John Gilbert is the Field Gulls Deputy Editor and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2016. He specializes in the salary cap, the collective bargaining agreement and statistical analysis, with an occasional film breakdown sprinkled in.
It was in December 2021 that Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network reported that Jody Allen was not happy with the performance of the Seattle Seahawks that season and did not look at the struggles as a one year issue. There has been no shortage of change in the three plus years since.
Just months later Allen was visible in the Seattle war room as the Seahawks made their selections in the 2022 NFL Draft, and following nearly a decade of subpar results, the 2022 draft class proved to be one of the best groups of players added through the draft in nearly a decade.