Seahawks free agency milestone mailbag: What questions are burning a hole in your brain?
Seaside Joe hits another milestone marker and that means I'm here to serve YOU with the answers you DESERVE
In the early hours of Monday morning, I posted my Seahawks Phase I rebuilding plan, which included signing five of their own free agents: Quandre Diggs, Sidney Jones, Rashaad Penny, Gerald Everett, and Rasheem Green.
Hours later, the Seahawks re-signed Diggs and Jones, plus Al Woods. Perhaps by the time this newsletter reaches you, they will have taken care of at least three more. I can guarantee you that I will have a LOT more to write about Seattle’s offseason in the coming days, weeks, and months—and that’s why I’m asking for YOUR HELP in growing Seaside Joe beyond every expectation.
Update: The Seahawks ignored my advice, signing Will Dissly instead of Gerald Everett
I said that I would do a mailbag when I hit the 300 subscriber milestone and that happened on Monday; your opportunity to ask a Seahawks free agency question is upon us and you can see how to do that below. The reason I am being so transparent about Seaside Joe’s sub count and wanting to grow is because I see the newsletter as being in a similar position to the Seattle Seahawks themselves in 2022:
It’s time to rebuild and together (this is ME AND YOU in this rebuilding plan) we can shock the world and become the top-ranked substack newsletter for sports.
Seaside Joe is a newsletter that branched out to substack a little over a year ago with one thought in mind: Covering the 2022 NFL Draft and how it would relate to the Seahawks. One week ago, Seattle made this newsletter much more relevant by trading Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos for two top-40 picks in this year’s draft, and another first and second round pick in the 2023 edition.
I may have years left to cover the Seahawks’ rebuild and that means that Seaside Joe can become as relevant as any sports newsletter on all of substack.
Let me show you what I mean:
Substack has a public list of their top-25 newsletters that are related to sports, and seven of those are related to football. How does content supply/reading material at Seaside Joe compare to the top-ranked newsletters at substack?
First I’m going to show you how often the top-ranked football newsletters have posted this year and then I’m going to show you how many articles that I’ve written in the last seven days alone.
But if you don’t care about any of that nonsense and just want to ask your Seahawks question, NO PROBLEM: Either throw a question in the comments section below and I’ll answer it immediately OR if you’re too shy-shy, submit a question HERE and I will answer it in an upcoming post.
Tier I
The Draft Scout: 17 written articles since February 1 (staff of three writers, much behind paywall)
Go Long: 16 written articles since February 1 (staff of two writers, half behind paywall)
The Draft Scout (Matt Miller) and Go Long (Tyler Dunne, Bob McGinn) are ranked third and fifth, respectively, for sports substacks; each are listed under “thousands of paid subscribers) and respectfully, they’re doing great work.
None of this is shade on any other newsletter, only an emphasis on what you can expect from Seaside Joe as compared to the norm.
Tier II
Stealing Signals (fantasy football): 2 posts since January 1
Purple Insider (Vikings): Near-daily posts since February 1 (paywall)
The Chief in the North (Chiefs): 9 posts since February 1 (7 behind paywall)
MatchQuarters (Xs Os): 5 posts since February 1 (paywall)
Trench Warfare (OL discussion): 5 posts since February 1 (paywall)
These five football-related newsletters rank between 9th and 23rd on substack’s current sports top-25 list. At number 23, Brandon Thorn (very smart football mind) is shown at “Hundreds of paid subscribers” at $8 per month.
Similar to Seaside Joe, Purple Insider and Chief in the North are dedicated to a single NFL team. Unlike Seaside Joe, both keep their content behind a paywall—understandably so—and only Purple Insider posts near-frequently as Seaside Joe. Who knows, maybe being prolific isn’t the way to go, but I can’t help myself:
Seaside Joe: 20 posts since the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson on March 8th, 2022.
None of them are behind a paywall and this does not include two free podcasts last week.
I’ve written 33 posts since February 1, and 51 posts since January 1. This does NOT include the 73 newsletters that I’ve sent out through the mailchimp edition of Seaside Joe, which will be fully integrated over to substack in the next week. Folks… I’ve written over 120 articles about the Seahawks this year and it’s not even my job.
We have hit the 300 subscriber mark at substack and that total has nearly doubled in the month of March alone. I’m grateful to have you as a reader and that’s all I’m going to ever ask of you. However, if you want to do something to help Seaside Joe thrive a little more and to double our sub count again before the 2022 NFL Draft, consider any of these options:
Or upgrade to paid:
Or do this:
As always, please feel free to leave comments on posts that make you feel the need to say something; I’m overjoyed seeing the Seaside Joe COMMUNITY finally get to interact with one another after three years of my sending out this newsletter on a daily basis. If you read a Seaside Joe post that you believe has some value, please think about sharing it, either directly with a Seahawks fan you know or by posting to social media.
NOW… got questions? 300 SUBSCRIBERS! LET’S GO, JOE!!!!
Either throw a question in the comments section below and I’ll answer it immediately OR if you’re too shy-shy, submit a question HERE and I will answer it in an upcoming post.
The big question in my mind, why is no one considering the backup QB Geno Smith for starting QB until they decide who they really want to lead the team forward?? I thought Geno did a great job in the few games he stepped in for Wilson while he healed. Am I missing something ??
The fant trade was bs