Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.
Let’s step away from the ledge that leads into the football abyss for just one second.
The Seattle Seahawks are 4-4 with a negative point differential and four losses in five games. They’ve lost to Super Bowl contenders in the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions, a sort of inconsistent but expected playoff team in the rival San Francisco 49ers, and suffered a bad loss to a 2-6 New York Giants team that’s aging badly by the minute.