Brock thinks the O-line is improving. Will the injuries catch up to them and halt that progress? Then, we catch up with Brock's FOX college football broadcast partner Jason Benneti about the Tigers ousting the Astros. Plus, Maura breaks down week 5 of fantasy football for you.

The hour starts with Brock and Lefko listening to voicemails from callers in this week's edition of Here's The Thing. Then, they are joined by ESPN's Jeff Passan to get his insight on the end of the Mariners season and how they should approach the offseason.

Brock and Lefko dive in on why it is necessary for the Seahawks to pay Geno Smith. Maura then takes everyone Around The NFL. In Blue 88, topics include Seahawks defensive metrics, Mike Macdonald's affinity for data and the biggest adjustment for the Huskies post Kalen DeBoer.

Mike Lefko, filling in for Salk, discusses how the Mariners were always a team built for the postseason after watching all of yesterday's playoff baseball. They just weren't quite built to get there. Later, they re-air their conversation with Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network.

Brock and Salk go through a round of Buy or Sell with various Seahawks, Mariners and NFL topics. They then bring on Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network for his weekly visit to rehash the Seahawks game against the Lions, how he views them after that contest and much more.

Brock and Salk discuss the injured Seahawks that missed Monday night's game and talk about whether they should rest them against the Giants in order to have them healthy for next Thursday's game against the 49ers. They also do another trivia contest with two callers for the prize of the Madden game. In Blue 88, they dive in on Mike Macdonald's accountability, Geno Smith's QB ranking and the state of running backs and wide receivers in the NFL.

Salk reviews Day 1 of the MLB Playoffs and talks about what stood out to him, and tied all of it back to the Mariners. Later, they re-air their conversation with Mike Macdonald.

Brock previews UW's matchup with Michigan in Washington Wednesday. Then, we dig into some comments from Daniel Jeremiah earlier this show about Baltimore's consistency. What can learning in that environment do for Mike Macdonald in his first head coaching job here? Plus, we go through a particularly heavily censored version of Mean Tweets for Brock.