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Seattle Seahawks’ Williams has big praise for Macdonald – Seattle Sports
In March 2024, defensive tackle Leonard Williams re-signed with the Seattle Seahawks. While getting the move done was a big priority for the team, from the outside it didn’t necessarily look like the decision would be a no-brainer for Williams.
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Following a midseason trade from the New York Giants, Williams had just 10 games under his belt with Seattle. And at the same time, the Seahawks were going through a massive transition, having just moved on from the legendary Pete Carroll and hiring Mike Macdonald to take his place in the former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator’s first head coaching role.
Williams felt strongly enough about sticking with the Seahawks through the change, though, that he even flew back from a trip to Japan where he had planned to propose to his future wife in order to re-sign with the team.
Williams, who joined Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk for a conversation ahead of the Seahawks playing in the Super Bowl, shared that he made his decision to return to the Seahawks even though he didn’t personally know Macdonald beforehand.
“I knew of Mike. I’d never met him before, but he just had the No. 1 defense in the NFL so I clearly heard of him, watched his film, seen what type of coach he was,” Williams said. “And then also just seeing the direction of the NFL, going younger sometimes with head coaches that kind of have like new principles, new methods and things like that seems like the right way to go.”
The idea of playing for a defensive head coach appealed to Williams, and he quickly took a shine to Macdonald.
“I signed with them and met Mike. I was just really looking forward to where we were going to go,” Williams said. “… Having a defensive guy just made me like him even more. I love having a defensive head coach. They pay more attention to our side of the ball.”
What’s really impressed Williams, though, is Macdonald’s openness and desire to improve in his role.
“What I love so much about Mike is just his growth. His willingness to grow, his ability and want to just always chase ways to become better as a coach and for the organization,” Williams said. “Why I say that is because he was obviously a first-time head coach. You’ve seen that he didn’t have the experience a little bit at times his first year just in terms of speaking to the team and things of that nature. And then to start OTAs this year, he was up in front of the team, talking to the whole team and pretty much let us know that that’s an area he wanted to improve on.
“I think as a head coach, to show that type of vulnerability to the team kind of allows the rest of us to feel like we can all grow in areas and all be vulnerable with each other. And him setting that foundation as a head coach and just him growing, he’s an incredible leader.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
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