One might view what the Seattle Seahawks did offensively in 2024 and think that it was a disappointment. Head coach Mike Macdonald and general manager John Schneider certainly did. A day after the season ended, they decided offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb needed to go and the OC was fired.
Still, one might wonder if Grubb was most of the problem. Quarterback Geno Smith arguably had the worst season of his three-year stint as the starter for the team, and a lot of that might have been due to the play design of Grubb. Smith had too many red zone turnovers, but the play-calling was also limited near the opponent's end zone.
If Grubb was the main problem, Seattle might seem fit to replace him with someone already on the staff. Jake Peetz is one candidate, and he served as the team's passing game coordinator. Another candidate might need to be quarterbacks coach Charles London.
Seahawks assistant coach reportedly has a chance to interview for the Browns open offensive coordinator job
That is because if the team really wants to keep him, and he was only hired after Macdonald became the head coach last offseason, they might have to fend off potential suitors. This includes the Cleveland Browns who, according to the NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, will interview London for their own vacant offensive coordinator position.
To be fair, London deserves his chance to be an OC.
Since 2014, the 50-year-old London has been a running backs coach or quarterbacks coach in the league. In 2023, he also served as the passing game coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. There was nothing wrong with London's direction of Geno Smith this season, and most of Smith's struggles can be blamed on poor play design or poor routing running by receivers such as DK Metcalf.
London's name has not been reportedly bandied about as the coach is a potential replacement for Grubb, but the Seahawks tend to keep things like that in-house, so we don't know what we do not know. The question might be whether London can show in interviews he is able to scheme a better running game, though as a running backs coach, you would think he should be able to.
As far as joining the Cleveland Browns, good luck to anyone doing so offensively. The team is hamstrung by the contract of quarterback Deshaun Watson who has been a miserable failure since he came to Cleveland three years ago. He has a Browns-high quarterback rating of a bad 84.3 but has two seasons below 80.
Assuming the Browns are forced to keep Watson instead of taking a financial bath by releasing him, maybe London can help him. But the Browns offensive line is a mess, and the receiver quality is lacking. One would hope that London's first chance to be an offensive coordinator does not end quickly (fired after a season) simply because he does not have enough to work with.
Still. if offered the OC job with the Browns, London would get a promotion, one he has deserved for quite some time. One might also hope he gets that chance with nearly anyone but the Browns, though. Cleveland simply seems jinxed.
