April 2024 - Seattle Seahawks Wiretap

Mike Macdonald Won't Commit To Geno Smith As Quarterback

Feb 28, 2024 8:15 AM

After moving on from Pete Carroll after 14 seasons, the Seattle Seahawks might also see a change at quarterback.

There is no guarantee Geno Smith will be the team's starter in 2024.

During a recent interview, new coach Mike Macdonald was asked if Smith and Drew Lock would be "involved in the future of this organization going forward," and he was very non-committal with his answer. 

"That's a tough question and it's one that I probably can't answer right now," Macdonald said. "But we're doing a lot of work on those guys and I've had conversations just to get to know them and understand who they are as people and their background, and goals and what their family's like and where they're from. I didn't know anything about them coming into this whole thing. So, right now we're in the phase of figuring out who they are."

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Richard Sherman Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI

Feb 25, 2024 11:39 AM

Former NFL star Richard Sherman was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol.

In a probable cause statement, trooper Jordan Hazzard-Thomas, who helped respond to the traffic stop, reported talking to Sherman and noticing "the odor of intoxicants" and that Sherman's eyes appeared to be "bloodshot and watery."

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Seahawks Restructure Geno Smith's Contract To Create Cap Space

Feb 23, 2024 9:16 AM

The Seattle Seahawks have restructured Geno Smith's contract, converting his $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus and creating $4.8 million in 2024 salary cap space, according to a source.

The restructure will spread the $9.6 million evenly over the next two seasons, while his cap hit this season will drop from $31.2 million to $26.4 million.

The quarterback's cap hit jumps to $38.5 million, however.

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Mike Davis Retires After Playing Eight Seasons For Six Different Teams

Feb 19, 2024 7:07 PM

Running back Mike Davis, who played for six NFL teams in eight seasons, announced his retirement on Monday, his 31st birthday.

Davis had 2,052 rushing yards with 14 touchdowns and 1,066 receiving yards with four touchdowns in a career with Seattle, San Francisco, Carolina, Atlanta, Chicago and Baltimore.

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Seahawks To Let Geno Smith Collect $12.7M

Feb 15, 2024 5:14 PM

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith, who has $12.7 million on his contract that is set to become fully guaranteed Friday, was informed Thursday that he will remain on Seattle's roster through this week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Smith's contract calls for his $12.7 million base salary for next season to become fully guaranteed Friday provided he's still on the roster. That money was guaranteed for injury only at the time Smith signed his three-year, $75 million deal last March.

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Seahawks Hiring Ryan Grubb As Offensive Coordinator

Feb 10, 2024 1:11 AM

The Seattle Seahawks are hiring former University of Washington offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb to the same position on new coach Mike Macdonald's staff, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Pete Thamel on Friday.

Grubb had accepted the Alabama offensive coordinator job after spending the past two seasons at UW under former Huskies and current Tide coach Kalen DeBoer, coordinating a pass-heavy offense that ranked sixth in FBS in yards per game (487.0) and sixth in scoring (36.7) in that span. 

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Seahawks To Hire Aden Durde As Defensive Coordinator

Feb 9, 2024 5:28 PM

The Seattle Seahawks plan to hire Aden Durde as their defensive coordinator under new coach Mike Macdonald, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday.

Durde was the Dallas Cowboys' defensive line coach for the past three seasons under then-coordinator Dan Quinn.

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Seahawks Expected To Hire Jay Harbaugh As Special Teams Coordinator

Feb 5, 2024 3:57 PM

The Seattle Seahawks are expected to hire Jay Harbaugh as their special teams coordinator under head coach Mike Macdonald, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Harbaugh, 34, served in that role for the past five seasons at the University of Michigan under his father, Jim Harbaugh. 

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Seahawks Plan To Hire Leslie Frazier As Assistant Head Coach

Feb 3, 2024 2:56 AM

The Seahawks plan to hire former Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier as their assistant head coach, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.

Frazier becomes the first assistant known to be hired to Mike Macdonald's staff. The two will reunite in Seattle after coaching together with the Baltimore Ravens in 2016, when Macdonald had the title of defensive assistant and Frazier was the secondary coach.

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