Gavin Feek is a writer from Seattle (now based in Los Angeles) who contributes to Field Gulls and Stab Magazine, as well as freelances for McSweeney's, Outside, and The Stranger. In addition to writing about the Seattle Seahawks for Field Gulls, Gavin works in the film industry.
It was the first practice of the season – Seattle Seahawks training camp day one – and I was hanging out on the bottom of the berm. The Seahawks second-year wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and once Seahawk - now Carolina Panthers cornerback - Mike Jackson had come down with dual possession of a 50-yard Geno Smith bomb along the left sideline.