Not every comfortable win looks clean on the tape and the Seattle Seahawks’ game against the Carolina Panthers is a good example of that. The tape shows a Seahawks team that won through structure, discipline, and concept execution more than overwhelming talent. The margins were controlled, mistakes were limited, and the plan — while conservative at times — worked exactly as intended.

The Good

Defensive structure against the run

Seattle’s run defense looks far better on tape than it has at various points earlier in the season, and the improvement starts with gap discipline. The Seahawks consistently played...

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This is it. The NFC West and the number one seed are on the line this Saturday night in Santa Clara. Either the Seattle Seahawks or San Francisco 49ers will come away with home field advantage throughout the playoffs. If it’s the 49ers, the Super Bowl is in Santa Clara, so they could live the same dream the LA Rams...

In Today’s Links: plenty of injury and roster updates, game previews for Saturday’s match up with the San Francisco 49ers, our Seattle Seahawks are 1 win away from the NFC’s number 1 seed, a mailbag, the advantages our squad presents over the Niners, Sam Darnold’s turnover issues, plus Bryce and Mookie get to work! Thanks for sticking with us here at Field Gulls. Saturday is just around the corner. Are you excited? Let us know in the comments below. Go, ‘Hawks!

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The Seattle Seahawks may have injury question marks at left tackle beyond just Charles Cross.

Seattle held a Tuesday walkthrough instead of a normal practice for their Saturday night tilt with the San Francisco 49ers. With the NFC West title and No. 1 seed at stake, there could be a possible issue along the offensive line for the Seahawks. Charles Cross was estimated as a non-participant, which is not surprising given his hamstring injury was expected to cost him the remainder of the regular season. What is new is backup tackle Josh Jones showing as a DNP with ankle and...

Last week, the Seattle Seahawks were ranked number one by all five national media sites polled (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and CBS Sports). This occurred after the Seahawks took on the Los Angeles Rams in a roller coaster prime time victory in week 16. To nobody’s surprise, after Seattle defeated the Carolina Panthers in Week 17, the team remains at number one in all five rankings. This makes this week’s power rankings roundup (the last of 2025) a tad less controversial. However, let us still walk through what the five national media sites are saying about the...

The Seattle Seahawks’ rookies logged a combined 151 snaps in Week 17 against the Carolina Panthers. That total is down slightly from last week, but still in the same range, especially when factoring in the overtime game against the Rams the week prior. For the second consecutive week, Seattle opted to dress Connor O’Toole over nose tackle Brandon Pili, a decision that appears to be driven primarily by special teams usage. O’Toole saw just four snaps in garbage time.

As always, the focus here is on process and technique rather than box score results.

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The Seattle Seahawks have made a few roster shuffles as they prepare for their 2025 regular season finale against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks announced that they have placed wide receiver Cody White on injured reserve. Additionally, safety D’Anthony Bell has been waived.

White suffered a groin injury during the week 17 game against the Carolina Panthers, one that head coach Mike Macdonald said would keep him out for a while. This injured reserve designation effectively ends White’s 2025 season. The Seahawks seemingly would want Bell back on the practice squad if he were to clear waivers.

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The original member of the Seattle Seahawks’ legendary Legion of Boom secondary will have to wait to hear his name called for Canton.

On Tuesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame modern era finalists were announced. Former Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas did not advance beyond the semifinals for the second year in a row. He’s been eligible for Canton since 2024, having been out of the NFL since his lone season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2019.

Here are the finalists who did make it, and there are a few familiar NFC West names and one “Seahawks legend” in...

In Today’s Links: Seaside Joe supposes an easy Seattle Seahawks victory over the Niners, several previews of Saturday’s big game, more on the fantastic season Byron Murphy II is having for our ‘Hawks, takeaways from Coach Macdonald’s Monday morning press conference, more on the redemption story that is the Seahawks and their most recent battles with the San Francisco 49ers, numbers of note from the game against the Panthers, and much more! Thanks for being here. The weekend can’t get here soon enough. Go, ‘Hawks!

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The Seattle Seahawks have their sights set on the number one seed in the NFC, but they now know where they’ll fall in case they lose to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night.

Monday’s stunning Los Angeles Rams loss to the Atlanta Falcons means quite a bit to the Seahawks. It’s a little bittersweet knowing the Seahawks could’ve won the NFC West had the Chicago Bears beaten the 49ers on Sunday night, but it is what it is. There was still reason to pay attention to the Rams in terms of the wild card seeding, and on paper it...

The NFL weekend kicked off on Thursday with Christmas Day games followed by two games on Saturday, so we are a good chunk of the way through Week 17 already, believe it or not. The Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers squared off in a game with unexpectedly high playoff implications on Sunday.

For the Seahawks, the win keeps them in first place in the NFC while the Panthers needed to win to stay atop the NFC South and in the playoffs. Luckily, the Miami Dolphins knocked off the Bucs and kept the Panthers in first place.

The biggest matchup of...

There’s a slight part of me that doesn’t want the Atlanta Falcons to beat the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football. It would mean that the Seattle Seahawks were literally a few yards away from clinching the NFC West title through the Rams and San Francisco 49ers losing, but the Chicago Bears couldn’t seal the deal.

The plus side of a Rams loss is that it locks them into the No. 6 seed and guarantees the loser of Seahawks vs. 49ers will play the NFC South winner, which is not the worst “consolation prize” possible. It also worsens the...