Why Sam Howell could be at an advantage by not starting
The Seahawks are starting over in 2024, so everybody from the previous regime has to prove themselves again: Seaside Joe 1921
One way that contestants get an advantage on MTV’s The Challenge is by letting their rivals be the guinea pigs for competitions whenever possible. The whole point is to win as many challenges as you can during the season in order to gain power, and because these aren’t competitions that you can train for because they are uniquely created for the show, it is an advantage to let someone else fail first so that you can learn from their mistakes.
This is one reason why Sam Howell might actually be in an advantageous position by being second in the pecking order of the Seattle Seahawks quarterback room.
Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb met with the media on Monday and while I don’t have much to offer in regards to his answers—what fans want to hear from coaches are the specifics and secrets that they will not share in a public forum, so forget it—it did make me stop to consider the full scope of Seattle’s massive re-vision plan for the franchise this year. The Seahawks didn’t do what they normally do after a disappointing season, which in previous years would have meant keeping Pete Carroll’s vision in place and putting new parts in place underneath him without any real change, and instead decided to wipe the slate clean with an entirely new coaching staff+secondary coach Karl Scott.
Therefore, if I’m any player who was here last season (other than Leonard Williams) then I’m thinking that my place in Seattle is not nearly as secure as it used to be. This should apply to the quarterback more than any other position, so unless that player is a very recent investment of significance (like for example the Panthers trying to build their future around Bryce Young in Carolina even though he was terrible last season) then that player should expect to be under a new evaluation and updated expectations just like any of us fans would be if our company replaced the CEO and management positions.
Right? This isn’t a “Geno Smith” statement, it’s a general belief about franchise development at a time that some could call a crisis.