As they made the roughly 2,400-mile flight to Jacksonville on Friday evening, the Seattle Seahawks were tuned into the Seattle Mariners’ marathon, 15-inning, do-or-die playoff game against the Detroit Tigers.
“The Mariners game was on the whole flight,” Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said during his weekly conversation with Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk on Monday. “And then, not gonna lie, the Wi-Fi was a little not that sweet toward the end of the flight.
“But then once we landed, it’s on the phone. And then … they had it (on) in the meal room at the hotel. So all the guys, we were huddled around.”
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