Seaside Joe celebratory AMA
Seaside Joe 1204: July is "Rookie Month" at Seaside Joe
July is going to be “Rookie Month” at Seaside Joe, meaning that every day there will be an article somehow pertaining to first-year players. It could be more film coverage of Ken Walker, Charles Cross, and the rest of the 2022 rookie class; a historic look at Seahawks rookies; flashbacks or glimpses of the future; and potentially even etcetera.
The Ken Walker series and even one post on Charles Cross have been quite popular, so if you want to help support Seaside Joe for more like this, you can help move mountains here by upgrading to premium and/or sharing anything that you read here and want to show to Seahawks fans. It’s our goal (the readers and I) to become the top sports newsletter at substack and this week we’ve hit 700 subscribers!
That’s not close to the top yet, but it’s 600% closer than where we were when I moved the newsletter to substack full-time in March and after multiple instances in the last 3.5 years of me saying “the streak is going to end soon” we also went over 1,200 days in a row and counting. And the big “1212” is barely more than a week away.
To celebrate hitting 700 subscribers, I’m asking you for questions about the Seahawks or anything else you’re curious about.
In the past, I’d often write about other things in my life such as daily meditation (2x a day for the last 1,169 days in a row), cryptocurrency (I’ve noticed the trends recently, but I never sell), yoga (I’ve since transitioned to running over the last two years), intermittent fasting (over three straight years without a day off), movies/TV (but really, who needs my opinion on those things?), live comedy (it’s in bad shape), social media (I’m not old enough to give an “old man warning” but when it comes to twitter, I am), and lots of other things.
But mostly I’m sure you’d rather ask questions about the Seahawks, so either reply to this email or leave a comment with a question about the Seahawks (unless you want to ask a question about anything else):
I’ve adopted more of a “stick to sports” mentality in 2022.
I yearn for more accounts on Twitter that simply stick to the NFL and that’s my main goal with the @seasidejoenews account, and to specifically stick to the Seahawks. Please share some of your favorite accounts on Twitter that stick to the NFL only.
I really like your personal stuff as a metaphorical start to proceedings, don’t think you’ve missed the target on one yet, it’s just been great writing.
You may have already done this so apologies if so, but given we get the Broncos first rounder/Wilson interest how do you see the AFC West playing out?
Also, who are best position groups in the NFC West? Maybe even construct a starting O and D from the four NFCW teams.
You have written about this in the past as I recall, but I think the transition from college to the NFL is really fascinating. The fact that so many talented individuals are playing college football in vastly different systems, for coaches with different program goals, and against different levels of competition has to make player evaluation so difficult for GMs and scouting staff. The combine puts so much emphasis on a players physical abilities and is so hyped by the media that it seems to outweigh other evaluation methods that may be more important. Travon Walker and Christian Watson could be just our latest example of this. Are there some positions where physical/athletic testing are more important than others? Is a good combine really more important for OBLs and WRs than for OL and QBs, or is this just a popular narrative that has been accepted by the NFL media?
Maybe sort of related, but maybe completely unrelated; isn't Aaron Curry and interesting story? I just came across his name the other day as a member of the Seahawks coaching staff. How did he go from closest-thing-to-a-sure-thing draft pick, to first round bust, to whatever happened next, to Seahawks coach?