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Head Coach Mike Macdonald

Opening Quotes

Good to see everybody. Great to be back at Lumen (Field). Thought the 12s were awesome for a preseason game. Place was rocking. Forced them to be on silent cadence. Told the team, look, you never want to tie a football game. Kind of stinks. But a lot of great stuff on both sides of the ball. Special teams as well. You know, guys got our attention. We can go through all the guys, but we're going to watch the tape and evaluate everybody. I thought the effort was tremendous. Our vets, especially the guys that didn't play were awesome support. The two penalties were the cost of doing business. We'll be better moving forward. Great to see the enthusiasm. Obviously we want to be able to close games out in the fourth quarter, so both sides this will be something to look at. A lot of stuff we're going to learn from, too, as a coaching staff in how we operate and players as well. So solid start. Can't wait to watch the tape. Again, I keep saying this every week, but it's a big week coming up ahead of us here. Looking forward to the next game.

Q. What did you like about your first offensive line, Mike?

Well, just you felt the line of scrimmage, you felt the physicality. They gave us a couple pressures there early where we weren't necessarily expecting, so being able to identify the front, get everything targeted the right way, and sustaining blocks, I thought that was really good. Thought we kept the quarterback clean for the most part, especially in the first half. A lot of good stuff.

Q. I know, it's really early in the process, but what did you like about Klint's offense, especially in the first half? More of those guys in there, and like 7 for 10 on third down and ran the ball a little bit.

I thought situationally we did a great job. I feel like we're on a pretty good cadence communication-wise. It's great to hear the communication over the headset. Everybody on the staff, everybody is contributing. Play calls in fast. Just all the things we saw in practice were there, and there is some stuff we're going to go back and recalibrate and learn from and improve on. But solid first start. He's always chasing the things, which is what you appreciate about him. But I thought we ran the ball well. Not sure on the stats, but it felt like we were moving it. Third down completions were good. Got some explosive plays and had a good two-minute opportunity there at the end to go win the game. Would've been great to go down and close it out.

Q. George Holani had a great preseason last year as a rookie. How have you seen him take his game to the next level? He had 81 yards on just eight touches today.

I feel like we don't talk about George enough, but he's just the guy that does everything right all the time. It's great to see him have success because of how hard he works. You saw the runs, but the kickoff tackle was a big play for us. I think he's a pretty well-rounded player.

Q. Coach, I know it was a fourth and 20 situation at the end of the game. Is there a reason you decided to punt for it, just a long shot to try and convert?

That wasn't really part of the conversation. If we don't convert there we're pretty much handing them the game.

Q. What did you think of Jalen MIlroe? His first two drives the holding penalty, so he was kind of behind the sticks I guess on those. What did you think?

I thought Jalen played well. I thought he made good decisions. Operation-wise there are some things we want to be a little cleaner on. Throwing the ball accurately, throwing it on time, and then when it wasn't there, extending plays with his legs I thought was really cool. Made some good decisions in the quarterback-driven game with how they're playing their edges. Again, we haven't game-planned these guys, but they're a mesh charge of the quarterback, so not getting greedy and handing the ball off and having effective runs, I thought that was good stuff for not really having prepped them for them.

Q. Tory Horton has been having a lot of good practices in a row. Just to see him take it to the game and have a good game.

Yeah, it was great. Then to see him catch the punt was awesome, I'm not sure how long that return was, but that helped us there. Then obviously the touchdown and you just felt him out there in those situations, which was a continuation of what we're seeing in practice. Great to see it in a game setting.

Q. Talked about cost of doing business for the two penalties. What did you make of the defense coming off the sidelines?

These guys are ready to play a game. They've seen the work that our non-starters have put in, and to see those guys come up and attack the ball the way they did was really cool. Wanted to make a little bit more of a return in both situations. We worked plus-one a lot, so there is some meat left on the bone in that situation. But we do have to show the guys, those penalties did affect us in the game. Changed field position. We really can't afford to be doing that moving forward. Having the enthusiasm and guys fired up for guys making plays was pretty cool.

Q. Speaking of Tory, seeing his punt return kind of the way he was able to move around some guys there and that, what is it about his skillset that you kind of like in that role in addition to what you saw in him receiving? Obviously you had the spin down at the end the goal line as well.

Well, the run after catch is a similar situation and punt return. He's worked really hard -- he's catching a lot of punts and he's worked really hard at it. It's just his MO. Just works really hard. Does the right things. Makes great decisions. Good things happen when the process is right.

Q. How do you go about evaluating a preseason game? Do you evaluate the team or is it a bunch of individual evaluations for each player?

It's both. I think it's both. As a coaching staff there is kind of just piece it in a bunch of different things. How we start the game. You know, we're going to go back and look at our warmup and see how that went. We're going to go evaluate our run defense. We are going to evaluate our third down defense on both sides of the ball. Field goal protection. Extra point block. So you're kind of looking at everything evaluating it, looking at it situationally, and then as a whole how we start games and how we close games is going to be really important. Ultimately this is a personnel evaluation, so you're going to be watching all the guys that played and evaluating them as well.

Q. How do you thinking Nick Emmanwori played?

Good. We want him to get his feet wet, go affect the game as best he could. From when he was in there we felt him. We sent him on a couple pressures and did a good job. Did a good job. I think it was a couple series and then we felt like that was good.

Q. On Jamie Sheriff.

Just working through something. He'll be back soon.

Q. On Tuesday you highlighted Tyreke Smith as a player you were looking forward to watching him rush the passer.

Yeah.

Q. Seemed like he came through in some crucial moments in this game.

Yeah, same thing with Tyreke. Great to feel him in the run game, too. Thought he played physical. Can't think of all the plays right now frankly, but looking forward to watching the tape and I know he's playing hard. I felt him out there.

Q. What do you think of Brandon Pili?

Yeah, just another great story of a guy that's really determined over the offseason to have a great offseason. Really commit to the process both with his body and how he practices and getting into football shape so he can go have performances like this. So we're halfway through camp here. Got a couple more weeks that will be really important for him. Really excited for him. Happy for him. Just happy for him to have success because you see how much work he's put into it.

Q. What do you think of Robbie Ouzts reps at fullback there? Obvious had the one block on Holani's touchdown. That was obvious to see. Anything else stand out?

I was talking about how he started the game. They brought a Sam strong safety, something that we haven't really repped much with that run scheme. But to be able to follow those rules, and ended up blocking Maxx (Crosby) on that play, which was pretty cool. So definitely felt him. Just like, hey, what is that, your second play as an NFL player and you just go execute at a high level and pop an explosive run? That was pretty cool.

Q. You mentioned a couple players making good decisions. What does that say about what you're doing during the week and how players are embracing that and executing in the game?

Well, you know, we like to take pride in how we practice, and as a coach you are really trying to make practice harder than games by stretching guys, putting them in different situations, making them think on the fly. Now, there are things that I'm thinking about that happened in the game that I think we can realize in real time a little bit faster, and so there are some things we're going to want to simulate moving forward so we improve in those situations. But, I think you go out there and if the game feels slower for you that means they're practicing the right way. I think our guys do that.

Q. Mike, Tory Horton as your punt returner, why do you like him in that role?

Well, he's competing to be our punt returner right now. You know, his run after the catch is great. We talked about this earlier. But run after the catch is good. Sure hands. Works hard at it. Makes great decisions.

Q. Talk about the communication with Klint Kubiak. He's working from down on the sidelines. How does that change the dynamic with him?

I think that's where he's leaning right now. I don't really have a preference. It's whatever he prefers. So we'll kind of re-huddle here in the next few days and see if it he wants to try to give it a go upstairs or see what that feels like. It's still kind of a work in progress. I think just as another playcaller, likes being on the field. You get a good feel for the game and personnel substitutions and situations, and the communication piece for guys on and off the field is great. Sometimes it's tough. Today AD (Aden Durde) was calling it, and I was trying to talk to him to talk to the linebackers. So you want to be direct to the players as much as you can.

Q. You had Marshawn Lynch come to the sideline before. Did you see him today with the camera?

Yeah, we did. I was trying to get him to talk to the guys in the locker room at halftime. He dipped off. Great to see him.

Q. Was there anything you didn't expect or learned tonight that you didn't know tonight because of a game situation?

I don't think so. I mean, we'll go back and evaluate tomorrow. But, yeah, it's a lot of both. It's a lot of the great stuff that you're thinking about, you're fired up. Especially guys that haven't had that opportunity yet to go show it and put great energy and physicality out there; I thought that was really cool. And then there were some things where you realize that we're not there yet, so let's go to work on it. Let's go attack it. We have time but we don't have time. There is urgency there.

Q. Do you have any update on Tyrice Knight?

I don't have an update on him right now. We are going to get more information tomorrow.

Q. What do you think of the virtual measurement?

I think they said they were going to give it a go to try it out. I don't think they change the spot on that one, did they?

Q. No. Virtual measurements in general.

Oh, what about it?

Q. Yeah.

I love it. It's 2025, let's get it right, you know.

QB Drew Lock

Overall assessment of your game today, kind of just the first half?

It was great to be back out there, for one. I thought the guys around me played their butts off. It was fun getting into a game with Kubes (Klint Kubiak) and training camp practice you get a couple non-scripted periods, so it was fun to kind of get in the flow, get in a rhythm. We did a great job in the first drive. Got to take care of the ball. Shoot, felt like we handled our business out there. Drove down, got points. I think it was, what was it, 16 or 17 in the first half. Guys were making plays. We were able to run the ball, which is huge. We just played pretty well in the first half. Guys were making the plays when the opportunities came to them, and that's what you preach to everybody in the preseason. The guys that haven't played or getting their first couple games, you're going to get opportunities. This is what you do with them when they come your way, and I thought guys were making the best of them.

How do you feel about that the protection that you had in front of you?

Yeah.

Guys out there playing in their first game, but seemed like those guys are really controlling the line of scrimmage.

They did a fantastic job. You can get a tell on how protection is when you see the run game happen. Busting out big runs and return, when I got to drop back and pass I had a pretty clean pocket. Makes it easy for me. I appreciate those guys up front. It was cool to be back out there with Abe (Lucas) and Grey (Zabel). Been a couple years since I've been with Abe. It was fun to be back out there with familiar faces and guys you once played with. The guys up front did a great job.

Coach mentioned a play early on where they brought down a look you hadn't repped a ton yet and you guys were able to handle that. I think it was on a run play. To see that group work out of a situation like that in the preseason, get that block, might have been the one to get Crosby on that play, too, what do you think of the work of that group as they mix and match and had pieces come together for it?

Yeah, being able to be a group that doesn't necessarily always go together, right, you're throwing different tackles and guards and centers in. You go out and like you said Maxx (Crosby) was out there. (Jeremy) Chinn was out there. They got some good players out there in the first couple drives. For us to be able to run the ball, communicate on different fronts, different looks, you're going off last year's preseason games and the year before's preseason games, and getting a couple different looks up front for them to be able to communicate and keep the run game alive. That's really impressive.

You mentioned the run game. Lining up under center, I-formation with the fullback behind you is maybe not something we see a ton in the NFL. What do you like about that one?

Oh, man, in a way, I mean you get under center and you can pound the run like we did, and in return get some play-action, in return under center drop back. That's how it used to be played quite often, and us being able to do that, it just has to be tough for defenses. It's not always run. We can pass out of it. It's not always play-action. We can drop back. It's not always pass. We are going to run. It's good complementary football and it definitely helps us.

What do you make out of Tory Horton's night? Seems like he has a little something to his game, and seeing it play out like it did, what is it about his skillset that leaves an impression with you?

You hate to say it this early, but what he went out and did tonight was everything I expected of him to go out and do based on how he's been performing in training camp. Just a really, really solid player. Runs the right routes. Goes up and get contested catches. And when ball gets in his hand, he makes the plays. igh praise for a rookie. He still a long way to go. He's on the right track and he works hard. If he keeps working hard and keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to be a really good football player.

I know Pete Carroll and Geno Smith are guys that have meant a lot to you in your career.

Yeah.

What was it like getting to see both of them before the game?

It was really cool, really cool. I got to spend some more time this offseason with Geno throwing in Miami with him, so it felt like it hadn't been too long since I saw him. Seeing Pete was really cool. Like I've mentioned before, he's meant a lot to me. Building the confidence back after being traded, I really appreciate him. He's definitely a major part of my football journey.

What did you think of Jalen Milroe?

He's fast. He's really fast. Really fast. You know, definitely saw it tonight. Made great decisions with the ball in his hand as far as passing goes. I mentioned this to him; getting into those fourth quarter preseason games it's all about making the right decisions, right footwork, right reads. From the sideline I felt like he did that tonight. He did a great job. I was proud of him.

RB George Holani

On whether he knew he had scored on his touchdown, prior to the replay

Oh yeah, I had a feeling I was in for sure. That play, it was crazy just going back and looking at it. Everybody was in the box, and I'm like, dang, I'm looking outside, I might pre-determine this, and I just bounced it. It was just clear from there.

On the blocking up front

Shout out to the bigs, man. None of this is possible without them getting after those guys every play. They showed all effort, all night, and I'm excited for those guys and what's to come from them.

On having Ashton [Jeanty] on the other side

Oh yeah, that's my guy, for sure. I saw him after the game and I was trying to get his jersey, but apparently their EQ guys said he couldn't give it.

WR Tory Horton

First one with the Seahawks, how does it feel?

"Feels great. First, I want to give all thanks to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for this team, for this win. I'm just so thankful to be a Seattle Seahawk. This year has been crazy for me. To get a win like that, against a good team like that, and to see how this team reacted and responded, I'm thankful I'm a Seahawk."

How do you feel about the way the defense played?

"This defense, I look to my left, I see [LB Tyrice] T Knight, I look behind me and I see [CB Devon Witherspoon] Spoon, I see those safeties, and I look in front and I see those dogs. We can go out there and play with anybody. We come out there and show what we are and play physically, be disciplined in the moments that we need to be, which really, at all moments, I think we can be something special."

Can you sense how big of a win this was for the team?

"I do. You know, heck, I was in LA. We couldn't beat them in the regular season either. So, for us to come down here in their spot, go out there and take a win from them, that's big for this team. That's big for what we have going forward. I'm going to keep saying, I'm excited about what we really can be when this thing gets rolling."

QB Jalen Milroe

What went according to plan? When you guys looked back at the tape from week six and you decided what changes needed to be made, what went according to plan today?

"I can honestly say we still had the same game plan from the last time. We just know that there are a lot of guys trying to do too much. I just felt like everybody today just did their job and just trusted the guy beside them and everything played out."

Nothing felt like it was a panic, but was there a greater sense of urgency to force that punt that set up the game winning drive?

"Yeah, we knew we had to get the ball back to the offense. You know, once we didn't get that fourth down, the defense stayed confident. We would rather get back on the field. Simply put, we played well. We got the ball back for offense."

And how much confidence did you have that the offense was going to get the job done when they got the ball back?

"They trusted us to get the stop and we trusted them to go down the field. I feel like the trust, on both sides, was at a hundred percent."

CB Nehemiah Pritchett

On his first NFL interception

"It's a blessing – a dream come true. I've been praying for moments like this my whole life, so to get my first interception is a blessing."

On what he saw on his interception

"It's crazy because we saw the same play at practice all the time. I've seen the play a thousand times and I picked one at practice the exact same way. It's crazy how that happened the same way."

On how he feels he's improved this preseason

"This is my second year of defense, so a lot has slowed down for me this year. Last year, as a rookie, everything's moving fast. This year it slowed down a bit. Let me play a little faster."

WR Jake Bobo

On his early impressions of the new offense

"You shoved the rock and then a couple play action [plays] mixed in there, that's a receivers dream. You have the safeties bite on the run and just running by them. It's a lot of fun. Honestly, it's just dipping the toe in the water. There's a lot more where that came from and I'm excited to see how he develops the scheme."

On if they could feel the presence of a fullback in the offense

"Yeah, but I'll be honest, we've felt it for the past couple of weeks. [Robbie Ouzts] puts his hat on people. It was cool to finally see it live."

On how having a fullback can help the offense dictate the terms on offense

"Well we're going to tell you when we're going to run it down your throat and then we're going to run it down your throat. That's kind of the attitude of our offense and our team right now. And it was cool to kind of take some of that out on somebody in a different colored jersey."

On what it was like to see Pete Carroll

"I love that guy. Pete and then I had Chip [Kelly], their offensive coordinator, was my head coach in college. Just to see Pete and his staff, that was a lot of fun."

DE Mike Morris

On his performance in the game

"I feel like this year, I'm a lot more comfortable, a lot more calm and collected. I felt like last year, I was just trying to fit in when I got in, like special teams. It was a period of stagnation where I just had to kind of do what I do, but without any progress. This year, I talked with the coaches, they had a great plan for me and now I feel free and like I can play again."

*On the game ending in a tie *
"You never want to end in a tie, but I feel like a lot of us showed great things and we showed great poise. And game on the line, a blocked field goal, what more can you ask for?"

On going up against Geno Smith and the Raiders starters

"We set the standard. I feel like it doesn't really make an impact if [our starters] don't play, we just wanted to make a mark and let them understand that they're not running the ball, they're not getting anything. And we showed it."

TE Elijah Arroyo

On how he felt in his first NFL game

"I felt great. First NFL game, it was great to be able to take in that moment. It felt surreal. Once I got there I had confidence. I'm prepared and I belong here."

On how he feels the rookies performed as a whole

"The rookies had a good day overall. We have a lot to improve on. But that's why we're here. We want to get better and the guys in our rookie class do a good job with that."

On what he liked about how he played today and what he wants to improve

"No drops today. That's always a good day. I could improve on being consistent in the run game. There's certain defensive moves I want to learn how to counter."

NT Brandon Pili

On how it felt to get two big plays under his belt in the first half

"It felt good. You go through training camp and you practice hours, hours and hours of the same thing and you pray that you can be able to get it done on the big stage when it counts. I'm blessed enough to be able to do that."

On how it feels to have coach Mike Macdonald rooting for him

"It feels good. It comes from the whole coaching staff as a whole. They've been working with me. They enjoy that I've been progressing and doing well in training camp. I'm going to keep it going."

On what he did this offseason to get into shape

"This off season, they had a good offseason program. We ran and lifted every day. I really locked in on the details, what I was putting in my body and my habits. I had to change a few habits stop eating some stuff here and there, but it's all worth it."

CB Josh Jobe

On what going against a starting offense does for the team

"It does a lot. At the end of the day, it's all about competing. See what we have and see what we are going up against. It was great going against the (Raiders) first team."

On the team celebrating his interception

"We all celebrate each other. If anybody makes a big play, we all celebrate. That's fun, and it starts with practice."

On what needs to be proved during the preseason

"I'm trying to play a big role, be the cornerback three and stay consistent."

LB Jared Ivey

On the feeling of being part of the rookie class this year

"Super excited to be a part of that rookie class, to be a part of the Seahawks and the league altogether. It's just a huge blessing."

On how the team performed

"I think we did good. They got stuff going in the second half, but we came out really hot. Those older guys set that type of standard, and that's what we are trying to live up to when we go out there."

On his individual performance

"I think it was good. There were some areas I can definitely get better, but I think I played really well. Super excited to go and attack the next opponent."

G Grey Zabel

On how his first game went

"It went good. Being a rookie, you have to understand that there is going to be wins, and then there are learning experiences. So, learned every single play. Thought we had a few good first few drives, and we were able to move the ball a little bit and protect the quarterback."

On how playing with some of the starters in the first quarter

"Yeah, I thought we did well. Obviously, there is always going to be things you have to clean up. I thought we had excellent playmakers behind us that was making our job pretty easy. Any time you have playmakers like that on the outside and behind you, it is fun blocking."

On if anything surprised him on his first game

"I know the 12s and Lumen Field gets loud, but wow, that was remarkable, especially at the end of the game there. How loud it got when our defense was out there on third down. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I was surprised how awesome our fans were tonight. It just goes to show that we have one of the best fan bases in the United States."