Mike Macdonald to the Seahawks, what is Washington's plan? + Why Ben Johnson stayed | Inside Coverage

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Jason Fitz is joined by Yahoo Sports Senior NFL Reporter Charles Robinson to give their takeaways on all the latest coaching news around the NFL. Fitz and Charles start off with the news that the Seattle Seahawks have hired Mike Macdonald to be their new head coach. Charles breaks down the hire and Macdonald's meteoric rise under Baltimore Ravens head coach Jim Harbaugh. The duo also discuss what Macdonald will choose to do at the quarterback position with an important deadline approaching for Geno Smith's contract. The Macdonald hire leaves the Washington Commanders as the last team without a head coach, and Fitz and Charles look at who's left on Washington's list and some potential sleeper names. Charles thinks Dan Quinn might be the best fit remaining, while Fitz still likes the idea of bringing in Bill Belichick. The duo move on to the latest coordinator news, as Charles breaks down the power dynamic between head coach and GM when putting together a staff and how it may be affecting the Las Vegas Raiders. The Philadelphia Eagles have their two coordinators in Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio, as they opt for big names to fix last year's woes. The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Arthur Smith, who was a fantastic OC in Tennessee before flaming out in Atlanta. Both hosts wonder if a Ryan Tannehill addition could be coming in Pittsburgh.

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0:00.0	Minute by minute to Seahawks have been waiting to say this is it and now they have the question is what a fool believes versus
0:06.7	Is this it? We got coaching newsglore I'll explain all of these trust me there's a pattern to it. It's time for inside coverage. Welcome to Inside Coverage,
0:25.0	Inside Coverage, part of the Zero Blitz Family presented by Prime.
0:30.0	He's Charles Robbins and I'm Jason Fitz and look I made all the Michael McDonald jokes I possibly could. I got to get him all into the interest.
0:35.2	So all famous songs by Michael McDonald because Mike McDonald has become the new head coach of the Seattle Seahawks at a brisk 36 years old.
0:44.6	See Rob, every time the coaches get younger and younger, I feel older and older.
0:49.5	Like there's just this moment for me.
0:50.8	We're 36 as a head coach of an NFL team marvelous like what were you
0:55.3	doing at 36 where was Charles Robinson at 36? I was working here.
0:59.9	I mean there we go. That's amazing.
1:04.0	That is, yeah, I, okay, so admittedly 36 was right, I was still on a tour bus.
1:08.5	So like I wasn't even 36, I didn't even realize I'd be doing this for a living.
1:11.9	There we go. Mike McDonald is now the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
1:17.0	I can't say I'm surprised, obviously, because I think a lot of people expected this would come into play.
1:23.3	Obviously as you start to look at it,
1:25.6	I mean, what's your initial reaction?
1:28.0	I mean, okay, there's a few different things
1:30.1	that I'm interested in here.
1:32.3	He's half Pete Carroll's age, right? So you go from 72 to 36, and he's probably half the extrovert that Pete Carroll is.
1:43.1	They're not similar guys in that respect.
1:45.6	Where Pete Carroll's going a million miles an hour,
1:47.8	always make the joke about, you know,
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