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The Dan Cave
Lifelong Seahawks fan and journalist Dan Viens shares his passion and unique insight for his favorite team. With year-round coverage and analysis of all things Seahawks, Dan pulls back the curtain to break down everything happening with the team both inside and outside the white lines. Through his y...
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Episode 109: New Year, New Show.... the last Dan Cave? With Special guest Erik Briggs
Erik Briggs joins me to discuss the end of the Dan Cave, and what's next?
Also.....
**The Seahawks amazing defensive turnaround - what's...
Episode 108: Corbin Smith of Seahawk Maven joins me. Was Jets win a sign of things to come?
In this week's episode Seahawk Maven managing editor Corbin Smith joins me to talk Hawks:
**Have the Seahawks finally learned how to put teams a...
Episode 107: Do the Seahawks have a coaching problem or a QB problem? Mariners Winter Meetings rumors and more....
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SEAHAWKS?
**Is it a coaching problem?
**Is it a talent issue?
**Or is it..... a Russell Wilson problem?
Episode 106: Seahawks fix defense, but what's wrong with the offense? New free agent fits for the Mariners.
**More evidence that the Seahawks defense is fixed but......
**Is the defense now carrying the offense?
**Is the offense broken? How can...
Episode 105 - Freestyle edition! Thoughts on Hawks Season-Changing win, Cougs QB's and Mariner uniform change?
**Did Ken Norton Jr redeem himself?
**How last night's win may have transformed their season.
**Can we expect the defense to continue ge...
Episode 104: Seahawk midseason grades. 3-game losing streak? Division title out of the question? WSU first impressions.
**My Seahawks mid-season grades. Who earned honors, and who's failing?
**Are we on the verge of a 3-game losing streak? If so, does it doom the...
Episode 103: Seahawks defy my pessimism with HUGE win - a big name free agent starting pitcher that may make sense for M's
**SUNDAY STANDOUTS from a HUGE Seahawks win that I didn't see coming
**Why THIS game in Buffalo is so important
**A big-name FA starting p...
Episode 102: What happened to the Hawks in Arizona, and is it fixable? How much will Dunlap help?
**Can Carlos Dunlap fix the Seahawks defense?
**Why Russell Wilson was NOT the reason the Hawks lost to the Cardinals
**Why was this loss...
Episode 101: Bonus episode! Previewing the Seahawks/Cardinals matchup w/ Erik Briggs
**Erik Briggs joins me from Phoenix with a look behind enemy lines of the key divisional matchup this Sunday between the undefeated Seahawks and the u...
EPISODE 100! MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! Also....How do the Hawks stack up in the NFC West race? Are the Mariners the next Rays? And LIVE STREAMING (with technical issues of course)
**We made it to 100 episodes!
**Major Announcement about the future of the podcast er..... it's.... cousin?
**How do the Seahawks stack up...
Episode 99: Are the Seahawks LEGIT contender? Sue Bird's greatness, and 5 potential Mariner bullpen targets
**How GREAT is Sue Bird? No... I mean seriously!
**Are the 4-0 Seahawks LEGIT Super Bowl contenders?
**Did the Pac-12 media poll get it r...
Episode 98: How to fix the defense. Enjoy Shottenheimer, while you can. Mariners contenders in 2021?
**YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! Brian Schottenheimer - Head Coaching Candidate. Get used to hearing that, and enjoy him while you can.
**Yes, the Se...
Episode 97: Takeaways from wild week 2 Seahawks win, defense fixable? Offense here to stay? Mariners a playoff team?!
**Russ is cooking, is it enough to overcome the defensive shortcomings?
**Can the defense be good enough to contend?
**Who will fill the...
Episode 96: Seahawks beat Falcons, Russ allowed to cook, Mariners playoff race
**Seahawks beat Atlanta with Russ COOKING!
*Is this new offense here to stay?
*How did we get here, and why did it take so long?...
Episode 95: Seahawks Season Preview, Roster Thoughts and Record Prediction
Ahead of the Seahawks Season Opener it's time for some Hawk Talk!
**Final thoughts on 53-man roster, biggest concerns?
**Season predictio...
Episode 94: Seahawks 53-man roster projection, Clowney still in play?
SEAHAWKS TALK!!!!
**BREAKING NEWS! Hawks add yet another talented deep threat to the WR corps.
**My final stab at a full 53-man roster pro...
Episode 93: Breaking down the Austin Nola trade
Jerry Dipoto has done it again. In today's episode we look at the Austin Nola trade.
**How Dipoto found the perfect trade partner
**What t...
Episode 92 - Taijuan Walker traded, parsing the clues for who the M's got in return.
COMMENCE TRADE SEASON!
**Jerry Dipoto trades Taijuan Walker for the second time. What's the return? I dig deep into the Blue Jays farm system to...
Episode 91: Part 2 w/ Erik Briggs, Seahawks Training camp update, Pac12 cancels fall football
Part 2 of my conversation with Erik Briggs is all about the pigskin!
**Is the Seahawks defense good enough to get this team back to the Super Bo...
Episode 90: Part 1 w/ Erik Briggs (Mariners status check)
Part 1 in a two-part interview with Erik Briggs focuses on the Mariners:
**General thoughts on the young season so far
**Biggest positives...
Episode 89: A Fall without college FB? Russell Wilson drops a bomb, and a surprise Mariner lock for the 2022 roster.
**Now that the Pac-12 has cancelled fall sports, will all the other conferences follow? My thoughts on what SHOULD happen.
**Russell asks for mo...
Episode 88: Season 3 Premiere!!
The Dan Cave is BACK after a short hiatus to launch it's 3rd season
**MARINERS - The Ugly, the Bad and the Good from their 4-8 start to the seas...
Episode 87: Ty Gonzalez and Colby Patnode, Mariners mock draft and what's next after SoDo Mojo
A very special episode this week:
**Ty Gonzalez and Colby Patnode join me to talk about being fired from SoDo Mojo for not "sticking to sports"...
Episode 86: Top 3 Mariners Draft Targets and Seahawks Offseason Grades
Jam-packed show this week!
**Everything you need to know about the Top 3 prospects the Mariners are likely to choose from in the upcoming MLB Dr...
Episode 85: Seahawks Alternate-Reality Drafts, what could have been?
I look at two possible alternate draft scenarios for the Seahawks:
**My "Shadow Draft" where I unveil which players I wrote down while the Hawks...
Episode 84: Seahawks Draft Recap
**Full recaps of all Hawks draft picks, focusing on their upside and their fit
**Dispelling the myth that Jordyn Brooks was a reach at 27
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Episode 83: The Morning After the Brooks Pick, making sense of it all
**Once again the Seahawks shock us with their first pick, was it really as bad as it seems?
**I walk you through the 5 stages of grief, we can...
Episode 82 - Seahawks Draft Mockapalooza! Dueling real-time mock with Erik Briggs
It's a Seahawks Draft Mockapalooza! Not one, but TWO real-time mock drafts!
**Real-time dueling mocks with Erik Briggs, including a big trade to...
Episode 81: Seahawks draft preview with Chris Cluff
Longtime Seahawks journalist and author Chris Cluff joins me to get you ready for the Seahawks draft
**Could Seattle once again take a running b...
Episode 80: The ULTIMATE (and final) Seahawks mock draft, and trade UP scenarios
**What would it cost for Seattle to move UP in this year's draft? I outline 3 different scenarios
**THE ULTIMATE 7-round Seahawks mock draft. Se...
Episode 79 - Twitter Draft Crushes and 7 Prospects For 7 Rounds
All Seahawks and All NFL Draft in Episode 79!!
**Your Seahawk Draft Crushes discussed!
**My 7 favorite Hawk prospects at each position for...
Episode 78 - Mariners and Seahawks talk with Colby Patnode
Colby Patnode of Sodo Mojo and Seahawk Maven discuss his thoughts on:
**MLB's plan for the players draft and the possibility of starting the sea...
Episode 77 - Dueling Seahawk Mocks with a twist, with Bill Alvstad
Bill joins me from the Seahawks Playbook Podcast to do dueling mock drafts, but neither of us is allowed to take any player we've ever mocked to the H...
Episode 76: Listener questions - Seahawks draft and free agency
I answer questions from listeners regarding the Seahawks offseason moves and draft plans
**What are the greatest positions of need?
**Who...
Episode 75 - Dueling Seahawk Mock Drafts w/ Erik Briggs
Join Erik Briggs and I as we each lay out our draft plan for each and every Seahawk pick in next months NFL draft.
**Where do we agree?
**...
Episode 74: NFL Free Agency Amid the Quarantine Life
**Whither Jadeveon Clowney? Should the Seahawks keep waiting or move on without him?
**What's their Plan B?
**Sizing up the GOOD about th...
Episode 73 - Seahawks LIVE mock draft, with trade!
We take a break from all the corona virus craziness to dive into our pre-free agency Seahawks mock draft, simulated LIVE while recording.
And th...
Episode 72 - Seahawks 2020 Full Offseason Plan
I put on my General Manager hat and tackle the 2020 Seahawks offseason through free agency and the draft.
I fix the pass rush, but is Clowney p...
Episode 71: Should Seahawks let Britt/Ifedi go? What impact will Walker have on M's? And DRAGONS first impressions.
**Taijuan Walker joins the M's rotation race, how will that all shake out?
**Decision time is looming on Justin Britt and Germaine Ifedi, what...