We’ve reached the penultimate weekend of the 2025 NFL season, and the Seattle Seahawks have already secured a playoff spot, but they’re not yet locked in as NFC West champions or the No. 1 seed in the conference. Their next opponent is the Carolina Panthers, who’ve got control of the NFC South at 8-7, and if they beat the Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose to the Miami Dolphins, they’ll be division champs. Seattle can also win the NFC West with some outside help, but those other games would be spread out through Monday night.

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In Today’s Links: multiple previews for tomorrow’s big road game against the Panthers, how a stint in Carolina help right the ship for Sam Darnold, injury updates for our Seattle Seahawks, more praise for the ‘Hawks Special Teams unit aka Jay’s Jiants, Coach Macdonald as COY, a bit more on one of the weaknesses in our squad, and a lot more! Happy Saturday, y’all. Enjoy yourself. Have a good day.

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The Seattle Seahawks will be without a couple of key pieces in their effort to stay atop the NFC against the Carolina Panthers.

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald announced they would be without starting left tackle Charles Cross and safety Coby Bryant. The Panthers’ game is the second straight game Cross will miss after suffering a hamstring injury, which might put an end to his regular season, against the Indianapolis Colts.

Josh Jones, a versatile offensive lineman who signed with the Seahawks in the offseason, will start in Cross’ place for the second week in a row. Jones played his...

On Friday, the Seattle Seahawks announced their selection of Week 17 game captains ahead of Sunday’s matchup vs. the Carolina Panthers.

This week’s captains are running back Kenneth Walker III, nose tackle Jarran Reed, and linebacker Drake Thomas. Thomas will be making his third appearance as a game captain this season, having last played with the “C” on his chest during Weeks 3 and 10. In addition, Reed and Walker will both be captains for the second time this season, previously serving as game captains in Weeks 5 and 14, respectively.

Reed and Thomas are both originally from North Carolina,...

What a difference a year makes.

The Seattle Seahawks didn’t have a bad special teams unit last season under coordinator Jay Harbaugh; they even ranked 10th by FTN’s DVOA. But it was an often ruinous group with return specialists who were so game-damaging bad that they were let go in the same week after combining for two lost fumbles. Their loss to the New York Giants involved a would-be game-tying field goal resulting in a blocked kick and a touchdown. Jason Myers and Michael Dickson were doing heavy lifting for the special teams, and Harbaugh was easily the one Seahawks...

Following a 2024 season in which the run game of the Seattle Seahawks was non-existent for the majority of the year, head coach Mike Macdonald immediately moved on from offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb.

Along with firing Grubb, the Seahawks allowed several other members of the offensive coaching staff to move on to other opportunities elsewhere, including offensive line coach Scott Huff.

To fill the openings that had been created, the team turned to Klint Kubiak and a cadre of coaches with a long history of coaching run-heavy offensive systems. The additions included adding John Benton as offensive line coach and...

On paper, this looks like a straightforward matchup. In reality, it’s the kind of game that tests discipline, preparation, and patience — especially for a Seahawks team still fighting to control its own destiny to be the seed 1 in the NFC.

The Carolina Panthers’ decisive game isn’t against the Seattle Seahawks, but against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the final round. Would that make them rest their energy against Seattle?

If Seattle approaches this game assuming it will resolve itself, the Panthers are capable of turning it into a four-quarter grind.

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In Today’s Links: an examination of the deviations between our Seattle Seahawks and the Carolina Panthers, Josh Jones looks to be starting again in place of the injured Charles Cross, a bit on Mike Jackson and his view of Sunday’s match-up with his former team, Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s chances of being named the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year, a game preview from the wonderful men at the Sea Hawkers Podcast, and more! Hope y’all are doing the thing and having a good time with your loved ones. As usual, thanks for being here. We appreciate you. Go, ‘Hawks!

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In Today’s Links: more on Rashid Shaheed and his impact for our Seattle Seahawks, another preview or two of Sunday’s big road game against the Carolina Panthers, the Seattle sports season that was/is and the Seahawks’ place within it, more players and coaches publicly defend Derick Hall and speak on his unjust one-game suspension, an Earl Thomas interview with the Sea Hawkers Podcast, and more! Thank you so much for being a part of the Field Gulls community. We absolutely appreciate it and cannot do it without you. Go, ‘Hawks!

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The Seattle Seahawks’ first injury report for Week 17 against the Carolina Panthers is here, and it’s thankfully a light one.

As expected, safety Coby Bryant and left tackle Charles Cross did not practice. Mike Macdonald indicated as such at his media availability period before practice, and Cross’ hamstring injury is likely to cost him the rest of the regular season. Bryant is slated to miss some time with a knee injury, although the severity is not believed to be season-ending. Injured reserve is not a consideration for either player, which is assuring but also unsurprising given Seattle has a...

The Seattle Seahawks needed a spark early in the third quarter in their monumental matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.

They found it in their starting running back Kenneth Walker, who broke off his longest run in over a year to put the team up by one. The 55-yard score was Walker’s first touchdown since the two teams met in November, and his longest since 2023, prompting a wave of relief as he crossed the goal line.

“It was like a relief. It always feels good to score, but scoring a long touchdown, it feels a little bit different,” Walker...

John Schneider has never won the NFL’s Executive of the Year award. On the strength of 12-3 and a consecutive successful quarterback flip, he has finally landed himself on the short list of favorites.

Nearly every NFL team weighed in this week about their thoughts as to who is most likely to win various awards, thanks to Tom Pelissero’s anonymous survey. 21 General Managers themselves were part of the process.

Out of 30 votes gathered, 19.5 front offices around the league feel John Schneider is this year’s Executive of the Year.

Who voted half? I don’t know, but Les Snead...