Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He primarily focuses on Seahawks news, opinion, game day coverage, and statistical analysis. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.
The Seattle Seahawks had a chance to show that they were for real against the Green Bay Packers and proceeded to put up only 208 yards of offense in a 30-13 loss. Geno Smith's injury was thankfully not serious enough that he should miss time, but it wasn't like they were lighting up the scoreboard with him.
Ryan Grubb was a big name to local football fans due to his success at the University of Washington. He had high-powered offenses at UW and Fresno State with Kalen DeBoer as head coach, and making that leap to the NFL was a high-risk, high-reward move. We're not seeing the rewards, and this is statistically the worst offense the Seahawks have had for pts/drive since the dreaded 2017 team, which resulted in Darrell Bevell and Tom Cable's firings.
The offensive line has not been good but that is not something new in Seattle. There's a huge imbalance in terms of the pass-heavy nature of the offense, a lack of explosive plays, an inconsistent rushing attack, and a curiously sparse use of play-action. Grubb's playcalling and scheming has come into question, particularly in short yardage and the red-zone. Is it possible that going straight to the NFL was too much, too soon for Grubb? Could he be on the hot seat?
Yours truly joined Bryce Coutts and Ryan MacMillan for our latest episode of 'Pulse of the Hawks' on the HawksZone Rundown podcast. We discussed the possibility of Grubb getting fired, as well as several other topics with accompanying timestamps.