Daily Puck Drop: Jake Dickert Fallout, more WSU transfers, Penix a Seahawk, Rams team to beat. Guests: Mike Garafolo and Michael-Shawn Dugar

Thursday’s edition of the Daily Puck Drop with Jason “Puck” Puckett featured his weekly guests, Mike Garafolo, NFL Network and Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic. 

Puck puts cap on the Jake Dickert to Wake Forest talk to open the show. He plays a few clips from WSU AD Anne McCoy’s press conference on Wednesday.   Puck has come to the conclusion that Dickert never intended to finish out the season and that he was probably gone once the season started.  WSU DT David Gusta become the latest Cougar to enter the portal and now the Cougs have 23 players in the portal and 12 of them are starters. The Holiday Bowl will be a disaster. 

Mike Garafolo, NFL Network joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly visit to talk all things NFL.   They start off with a piece from The Athletic that details the absolute dysfunction inside the New York Jets facility. 

Aaron Rogers hints at coming back in 2025 and even said he’d be willing to mentor a younger quarterback.  Garafolo and Puck don’t believe him.  

Michael Penix has been named the starter for the Atlanta Falcons and it was awesome to see where he was getting lunch when he got the phone call about being the new QB.    

Puck asks Garafolo about who he thinks will win the NFC West….Rams or Seahawks??   Saquon Barkley has a shot at the NFL rushing title and he could break the record in the final game of the season against his former team, the New York Giants.   Intriguing game on Thursday between the Broncos and Chargers and the playoff implications.  Russell Wilson wants to stay in Pittsburgh and what will that cost the Steelers?  What will the Vikings do with Sam Darnold?  Lastly, Mike is hungover and it’s lasted a week! 

Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic joins Jason “Puck” Puckett to talk Seahawks. What’s the injury situation with the Seahawks?  Good news and bad news on the injury front. 

What happened to the Seahawks defense against the Green Bay Packers and was it a step back for Mike Macdonald’s defense?  

Are Macdonald and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb on the same page?   An intriguing matchup coming up on Sunday are the wide receivers between the Seahawks and Vikings.    The Vikings game is not technically a must win game, but in reality it is a must win game for Seattle.    What’s going on with Riq Woolen?  

Finally, “Hey, What the Puck!?” Puck thinks what could have been if Seattle could have moved up in the draft and selected Michael Penix.