Big news today — I’m delighted to say that I’ll be joining the excellent Puck & Jim every Wednesday at 12pm PT to talk about the Seahawks on 93.3 KJR. Big thanks to Superior Linen for making it possible. You can hear the first segment below, please check it out and be sure to tune in every week!
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One step closer to being GM of the Seahawks, mate. Congrats!
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I’d settle for being GM in my own house. My seven-year-old daughter is also eyeing the role, though
Iām basically the towel boy at this point. Wife is the owner. 16 year old daughter is the HC. 13 year old son is the OC and my dog is the diva WR.
LOL love this
In our family we have two Cavaliers. They compete to see who is running things.
Congratulations on the weekly segment!
Good Chop Robinson interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKH7P93LsM
And superb from Jared Verse here, so engaging and charismatic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVt3BXKwT4k
A++++++++++ character
Oh man, these interviews are great! Verse and Robinson are both VERY easy to root for!
Great job with Puck and Jim too. How cool!
Congratulations to you Rob on a very well-deserved spot! May your reason and sanity spread through the fan base like wildfire.
Thank you!
+1 !!!
Congrats, Rob! Your dedication to this blog and us as a community is paying off! As your profile gets larger, the detractors will only get louder but we got you, dude!
Thank you š
Fantastic spot and thrilled this will be a weekly segment. Thoroughly deserved.
Thank you!
Congrats Rob
Thanks!
Well done Rob ā diligent scouting work combined with good, thoughtful eloquently expressed opinions pays off
Thank you!
Huge news!!! Love this site and appreciate the work you put in, Rob. Absolutely love that youāre getting more exposure. Crush it!!
Thank you!
Outstanding work!,,
Thanks!
This is awesome news! It’s a huge mystery to me why this hasn’t happened sooner. Haven’t always agreed with you but truly appreciate your dedication and passion. Congrats Rob!
Thank you!
To quote Freddie Ljungberg: “That’s fuckin’ excellent!” Congrats, man. You deserve it.
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Congrats, Rob! You deserve it.
Been following you since 2012.
Appreciate it!
So glad to hear you are getting a regular segment on KJR. The fanbase is in dire need of frequent exposure from somebody in media who tells it like it is and doesn’t provide the usual braindead “homer” takes like what you hear on 710.
Thanks — I hope I can deliver that!
Well deserved, now if only I can get kjr in Canuck country…
I heart radio, apple, and Spotify all carry a few hours after air time. Plus kjr’s site.
That’s wonderful news, Rob, and well deserved! Looking forward to listening to the segment.
Congratulations!
And speaking of moving up in the world, I wonder what the next career move would be for Jim Nagy after pulling off the logistical nightmare that was the 75th Anniversary Senior Bowl.
Such great news! Congrats Rob!
Thank you!
Nice to see you getting the recognition you deserve. You deserve it.
Thanks!
Will be looking forward to Wednesday’s at 12PM now:)
I saw that the Jets are allowing Zach Wilson to seek trade offers. I wonder if the Jets would want Jamal Adams back? Jamal Adams for Zach Wilson straight up sounds like a fair deal to me.
Seriously though, what could possibly be the trade marker for Zach Wilson?
https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-gm-joe-douglas-says-team-has-given-zach-wilson-permission-to-seek-trade
A 6th round pick. As in, the Jets will give you a 6th to take him.
BK26- that is ridiculous, they would not throw in anything higher than a 7th Round pick and a signed Aaron Rodgers Jockstrap to just take him off their hands š
Aaron Rodgers would probably be handing his jock straps out himself, saying they are how he gets over the flu every year…hahaha.
Appreciate all the kind words — thank you for your support, I know a lot of you have been here a long time and it means a lot to me š
Reading since you started in 2008, and while you’ve always been excellent, it’s been very enjoyable to see your writing evolve into 10,000 word masterpieces and brilliant takes over the years. I hope this is just the beginning for you. Congratulations, Rob!
Well deserved brother! Just donāt forget about us when youāre hosting draft coverage on ESPN or NFL Network someday.
Truly stoked to hear that for you, Rob! Do you get free linen service as a perk…
Not being able to say the W word in the British media has me fascinated. According to Wiktionary, these are synonyms: tosser, whacker, knobber, and tosspot. Are any of those acceptable?
Tosser is well used (and also unacceptable on air). The others not so much. āNobberā also means something different, thatās generally what youād call someone you thought was a d**k head but itās a more jokey, matey kind of term
Can you tell someone to toss in their chamber pot?
Cornhole is a tailgating tradition. Can you say “Tossed off in a cornhole”?
Haven’t heard ‘Tosspot’ in ages, but it was quite common in the UK in the 80s
Rob, I have been reading this blog forever. I think before Pete was coach. I had a weird moment where my dad (78 years old) said he was listening to puck and this British guy was talking about the hawks. He says he went to the blog and has never seen so much info about the draft. I have been telling him about this site for at least a decade. I guess he just needed the British accent to persuade him.
Thanks JJ, I love that!
Man I’m going ro miss this place when Rob moves on!!
This is such a great spot to have on air. Congrats!!!
Congrats Rob and well deserved.
PROGRAMMING ALERT.
Senior Bowl is being replayed on NFLN now with a Senior Bowl recap show directly following.
Rob, well deserved. I live in KCMO so I see up close why you need an excellent coach and GM and stop at nothing to try and get a top tier quarterback.
For the last 10 years you are the main reason I’m still a Seahawks fan given I’m not only out of market but literally at the epicenter of Chiefs Kingdom. But you have always given me hope that we will be on top again if we are smart and have a plan unlike Pete since at least 2017.
Congratulations Rob! Long time lurker, first time comment: Glad to see the recognition of your hard work and sustained effort. Best wishes for continued success.
An idea just hit me… What if the Seahawks already have a draft day trade worked out with Pittsburgh?
Imagine this:
Pittsburgh sends pick No. 51
and Seattle sends pick No. 78 and Geno Smith
Pittsburgh is cap strapped so no chance with Kirk Cousins/Baker Mayfield. They reportedly are not interested in Justin Fields. Unless they want Russell Wilson, who…. let’s be honest, doesn’t fit with the Steelers culture, they could look to Geno as their best option to “Win now”. They have a good team but their current QB’s have held them back.
It would explain:
1) Why you re-structure Geno… Making it easier for PIT to acquire with their cap situation
2) Why they have been so damn vague about Geno Smith. If you knew you had a deal set up, lying would be a little more uncomfortable for 2 Christian men in Schneider/Macdonald. It looks like they are fudging, being cagey, holding back or just not being 100% truthful.
I would think if Penix lasts to Pittsburgh’s pick in the second round, we could see a trade with Seattle. No way they just give us their 2 for Geno Smith, BUT, a pick swap??? I could see it.
That seems well reasoned and reasonable. I like the possibility. It would be great to see Geno win and I would prefer that happen in the AFC. Also, getting a second round pick in any draft is great. I would take next years as well. It always seems like I want more second round picks.
I think this is way off the mark. Because Sean Payton is completely undisciplined in press conferences, we pretty much know Russell Wilson is going to get cut. Nobody is going to trade for him. So, Denver eats $39 million In dead money and maneuvers from there. This is their Jamal Adams/Quandre Diggs move. Brandon Perna/That’s Good Sports went over this.
It’s an ugly divorce.
THEN, guaranteed $39 million, Russ can sign with whoever he wants for the NFL minimum. I’m betting on the Raiders.
Oh, forgot, but maybe the $hit$burh $tealer$ because Russell Wilson owned them in our games head-to-head, unlike Matt Hasselbeck.
I just donāt get why they did the restructure before a trade being practically locked in, like itās one of the conditions of the trade. Otherwise you lose just leverage. Telling teams you can do it for them itās one thing, but preemptively doing it seems dumb.
Because now they can ask for a better pick. A team that is trading for him doesn’t have to pay him this much this season.
Yeah, as part of negotiations. But it doesnāt seem like a trade is on the table. They canāt take it back now and so they just lost that bargaining chip in a potential negotiation. Do you see what Iām saying?
So glad this finally happened and itās a sponsored segment, congratulations Rob!
Congrats!
Congrats to you – cool to see hard work and hustle paying off!
Congratulations Rob! So well deserved. While we know itās overdue I hope it is just more to come.
Sincere congrats, Rob, I can well imagine your career really taking off here in the colonies – your radio appearances are a gas, as is your chemistry with the hosts. Iāll look forward to each weekās radio appearance.
This one is the day I have dreaded… Secrets out on Rob. Can’t keep him to ourselves. Please keep writing the blog after you blow up! Congrats dude
Congratulations sir, well deserved both for your running Seahawks knowledge and your great communication skills/savvy on air, thumbs way up!
As a long time Seattle sports radio listener I got to say that this is both the right time and the right show. There are only a few moments each day that make listening to KIRO 710 worth it. (mostly Shannon drayer and coach interviews on the morning show)
KRJ is ruling the airwaves in terms of quality content and they are doing it with a good variety of hosts. Puck and Jim are the least serious and most enjoyable to listen to. They do not GAF about the rules and both are true fans just like us.
Congrats, Rob! Iāll be listening to more KJR now. ā¦and thanks for posting the link to Superior Linen. I hadnāt heard of them before, but Iāll do anything I can to support their business.
congratulations Rob
you have earned and put in the hard work that your talents are heard and officially heard on KJR!
SUPER happy with your insight and influence over the radio waves in Seahawk nation
KJR’s platform is an amazing opportunity and i am 100% certain you will knock it out of the park!
Well done Rob. Totally deserved.
He’s one of our own
He’s one of our own
Rob Staton
He’s one of our own
You were just excellent Rob! This is well deserved and i suspect will increase. No one can disect a situation as well as you with different outcomes and strategies that allow us to discuss it !
Bummer. I just heard Caleb and Drake wonāt be throwing at the combine. With Marvin Harrison skipping it entirely, the NFL needs to switch things up.
Start earlier, get the tee done by 5pm and maybe incentivize the players.
Tee? Tests – ie measurables
Amazing! Congrats Rob, well deserved!!
So glad the best Seahawks prognosticator has finally hit the local airwaves.
ā¦and donāt listen for one minute to the hater w*nkers or t*ssers in the alternate reality fanbase š¤£
Thanks pal — honestly, the positive feedback means the world. Sometimes I read the negative comments elsewhere and you’d think I’d committed a heinous crime, the way some people talk. So all of the nice messages are really appreciated. The amount of time that goes into this is, well, crazy. So the fact that people get something out of it and are really supportive of the blog, means so much š
Well deserved Rob, and it’s nice to have an actual journalist on the radio for a change.
Wow Rob! Excited for you, so well deserved! Hopefully this is just the start of even bigger and better things to come.
Congrats well deserved.
Yet another reason for those of you in market to listen to KJR instead of 710. I mean on the one hand you have Rob, a serious journalist with well thought out takes and opinions on the Seahawks and on the other you have boot lickers, hyperbolic manure spreaders and well, Dave Wyman. I just don’t see much of contest.
Congrats man! You’re an engaging listen!
I actually like listening to others like Stacy and Corbin, but its been a bit maddening as of late hearing them interpret “hes a starter till hes not” as a ringing endorsement. Just have absolute no idea how they get there. Good to have some sanity on the airwaves.
Thatās what I donāt understand
By all means have the opinion that you really rate Geno Smith, believe he should be seen as the quote/unquote franchise quarterback or whatever
But whatās with the need to try and bend everything to fit a narrative you seem to want to create?
Whereās the curiosity? It’s not ‘nothing’ they keep speaking this way whenever they’re asked about Geno Smith
Where are the learnt lessons from the Wilson trade saga that everyone said was a load of hot air?
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Seriously. Corbin on inās pod was saying the reason Johns answers sounded weird was because the questions were worded poorly.
āIs Geno Smith the QB now? NOW? (Overly emphasizing the word)ā¦ so of course John is going to say āya, heās the QB now, until he isnātāā
He frames that nonsense as something heās had to learn as a reporter over the years that we non-media types wouldnāt know.
Never mind the way it was āframedā in the next freaking interview: āIs Geno QB1?ā
Answer: Genoās been with us for two years.
Ya guys. Nothing to see here.
Itās just such simple thinking. No sense of how a move could be one in a larger plan. Each move is in a vacuum where tit for tat immediate improvement or status quo is the overriding focus.
āWho can you get thatās better than Geno right now? Cousins?ā
As Andy Duphrene would say:
Why are you being so obtuse?
Well, I’ve been a journalist a long, long time
And the only bit of advice I’d ever give anyone is never stop being curious
I respect that Corbin works hard, and I think his heart is in the right place.
He is starting to remind me of the character Captain Queeg, he has lost the narrative thread.
Congrats are in order, but really, this feels like another giveaway to Seahawks fans.
Pardon me a minute, Iāll try to keep this succinct.
As a fan from an era where walking into a store in Seattle the Cowboys and 9ers paraphernalia might outnumber the local Seahawks, where I could count on making instant friends with the only other Seahawks fan at a bar in Boston or Jackson – to live to hear a fan of the Seahawks from the UK rise to a level where they have a regular spot on local radio almost feels like a dream.
I never dreamt of multiple super bowls in a decade – I dreamt of the Seahawks being relevant, relevant in every conversation, important enough that they are mentioned in every conversation. Being able to walk into a jersey store anywhere and finding at least some Seahawks swag.
To me, the ultimate litmus test was the idea that I could be anywhere in the world, and the simple fact of a shared Fandom wouldn’t mean that I had found a new friend. That there would be enough local fans anywhere that a throwback Largent Jersey wasn’t cause to yell out an American style greeting from 100 feet away.
A guy from England came with his girlfriend to Canada, fell in love with the Seahawks, started writing a blog with a global following, and now he is on the local radio in a regular spot talking about the Seahawks.
So excuse a long time Seahawk fan feeling a bit of a personal win. That it is a voice that I value as part of the Seahawks fan discourse makes it all the more sweet.
congrats rob! its good to see your hard work paying dividends! Looking forward to adding this to my weekly listens.
Very excited for you Rob! You are incredibly good at what you do and itās high time someone else in Seattle made your appearances a regular thing.
I was listening to a long-time national media member talking about Peter King and what made him so special. He said of course his discipline. To write his 10k word piece every week no matter what. Despite the fact that he was always traveling & routinely up until 4 or 5 am on Monday to get it out. His passion for the game coming through in his work was another. My favorite was regarding his curiosity. King was always curious about everything. Always digging, discussing, trying to learn the why of things. Never making assumptions and digging in. Willing to explore all avenues especially those off the beaten path. His great bit at at the end of his column was called ā10 things I think I thinkā not 10 things I know or even 10 things I think I know.
You have that curiosity, passion and discipline as well and we are a grateful group that has you as part of our fandom. Looking forward to becoming a KJR regular at noon on Wednesdayās. Just wish I had need of a linen service to support your sponsor!
Cheers!
Thank you Brodie — that’s one of my favourite messages I’ve ever received. It means a lot
My pleasure. Sincere and well-earned praise.
*Insert Gatsby gif here*
1) This is awesome. The more exposure you get…The happier I get.
2). No idea why I can’t figure it out, but what is “W******”?