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The Lead

#LetRussCook: The Meme That Saved The Seahawks

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3.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Many Seattle Seahawks fans have been frustrated for years over Russell Wilson not being allowed to throw the football as much as they would like. But now, thanks in part to a tweet that became a meme, which in turn became a movement, Russ is airing it out and he and the Seahawks are cooking. The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar joins us to tell the story of a frustrated fan who used social media to help change the way his beloved football team plays.

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0:06.1

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.1

And I'm Sirete.

0:09.1

And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:12.8

Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases.

0:16.3

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

0:21.6

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

0:29.6

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood,

0:33.9

the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

0:39.9

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:44.8

Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized?

0:47.2

What drives a child to kill?

0:49.5

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:51.4

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0:53.8

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0:57.6

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1:07.9

For years, many Seahawks fans have been frustrated over Russell Wilson not being allowed to throw enough.

1:14.7

But now, Russ is cooking.

1:17.4

Wilson looking for somewhere to go.

1:19.3

This one is hard for the touchdown to catch.

1:23.3

Today, the Athletics Michael Sean Dugar has the story of the tweet from a Seahawks fan that helped change the way the team plays.

1:31.0

Does that create an easy tagline for what people had been feeling for you?

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