Hour 3: The biggest challenges for the Seahawks in 2026
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Bump and Stacy break down the biggest challenges facing the Seahawks as they attempt to repeat as Super Bowl champions in 2026, they give you their thoughts on the potential new Seahawks owner and the continuing Russini/Vrabel in Headline Rewrites, they bring you the biggest stories around the NFL, including Russell Wilson’s future in the league, and they break down why Jadarian Price could have a breakout rookie season.
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| 0:30.4 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:36.7 | Streaming through the Seattle Sports app |
| 0:39.0 | and at SeattleSports.com. |
| 0:41.1 | Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross. |
| 0:45.2 | I got to get, can I, we're talking Seahawks here, |
| 0:48.8 | but can I quickly get to a quick return |
| 0:52.8 | to our conversation about player mentalities. Sure. Someone said, yeah, everyone, don't be so mean and hard on the multimillionaire sports star. His life is super duper harder than yours. I said, that's not what the take is. That's not what the take is. And they said, it seems to always be. Like, you can't ask a pitcher to go on the IL because his psyche is fragile, |
| 1:11.6 | can't move the struggling hitter down because baseball players are more sensitive. |
| 1:15.4 | That's not at all what the argument is. |
| 1:19.1 | Because look, I don't think that you need to be or should be overly concerned with the player's ego when you're trying to win. |
| 1:26.6 | What Bump and I were saying and what I think is like a genuine factor that you consider |
| 1:31.6 | is that different players are treated differently and that's a fact. |
| 1:34.3 | It's not saying this should be or it is Bump's saying that's a fact. |
| 1:37.5 | That's how things are. |
| 1:39.1 | And two, that given a player's past performance and his potential, you give them longer leashes. |
| 1:47.7 | And when it comes to a player out of the bullpen or whatever, yeah, part of why you're managing a player's psyche and the mental state of a player is because it affects performance. |
| 1:57.4 | Like it's part of your job as a manager and coach. |
| 1:59.1 | That's what I was going to get to. It's you want your player to perform at the highest level. |
| 2:04.5 | To ignore psyche would be irresponsible. |
| 2:08.2 | And you're not putting your player in a position to have success. |
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