Rival Talk: Unfiltered

The draft has come and gone and the 2026 schedule has been released, which means it is time for our final update of the 2026 NFL offseason! We recap our respective drafts, run through our schedules, and give our predictions for each other’s teams. There will be some Rival Talk Throwbacks episodes coming between now and August, but as for the present day NFL we will return in August after Training...

It is draft week and we are back for our first offseason update! We recap some of the big moves that happened around the league, examine our own team’s moves, and give a quick preview of what we think our teams need in the draft this week. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Welcome to a brand new edition of Rival Talk: Rival Talk Throwbacks! Here, we will be taking a trip down memory lane as we go back in time to recap, relive, and analyze some of the biggest and most important matchups of the Seahawks-49ers rivalry. In this debut episode, we relive two games, the two that really started the era of the rivalry we came to know. A late season match up in 2011 the Niner...

WE. DID. NOT. CARE. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, SUPER BOWL LX CHAMPIONS. What a season and what a team as the 2025 NFL season has come to a close with Rival Talk’s first ever championship as the Seahawks put belt to ass on the patriots to secure revenge 11 years in the making and win their 2nd Lombardi trophy. We recap the big game, look ahead with our way too early predictions for 2026, and give a rundown...

Here. We. Go. It’s the big one (that’s what she said). Super Bowl LX, Seahawks vs Patriots, for all the marbles! We preview the big game and discuss keys to victory for each side. We even talk a little Mariners too looking ahead to to the start of Spring Training! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal! And GO HAWKS!

THE SEAHAWKS ARE SOARING TO SUPER BOWL LX!! In this episode I provided a quick recap of conference championship weekend while Marcus chimes in with his own analysis on some other things (including a movie review?!). Our Super Bowl LX preview episode will be out this Thursday along with the finale of Pooch Picks. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

After the Niners got BTA’d by the Hawks last week, of course it just had to be the Rams who are coming to Seattle for the NFC title game. We recap last weeks action and look ahead to championship Sunday. Who will book their tickets to Super Bowl LX?! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Well, here we go again! It’s round 3 of the Seahawks vs Niners, more spicy and bold rival talk! We recap a wild- Wild card weekend and look ahead to this weeks games and our big playoff match up. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Wild Card Weekend episode is now live on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! The Seahawks took the NFC West crown and the 1 seed and have the bye while the Niners now travel to Philly! We recap the game, preview wild card weekend, and try to keep up with the coaching carousel! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Here we are. We weren’t joking when we said this would be the biggest Rival Talk episode ever! So grab a drink and a bite to eat and make yourself comfortable as we preview the grand-daddy of them all as the Seahawks and Niners prepare to battle for the NFC West and #1 seed. And of course, it is our week 18 extravaganza where we make picks for every game! Here we go! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfilter...

As we get ready for week 17, a moment of celebration is in order as I finally have taken down Marcus in the fantasy football playoffs! Only took 4 tries and in the end he still owns me in the playoffs with a 3-1 playoff record against me, congrats pal. Beyond that, week 17 has some big matchups and plenty of playoff implications, as we stand one week away from potentially the biggest and spiciest...

It’s here, the big prime time match up between the Rams and the Seahawks that will go a long way in deciding the division and the 1 seed! We fight through our current illnesses to bring you an okay-ish episode this week. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Things are getting spicy in the NFL as the playoff chase heats up with just 4 weeks of the season to go! The Chiefs are hanging by a thread while the Dolphins have completely turned it around. There are some key match ups this week ahead of the looming big time Thursday Night rematch for the Hawks against the Rams next week! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We are officially in the home stretch of one of the wildest and unpredictable NFL seasons in recent memory! What craziness lies ahead in these final few weeks? Perhaps a rather spicy rest of season prediction on this episode by one of us isn’t really too spicy after all! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

It’s week 13 and Thanksgiving week! Family, good, and football! And of course, Rival Talk Unfiltered to bring you a stuffing of great analysis and a mash(ed) up of game preview, finished off with a heaping desert of picks! Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

It’s another cool and refreshing episode of Rival Talk Unfiltered (like the cool and refreshing flavor of Mentos). It’s week 12 and the holiday season and stretch run of the NFL season is nearly upon us! The playoff races are taking shape and still this season makes no sense. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Once upon a time we said we were going to keep episodes to 40-45 minutes….whoops. We are officially more than halfway through the 2025 season as all teams have played at least 9 games, and still we understand nothing about this league this year. The Niners are hanging on for their playoff lives in a stacked NFC while the Hawks get ready for a massive showdown with the Rams. Plus, we debut a new sh...

It’s a wild, wild world out there in the NFL this year, it’s week 10 and still nothing makes sense. We recap a wild trade deadline, our teams games and preview this weeks match ups. Plus, don’t miss our newly dubbed Bold picks brought to you by the bold flavor of Heinz ketchup! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We are back to regular programming, though still recovering…alas we move on. We are basically halfway through the 2025 NFL season now and it feels like a flashback year with the Patriots, Colts, and Broncos sitting atop the AFC. What year is it ?! We take a look ahead at big match ups for both our teams this week and make our picks for week 9. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Welcome to an alternate universe where in the 2025 NFL season nothing makes sense and everything you thought you knew about the NFL is wrong and the Mariners are on the verge of the World Series. We understand nothing.

Yes we are a bit late this week but we are both emotional wrecks because of the Mariners playoff run. This episode may or may not be that good or maybe it’s on brand for how the show usually is! We talk some about week 5 and preview week 6 as best we can while navigating our anxiety for the Mariners ALDS game 5. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We are full swing into October and this NFL season is shaping up to be a weird one so far! We recap a week full of surprises, rough injuries, and our teams performances and look ahead to week 5. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We’re about a quarter of the way through the season already and it’s been a weird year so far. Daniel Jones and the 3-0 Colts look invincible, the Browns beat the Packers, and the Chargers are looking like the class of the AFC West. We take a look ahead to week 4 and preview our upcoming games! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

2 weeks down and many still to go! We are here to recap our respective week 2 games and look ahead to our week 3 matchups, and make our picks for the upcoming week. Marcus has of course jumped out to the early lead in those, so congratulations to him. Week 3 of the 2025 NFL Season is upon us! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Well, football season is back and underway and once again Marcus owns just about everything. Off to an early lead, as is Henry in pooch picks, and of course his Niners defeating the Seahawks. He just has it all right now! We recap the game from week 1, look ahead to our respective week 2 match ups, and of course make our picks for this week. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!