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Daily Seahawks Podcast: HB Mornings & Real Hawk Talk

Seahawks Sign Dante Fowler Jr.

Daily Seahawks Podcast: HB Mornings & Real Hawk Talk

Brian Nemhauser

Football, Podcast, Hawkblogger, Hawk Blogger, Nfl, American Football, Sports, Seahawks, Seattle

4.8738 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The least surprising announcement was made this morning when edge rusher Dante Fowler Jr. signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks. We talk about that move, what he brings, and continue our series on 2026 Breakout Candidates when edge Connor O'Toole joins the show.

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0:00.0

Good morning, everybody.

0:08.0

Welcome to another edition of HockBlogger Mornings.

0:10.0

I'm Brian Nemhouser.

0:10.8

You can find me and everything we do on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, ad hoc blogger.

0:16.5

And you can get our audio versions on Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you get your audio pods, as well as ad free. If you want to add free audio, you can get our audio versions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you get your audio pods,

0:21.1

as well as ad free. If you want to add free audio, you can get it at patreon.com slash hawk blogger.

0:27.6

And we're here on a Tuesday, a nondescript Tuesday in the NFL off season, just after I told you

0:34.1

that things are going to be kind of quiet for a little while. And sure enough, the Seahawks made sure they are not quiet.

0:39.8

The Seahawks have signed Edge Rusher, Dante Fowler Jr.

0:44.1

Maybe the worst kept secret in the NFL.

0:48.0

Anybody who wanted to feel prophetic or smart, all you had to do is say,

0:55.9

oh, the Seahawks are going to sign Dante Fowler Jr.

0:58.7

And guess what?

0:59.5

You'd be right.

1:00.1

Because he visited the Seahawks before the draft.

1:03.9

He ended up not signing at that point.

1:08.3

Why?

1:08.7

Because he's a veteran and that free agent addition would have

1:12.8

counted against the comp pick formula. So what do you do? You wait until after the draft to do that,

1:20.9

but there's no rush to do it right away. In fact, I wasn't sure they were going to sign Dante

1:24.9

Fowler Jr. until June. Like, they could have taken time.

1:29.0

A lot of these veteran edge rushers are in no rush to get to camp and do some of the offseason programs.

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