woolen.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss what went into the decision to let go of offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, what he wants the offensive identity to be going forward, plenty of his takeaays from his first season as the Seahawks head coach, and more.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk after the Seahawks win over the Bears to share everything that he saw in the contest.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk after the Seahawks loss to the Vikings to share all of his takeaways.

Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to discuss what he saw on the film, how Geno Smith is doing, their defensive adjusments, what he saw from Sam Howell, what has allowed Jaxon Smith-Njigba to reahc his full potential and why Geno Smith is struggling in the red zone.