The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers could have one much less day to organize for their pivotal showdown with the NFC West title and NFC’s prime seed for the playoffs on the road.
There’s a benefit to playing Saturday for Seahawks and 49ers
The NFL picked the battle between the division rivals as certainly one of its two Saturday video games for Week 18 with a 5 p.m. kickoff that may permit the nation to concentrate on what may rival Seattle’s wild additional time win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 16.
With the Seahawks and Niners set to face one another a day sooner than ordinary, Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk requested head coach Mike Macdonald the way it will influence his workforce’s week preparation.
“It’s a mix, right? There’s gonna be a blend here of how do we get as most prepared? How much time, as coaches, on the front end do we need? How much time do the guys need to recover? What’s the proper amount of reps that you need full speed versus walk-through?” Macdonald mentioned on Monday. “I mean, those are things that we’re working through right now. I think we have a pretty good idea how we’re doing it, but the guys will be in tomorrow (Tuesday) in some capacity.”
Tuesday is usually an off-day for the Seahawks in a standard week.
Macdonald mentioned the teaching workers would spend much less time than regular reviewing their Week 17 win over Carolina, however it could have extra time than earlier than a Thursday sport. He added that the late begin on Saturday may permit for some preparation earlier within the day.
“There’ll be something maybe you do game-day morning, maybe some sort of light walk-through or something,” Macdonald mentioned. “But it’s kind of like a combo of Thursday (and) Sunday games, but more slanted towards Sunday obviously cause you got six days instead of four.”
Brock and Salk additionally requested Macdonald in regards to the significance of claiming the No. 1 seed for the playoffs, however he wasn’t able to look forward that far simply but.
“It kind of is what it is. It’s like, we got to worry about that after. … We can’t be worried about the result of this game right now,” Macdonald mentioned.
Catch The Mike Macdonald Show throughout Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports 710 AM at 9:30 a.m. the day after Seahawks video games. Find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.
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