Why the 2024 Seahawks were encouragingly mediocre

Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He primarily focuses on Seahawks news, opinion, game day coverage, and statistical analysis. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.

We’re a couple of weeks removed from the end of the 2024 Seattle Seahawks season. They had the great misfortune of missing the playoffs despite winning 10 games, losing out on a strength of victory tiebreaker for a second consecutive year.

The Seahawks had a rollercoaster of a season. Three wins to begin the Mike Macdonald era, followed by five losses in six, followed by four consecutive wins, and capped…