The Seahawks Sunday matchup against Tampa Bay will be a throwback-esque game, with both teams celebrating their 50^th season, while wearing their respective Throwback jerseys. The game will kickoff at 1:05 p.m. and the players are getting back into the routine of a regular game week.

“Guys are in good spirits,” head coach Mike Macdonald said. “It’s important for us to be sharp today. Coming back off a little of a break here. We practiced on Monday briefly, so really important that we have a great day today. Just had a great walkthrough and we’re excited for this opportunity.”

Along with that, here’s what we learned from Macdonald’s press conference:

1. DeMarcus Lawrence “day-to-day” and other injury updates.

The Seahawks saw outside linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence exit last week’s game early due to a thigh injury, and as of Wednesday, it was not yet known if he will be able to make it back for this week’s game against the Buccaneers.

“D-Law, we’re going to play it day-by-day,” Macdonald said. “I can’t give you what’s going to happen right now, but we’ll see as the week unfolds.”

Macdonald said whether or not Lawrence makes it back this week, injured reserve is not a consideration.

With the Seahawks through four games, players who opened the season on various reserve lists are eligible to return, but the Seahawks coach said that neither defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins nor guard Christian Haynes will be returning to practice this week. Hankins was placed on the non-football injury list to open training camp due to a back injury, while Haynes is on injured reserve with a pectoral injury.

2. Interceptions: Let’s keep it going.

Through four games, Seattle has seven interceptions, tied with the Bears for second in the league. Four players each have at least one interception. Coby Bryant (2), Ernest Jones IV (2), Derion Kendrick (2) and Josh Jobe (1).

“I think takeaways are a function of how well you’re playing on defense,” Macdonald said. “How the speed and the aggressiveness, physicality, the ball seems to come to life when you play with that type of energy. And our guys are doing that right now, which is great, and we got to keep doing it. And it comes with complementary football understanding when you can take your ops attacking the ball when it’s in the air, and there’s a lot of things that go into it and our guys are determined to attack the rock right now, which is something we need to keep going.”

3. D-line playing unselfishly.

There’s no “I” in “team” and according to Macdonald, that phrase couldn’t be truer than when talking about the way the Seahawks’ defensive front is playing.

“I think a lot of guys deserve recognition for that and how there’s a lot of unselfish football going on where the guys are determined to work together, and they’re determined for the effectiveness of the group rather than just individual accolades… they’re not worried about who gets the one-on-one, who gets the two-way go, who’s the guy that’s going to drop? It’s like there’s no drag with that group and it’s really cool.”

Seattle has in a way, created a “way of life,” with that unselfish philosophy.

“It’s just how we roll here. It’s just the understanding. We have people, we bring in people on our team, how we coach them. It’s just kind of our way of life.”

4. Shared principles on defense between Bucs and Seahawks

When the Seahawks face the Buccaneers on Sunday it’ll be a clash of two defensive minded head coaches, with Todd Bowles leading Tampa Bay.

“We have a lot of respect for this football team that we’re playing,” Macdonald said. “I feel like they share a lot of our same principles as a program and as an organization. So a lot of respect for Coach Bowles and the guys on their team.”

Bowles who was the defensive coordinator for the Buccaneers before being promoted to head coach in 2022 has Tampa Bay off to a 3-1 start.

“They play really hard. They play physical. He calls it aggressively. They got great personnel. They play complementary ball. They attack the football. So a lot of great stuff that they’re doing on defense.”

5. Sam Darnold is playing decisive.

After Week 4, Sam Darnold has accounted for 905 passing yards, five touchdowns, with a 70 percent completion rate and just two interceptions. And he’s seemed to have found success distributing the ball on offense.

“I think it’s his decisiveness on how he’s playing,” Macdonald said. “He’s staying true to his reads and he’s rocking it when it’s there and when it’s not, he’s progressing and then checking it down or using his legs, and that’s what we’re asking him to do. And I think he’s doing it obviously at a really high level right now.”