The Super Bowl and its massive production has finally returned after a turbulent season that ultimately led to a rematch between the same finalists two years ago. It’s a bittersweet weekend for Seattle Seahawks fans, who can reflect on both the highest of highs — winning a Super Bowl by five touchdowns — and the lowest of lows — losing on the game’s final play at the goal line — that this weekend brings.

For the franchise’s former players, it’s the loss of Super Bowl XLIX against New England that lingers the most.

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“Do you still think about that Super Bowl?” ����Xվ Newsradio’s Gee Scott asked on his Seattle Seahawks-themed podcast, .

“Definitely,” responded , former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle and Super Bowl champion. “I think about how close we were to winning the second one. And I think we could have went to three. I think we could have gone to one in 2012 if (OLB) Chris Clemens didn’t get hurt. I think we’d have had a great opportunity to play in that Super Bowl.”

Mebane cited a victory over the cross-conference opponent Baltimore Ravens, the eventual world champions of the 2012 season, a year before in November 2011. The Seahawks won 22-17 after stopping the Ravens’ run offense, holding Ray Rice to just 27 rushing yards.

“We beat the Ravens at home. We shut them down. They couldn’t run all,” Mebane said. “They couldn’t do nothing, so I feel like we had their number.”

But it’s the final play of Super Bowl XLIX that players from the Legion of Boom era dwell on the most, ending the franchise’s chances of becoming the ninth team in history to win back-to-back Super Bowls. This current Kansas City Chiefs team became the most recent squad to pull off that rare feat.

“This is some trauma, man,” Mebane said. “They’re in the huddle. Here we go. Right here. One-yard line. Easy money. And, as good as our defense was, I don’t think we would have stopped our offense from one yard out. I don’t think we could have stopped Marshawn back there.”

What came next remains forever etched in the minds of the players on the field, the faithful 12s watching with jaws agape and football enthusiasts at large who can’t stop asking, “Why didn’t they run the ball?”

“You just assumed it was going to be a run?” Gee asked Mebane.

“I think everybody assumed it was a run,” Mebane responded. “Like, man, we got Beast Mode in the backfield. Marshawn Lynch. I’ve been playing with Marshawn since ’04 … I know when he is getting the ball. I can tell. I can feel it. I can smell it.”

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Lynch and Mebane played together in Seattle for six seasons (both leaving in 2016) after spending three years of college together playing for California.

“So Tarvaris Jackson — I’m kind of not near him, but I can see him — has an earpiece in his ear, and they call the play. Tavaris Jackson says, ‘Nooo! Don’t run that play.’ He turns his back and walks up the sideline away from the play. And I’m like, ‘Where is he going, and why did he say don’t run that play?’ But he said don’t run that play. He walks back, and then they ran the play. And you know what happened after that.”

Malcolm Butler’s game-saving turnover has been ranked as the No. 1 interception in league history, per , the second greatest Super Bowl finish, according to , and is widely considered one of the most devastating losses a football team has ever had to suffer through.

Former football coach and research director Ernie Adams told the play was a pass Seattle liked to call when it was deep in its opponent’s territory. There were several versions of it, including a shotgun package with three receivers. It was also a play New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick knew about, and one he had practiced often with his defense leading up to the big game.

“I talked to Alan Branch, who used to be with the Seahawks and was with the Patriots also,” Mebane said. “He was like, ‘Bro, I’m going to keep it real with you. We couldn’t have stopped y’all on the one-yard line at the goal line. We thought it was over.”

As the team was licking its wounds after the tragic loss the next day over breakfast, Russell Wilson approached Mebane.

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“Russell pops up and said, ‘Man, they was in goal line (formation), that’s why I threw the ball.’ I said, ‘Oh, OK,’ and then I walked off. So, pretty much, Russell changed the play. It was one play. Russell changed the play to that play and then what happened happened.”

“Wait, wait, wait, are you saying that the original play was a run with Beast Mode?” Gee asked to confirm.

“It was an option (play),” Mebane said. “When Russell went in and lined up, he saw that they were in goal line. They had like six, seven defensive linemen on the field. So when he saw that, he was like, ‘That’s a great opportunity.’ They don’t have linebackers right there to intercept those quick little passes for slants or in the flats. So they’re like, this is perfect.”

But Belichick wasn’t the only one who knew what was coming with 23 seconds to go; Brandon Browner also knew. Browner, a former Pro Bowl corner for the Seattle Seahawks and a part of the 2013 championship team, had joined New England in 2014. Standing on the opposing sideline, he knew what play was coming.

“If BB (Brandon Browner) didn’t know that play was the play, the play would’ve went smoothly,” Mebane said. “It was perfect. The ball was so perfect. So beautiful.

“But he knew the play because, like I said, we used to run that play all the time in practice,” Mebane continued. “When Brandon was here, we used to run that play for three years in a row. And we always had success on that play, but for some odd reason, they didn’t think that BB remembered that play. But BB remembered the play. It was the same formation, he smelt it and called it out.”

Mebane also revealed that, if you watch that play unfold again, Marshawn Lynch can be seen “doing jumping jacks” as he was wide open due to New England running a zone coverage, not man defense, with just two linebackers on the field.

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“I’m going to give you a confession,” Gee told Mebane. “I watched the original play, and I think I’ve watched it one more time in my life. I don’t watch that play.”

“It’s devastating because you know the outcome,” Mebane added. “It’s kind of like watching ‘Boyz n the Hood.’ I can’t stand watching Ricky get killed.”

Super Bowl LIX, a rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles from two years ago, is airing on CBS on Feb. 9 with Tom Brady, the quarterback who won the 2014 Super Bowl against Seattle, in the broadcast booth.

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But that transition hasn’t always been easy.

“It’s interesting, most fans love you when you’re on the field, but really don’t care about that transition period for you, and that’s probably some of your darkest moments, depending on how long you play,” Avril told Gee Scott on the Seahawks-devoted podcast . “The longer you play, the harder those next two or three years are for you once you transition because you’ve been in that game for a long time. You’ve been doing something for so long for the majority of your life, trying to figure out what that next passion is, what that next purpose is, can be tough.”

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Avril came to Seattle after spending the first five years of his career in Detroit. His first season with the Hawks was in 2013, the year of the franchise’s first and only Super Bowl victory and the indoctrination of The Legion of Boom as one of the most celebrated and storied defenses in the sport’s history.

The one-time Pro Bowler played in the NFL for a decade, totaling 298 tackles, 74 sacks, 30 forced fumbles and one defensive touchdown. Only 15 players have forced more fumbles in their career than Avril since the league started charting that data.

Avril also finished as No. 11 on the all-time Seattle sack list for the franchise.

He only played four games in his final year in the league due to a severe neck injury, but he used that time to begin looking at other opportunities “under the umbrella” of still being employed by the Seahawks.

“The cool thing about being in Seattle is there are so many Fortune 500 companies and different things that, when the injury happened, a lot of the CEOs actually reached out to me, checking in on me,” Avril said. “They were like, ‘Hey, we don’t have a position for you, but we’d love to have you on the team.’ So I was meeting with Zillow, with Microsoft. I was meeting with radio stations because of the media aspect of things.”

His latest venture is CA Family Properties, a Seattle-based real estate investment and development company that primarily renovates distressed, multi-family properties. Avril claimed real estate just kept calling after him, even during his playing days.

Motivated by a fear of going broke in retirement and encouraged by numerous conversations with high-profile executives, including the aforementioned one with the CEO of Zillow, Avril dove into the world of real estate head-first. His first real estate move was buying his mom a house, an investment he still considers one of the best in his career.

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Avril also made sure to give Gee Scott some credit for making Seattle his home after his playing days, reflecting on a conversation they had before retirement was even on the horizon for the former defensive end.

“You told me, for some reason, the city loves guys that actually retire at Seahawks, but guys that leave and come back don’t necessarily get the same love,” Avril told Gee. “You have a lot of brand equity here as well.”

While multiple teams still wanted his services after he recovered from his neck injury, Avril thought lasting a decade in the league was enough and decided to pursue other projects. Enter the , which first launched a few years before his retirement. Inspired by the death of his grandmother and his mother’s subsequent diabetes diagnosis, the foundation focuses on educating today’s youth about healthy living, increasing awareness of Type 2 diabetes and creating and promoting healthy living habits.

The foundation is centered around communities primarily in Jacksonville, Seattle, Charlotte and Haiti.

Fast forward to 2024, the foundation is ready to celebrate its 11th annual “” banquet, known as one of the most exciting charity events in the Pacific Northwest.

“There’s not too many cities like Seattle as far as where athletes can come set their roots in, and the city continues to follow them after they’re done,” Avril said. “I’ve been retired going on seven years now, and ‘Dining to Make a Difference’ is still a big event. A lot of people still are just waiting for this event to happen. And they see the work. They see where the money’s going. They see it going back into the city, commit and to the community as well.”

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Avril mentioned that general manager John Schneider and quarterback Geno Smith will be special guests at this year’s dinner.

“When you’re an athlete and you’re in the mix, you don’t realize the impact that you’re having on the community,” Avril said. “You don’t realize how big the Super Bowl really is for the community. Amongst ourselves, it’s like, ‘That was cool. Let’s go do it again’ type of situation. But when you’re in the community once you’re retired and you start meeting these guys. A grown man walked up to me. He’s like, ‘Hey man, it’s an honor to meet you. You’re a legend. You’re my childhood hero.’ And I’m like, ‘Your childhood hero? Man, I’m 38 years old. What are you talking about?’ But he’s 25, 26 years old and the Super Bowl was 10 years ago, so he was 15 years old. That makes sense.”

Interactions like these were a wake-up call for Avril for what stage of his career he’s in. That, and realizing the current head coach for the Seattle Seahawks is officially younger than him.

“He’s 37 years old! That’s mind-boggling to me because when you think of coaches, you think of coaches being a little bit older. All my coaches have always been older,” Avril said. “But I love, love his mindset. I love the accountability piece. I love that he’s a defensive-minded head coach. As we all know, defenses win championships.”

Avril’s ‘Dining to Make a Difference’ event is this Monday, Sept. 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Golf Club in Newcastle. Visit its for tickets and more details.

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Lumen Field hosted its Taste of Lumen event Tuesday, giving media members a sneak preview of some of the excellent options its menu will have for fans on Seahawks game day.

“When you come here to Lumen Field, you go down to Section 122, and you’ll experience some of the great food that we have from ,” Seahawks legend and Legion Sports Bar founder Kam Chancellor told MyNorthwest. “We decided to bring the Bam Bam Smash Burger here. We brought the Seattle Smash Burger. We brought some of our Legion cajun fries and our cajun shrimp.”

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The Bam Bam Smash Burger — named after Chancellor’s NFL nickname “Bam Bam” — and fried shrimp were two of the most popular food items there. Smash burgers are having a moment in Seattle, and Chancellor believes it’s because they are as familiar to the public as they are to him.

“For me, I love smash burgers because it kind of emulates the type of play that I had when I was a player. You know my little gavel? I smashed the gavel down, so I’m smashing burgers down. I love that, and that’s my whole play on the smash burger.”

But creating a dense menu that has something for everyone is a lofty goal for the team at Lumen Field, something that Sean Borst, Senior Executive Chef for Lumen Field, takes very seriously.

“I think our guests nowadays are really food educated and they’ve eaten all around the world,” Borst said. “It is really important to have something where it’s not just hamburgers and hot dogs. That we’ve raised the game. The options have to be vast. They have to be creative.”

The menu isn’t the only thing that takes considerable planning

“We’re feeding 70,000 people at once, so it’s a big operation,” Borst said. “This takes months of logistic trade, like working out all the kinks, and then it’s a good week of getting everything prepped because you have sweets, concessions, catering, media, everybody under the sun.”

The whole operation requires approximately 3,000 people in order to make Borst’s goal happen — for the entire stadium to leave with full bellies.

There’s even a twist on a Seattle staple.

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“One burger that we came up with was a play on a Seattle dog,” Borst added. “It’s got jalapeno cream cheese and caramelized onions. Really, really fun food there. And then Bar Dojo is really exciting. Asian-Latin fusion. Birria Ramen. Poke nachos. They’re on club level, and they’re just killing it.”

Dumplings and ramen only scratch the surface of the variety of food the Lumen Field menu will have during Seahawks games. The concourse will be loaded with stands full of nachos, short rib sandwiches, multiple types of mac and cheese, pork belly burnt ends and so much more.

For those looking to maximize the bang for your buck? The “12s Combo” returns this year with two hot dogs and pretzel bites for $12. There are also $5 hot dogs and $3 popcorn bags in select locations throughout the stadium.

A full list of all the menu items can be found on the .

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“Brian O’Connell called me and said, ‘Curt’s been super busy with his FOX stuff. We’ve loved him for a decade, but he’s ready to move on. We’re looking for a new preseason voice and you’re on our list,'” Scott told .

Once she agreed to the gig, Scott became the only woman to have done play-by-play for the NFL, NHL, NBA, NCAA Division 1 football and the Olympics.

“Look, preseason football should be fun because there are so many guys, and half of them aren’t even going to make the roster. We want to keep people tuned in until the second half and have fun,” Scott said on working the preseason. “We’ve got such incredible former players who are part of our broadcast. We want them to shine. We want fans to have fun.”

Preseason football was a bit of a departure for Scott, whose “day” job is leading the broadcast booth as the play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. Scott said the difference between calling the two sports was a lot initially, acknowledging the different pace and urgency each sport requires. But she couldn’t shake how similar — and rabid — Seattle and Philadelphia’s fan bases are.

“There’s so many similarities too. The fan bases are crazy,” Scott told Gee. “I love that. They’re known as the 12s here in Seattle, and everybody knows that Philly sports fans are crazy in the best way. I love them, and they both make you earn it, right? They both have been such important franchises in their respective leagues for a number of years.”

Scott added that it’s an “incredible honor” to be a small part of these franchises.

Women in sports continues to grow fervently

“There were less than 10 women who were in sports when I was in high school,” Scott said, reflecting on her journey. “I thought I was going to be a teacher. My mom was a special education teacher and I wanted to have a positive impact on the youth of the next generation.”

But her obsession with sports was obvious to everyone except herself. Scott played in four varsity sports, covered sports for the high school newspaper and was the PA announcer for the men’s soccer team all while leading cheers during Friday night football games.

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“I was told maybe I should do something in sports when I go to college, but there were so few women doing that at that time,” Scott said. “It’ was like Robin Roberts, Linda Cohn on SportsCenter and a couple of sideline reporters here and there. So I went to Cal and majored in communications, but I still didn’t know if I wanted to do this. I didn’t start calling games until after I graduated because, again, there were so few women doing it. I just never thought that I could be that one of the first.”

Scott started as a sideline reporter for the San Jose Earthquakes while covering Bay Area sports for KNBR before joining the PAC-12 Network to focus on play-by-play for football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, softball and volleyball. In 2016, she became the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio when she did NFL preseason games for the San Francisco 49ers.

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“There has been such a dramatic shift. I was talking earlier about there being fewer than 10 women 20 years ago when I started this climb, and now there are so many,” Scott said. “But to me, it’s not just about the numbers, it’s the quality of the work. It’s them earning their positions while being a woman on top of that.”

When Scott landed the job as the 76ers’ play-by-play broadcaster, she also became the second woman to do a full-time play-by-play role for a major men’s professional sports team, after Lisa Byington for the Milwaukee Bucks.

“I love mentoring the next generation — guys, girls, whoever. Whoever has the passionate drive like me that wants to be here,” Scott said. “There were no women who were doing play-by-play. They were all anchors and reporters and hosts, which I completely understood. Now, I’m mentoring more female play-by-play announcers than I can count. Women who come out of college knowing they wanted to do it. Women who were anchors and reporters who have transitioned into play-by-play because they really know their specific sport. That’s one of the proudest things, that change happening in real time.”

Kate Scott’s sit down with Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald

“You had an opportunity to meet the new head coach, Mike Macdonald,” Gee said. “Give us the goods. What should we like about this guy?”

“His openness and his honesty is so refreshing,” Scott replied. “I’ve run into so many young coaches at every level in every sport who, understandably, think they have to keep things really close to the chest and are buttoned up. And you can sense like a tightness because of it, and I think that impedes their coaching and everything about building their culture. You can tell already Mike is one million percent himself, even though this is his first gig.”

Macdonald spent nine of the previous 10 years as a part of the Baltimore Ravens coaching staff, starting as an intern and defensive assistant before climbing all the way up to defensive coordinator.

Macdonald’s 2023 defense became the first in NFL history to finish first in each of the following categories: points allowed (16.5), sacks (60) and takeaways (31). His defense also led the league in point differential (+203) and turnover margin (+12).

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I was over at VMAC (Virginia Mason Athletic Center) earlier and talked to Julian Love and D.K. Metcalf about just what an open coach he is and the entire staff,” Scott said. “Like if something’s taking a while for you to learn, ‘OK, let’s talk about it. How can I help you learn this scheme, this formation quicker?’ There’s an urgency as well. Like, ‘This is Year One, and I know the expectations are low and nobody’s expecting stuff of us, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect stuff.’ Like, this is the Seattle Seahawks. We are Super Bowl champions. We want to get back there as quickly as possible, right? I love that urgency.”

Scott’s greatest moment as an announcer

“What’s one player that, while you were covering a game, there was just a glow and a separation,” Gee asked Kate Scott. “The player was just moving differently.”

“I was lucky enough to, first of all, cover Joel Embiid during his MVP season. But last year, he became the first Philadelphia 76er, and there’s been some good dudes — Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, Moses Malone — to score 70 points in a game, and I was on the call. This was just a random Monday night game against the San Antonio Spurs, and Joel just decides he’s going to go off for 70, but he did it in like 35 minutes. It was one of those moments where I had to remind myself you were calling this game. You can’t just sit here with your mouth open because we were all in awe of what he was doing.”

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“Thank you so much for the opportunity to go to training camp,” Crosetto told Gee after the fact. “We had a blast.”

Above is a photo gallery of Beau and his kids visiting the Virginia Mason Athletic Center where the Seahawks practice while meeting first-time head coach Mike Macdonald alongside a slew of Seattle stars including GenoSmith, D.K. Metcalf and rookie first-round draft pick Byron Murphy II.

“Noah is a top soccer player in our state, so we had a fun conversation with Defensive Coach (Aden) Durde about English football,” Crosetto added.

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The Seahawks have training camp until its first preseason game Aug. 10 against the Los Angeles Chargers. Seattle will face the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns in the subsequent weeks before the regular season kicks off (for Seattle) on Sept. 8.

Any QB conversation ended by July

I can’t believe how wide the gap is between Geno Smith and Sam Howell. I’d go as far as to say that I don’t remember a Seahawks quarterback who has looked this good early on in camp (you read that right).

Any conversation revolving around a “quarterback controversy” was squashed this week in practice.

Now, if you have ever been around football — junior high football, high school, college — you know that usually that defense is usually beating up on the offense first, because the offense hasn’t gotten things together. The offense needs to develop a groove because the continuity isn’t there … yet.

Now I heard on Day 2 of practice that the defense kind of got on top of the offense, but from what I saw, Geno Smith looked good. Real good. So good that led with it on their show earlier this week.

Geno looked a world different from what we saw a year ago. The offense did whatever it wanted with him under center. And he wasn’t leaning on anyone in particular. He looked Metcalf’s way. He looked Smith-Njigba’s way. He looked Lockett’s way. He included the tight ends in his drive while including running backs in the flat on simpler routes. Look out.

The secondary will take another leap

The talent at safety is something special. The addition of Rayshawn Jenkins and K’von Wallace is like putting your banana bread on a skillet with some butter (thank me later).

With Devon Witherspoon building off his rookie season, the Seattle Seahawks brought in safety Rayshawn Jenkins while locking down Julian Love long term.

Jenkins is a bad boy. Out of the Univeristy of Maimi, his first seven seasons were with the Los Angeles Chargers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Totaling 217 combined tackles, five interceptions, three forced fumbles, 10 tackles for loss and two sacks over his last two years, he’s making his presence felt already in practice.

Meanwhile, Love got himself a new contract at $36 million for three years after not only earning a starting spot last year, but making a Pro Bowl trip to Orlando. We’ll be seeing a lot more of him soon.

The buzz is in the air

The amount of excitement about this team is the ultimate shocker. Thought there would be more uncertainty. Nope! There’s a real feeling that this team is about to be like Rocky in Rocky IV (the best Rocky movie ever, argue with someone else).

John Snyder did an excellent job in his pick for the new head coach. It may not be as loud as it was with Pete Carroll. It may not be as fun as it was with Pete Carroll, but this team is buzzing in practice!

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“All in all, it was a great day. The fans were out there,” Gee said on “The Gee and Ursula Show.” “It was a great vibe. It was 75 degrees on the shores of Lake Washington, beautiful. The music was blaring. Music is not as high as it used to be, it’s down there a little bit, but people are excited. Fans are excited and they’re out there. Players are excited.”

Culture change underway

“My first takeaway is Mike McDonald and the vibe over there reminds me of a movie — and if you haven’t seen it recently, it’s the greatest football movie of all time by the way — called ‘.’ Remember ‘Remember the Titans?'” Gee said. “Remember when Coach Yoast was already the coach there? He had an established resume. He won a lot of games. He was a really good football coach, right? But then he brought in Coach Boone, and Coach Boone comes in and he’s a great football coach, too. So it wasn’t like Coach Yoast wasn’t good. It was about, ‘Hey, let’s come together and do some things a little bit different.’ Coach Boone comes in, crosses some t’s, dots some i’s. Makes guys more accountable. It’s just a little bit more cleaned up, if you will.”

As Macdonald ushers in a new era of Seahawks football, becoming the ninth coach in franchise history after replacing 14-year head coach and Seattle legend , he became the youngest head coach in the league currently at 36 years old. Just 23 head coaches since 1948 were hired before they turned 36, according to the .

Additionally, the third- and 11th-youngest active head coaches are also in the NFC West (Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams and Kyle Shanahan with the San Francisco 49ers).

‘Rubber match’ season for Geno Smith

“Let me tell you, Geno Smith looked so good. I mean really good,” Gee continued. “If you understand a little bit about football practice, you know that when practices first start, usually it’s the defense that does better than the offense because the offense is still trying to implement things. Well, whether it was Geno Smith to DK Metcalf or Geno Smith to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Geno Smith was incredible. The offense looked really good. Not a slap in the face of the defense by the way.”

Smith is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023 campaign. After posting 30 passing touchdowns and nearly 4,300 passing yards in 2022 (the first time he started more than three games since 2014), he finished third-to-last in passing yards and second-to-last in passing touchdowns among the 18 quarterbacks who started and played 15 games last year. Only rookie quarterback Bryce Young had fewer passing touchdowns.

If the Seahawks want to move on from Smith next offseason, the Seahawks would incur a $13.5 million , according to Spotrac.

Year 6 for DK Metcalf

Fresh off his second Pro Bowl season, DK Metcalf is entering his sixth professional season with a ton of expectations as one half of the Metcalf — Smith-Njigba duo. One of Metcalf’s big changes heading into the upcoming season is his diet — giving up his daily requirement of three bags of candy for his diet.

“One of the things that stands out to me is how hard DK Metcalf practices,” Gee said. “It’s crazy how hard he goes for someone who has had a big contract, a second contract like he has. You wouldn’t think he would practice that hard, but goes to show you the culture. Goes to show you how much they’re bought in.”

Metcalf was ranked 84th in the .

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