My Deep Dive into the Seahawks OC Thing
Alright, so I got kinda obsessed with this whole Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator situation lately. It wasn’t like, a plan or anything. It just sort of happened. One day I was just casually watching highlights, the next thing I know, I’m buried in spreadsheets and old game footage. Crazy.
It started simple enough. I was just reading some news, saw they were hiring a new guy, Ryan Grubb from UW. Okay, interesting. But then I started thinking, like, really thinking, about what that actually means for the team. You know, Geno, DK, the run game… how’s this new dude gonna run things?
So, I did what any normal person with too much time does. I started digging. Pulled up articles about his time at Washington. Watched UW games from the last couple of seasons. Not just highlights, mind you. I sat through entire games, specifically watching the offense. What plays did they call on 3rd and short? How did they use their receivers? I even started making notes, like a real nerd. Had this whole messy notebook filling up.
Then I went back and watched Seahawks games from last season. Compared the playcalling. Saw what worked, what didn’t. You start seeing patterns, you know? Little things. Why they kept running into a stacked box, or why certain pass concepts just felt… off. It wasn’t just about the OC they fired, Shane Waldron, but about understanding the why behind it all before figuring out the what next.
Getting Lost in the Weeds
Honestly, it got a bit out of hand. My wife would ask what I was doing, hunched over the laptop at 11 PM. “Just looking at some football stuff,” I’d mumble. “Football stuff” turned into comparing pass distribution charts and QB pressures under different schemes. I even found myself arguing with random people online about personnel groupings Grubb might favor. Like, who does that? Apparently, me.
- Watched hours of UW offensive film.
- Compared it to last year’s Seahawks plays.
- Made way too many notes.
- Tried predicting personnel packages.
- Probably annoyed my family.
It’s funny, ’cause my actual job is pretty straightforward. Show up, do the work, go home. But this Seahawks OC thing became like this side project puzzle I couldn’t put down. It wasn’t about being right or wrong when the season starts. It was more about the process, I guess. Just trying to connect the dots myself instead of waiting for some analyst on TV to tell me what to think.
Now? Well, I’ve got all these notes and theories. Still not sure how it’ll all pan out. Will Grubb’s college success translate? Will the offensive line hold up? Who knows. But I feel like I get the situation a bit better now, from my own perspective. Went through the whole cycle – curiosity, deep dive, analysis, and now just waiting to see what actually happens on the field. It was kinda exhausting, but also kinda satisfying. We’ll see if all that late-night film watching pays off when the season kicks off. Or maybe I’ll just find a new rabbit hole to jump down.
