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The case for making Sam Darnold the Seahawks’ long-term quarterback

The Seattle Seahawks are steamrolling towards a quarterback controversy. Well, if things continue at their current trajectory, it won’t be much of a controversy at all. But Seattle’s positioned itself for a very different future at QB than nearly anyone would have predicted six months ago. “With the 92nd pick of the 2025 NFL draft, […]

Pre-Snap Reads 10/23: Things the Seahawks need to work on

In Today’s Links: Jaxon Smith-Njigba and fated penalties, numbers of not from JSN’s 2025 break-out season, more reflection on the Seattle Seahawks’ win against the Texans on Monday, injury news and such from Coach Macdonald’s press conference yesterday, Anthony Bradford laments, Field Gull’ers Bryce Coutts and Michael Thompson breakdown the 2025 ‘Hawks season (so far) […]

Seahawks release veteran tight end

On Monday night the Seattle Seahawks dispatched the Houston Texans 27-19 in a game that did not feel anywhere near as close as the final score. With that victory in the books, and Seattle in a three-way logjam atop the NFC West, it appeared likely that the team would coast into the bye week with […]

Why Mike Macdonald feels he must protect the Seahawks from himself

The Seattle Seahawks defense dismantled the Houston Texans on Monday night. Things like 31 yards allowed to running backs, 10 tackles for loss, and 12 passes defensed, you know. Just a normal day in Mike Macdonald land. Anybody who watched the game knows the score and discrepancy should have been an avalanche, had the refs […]

Seattle Seahawks Ernest Jones is an underrated LB the team can’t live without

Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to recognize Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones, who has become the heart of Seattle’s new Legion of Boom-ish defense, and the franchise’s most […]

Pre-Snap Reads 10/22: What is the next step for our 2025 Seahawks?

In Today’s Links: a few more leftover recaps from Monday’s win, how our Seattle Seahawks’ run defense is making it happen, ‘Hawks start getting healthy over the bye, how the defense (as a whole) is dominating, and more. We’ve got several days of this coming, looking back at the season so far, and speculating on […]

Russell Wilson publicly calls out ‘classless’ Sean Payton on social media

It’s safe to say that the Russell Wilson/Sean Payton beef still exists. The Seattle Seahawks great and former Denver Broncos quarterback left the Broncos on bad terms after he was benched by Sean Payton with two weeks left in the 2023 regular season. Denver wasn’t mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet, but reportedly the Broncos […]

Words of Prey, Seahawks vs. Texans: Birds turn the tables, barbecue humans

We will take it. Ensnared in the spookiest home stretch of their already spooky existence, the Seattle Seahawks exorcised their home demons ahead of Halloween. Lumen Field is a Little Shop of Horrors no more. Indeed, the Scream-ing 68,632 in attendance Saw their favorite defense slowly but surely Chainsaw Massacre the Houston Texans on a […]

Seahawks-Texans final score: Seattle wins despite best efforts to lose

Words cannot really do justice to that Monday Night Football madness. The Seattle Seahawks suffocated the Houston Texans offense all game, and yet ended up with four turnovers committed and needlessly let Houston have a slim hope of a comeback. After racing out to a 14-0 lead, it looked like it’d be an easy night […]

Seahawks vs. Texans inactives: Devon Witherspoon, Julian Love out again

Despite practicing throughout the week, it’ll be another game without Devon Witherspoon and Julian Love for the Seattle Seahawks. The star cornerback and safety were respectively listed as questionable on Saturday, providing a glimmer of hope that they would play on Monday night against the Houston Texans. Alas, the wait will continue through the bye […]

Seahawks legend Tyler Lockett released by Titans following request

A week after the first firing of an NFL head coach in the 2025 season, a legendary Seattle Seahawks receiver who has been falling out of said coach’s gameplan has been let go. Tyler Lockett requested and has since been granted his release by the Tennessee Titans on Monday, The Titans were the worst team […]