Jon Ryan likes being alone. He’s seen every movie at the theater in Issaquah, which he goes to because they serve booze. He enjoys dinner out for one. A beer and solitary seat at the bar? Glorious.



“Some people are like, ‘That’s sad. Jon Ryan sitting in the corner of a bar having a beer,’” he told The Athletic. “I’m like, ‘This is the happiest place on Earth right now. It’s not sad to me. I’m alone right now, but I’m not lonely.’”



It’s a useful disposition for a punter. At practice, Ryan works away from the masses, booting balls on an empty field. Often he’s joined by the kicker, the long-snapper and, in a twist this season, the team’s other punter — rookie fifth-round pick Michael Dickson, the man expected to replace Ryan.



It’s hard to imagine a punter more popular than Ryan, the longest-tenured Seahawk. He showed up in Seattle in 2008, a shy...