Field Gulls
Our 2025 Seattle Seahawks are a young team, whether player or coach, and are looking to stack reps and tell their story. Early in the Mike Macdonald Regime, our squad has had a signature moment or two, but not a game this clean, this strident. Today’s resounding victory at home against the New Orleans Saints felt like a statement, a purposeful and crisp dismantling of a semi-decent opponent in front of a ‘Hawk fanbase looking to prove a point.
As it were here at Field Gulls, there are these things called Winners and Losers. Life is often black and white, but it is mostly neither black nor white. Life is a colorful rainbow, a subjective congealing of experience and emotion, cultures and language. Today’s butt whooping was just that: a kaleidoscope of legal pain and punishment, dealt by our Seahawks from a vast array of players, all colliding spirits; tackling, dodging and weaving with purpose and soul.
With that being said, let’s get going!
Coach Mike Macdonald: One of the overwhelming takeaways from today’s game for me is how crispy and cohesive the Seattle Seahawks team operated on the field today. Mind you, I don’t think it’s an indictment on previous behavior. I just think today’s showing from the ‘Hawks punctuated how prepared this squad looks in all three phases with Coach Macdonald and his homies in charge.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Say what you will about NFL Draft evaluators and prognosticators: not many people guess anything correctly. And when they do, it is either in context or only a deviation or two from their next best competition. Smith-Njigba may have been a first round pick (granted, hard to call him underrated or overlooked, no?), but from the way he is growing quickly into a star NFL receiver, he really should have been a top-5 pick, maybe 7th at worst. Great route running, YAC yards, great hands, tough play. In my opinion, he’s the perfect compromise between DK and Tyler: crisp route running, intelligence, and athleticism. JSN, from Rockwall, TX, is on a trajectory to becoming a Seahawks legend. No cap.
The D-line: Goodness! Those that know were not kidding when they talked glowingly about Mike Macdonald’s ability to scheme pressure with only four players. As has been the case all year, the Seahawks D-line created havoc for their opponents, play after play after play. Today was the brightest example of their growth and effort. Run stuffs, tackles for loss, batted balls, Spencer Rattler getting… rattled (just a little bit). Bless the D-line and all the wonderful gifts they’ve been bringing on large serving dishes for us starving fans this season. Thank you, D-line Gawd!
Special Teams: after looking downright elementary (as in playing American Football like an elementary school team) during the pre-season, the 2025 version of Jay’s Jiants has impressed and today was no different. Great tackling, good blocking on both kickoff and punt returns (a special teams touchdown from Horton, c’mon now!!) The whole squad looked...
