Exclusive: The Mike Macdonald Show -#Seahawks Week 4 #MNF loss reaction

The #SeattleSeahawks are 3-1 after dropping Monday Night Football to the Detroit Lions despite a stellar performance on offense… so what went wrong? What can be fixed? Hear from Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald with Brock and Salk the morning after every Hawks game at 9:30am.

0:30 - what was the difference between the two teams?
2:27 - how did having 5 defensive starters missing affect the game?
3:30 - communication issues defensively
4:10 - how good are the Lions offensively?
6:00 - Lions physicality
6:45 - did the Seahawks miss chances on defense?
8:10 - what did coach see from Geno Smith?
9:20 - Seahawks offensive line play
10:30 - Ken Walker's performance
12:30 - etymology of the lateral play
14:00 - assessing Ryan Grubb's aggressiveness
16:00 - are any of the injured players close to returning?
16:55 - how impactful were the questionable calls against the Hawks?
20:21 - decisions on 4th down

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[danieldoyle]

Love how much more directly Mike speaks about things and less coach speak and positive phrases things Pete did. That brutal honesty will be appreciated

[BHTK]

Playing without KJ, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Bruce Irvine, Brandon Mebane then losing Earl Thomas for the second half would have been pretty tough back in the day

[tamra]

I love how honest and to the point Coach Mac is.

[trumppunisher]

officiating was terrible. Not the sole reason we lost, but the calls/no-calls late in the game even with rapid replay were terrible. DK was in on the 2pt conversion, was interfered with on the play in the end zone and the lockette pass interference call was trash. Those were ALL game changing plays.

[FatherFirst]

Dude I walked away from that game actually happy because I know how good of a coach Mike is and how good this team is going to be. Grubb is a phenomenal OC at the League level also. Just like he was for UDUB. We have an incredible coaching staff who is in the process of building a juggernaut in Seattle and who has a great core of young players to do it with. I'm extremely happy that John went out and got Mike and Grubb and crew. This team is doubt to the playoffs for sure. They are getting better every week and we were severely depleted on the defense for this game. Imagine having Big Cat, Murphy, Mafe, Nwosu, Baker, and Love for the entire game. I think we beat Detroit again. This team is well coached and our players are dogs. I'm not at all upset with last night. Instead I am thrilled to see this team continue to grow together and learn how to dominate opposing teams. Let's whoop up on NY and then take out our frustration for losing to Detroit out on SF and whoop them!!!! Go Hawks.

[Cody-ecbt]

If we had Nwosu, Mafe, Williams, Murphy and Baker. I am fully confident this game would be in our favour. Overall happy with the game despite our injuries.

[zachooo]

Mike Macdonald is still my GOAT. We had 6 starters out on defense and went against one of the best OCs in the league and we still stayed in the game. Better reffing would've made it an even closer game.

[jakemueller]

If it weren’t for two things this would have been a completely different game. Dk fumble and that dumb PI rule against Lockett to convert on 4th.

[WrestleMarq]

I’m not really mad or concerned about this game. Defense played a little worse than I expected, but how many games out of the season are you gonna be down 5 key players in the front seven, and lose your starting safety halfway through the game.

[Justaguybc]

This game is important because it should light a fire under us. We went up against a great offensive team, and the guys need to understand this is the standard. Right now, they’re not at that level, and it’s clear we have some work to do to get there.

[billburbank]

Such a contrast to Pete...and I like it. Direct. No talking to talk. He is very guarded, especially with players injuries. Got to whip the Giants.

[barbellbryce]

Missing Murphy, Williams, Mafe, and I think it's totally fair to pull the injury excuse card here. Lions had no option but to carve them like a turkey dinner.

[gregorycampbell]

Still frst place in the division and on to the Giants at home. Our real text will be against the 49ers assuming our defensive will be healthy.

[redwave]

Dropping 29 points with almost half of the defensive starters out. Losing this game is fine with me.

[alexsaucedo]

Next week. NEW York Giants at SEATTLE. good luck boys. Fingers crossed. Go hawks. Let's get the win back. Seattle nation baby. Seattle all the way. . In MIKE MCDONALD i trust. . SEAHAWKS 4 LIFE. 💙💙💚💚💙💙💚💚💙💙💚💚💙💙💚💚💚💙💙💙

[hiker-uybi]

Bigger question is why so many injuries in the first place. Something Seahawks can do internally to avoid injury better and/or speed up recovery times?

[LifeAboveTreeLine]

At the end of the game when we are on the goal line, they had 12 defenders on the field and it was not called. Look it up. It was either 2nd or 3rd down.

[douglasthompson]

Three and one….excellent. We have injuries, that’s my take. Offensive line was very decent.

[brandonstickels]

Even over the phone, you can see the wheels turning in his head how to diplomatically answer the question about the refs lol

[shirlenehurtado]

@jakemueller I totally agree. And don't forget about the no call when Metcalf had the interference in the inzone with the ref literally standing right there.