Wow. First one since Largent. Hadn't thought about that. If we're going to play the Rams to get to the promised land anyway, it's better to play them next weekend after a week of rest and them having to travel across the country the week prior.
Woolen for $25M or Bryant + Jobe for $30M? Woolen, and it’s not a particularly close call. Of the three, Woolen is easily the hardest to replace. FWIW, Spotrac projects Woolen’s market value at 4yrs/$15.7M AAV.
BTW, the issue is per cent of salary cap, not total dollars.
Great post SSJ and a great question Zezinhom400! Talent, youth and money are the real drivers of a successful team in the NFL. I look forward to seeing how JS and MM handle the UFA after we win the Super Bowl. I remember the howling after wining it all in 2013 when Golden Tate was not resigned, I expect more in 2026. I would take exception to SSJ view on Walker. I just don’t think he a MM kind of RB, but we will see.
The NFL is a "what have you done for me lately" league right? Walker has played himself into a new contract these last 4 weeks and especially if he keeps it up in the playoffs. ALSO, the first of his 3 fumbles was a botched snap by Geno, so I blame all 3 on Geno.
Our team will get poached. This is what happens to good teams. JS knows not to panic and overpay. I trust MM and staff to train any new additions. It's easier usually to find smaller players so I'm prioritizing big guys typically. I think we all need to brace for changes. It'll be ok though as long as we have the coaches and teachers in place.
One under the radar move JS already made was extending Saubert for another season. Our TE group is locked in, diverse in skill-sets, and cheep for at least another year.
Saubert is maybe the most underrated of all our TE's. He's our best blocking TE to my eye, and hasn't dropped a pass yet. So far so good. And the best part is he is another cast off who feels he has found a home. He's bounced around the league and now is all in on Seattle and the Seahawks. I don't know how many know this, but JSN proudly announces he is "all in on Seattle". He has bought a home here, brought his entire family to Seattle, and says he loves the city. So I hope we can offer him a market rate contract and he will sign it. JSN is the kind of player worth signing up for at least another four year contract if possible. He's still young, and is elite. Elite talent is worth the market rate and then some, while the less elite players who want 95% of elite money are not worth it, IMO.
The CB situation is really interesting. MM has put all three guys out there together in nickel and dime packages so much this season that it's hard to imagine letting both Jobe and Woolen go, but are either of them worth whatever their market value will be? Couple those decisions with Coby and you've got half the secondary of the best defensive unit in football potentially leaving right as the Super Bowl window opens!
You have to be able to evaluate each contract decision separately, but when viewed collectively I get really apprehensive about replacing all these guys.
What is the drop off from Coby to Okada? Are we okay with that exchange to save a chunk? Because then it's easier to say you wanna pay one of Woolen and Jobe and obviously Spoon.
None at all. Okada is significantly faster than Coby, and I'm guessing we can get a two or three year contract for reasonable rate. Let Coby go, and Jobe if he is offered a lot of money, but I'd like to keep Woolen and K9. Draft or trade for a plug and play OLB to replace Mafe. He's gotta be strong enough to play the run. Or trade for the guy from the Raiders. We're set at LB, and maybe set at DT for now. We can bring almost everyone back besides Coby and a CB. One of either Woolen or Jobe.
I worry thinking about the team letting 2 CBs walk, on the premise that you can coach/scheme ordinary CBs into good/great ones.
Pritchett is my counter example. While he may have made the single best pass defensed of the season, I shudder to think of our defense with him starting.
I’m good with letting one CB in free agency, letting two go would seem a bit arrogant of the team.
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Listened to Michael-Shawn Duggar yesterday, who said the reason backups with less physical gifts (read: speed, I think) like Ty Okada succeed is because the coaches change the rules/scheme/roles to keep them from failing. The starter is a difference maker, a panic button. The replacement is competent. His analogy was Kupp, who the Rams could have schemed open for another season, but they chose not to. Making SSJ's point, the Rams didn't want to pay Kupp. I think you keep Woolen, if you can afford to.
Unless you fancy drafting a CB in R1 or R2.
Walker is a different matter. First, we don't know how the team views Kenny McIntosh and George Holani. If they believe in those players as potential starters, with Charbonnet, then it's an easy choice. Second, SSJ has taught us the folly of second contracts for RBs. Third, back to what MSDuggar said, if Walker WANTS to stay here and takes a team-friendly deal, then, sure. Maybe. But lastly...there is one RB in the draft with a R1 grade, and we're not doing that -- not drafting high enough, not spending that pick that way. There are two day two RBs as of now. That may be too rich a price for the team, or for we observers, and we don't know what other holes will need filling. As I foolishly play with mocks, I think I'd rather take a WR on day two, if it comes to that.
I've always remained stubbornly supportive of Ken Walker. I'd really like us to resign him on a contract that keeps him around for two more seasons. If we were a bad/mediocre team, I'd let him go, but he's a luxury we can afford during our window right now.
Walker knows he can have a long career here. Pete was hell on RBs, wearing them out or breaking them after just a few years. MM rests his guys throughout games, minimizing injury using an effective Bench. Plus he also won't bring a guy back from injury until they are 100% healthy. The Bench guys understand they have a real shot at showing what they can do, due to the extended playing time. My bet is the guys will want to stay here.
I wonder about K9's love for Seattle. KK has used him in a support role lately. He has almost never been given the runs from the 10 to the goal line. Charbs has 12 TD's and Ken way less. If I was Ken I;d feel disrespected. OTOH, a SB win would help heal that wound. But they need to show K9 some love soon or I wouldn't expect Ken back next year.
As a relative (10yr) newcomer to the sport, I feel I'm only just getting confident with some of the metrics being used. One thing that I've constantly struggled with, though, is Yards Per Carry for RBs.
"Seattle averaged 5.3 yards per outside run and 4.7 per inside run"
One thing that we'll remember well from this game was the converted 3rd & 17, and a few other longer runs. These longer ones (and occasional 40yd+ TDscin other games) will skew a crude average. Are we talking 5.3 and 4.7 here as being the mean or median? I imagine that the latter would be so much more insightful, but I'm not sure which we're looking at.
It is the mean. You are correct. K9 was notorious in the past for having a high percentage of explosive runs but having a very high percentage of runs where he’s stuffed at or behind the line of scrimmage.
“Most analysts are predicting the Rams to win the NFC and win the Super Bowl. Almost nobody is picking the Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl and especially not win it. I guess if you want some early satisfaction on that end, you could root for the Panthers.” I mentioned just the other day about the prevalent doubt the Seahawks and went off on Sam Monsoon specifically. Well, these “experts” have had their heads up there a** for the entire season, I think they just like it that way. I admire their flexibility to accomplish that feat of dexterity.
A strain of 'cranial rectitus' endemic to most NFL analysts spewing their bias from anywhere South of Portland or East of Spokane. Such odds makers make me do my happy dance while watching them insert their butt plug noggins after eating a rather large helping of crow.
It most likely stems from the fact that Seattle is far removed from the centers of national media. I went to two VMAC practices and to the Lumen Field Fan Fest Intra squad scrimmage. I guarantee that’s three more practices than 99% of the national media. They all base their opinion on what they hear - hearsay. And they all listen to others like themselves to “educate” themselves. So it’s a case of garbage in, garbage out. Spouting nonsense. Now the Seahawks might not win the Super Bowl, but at least the odds makers are finally recognizing them as the best team in the NFL. I believe this was becoming discernible as early as OTAs, and was becoming obvious as early as training camp. The trouble is no one in LA or NY is bothering to notice this. They are focused on the endlessly repeated narrative They moved off Geno, DK and Lockett. “Oh My! The Seahawks are tearing it down and rebuilding!” Anyone who was listening to the The Seahawks management, coaches and players knew nothing could be further than the truth.
He and his partner do a recap video of all the weekly games. In the 49ers-Seahawks game he says if just two plays go the other way, the 49ers could have easily won that game. The plays were the Thomas INT and the Walker run for a first down on third and 17. Let’s be real, if the INT is incomplete, there’s no guarantee they get more than a field goal. If walker doesn’t get a first down, they punt and they have to drive 90 yards to score. The likely outcome there is they punt or turn it over on downs. NOW, 9 times out of 10 on the Seahawks first drive Darnold sees Charbs wide open in the flat for 7 points, and 9 times out of 10 Meyers hits those missed field goals for 6 more points. The most likely outcome of that game is a 23 point Seahawk victory. Only a Seahawk hater dumb f—k like Monsoon could say the 49ers could have easily won that game.
I do think an element of this is that JS is special. That he himself does not do things the way the football world thinks it should be done.
Specifically, the way he has handled the QB. He traded away his "Franchise" QB, found another good QB and traded him away because he didn't want to pay what he was asking just to pivot to another QB. No high draft picks, no large contracts, no trades (only outgoing).
I think the traditional thinking is if you don't have a QB then you are bad. JS has turned that thinking on its head.
He also sought out the best young defensive mind when the rest of the NFL was looking for the next McVay and Shanahan.
This reminds me of the LOB era when we drafted a too small QB and too big cornerbacks.
JS is back on his game staying ahead of the curves. The more people are confused about the Hawks the more excited I become (because it bucks conventional wisdom and finds edges).
I think Pete may very well have triggered this Vision John has been building out here. I wonder if Tom Brady came, by himself, to the conclusion on the Old Ways often overpaid some positions, especially QB. All of it seems triggered by the success brought on by baseball's Money Ball Accounting. JS makes his first question: Can we afford that?
And its not without it hiccups. I think JS realized he made a mistake letting Damien Lewis go and not paying him. You can see by his actions (trying to pay even more for Will Fries, drafting a G in round 1).
Also, how much would Pete love this team? Great defense. Run the football. QB is a point guard (make his life as easy as possible). So, yeah, I think Pete definitely influenced JS.
Additionally, the first two drafts of the rebuild were with Pete still here! The RW trade started the rebuild and the 2022 and 2023 drafts with Pete still here helped lay the foundation for this SB run.
If we believe Brady Henderson, and I do, Bryant was offered an extension and opted to wait and bet on himself. In the meantime Ty Okada surfaced. This likely lowered the number the hawks will pay for Bryant absent an incredible playoff performance. I really like the explosiveness of K9, but it is important to note that he is not an RB1. The need to cap his touches at about 18 a game means he’s an RB1a and requires you have an RB1b. So I feel JS will weigh that in and being an RB1a means a lower pay scale than an RB1. Some team will probably pay his RB1 pay. Will K9 take a discount to stay? E Jones IV did. I think K9, Woolen, and Jobe will have to accept a lower amount to remain with the Seahawks. I think the Seahawks like K9, Woolen and Jobe, I think they’d gladly have them back, but I think JS has a number he won’t go beyond in signing them.
On the bright side, the best news I wanted to hear coming out of training camp was we had our bookend tackles on extensions. Despite the delay, I’m thrilled. When you look at positions that are hard to find real quality, OT is very close to QB as that position. Two positions we don’t need to worry about for at least two more years! GO HAWKS!
I think the Super Bowl will have a huge impact on these subjects. If we make it to the Super Bowl someone has to love Klint Kubiak enough to wait for him and that might be hard for a nervous owner. If we win the Super Bowl then our free agents will become way more desirable to the rest of the league. Everybody will be looking to cash in on their success. It will be harder to keep them.
Wow. First one since Largent. Hadn't thought about that. If we're going to play the Rams to get to the promised land anyway, it's better to play them next weekend after a week of rest and them having to travel across the country the week prior.
Was it you who wrote the article of the greatest Seahawk? 23 sacks in one game... I want to find that article.
No way does any team have 23 sacks in one game. Do you mean one season?
This is funny.
https://x.com/BrockHuard/status/2009784515875749916
Love it!
Woolen for $25M or Bryant + Jobe for $30M? Woolen, and it’s not a particularly close call. Of the three, Woolen is easily the hardest to replace. FWIW, Spotrac projects Woolen’s market value at 4yrs/$15.7M AAV.
BTW, the issue is per cent of salary cap, not total dollars.
Great post SSJ and a great question Zezinhom400! Talent, youth and money are the real drivers of a successful team in the NFL. I look forward to seeing how JS and MM handle the UFA after we win the Super Bowl. I remember the howling after wining it all in 2013 when Golden Tate was not resigned, I expect more in 2026. I would take exception to SSJ view on Walker. I just don’t think he a MM kind of RB, but we will see.
The NFL is a "what have you done for me lately" league right? Walker has played himself into a new contract these last 4 weeks and especially if he keeps it up in the playoffs. ALSO, the first of his 3 fumbles was a botched snap by Geno, so I blame all 3 on Geno.
Our team will get poached. This is what happens to good teams. JS knows not to panic and overpay. I trust MM and staff to train any new additions. It's easier usually to find smaller players so I'm prioritizing big guys typically. I think we all need to brace for changes. It'll be ok though as long as we have the coaches and teachers in place.
Secret MVP, John Benton. If KK walks, HOPE to keep Benton.
One under the radar move JS already made was extending Saubert for another season. Our TE group is locked in, diverse in skill-sets, and cheep for at least another year.
Saubert is maybe the most underrated of all our TE's. He's our best blocking TE to my eye, and hasn't dropped a pass yet. So far so good. And the best part is he is another cast off who feels he has found a home. He's bounced around the league and now is all in on Seattle and the Seahawks. I don't know how many know this, but JSN proudly announces he is "all in on Seattle". He has bought a home here, brought his entire family to Seattle, and says he loves the city. So I hope we can offer him a market rate contract and he will sign it. JSN is the kind of player worth signing up for at least another four year contract if possible. He's still young, and is elite. Elite talent is worth the market rate and then some, while the less elite players who want 95% of elite money are not worth it, IMO.
I agree, he lead TE in snaps last week.
The CB situation is really interesting. MM has put all three guys out there together in nickel and dime packages so much this season that it's hard to imagine letting both Jobe and Woolen go, but are either of them worth whatever their market value will be? Couple those decisions with Coby and you've got half the secondary of the best defensive unit in football potentially leaving right as the Super Bowl window opens!
You have to be able to evaluate each contract decision separately, but when viewed collectively I get really apprehensive about replacing all these guys.
FWIW, spotrac projects Woolen’s annual value at $15.7M, not $25M.
What is the drop off from Coby to Okada? Are we okay with that exchange to save a chunk? Because then it's easier to say you wanna pay one of Woolen and Jobe and obviously Spoon.
None at all. Okada is significantly faster than Coby, and I'm guessing we can get a two or three year contract for reasonable rate. Let Coby go, and Jobe if he is offered a lot of money, but I'd like to keep Woolen and K9. Draft or trade for a plug and play OLB to replace Mafe. He's gotta be strong enough to play the run. Or trade for the guy from the Raiders. We're set at LB, and maybe set at DT for now. We can bring almost everyone back besides Coby and a CB. One of either Woolen or Jobe.
Might be a good year for safeties in the draft, and their positional value is modest.
I worry thinking about the team letting 2 CBs walk, on the premise that you can coach/scheme ordinary CBs into good/great ones.
Pritchett is my counter example. While he may have made the single best pass defensed of the season, I shudder to think of our defense with him starting.
I’m good with letting one CB in free agency, letting two go would seem a bit arrogant of the team.
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Why aren’t you on Seattle radio every week showing up Brock & Salk?! Why aren’t you getting paid by The Athletic to be THE GUY for Seahawks (and/or Rams) coverage?
Maybe it’s easier to do your thing by staying on Substack out of the public spotlight but it consistently blows my mind how good you are at what you do! I often show up my Seahawks-fan friends with all the knowledge and insights I get from reading this newsletter every single day.
My fandom is so much more fun having your commentary and insight in my inbox. Thanks so much, Joe. You’ve already won the Super Bowl of Seahawks beat writing for me.
Double Rec for this, Samuel.
Listened to Michael-Shawn Duggar yesterday, who said the reason backups with less physical gifts (read: speed, I think) like Ty Okada succeed is because the coaches change the rules/scheme/roles to keep them from failing. The starter is a difference maker, a panic button. The replacement is competent. His analogy was Kupp, who the Rams could have schemed open for another season, but they chose not to. Making SSJ's point, the Rams didn't want to pay Kupp. I think you keep Woolen, if you can afford to.
Unless you fancy drafting a CB in R1 or R2.
Walker is a different matter. First, we don't know how the team views Kenny McIntosh and George Holani. If they believe in those players as potential starters, with Charbonnet, then it's an easy choice. Second, SSJ has taught us the folly of second contracts for RBs. Third, back to what MSDuggar said, if Walker WANTS to stay here and takes a team-friendly deal, then, sure. Maybe. But lastly...there is one RB in the draft with a R1 grade, and we're not doing that -- not drafting high enough, not spending that pick that way. There are two day two RBs as of now. That may be too rich a price for the team, or for we observers, and we don't know what other holes will need filling. As I foolishly play with mocks, I think I'd rather take a WR on day two, if it comes to that.
Okada is blazing fast. Sub 4.40 40. Coby is 4,5.
Ok. That’s on me, not Duggar.
I've always remained stubbornly supportive of Ken Walker. I'd really like us to resign him on a contract that keeps him around for two more seasons. If we were a bad/mediocre team, I'd let him go, but he's a luxury we can afford during our window right now.
Walker knows he can have a long career here. Pete was hell on RBs, wearing them out or breaking them after just a few years. MM rests his guys throughout games, minimizing injury using an effective Bench. Plus he also won't bring a guy back from injury until they are 100% healthy. The Bench guys understand they have a real shot at showing what they can do, due to the extended playing time. My bet is the guys will want to stay here.
I wonder about K9's love for Seattle. KK has used him in a support role lately. He has almost never been given the runs from the 10 to the goal line. Charbs has 12 TD's and Ken way less. If I was Ken I;d feel disrespected. OTOH, a SB win would help heal that wound. But they need to show K9 some love soon or I wouldn't expect Ken back next year.
Good points, Jimmy.
A Running Back for Mike McDonald well might value a longer carreer as well as being physically able to play with his children when he retires.
Amen, Sir Charles. Good point!
Yes. But money.
Beastquake replay with commentary by you know who. Be sure to turn on the sound when you watch it.
"Just a little baby stiff arm."
https://x.com/NFLFilms/status/2009311000474898471
"Just a little baby stiff arm."
"Uh oh, it might be trouble"
... hah, hah
Easiest way to get a "like" in this community
That was great thanks for sharing...gotta love Marshawn.
Never gets old!
As a relative (10yr) newcomer to the sport, I feel I'm only just getting confident with some of the metrics being used. One thing that I've constantly struggled with, though, is Yards Per Carry for RBs.
"Seattle averaged 5.3 yards per outside run and 4.7 per inside run"
One thing that we'll remember well from this game was the converted 3rd & 17, and a few other longer runs. These longer ones (and occasional 40yd+ TDscin other games) will skew a crude average. Are we talking 5.3 and 4.7 here as being the mean or median? I imagine that the latter would be so much more insightful, but I'm not sure which we're looking at.
It is the mean. You are correct. K9 was notorious in the past for having a high percentage of explosive runs but having a very high percentage of runs where he’s stuffed at or behind the line of scrimmage.
“Most analysts are predicting the Rams to win the NFC and win the Super Bowl. Almost nobody is picking the Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl and especially not win it. I guess if you want some early satisfaction on that end, you could root for the Panthers.” I mentioned just the other day about the prevalent doubt the Seahawks and went off on Sam Monsoon specifically. Well, these “experts” have had their heads up there a** for the entire season, I think they just like it that way. I admire their flexibility to accomplish that feat of dexterity.
A strain of 'cranial rectitus' endemic to most NFL analysts spewing their bias from anywhere South of Portland or East of Spokane. Such odds makers make me do my happy dance while watching them insert their butt plug noggins after eating a rather large helping of crow.
That is crazy.
I must be in a bubble but I don't really see these people so when I read this stuff it always blows me away.
It most likely stems from the fact that Seattle is far removed from the centers of national media. I went to two VMAC practices and to the Lumen Field Fan Fest Intra squad scrimmage. I guarantee that’s three more practices than 99% of the national media. They all base their opinion on what they hear - hearsay. And they all listen to others like themselves to “educate” themselves. So it’s a case of garbage in, garbage out. Spouting nonsense. Now the Seahawks might not win the Super Bowl, but at least the odds makers are finally recognizing them as the best team in the NFL. I believe this was becoming discernible as early as OTAs, and was becoming obvious as early as training camp. The trouble is no one in LA or NY is bothering to notice this. They are focused on the endlessly repeated narrative They moved off Geno, DK and Lockett. “Oh My! The Seahawks are tearing it down and rebuilding!” Anyone who was listening to the The Seahawks management, coaches and players knew nothing could be further than the truth.
Hearsay. Interesting word. I'd like to read your dust-up with this Sam Monsoon.
He and his partner do a recap video of all the weekly games. In the 49ers-Seahawks game he says if just two plays go the other way, the 49ers could have easily won that game. The plays were the Thomas INT and the Walker run for a first down on third and 17. Let’s be real, if the INT is incomplete, there’s no guarantee they get more than a field goal. If walker doesn’t get a first down, they punt and they have to drive 90 yards to score. The likely outcome there is they punt or turn it over on downs. NOW, 9 times out of 10 on the Seahawks first drive Darnold sees Charbs wide open in the flat for 7 points, and 9 times out of 10 Meyers hits those missed field goals for 6 more points. The most likely outcome of that game is a 23 point Seahawk victory. Only a Seahawk hater dumb f—k like Monsoon could say the 49ers could have easily won that game.
Yeah.
I do think an element of this is that JS is special. That he himself does not do things the way the football world thinks it should be done.
Specifically, the way he has handled the QB. He traded away his "Franchise" QB, found another good QB and traded him away because he didn't want to pay what he was asking just to pivot to another QB. No high draft picks, no large contracts, no trades (only outgoing).
I think the traditional thinking is if you don't have a QB then you are bad. JS has turned that thinking on its head.
He also sought out the best young defensive mind when the rest of the NFL was looking for the next McVay and Shanahan.
This reminds me of the LOB era when we drafted a too small QB and too big cornerbacks.
JS is back on his game staying ahead of the curves. The more people are confused about the Hawks the more excited I become (because it bucks conventional wisdom and finds edges).
Go Hawks,
He’s chasing edges along with MM!
Love it! Exciting to be a fan of and follow along
I think Pete may very well have triggered this Vision John has been building out here. I wonder if Tom Brady came, by himself, to the conclusion on the Old Ways often overpaid some positions, especially QB. All of it seems triggered by the success brought on by baseball's Money Ball Accounting. JS makes his first question: Can we afford that?
Yeah.
And its not without it hiccups. I think JS realized he made a mistake letting Damien Lewis go and not paying him. You can see by his actions (trying to pay even more for Will Fries, drafting a G in round 1).
Also, how much would Pete love this team? Great defense. Run the football. QB is a point guard (make his life as easy as possible). So, yeah, I think Pete definitely influenced JS.
Additionally, the first two drafts of the rebuild were with Pete still here! The RW trade started the rebuild and the 2022 and 2023 drafts with Pete still here helped lay the foundation for this SB run.
Pete is hard to read, but I think Wilson drove him nuts with his renegade playing. Same with Metcalf.
If we believe Brady Henderson, and I do, Bryant was offered an extension and opted to wait and bet on himself. In the meantime Ty Okada surfaced. This likely lowered the number the hawks will pay for Bryant absent an incredible playoff performance. I really like the explosiveness of K9, but it is important to note that he is not an RB1. The need to cap his touches at about 18 a game means he’s an RB1a and requires you have an RB1b. So I feel JS will weigh that in and being an RB1a means a lower pay scale than an RB1. Some team will probably pay his RB1 pay. Will K9 take a discount to stay? E Jones IV did. I think K9, Woolen, and Jobe will have to accept a lower amount to remain with the Seahawks. I think the Seahawks like K9, Woolen and Jobe, I think they’d gladly have them back, but I think JS has a number he won’t go beyond in signing them.
On the bright side, the best news I wanted to hear coming out of training camp was we had our bookend tackles on extensions. Despite the delay, I’m thrilled. When you look at positions that are hard to find real quality, OT is very close to QB as that position. Two positions we don’t need to worry about for at least two more years! GO HAWKS!
I think the Super Bowl will have a huge impact on these subjects. If we make it to the Super Bowl someone has to love Klint Kubiak enough to wait for him and that might be hard for a nervous owner. If we win the Super Bowl then our free agents will become way more desirable to the rest of the league. Everybody will be looking to cash in on their success. It will be harder to keep them.