Monthly Archives: January 2025

Coaches, Free agency, Trades

Carroll joining Raiders spices up offseason possibilities

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It is a surprise that some team wanted to hire a 73-year-old coach who fizzled out over his final three years in Seattle, but kudos to Pete Carroll for making an unexpected return to the NFL.

That now leads to natural questions about whether he might want to bring any of his former Seahawks players to Las Vegas. New Raiders GM John Spyvek, hired from Tampa Bay, will have a lot to say about that, of course.

The Raiders have plenty of roster needs, including quarterback, wide receiver and cornerback. The Hawks have three players at those spots whose names have been bandied about in trade speculation. Would Carroll have any interest in a reunion with Geno Smith, DK Metcalf or Riq Woolen?

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Coaches

Stenavich a better option than Fraley; are Hawks waiting on Kromer, too?

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Mike Macdonald has not yet picked an offensive coordinator, but it has become pretty obvious that he is doing what we expected — looking for a strong running game advocate.

Hank Fraley seemingly had ascended past Klint Kubiak to be their top candidate, but the Hawks reportedly wanted a strong passing game coordinator to go with Fraley, the Lions’ respected offensive line coach. Whatever the hangup was, Fraley ended up staying with Detroit; his wife said on social media that “it was close” between Seattle and Detroit.

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State of the team

Despite poor 2024, Schneider has built a solid core

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The Seahawks have missed the playoffs in three of the past four years and now have the fourth-longest drought from the NFC title game (12 teams have made it since they did in 2014), so fans and media have started to point the finger at John Schneider.

After a particularly bad 2024 in which the general manager missed on most of his free agents and put together the Seahawks’ worst offensive line since 2016, many are calling for his job.

But let’s be very clear: Jody Allen is not going to fire Schneider. Not when Mike Macdonald, the coach he just hired, led the Hawks to 10 wins in his first season by turning around a defense that had wallowed in the NFL’s depths in Pete Carroll’s last few seasons.

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Coaches, Contracts

Macdonald wants Geno as his QB, but ‘it’s a Seahawks decision’

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If Mike Macdonald has his way, Geno Smith will be back in 2025, playing under a new offensive coordinator and possibly an extension.

In his final presser of the season, Macdonald told reporters, “I want Geno to be here. … I feel like Geno is the best (quarterback) for the team right now.”

But Macdonald also indicated nothing is set in stone, which explains his cryptic answer the previous day on Seattle Sports 710 AM when asked if Smith would be back: “I guess yeah.”

Smith’s cap hit will be $44.5 million, which means the team could look at lowering it with an extension or perhaps even moving on if a deal cannot be reached. The latter seems very unlikely though — Smith is a top-15 QB (No. 13 by EPA over the past three years), and there are no better options for Seattle in 2025.

“Ultimately, it’s not my decision,” Macdonald said. “It’s a Seahawks decision. But Geno knows how we feel about him — and we love him as our starting quarterback, for sure.”

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Coaches

Firing Grubb showed Macdonald means business — and that’s good for Seattle

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Mike Macdonald just showed he is serious about taking the Seahawks back to the Super Bowl.

For over a month, it had become far too clear that he had to fire offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, so doing so the day after the season ended verified what we had learned about Macdonald over the course of the season: He is a coach who will not tolerate underperformance and will always “chase edges.”

Macdonald clearly is disappointed the Hawks are not in the playoffs. They won 10 games even with a malfunctioning offense. He knows the offense was capable of doing more, if only it had been guided by a more experienced hand.

Now he is going to find it.

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