ESPN’s Sheil Kapadia published a really insightful piece today and I’d highly recommend checking it out.
Kapadia details the influence of author Ryan Holiday and his book ‘Ego is the Enemy’ on the Seahawks. We’ve often talked about Seattle’s penchant for players with ‘grit’.
Kapadia notes:
Carroll and Schneider have become infatuated with building a culture of grit and have researched how to identify those traits during the pre-draft process.
Holiday visited Seahawks training camp in August and discussed with Schneider the idea of finding players who have overcome obstacles on their way to the NFL.