Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 34 - NY State of Mind Open: Seattle Seahawks Fans, welcome back to the Hawks Playbook Podcast. Join us as we recap the great complete team win in the Big Apple against the NY Giants. Featured Segment: Seahawks win on the road vs. the Giants Seattle finally has a pretty good complete game. The Seattle Seahawks dominate…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 33 - Bye Week Follies In the news: The Seahawks appear to be in the market for an upgrade at Left Tackle during the break, but so far, have not added a player to the roster. LTs. Cordy Glenn, Duane Brown, and Brandon Albert are all in play.Deshawn Shead, Dion Jordan and Malik McDowell all eligible to begin practicing …

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 32 The LA Chronicles Open: Welcome to the Hawks Playbook Podcast. Thanks for joining your Hosts Bill Alvstad and Keith Myers. Our Seattle Seahawks enter their bye week in 1st place after beating the Rams 16-10 on the road in LA. In the News Michael Bennett has plantar fasciitis issue. Luke Joeckel having knee surgery …

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 31 – Seahawks Terrific Win is Costly Open: Hello again Seahawks fans and welcome to the show! Featured Segment: Great Win Proves Very Costly We don’t know exactly how costly just yet, but 4 key Seahawks players left the game with injuries, some rather significant. Most of which was an ankle injury to running back Chri…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 30 Titan Fall In the News: Team protests, but does so by not coming out for anthem after President Trumps comments. Bill and Keith get into this a bit. For us is this: Let’s have a conversation, listen and by empathetic. Doug Baldwin left game with groin injury. Baldwin said Tuesday afternoon that he expects to play t…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 29 – Seahawks Make Winning Hard Open: By almost all accounts, the 49ers are terrible, but the game much harder to put away than was to be expected. Maybe the Seahawks offense is THAT bad. Featured Segment: Seahawks Win Despite our Below Than Average Offense Keys to the game: Wilson completed 23-of-39 passes for 198 ya…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 28 – Loss on the Road in Green Bay Open: While Seattle did fall in it’s opening game to the Packers, there were some positives. There were a number of negatives as well, almost all on offense. Featured Segment: 5 Takeaways from loss to Green Bay Packers The offensive Line play was the worst-case scenario given the hop…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 27 - Regular Season Schedule Predictions Open: We had a great time recording this episode, and came to an agreement on more than a few games. So sit back, relax and hold on to your favorite beverage as Bill and Keith walk you through each game and predict who wins and who loses. Featured Segment: Regular Season Schedu…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 26 Exploring the 53-man roster Open: Welcome again to the Hawks Playbook Podcast with your Host’s Bill Alvstad and Keith Myers. It’s been a great off season since we started 6 months ago way back in February, and here we are 26 episodes later. If you have been with us since the beginning, we thank you. If you’re just …

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 25 - Bubble Burst Open: We are at episode 25, almost ½ a year of bringing you a weekly show devoted entirely to your team, the Seattle Seahawks. The next 25 episodes will hopefully take us all the way past a Seahawks appearance in Super Bowl 52 at the new Vikings Stadium in Minneapolis. Each week until then, we will b…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Eps.24 Preseason Game 2 Review: Seahawks vs Vikings In the News: • Seahawks acquire OT Matt Tobin in a trade with the Eagles and signed OT Tyrus Thompson. • Justin Britt signed a 3 year, $27M extension with $5M in guarantees. • Signed CB Tramaine Brock. Vet min deal with no guarantees. Featured Segment: Seahawks beat Vikings …

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 23 Preseason Game 1 Review / Game Two Preview (Vikings) Open: This game showed us that the Seattle Seahawks have great depth this year and the cut down to the 53-man roster is going to be extremely tough. Seattle Seahawks vs Los Angeles Chargers Game Review: Let’s first look in depth at the offensive line. Keith did s…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 22 Training Camp Review Volume 2 Open: Today’s show focusses on the 2nd week of training camp, as well as a quick preview of the first Pre-Season game against the LA Chargers. News Items this week: •Malik McDowell has “multiple injuries” and is expected to miss “considerable time.” •Baldwin and Clark both injured on T…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 21 - Training Camp Report Vol. 1 Open: This week’s episode is focused on the first week of training camp for the Seahawks, which began on Sunday. We have finally made it passed “the offseason” and have moved onto the Pre-Season phase of Seahawks football! News: An otherwise celebratory atmosphere of the opening day of…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 20 - Training Camp Primer Open:This weekend marks the opening of the Seattle Seahawks Training Camp at the Virginia Mason practice facility in Renton, Washington. In today’s show, Bill and Keith will focus on what questions should be answered by the end of camp. Who we think will step up, and who we think might fall. …

Open: It is our first-annual Beer and Expectations show! This will be a longer-than normal show as Bill and Keith consume beverages on air while discussion the upcoming season. Topic 1: Beer Keith and Bill sample a variety of beers, and discuss the process of creating everyone’s favorite alcoholic beverage. They discuss the different beer varieties…

Open Featured Segment: Coaching Staff Part 2 Offensive Coaches QB – Carl Smith Assistant QB – Will Harriger Running Backs – Chad Morton Wide Receivers – Dave Canales Assistant Wide Receivers – Nate Carroll Tight Ends – Pat McPherson Assistant Offensive Line – Pat Ruel Assistant Offensive Line – Brennan Carroll Defensive Coaches Linebackers – Michea…

Open Featured Segment: Seattle Seahawks Coaches Pete Carroll: Keith and I review Pete’s tenure with the Seahawks, beginning with his arrival in 2010 as Head Coach and Vice President of Football Operations. In his first year, the team had over 200 player personnel transactions to begin to rebuild this team in Pete's image. Darrell Bevell: Bill and K…

Open: Welcome to the Podcast. The show is hosted by Bill Alvstad, and features Seattle Seahawks Writer and podcaster Keith Myers. Today’s Episode dives into the camp battles sure to take place between the players the Seahawks have on the roster at the safety position. At the end of the segment, we will also spend a few minutes discussing what Speci…

Open: Welcome to the show with host Bill Alvstad and featuring as always, Keith Myers. Remember to check out the new website at HawksPlaybook.com and have a look around. All 15 Podcast Shows are located on the site, and a few other articles to keep you busy in the off-season. This Week in the news: • Eddie Lacy keeps collecting bonus money, and it …

Open: Hello Seahawks fans, welcome to the Hawks Playbook Podcast We are excited to announce that the HawksPlaybook.com website is now live. The website will feature the Hawks Playbook Podcast. It will also offer original written content including editorial, opinion and featured articles all through the year. Come on to the site, check it out, liste…

Hawks Playbook Podcast Episode 13 – Defensive Line Battles: Defensive Tackles & Defensive Ends Open: Welcome to The Hawks Playbook Podcast This week in the News: •The passing of Seahawks legend Cortez Kennedy DT from 1990-2000 / Ring of Honor / Hall of Famer. •Seahawks started their OTA’s (Organized Team Activities) on Tuesday. •Kaepernick came in …

HAWKS PLAYBOOK PODCAST EPISODE 12 - CAMP BATTLES OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES Coach Tom Cable has indicated his initial desire to move Mark Glowinski from Left Guard, where he took his snaps in 2016, over to the Right Guard position in 2017. His spot on that side may end up being contingent on the battle to take place at Right Tackle between Germa…

open News: Seahawks interest in Colin KaepernickRookie minicamp: Greyson popsMcDowel undersizedPocik at RTEddie Lacy weigh-in complete Wide Receiver Doug BaldwinPaul RichardsonTyler LockettJermaine KearseAmara DarbohTanner McEvoyKenny LawlerKasen WilliamsCyril GreysonJamel JohnsonRodney SmithDavid Moore Tight End Jimmy GrahamLuke WillsonNick Vanett…

Episode 10 - Roster Battles: Offensive skill positions open News: Jarran Reed arrested on domestic assault charges; Frank Clark blows up at female reporter Featured Segment - Roster Battles: offensive skill positions Quarterback Russell WilsonTravone BoykinJake Heaps Running Back Eddie LacyThomas RawlsCJ ProciseAlex CollinsTroymaine PopeMike DavisC…

HAWKS PLAYBOOK PODCAST / EPISODE 9 / POST DRAFT PARTY OR HANGOVER? OPEN General Draft discussion and post draft meltdown: What went right, what went wrong? Why so much doom and gloom out there? Lighten up kiddo’s, this is supposed to be fun! General player discussion. What did you like about our first two moves in the draft? Malik McDowell at Rd. 2…

Open Draft preview How the Seahawks grade intangibles in draft targets. Featured Segment – Seattle Seahawks draft targets Offensive tackleOffensive guardsCornerbackLinebackerDefensive tackleSafety Other potential options Closeעל ידי Hawks Playbook

HAWKS PLAYBOOK PODCAST EPISODE 7 •SEAHAWKS DRAFT NEEDS PRIORITIES OPEN JUST OVER 1 WEEK UNTIL 2017 NFL DRAFT QUICK FREE AGENCY PLAYER REVIEW FOR SEAHAWKS…WHO DID THEY GET/RESIGN • LUKE JOECKEL LT • EDDIE LACY RB • ODAY ABOUSHI RG • LUKE WILLSON TE • DION JORDAN EDGE • CYRIL GRAYSON WR • TERENCE GARVIN LB • DEWEY MCDONALD LB • MICHAEL WILHOITE LB • …

Open News Dion Jordan signingCal QB in for a visit Featured Segment – Mock Draft Keith’s Mock draft: ROUND 2 / PICK 1 KEVIN KING CB WASHINGTON ROUND 2 / PICK 17 DEREK RIVERS DE/OLB YOUNGSTOWN ST. ROUND 3 / PICK 1 AHKELLO WHITHERSPOON CB COLORADO ROUND 3 / PICK 26 NOBLE NWACHUKWU DE WEST VIRGINIA ROUND 3 / PICK 42 ISAAC ASIATA OG UTAH ROUND 4 / PICK…

Episode 5: The good, the bad, and the distracting open Richard Sherman trade news: What to make of statements from Pete Carroll and John SchneiderWhy the Seahawks would even want to do this.What compensation would be acceptable? Marshawn Lynch unretirment Why now? Why Oakland?How it plays out The Pierre Desir story Who is he?His role in SeattleWhy …

Bill and Keith recap the NFL free agency period and discuss all the 1-year contracts that the Seattle Seahawks have signed this year. Episode 4 – The Dregs of Free Agency Open Bill’s trip Featured Segment – Seahawks additions since last episode Eddie Lacy (discussed potential last episode) Oday Aboushi Bradley McDougald 3 new LBs Aruthur Brown Terr…

Episode 3 - NFL Combine review and Free Agency Primer Combine Solid DB class, including standouts like Kevin King from WashingtonSafety group: Budda Baker vs Obi Melifonwu Poor showing by offensive line group Featured Segment - Free agency What does Luke Joeckel add?The importance of adding TJ LangSeattle's interest in veteran RBs Seahawks Mailbag:…

Episode 2 - SEAHAWKS DEFENSE YEAR IN REVIEW Week in Review John Schneider's Combine presserGo over the combine…what it is, what it means for players, what it means for teams. Featured Segment - Defensive Overview / Position Groups Defensive LineLinebackersSafetiesCornersSpecial Teams QUESTION: Has Seattle's defense lost its identity? Expectations f…

Episode 1- State of the Offense and 2016 Review Brief intro of our new show and what to expect in the comming months Featured Segment The offensive line problem, current and futureWill Luke Willson return?The state of the WRs, and what to think of Tanner McEvoySeattle's RB questionsThe Growth of Trevone BoykinThe 2016 offense was better than you pr…