I receive my own newsletter in the email just to make sure it gets sent okay. I didn't receive today's in my email though. Has anyone else had this problem?
In east Texas, they say (or used to say) Ar-kin-saow. It took me several minutes to figure what this fellow freshman in my dorm was talking about, and I was from south Texas!
The mother of one of my best friends in high school grew up in the Ozarks back in the 30s and 40s. They wouldn’t have had electricity until the late 30s. She’d get misty-eyed talking about the mountains, though.
It will be REALLY hard to figure out what o-linemen make the 53. They've kept as few as 9, and as many as 11, including last year. Lucas and Cross are givens. So is Zabel. It gets complicated after that. If Olu doesn't win the battle at centre, I don't think he's a lock on the roster if both Zabel and Haynes can play centre, but that would assume they are happy with their guard depth options behind those two. Jones as a free agent is probably safe, given his versatility, and also you need SOME veteran depth on the roster. If Bradford doesn't win at RG (and I don't think he will) he may not be on the 53. Where is Jerrell in his development? If he's improving you gotta keep him given his physical and athletic traits.
My best guess would be Cross, Zabel, Lucas, Sundell, Haynes, Jones, Laumea, Cabeldue, Jerrell, and Olu. Bradford, would have to go to the practice squad. Laumea is a keeper because he's the depth at LG behind Zabel. Cabeldue has versatility, as he can backup both guard spots and both tackle spots in a pinch. Olu is debatable on the roster, but I've kept him on it for now.
I'm pretty solidly in the Haynes column, and I think his experience and accolades playing in a wide zone system in college give him the edge in Kubiak's offense. I think he is the long-term starter at RG, unless they move him to center (or in the event that Zabel moves to center, LG). I think if they are concerned about putting the 5 best players on the field, then, right now, that includes Cross, Zabel, Haynes, and Lucas. Who the fifth player is, and how the IOL shakes out over the next two years is up in the air for me. Cabeldue could find a place there, but until he sees real NFL action, I couldn't say. He won't win it on RAS alone.
I've been a Cabledue fan since you first introduced us to him. However, may the best man win. I don't care who it is, as much as I want to get the position covered by someone on their rookie contract. I wish them all the best. Count no one out. Let the battle begin.
This could all be good or really bad depending on the center position. If Olu or Sundell haven't shown much improvement from last year, I believe the Hawks will either sign or trade for an above average veteran center.Our Oline was never the same after they traded Max Unger. The physical part of that position is only as good as the mental part..line calls, alignments, audibles, blitz pickups etc.
As usual, training camp and pre-season will tell who's who.
Unger was a loss. But the problem was drafting Terry Poole, Rees Odhiambo, Justin Senior, Jamarco Jones, and Phil Haynes and signing such FAs as Luke Joeckl, Bradley Sowell, J’Marcus Webb, and BJ Phinney.
If we can keep our current room of rookie and 2nd year IOL and develop them into high caliber starters and resign our Tackles…we can then focus the next few drafts on other needs. We are looking good going into 2026 and beyond both in cap space and likely trench players that can perform.
Having a Coach actively working to keep them together and a GM actively budgeting for this to happen spells good things for our future. If Carroll ever made promises, I bet they rang hollow. Given this older OLine Coach Benton showing them the difference from last year's experiments over solid experience, then Yeah. I'm excited, no matter how much clamoring noise the sports writers are making.
It’s not just about a coach and GM—we have great developmental talent and OL coaches that will bring it out. Gone are the days of “you can pick up any bum off the street to play guard” mentality.
Everything I've seen on Zabel and Cabledue tells me we have two guys who KNOW they can go toe-to-toe with the best out there. My bet is this is a Big Deal in Schneider's notebook. Feels like he's not looking too hard at who's available on the Veteran market right now. Maybe he and Coach KNOW they have their guys? MM is sure excited about something... Philly went out and hired almost all the Linemen who played for Georgia recently. Could it be the butt-kicking attitude coached into them as a group? Custom made left hand/right hand communication already instilled? Ready-made dance partner moves down pat?
Yeah, you kind of wonder if their conclusion was that the poor o-line play last year wasn't due to lack of talent, but lack of good coaching and play calling. They do seem very comfortable with the current options at their fingertips, with the new coaching staff providing the guidance.
As to strength and anchor for him, kids at his age eating properly, and hitting the weights in the right way, can build a lot of strength in a short period of time, so I never understood why it takes a whole year before these guys are ready and strong enough. I can see it taking that long to develop the skill. The strength can come quickly though, with proper diet and workouts.
Rookie or not, these guys know when coaching is off. Poor performance overall will simply compound. When our rookies Laumea and Sundell inevitably got their shot last year, they showed us a ton of Heart and Desire, irregardless of poor play calling.
In the end, Seattle will be thrilled if Cabeldue is a solid backup. What I like is the general approach: Keep drafting guards and one of Bradford, Cabeldue, Haynes, and Laumea should emerge as at least a replacement-level player. This is a lot better than the Cable “ham sandwich” philosophy of “give me traits and I personally will coach the guy up.”
I’ve been very high on Cabeldue ever since the draft and read about his athleticism. In my opinion, the 5 most athletic players (for wide zone) we can put out there are Cross, Zabel, Sundell, Cabeldue and Lucas. I think I remember him having a very good bench press repetition number. He’s got upper body strength. What he is going to need to lower body strength to anchor in pass protection. Hopefully he’s working his ass off to get that anchor. If no one steps up and takes the RG position between Haynes, Bradford and Laumea, perhaps Cabeldue will be our starting RG by the end of the season.
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Yes, no email from you so far @ 6:30am
I have emails turned off for all of my Substack stuff because it just gets to be too much after a while, so I'm afraid I'm not much help here.
I haven’t gotten it for quite a while. I figured that you had stopped it.
It seems like somehow it automatically turns it off for some people at some random times.
Well, I check into SSJ Substack several times a day so I don’t think I’m missing much!
ouch. More in likely something s wrong with the site that handles SSJ.
I got it. Maybe they just figured you knew about it ;)
Came through over the Rocky Muntains ok in Ark-in-saw.
In east Texas, they say (or used to say) Ar-kin-saow. It took me several minutes to figure what this fellow freshman in my dorm was talking about, and I was from south Texas!
The mother of one of my best friends in high school grew up in the Ozarks back in the 30s and 40s. They wouldn’t have had electricity until the late 30s. She’d get misty-eyed talking about the mountains, though.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Electrification_Act
Noice. Yeeppers, we take a lot of common (to us) benefits that numbers of folks just don't have, even today like "indoor plumbing".
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It will be REALLY hard to figure out what o-linemen make the 53. They've kept as few as 9, and as many as 11, including last year. Lucas and Cross are givens. So is Zabel. It gets complicated after that. If Olu doesn't win the battle at centre, I don't think he's a lock on the roster if both Zabel and Haynes can play centre, but that would assume they are happy with their guard depth options behind those two. Jones as a free agent is probably safe, given his versatility, and also you need SOME veteran depth on the roster. If Bradford doesn't win at RG (and I don't think he will) he may not be on the 53. Where is Jerrell in his development? If he's improving you gotta keep him given his physical and athletic traits.
My best guess would be Cross, Zabel, Lucas, Sundell, Haynes, Jones, Laumea, Cabeldue, Jerrell, and Olu. Bradford, would have to go to the practice squad. Laumea is a keeper because he's the depth at LG behind Zabel. Cabeldue has versatility, as he can backup both guard spots and both tackle spots in a pinch. Olu is debatable on the roster, but I've kept him on it for now.
I'm pretty solidly in the Haynes column, and I think his experience and accolades playing in a wide zone system in college give him the edge in Kubiak's offense. I think he is the long-term starter at RG, unless they move him to center (or in the event that Zabel moves to center, LG). I think if they are concerned about putting the 5 best players on the field, then, right now, that includes Cross, Zabel, Haynes, and Lucas. Who the fifth player is, and how the IOL shakes out over the next two years is up in the air for me. Cabeldue could find a place there, but until he sees real NFL action, I couldn't say. He won't win it on RAS alone.
I can't wait for some camp so maybe we will get some clarify on Haynes and RG. I like your take on it.
Good info!
Had to find it on Twitter…CDN customer
I've been a Cabledue fan since you first introduced us to him. However, may the best man win. I don't care who it is, as much as I want to get the position covered by someone on their rookie contract. I wish them all the best. Count no one out. Let the battle begin.
I liked the way Laumea took on the challenge last year when he finally got into a game.
We often see these guys, like the much-requested Will Fries, who are surprisingly much better than their higher-drafted counterparts.
This could all be good or really bad depending on the center position. If Olu or Sundell haven't shown much improvement from last year, I believe the Hawks will either sign or trade for an above average veteran center.Our Oline was never the same after they traded Max Unger. The physical part of that position is only as good as the mental part..line calls, alignments, audibles, blitz pickups etc.
As usual, training camp and pre-season will tell who's who.
Unger was a loss. But the problem was drafting Terry Poole, Rees Odhiambo, Justin Senior, Jamarco Jones, and Phil Haynes and signing such FAs as Luke Joeckl, Bradley Sowell, J’Marcus Webb, and BJ Phinney.
If we can keep our current room of rookie and 2nd year IOL and develop them into high caliber starters and resign our Tackles…we can then focus the next few drafts on other needs. We are looking good going into 2026 and beyond both in cap space and likely trench players that can perform.
Having a Coach actively working to keep them together and a GM actively budgeting for this to happen spells good things for our future. If Carroll ever made promises, I bet they rang hollow. Given this older OLine Coach Benton showing them the difference from last year's experiments over solid experience, then Yeah. I'm excited, no matter how much clamoring noise the sports writers are making.
It’s not just about a coach and GM—we have great developmental talent and OL coaches that will bring it out. Gone are the days of “you can pick up any bum off the street to play guard” mentality.
Everything I've seen on Zabel and Cabledue tells me we have two guys who KNOW they can go toe-to-toe with the best out there. My bet is this is a Big Deal in Schneider's notebook. Feels like he's not looking too hard at who's available on the Veteran market right now. Maybe he and Coach KNOW they have their guys? MM is sure excited about something... Philly went out and hired almost all the Linemen who played for Georgia recently. Could it be the butt-kicking attitude coached into them as a group? Custom made left hand/right hand communication already instilled? Ready-made dance partner moves down pat?
Yeah, you kind of wonder if their conclusion was that the poor o-line play last year wasn't due to lack of talent, but lack of good coaching and play calling. They do seem very comfortable with the current options at their fingertips, with the new coaching staff providing the guidance.
As to strength and anchor for him, kids at his age eating properly, and hitting the weights in the right way, can build a lot of strength in a short period of time, so I never understood why it takes a whole year before these guys are ready and strong enough. I can see it taking that long to develop the skill. The strength can come quickly though, with proper diet and workouts.
Rookie or not, these guys know when coaching is off. Poor performance overall will simply compound. When our rookies Laumea and Sundell inevitably got their shot last year, they showed us a ton of Heart and Desire, irregardless of poor play calling.
In the end, Seattle will be thrilled if Cabeldue is a solid backup. What I like is the general approach: Keep drafting guards and one of Bradford, Cabeldue, Haynes, and Laumea should emerge as at least a replacement-level player. This is a lot better than the Cable “ham sandwich” philosophy of “give me traits and I personally will coach the guy up.”
This seems like a good time to reread the Seaside Joe missive from April 1st of this year,
"If We Believe..."
https://www.seasidejoe.com/p/seahawks-draft-offensive-line-starters-2025
Thanks, Ray!
Good tap, Ray.
I’ve been very high on Cabeldue ever since the draft and read about his athleticism. In my opinion, the 5 most athletic players (for wide zone) we can put out there are Cross, Zabel, Sundell, Cabeldue and Lucas. I think I remember him having a very good bench press repetition number. He’s got upper body strength. What he is going to need to lower body strength to anchor in pass protection. Hopefully he’s working his ass off to get that anchor. If no one steps up and takes the RG position between Haynes, Bradford and Laumea, perhaps Cabeldue will be our starting RG by the end of the season.
I see the image you posted does indicate he had 30 reps on the bench press. Elite, and I believe better than Zabel who I think had 26.