Jarrett Bell

And you hear that about different coaches from

here and there just because of the nature of the business.

Teams are always looking for that next rising star coach when they have an opening.

Well, I think the Seahawks hit a home run, to use a baseball analogy, in hiring Mike McDonald.

Now, his background is on defense.

So lo and behold, the Seahawks have one of the NFL's best defenses.

The Seahawks gave up the fewest points in the NFL this year.

So when you talk about a defense,

yeah there's that so that's mike mcdonald and the impact that he's had on you know really you know redeveloping the seahawks as a contending team another thing to note though is that their general manager john schneider has been there before he was there when the uh seahawks were in the super bowl and in fact they played the patriots in super bowl 49 so what 11 years ago but

He's been able to build this team back into a contender.

And even this year, from not making the playoffs last year, they made some key moves.

They drafted well, including a rookie, Nick Amanawori, I think is how you pronounce his name.

but he's been a phenomenal pick for them in the second round.

They got Sam Darnall as a free agent to be the quarterback, so they steadied that position.

And then they made a trade right before the trade deadline to get a guy, Rasheed Shaheed, from the New Orleans Saints, who has been a dynamic punt returner for them, but also given them a boost in the passing game.

So credit John Schneider for that.

in terms of getting the personnel to get the Seahawks over the hump, if you will.

Just the fact that the NFL has been so crazy all season, year after year.

And in fact, you can go back years, you know, it's kind of part of the NFL's doctrine that

to have parity, where any team can rise and be a champion, right?