Have the Seattle Seahawks been busy this offseason or what?
It’s been such a crazy past few days that re-signing Jarran Reed and Ernest Jones IV don’t even rate as major stories compared to who’s no longer on the Seahawks. Tyler Lockett has been let go, Geno Smith is off to the Las Vegas Raiders and Pete Carroll, and now DK Metcalf is going to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 2025 second-round pick.
It feels like every night is an emergency podcast night thanks to this Seahawks offseason. Our newest staff members and HawksZone Rundown hosts Bryce Coutts and Ryan MacMillan logged on for a third time in four days to discuss the latest goings on with Seattle. Yours truly joined as a guest as we zeroed in primarily on the Metcalf trade but also what the future holds for the Seahawks offense, the NFL Draft, free agency, and for John Schneider’s job security.
Here’s a teaser from early on in this live episode.
“They have finally addressed the elephant in the room,” Bryce said. “This direction isn’t working anymore. We’re not able to get out. As Ryan has said numerous times, you’ve got to get out of this purgatory of being mediocre and you constantly keep saying you want to go after championships and ‘we’re contending.’ Well you were kind of doing it in two different ways; you weren’t really putting all the chips into contend and you weren’t willing to address the things you’ve needed to contend.
“They’ve ripped this band-aid off and gone ‘we’re not good enough to contend.’ We need to reassess, reset this offense. The defense is fine. Keep adding to it.
“This offense needed a full reset. You look at the entire staff they’ve brought in […] You have a vision now of how you want this offense to work with your defense. Now they’re going and getting that done.
This is only about a 50-minute show with pretty much the same topic branching off into occasional detours, so it’s digestible enough that I won’t bother with timestamps. We do have some Q&A with the live stream commenters about 28:30 in if you’re interested. Otherwise, enjoy the podcast!
