While the Seattle Seahawks are kicking off their 50th season this weekend, Field Gulls is entering its 20th season! Hard to believe we’ve been around for that long, but it’s true. I know we have many community members who have been a part of Field Gulls in some capacity for at least close to the site’s inception, but every year we have new readers and users who may be unfamiliar with our work.
As promised on Wednesday when I introduced the staff for the 2025 season, this article is all about what
you should expect to see every week from Field Gulls throughout the regular (and, hopefully) postseason for 2025. I’m leaving out obvious things like any injury news, roster changes, game day inactives, practice squad elevations, press conference quotes, game captains, final score write-ups, etc. since those are must-haves if you’re covering a team. You’ll definitely see those each week, but what about other content that helps make Field Gulls stand out?
Pre-Game features
Behind Seahawks enemy lines
Field Gulls’ lead Seahawks film analyst Alexandre Castro will take a closer look at an upcoming Seattle opponent, using a mixture of statistics and film study for his analysis. This is Alexandre’s second season with Field Gulls and we look forward to more great technical breakdowns from him!
5 Qs and 5 As
This is not a weekly feature, but it’s one that you’ll see conducted throughout SB Nation as a means of getting that special opposition insight from someone who follows the team regularly. John Gilbert or myself usually answer the five questions, and we cross-post our work between Field Gulls and the opposition site. It’s one of the long-standing SB Nation traditions!
5 predictions
I don’t remember what spawned this series last season, but it’s going to be a regular staple. Each week I make five predictions related to an upcoming Seahawks game, separated into five categories: bold, Seahawks offense, Seahawks defense, opposition, and final score. Usually these go wayward within 10 minutes after kickoff, but that doesn’t deter me one bit.
Game Day Threads
Seahawks game threads
One change from years past is reducing the game threads from quarters to halves. We believe the site loads fast enough now that we can handle dividing game threads into halves. That could change if there are issues brought up by community members, but this also means less hopping around when things can get frantic between quarters. We encourage new members to participate in the game threads, but behave yourselves because we know tensions can get a little heated when the Seahawks aren’t doing so well.
Non-Seahawks game threads
We will have open threads for all non-Seahawks regional windows (early game, late game, or all of Sunday depending on when Seattle plays), as well as all nationally broadcast games. Those will remain on the front page even with the addition of The Feed on the side.
Weekly editorials and analysis
Winners and Losers
One of our staples at Field Gulls is the Winners and Losers column, which takes me way too long to do but it’s worth it. It’s a deep breakdown of who fared well, who did not, and any other notes I can think of after a game. These are much more fun to do when the Seahawks win.
Enemy Reaction (if the Seahawks win)
I’ve done this at Field Gulls for a really long time, including before I ever joined the staff. This is a popular series that takes a look back at the game’s biggest highlights through the real-time reactions of the Field Gulls and opposition game threads. There’s additional post-game written and video content also included in every Enemy Reaction. You don’t know how badly I want a textbook Niners Nation meltdown this Sunday… sort of like last year.
Seahawks All-22 film review
Alexandre Castro will recap the most recent Seahawks performance through the All-22 lens. Last year he had separate columns for Seahawks rookies and then the rest of the game, highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly. If we can get a lot less ugly and a lot more goodly from the Seahawks, it’d be deeply appreciated.
Ted’s Talk
Ted Zahn has never done a TED or TEDx Talk to my knowledge. As a fellow Nintendo nerd, I’d love to hear a TED talk on the cultural importance of Mario Kart 64, but I digress. Ted does, however, have “Ted’s Talk” on Field Gulls, which gives us his weekly musings and observations, win, lose, or (in the case of the Seahawks’ preseason opener) draw.
Four Down Territory (NEW!)
New Field Gulls staff writer Michael Thompson will have a weekly op-ed that has a structure that’s as simple as you think. Four major takes (and, when warranted, “going for two” bonus takes). Take a look at Michael’s most recent column from the Green Bay Packers preseason finale for a preview of what’s to come.
Words of Prey (NEW!)
Jacson Bevens is retired from Cigar Thoughts write-ups, which is a real bummer for us and Seahawks fans everywhere. Field Gulls lifer John Fraley has stepped up graciously to do his own post-game column called “Words of Prey.” His debut ahead of the 49ers matchup just published earlier this week.
Live and recorded podcasts (NEW!)
Well, technically not “new” because we had the Field Gulls Podcast for several years, but the next best thing is having a staff member with his own podcast. Bryce Coutts, creator of The Hawks Eye podcast, will have regular post-game live streams on YouTube that will also be hosted on Field Gulls. You can watch Bryce’s thoughts on the game and interact in either the Field Gulls comments section or the YouTube live chat. Some weeks will have guest co-hosts, such as myself for the San Francisco 49ers game. These podcasts will be a few hours after the end of Seahawks games, so we also have time to react to any news from the post-game press conferences.
Bryce will have other game week content (some of which will have accompanying articles), including “Seahawks Aftermath” with Michael Thompson on Mondays, “3 Keys to Victory” the day before Seahawks games, weekly opponent previews, and a twice-monthly “State of the Hawks” segment with yours truly as a co-host.
The last Wednesday of every month will also have The Seahawks Syndicate live stream with myself, Bryce, Brandon Cain of The Hawk’s Nest, and Dan Viens of Seahawks Forever in a roundtable panel.
Miscellaneous
Seahawks snap counts and observations
This has been handled typically by John Gilbert, but sometimes others like myself or Tyler Alsin step up to the plate to review the NFL’s gamebook, which contains information on who played how many snaps on offense, defense, and special teams.
Weekly player fine report
The NFL is big on #accountability for its players whenever an infraction is committed. Saturdays at 1 pm PT is when the league’s fine book gets updated, so any time the Seahawks and/or their opponents get dinged and therefore docked money, we’ll have the report out and any accompanying footage. Sometimes the TV broadcast doesn’t catch things live, like this fine for messing with Jake Bobo.
The Feed (NEW!)
What was once FanPosts and Fanshots is now The Feed, and we’ll have some fun stuff populating The Feed throughout the season. As a registered user, you can also add to The Feed like Kenyon Maric did with this vintage videos of Marshawn Lynch in high school. I’ll even throw in some throwback content like the 1976 media guide for the first ever Seahawks preseason game, which was against the 49ers.
Sign up!
If you’re reading this and do not have a Field Gulls account, go to the top right of the home page and create one for free. Those pesky ads will be drastically reduced the moment you’re logged in, and you can start commenting on our site and posting in The Feed once your account is live.
Thanks for reading and go ‘Hawks!
