Mike Macdonald isn’t spending his energy on the rest of the NFC West.
The Seahawks head coach made it clear that, whatever moves the 49ers and Rams have made this offseason, his focus stays squarely on Seattle. That approach comes with a real challenge, because the Seahawks are trying to repeat as Super Bowl champions while navigating a division that got tougher after last season’s playoff run.
Seattle had to get through both San Francisco and Los Angeles in the postseason last year, and both teams have since added more firepower. The 49ers bolstered their offense with wideouts Mike Evans and Christian Kirk, traded for defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa and brought back linebacker Dre Greenlaw.
The Rams responded with their own aggressive push, landing cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson before swinging a blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett last month. There’s also the possibility that defensive tackle Aaron Donald could return from retirement.
Macdonald, though, brushed all of that aside.
“Yeah, I don’t care,” Macdonald said, via Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com. “Don’t care.
If you start worrying about what everybody else is doing, it’s just mentally taxing. It’s so much easier if you don’t.
Let’s just worry about the Seahawks and being the best version of ourselves and getting better every day.”
The Seahawks will see the 49ers in Week 5, but their two matchups with the Rams are pushed all the way to the final three weeks of the regular season. For now, Macdonald has plenty of time before the focus shifts to Los Angeles.
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