The Seahawks have fired Ryan Grubb as their play caller after one season.
Coach Mike Macdonald confirmed Seattle’s resolution to fireside the previous College of Washington offensive coordinator got here Monday morning. It was the day after the Seahawks’ completed their 2024 season with no playoff berth however with 10 wins because of a 30-25 victory on the Los Angeles Rams within the final sport.
Macdonald made the choice with common supervisor John Schneider’s help to fireside the Seahawks’ first offensive coordinator employed with no NFL teaching expertise in virtually 30 years — since former Washington State College offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski was Seattle’s OC on its 1995-98 groups.
“I felt like the direction our offense was going was different than the vision I had for our team,” Macdonald stated on his weekly day-after present on KIRO-AM radio. “I felt like it was a necessary decision, at this point.”
Macdonald and Schneider employed Grubb lower than 12 months in the past, about two weeks after Seattle employed the 37-year-old Macdonald to be the NFL’s youngest head coach. That was after Grubb initially had gone with head coach Kalen DeBoer from the Washington Huskies’ run to the nationwide championship sport in January 2024 to the College of Alabama. Macdonald heralded the arrival of Grubb in February 2024 because the Seahawks including a play caller who’s “open-minded” with a “growth mindset.”
Grubb’s Seahawks threw the ball, a ton. The crew spent a lot of the season main the league in cross makes an attempt. Smith broke two of his personal crew data for passing in a season, yards (4,320) and completion charge (70.4%). However Grubb’s Seahawks didn’t run the ball sufficient, or persistently, for the rugged mentality Macdonald needed on offense.
Grubb’s nadir got here in Seattle’s galling loss to the three-win New York Giants, at house. Lead again Kenneth Walker, a 1,000-yard rusher two seasons in the past, bought simply 5 carries in that sport. Grubb apologized, then usually nonetheless didn’t run.
The Seahawks completed twenty eighth within the 32-team NFL in dashing offense, at simply over 95 yards per sport. They had been twenty ninth in rush makes an attempt.
Seahawks gamers had been unaware after they landed late final evening from their season finale in California then reported Monday morning to their facility for a crew assembly that their offensive coordinator was about to be fired.
“I just learned about it, like, 20 minutes ago,” proper sort out Abe Lucas stated within the hallway outdoors the locker room simply after 10 a.m.
“It’s a enterprise. I imply, it’s the nature of the enterprise. No person’s exempt from it. I’m definitely not exempt from it.
“I have no ill will, no ill feelings toward Grubb. I like Grubb. I know he’s going to be successful, whatever it is he decides to do. I mean, there is a reason he was hired here in the first place. He’s very good at what he does.”
The crew’s resolution on the way forward for quarterback Geno Smith is now tied to the Seahawks’ selection for its subsequent offensive coordinator. Smith’s contract ends following the 2025 season.
The crew has a $16 million bonus attributable to Smith on March 16 for 2025, so a call on his future can be coming between at times.
Macdonald stated Monday on KIRO-AM when requested if Smith goes to be the Seahawks’ quarterback for the 2025 season: “I’ve got no reason to say no. So, I guess: Yes.”