Field Gulls
The Seattle Seahawks opened up the 2025 NFL season with a home loss to the NFC West division rival San Francisco 49ers, before a cross country weekend trip to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In theory, the team should have had an easier time in Week 3, with the winless New Orleans Saints coming to town, unfortunately, a rash of injuries left several members of the roster doubtful for the matchup, including Devon Witherspoon, Nick Emmanwori, Julian Love and Zach Charbonnet.
Then, on Saturday afternoon, the Seahawks added leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to the injury report, applying a questionable designation.
As the team noted in the post, it’s an illness that has JSN questionable, and if he is unable to play, the Hawks could be perilously thin at receiver against New Orleans. Having released Cody White on Friday, if JSN is unable to go, the only healthy receivers on the 53-man roster are Cooper Kupp, Jake Bobo, Tory Horton and Dareke Young. That quartet of receivers has 11 receptions for 137 yards and a touchdown so far this season, with Kupp alone accounting for nine of the 11 catches.
This news, obviously, makes the pre-game inactives more critical than typical on Sunday.
