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...

The Seattle Seahawks’ win over the Los ANgeles Rams felt like two very different football games stitched together by halftime adjustments. The first half was sloppy, reactive, and at times frustrating on both sides of the ball. The second half, however, showed a team that corrected structural issues, leaned into schematic advantages, and played with far better clarity of purpose. The All-22 makes that contrast even sharper.

Let’s break it down.

The Bad

The defense in the first half: problems with run fits and a nonexistent pass rush

The opening half was arguably the defense’s worst run-defense...

The Seattle Seahawks lay claim to arguably the best defense in the NFL this year.

There are those with gaudy numbers, like Ernest Jones’ 5 INTs as a linebacker, or Nick Emmanwori with…a bunch of everything.

But the strength of this defense is on its cohesion, and it’s largely built on the backs of those who have played some unbelievable football this season without the eye-popping numbers.

Foremost on the team, and perhaps in the league, is now three-time Pro Bowl selection Devon Witherspoon.

Sometimes you have to look hard to find Witherspoon’s impact on the stat sheet. Occasionally, he’s...

In Today’s Links: injury updates, a few quick previews of the Seattle Seahawks game this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, how our squad can secure the NFC West crown, why the ‘Hawks were right to move on from O Captain My Captain aka Pete Carroll, photos from Thursday’s epic victory over the Los Angeles Rams, some words from Leonard Williams on the Derick Hall suspension, and much more! Hope you all are having a wonderful winter solstice season. As usual, we appreciate y’all being here with us at Field Gulls. Love you lots! Go, ‘Hawks!

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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seahawks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

Happy holidays from Field Gulls! We have just one question for you in this week’s Seahawks Reacts survey, and it’s for your confidence in the direction of the team. This is the standard question baked into Reacts surveys throughout SB Nation, and while most of the season has seen Seahawks fan confidence in the 90+ percent range, that shaky win...

It’s the holidays, and fans of the Seattle Seahawks are celebrating not just the thrilling Week 16 victory over the division rival Los Angeles Rams, they are also enjoying the selection of a half dozen members of the team to the Pro Bowl Games.

There will almost certainly be additional members of the roster who are invited to participate in the Pro Bowl in the coming weeks as other players across the league opt out due to injury or are unable to participate as their team makes the Super Bowl. For the time being, though, the six Seahawks who earned...

Last week, after squeaking out a win over the Indianapolis Colts, the Seattle Seahawks barely moved in their average power ranking. However, will the Seahawks finally take over the number one spot after their roller coaster win over the Los Angeles Rams?

Put shortly, yes. All five national media sites polled (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and CBS Sports) all have Seattle ranked as best team in the NFL. Arguably, with where the Seahawks had been ranked in the weeks leading up to the Rams game, this makes sense. Just last week, the average power ranking for the...

The Seattle Seahawks rookie class combined for 160 total snaps in Week 16, a number inflated by the game going to overtime. Once again, the workload was heavily concentrated on Grey Zabel and Nick Emmanwori. Rylie Mills, Robbie Ouzts, and Nick Kallerup saw limited action, combining for just 17 total snaps.

Connor O’Toole was active — somewhat unexpectedly, filling in for Brandon Pili — but only contributed on special teams.

Let’s dive into the tape and break down some of the key rookie performances from this game.

Grey Zabel — Offensive Guard (68 snaps)

Zabel finished the game...

With the holiday season coming around, and the close of the NFL s regular season, it is now time to see the official Pro Bowl Games rosters. Over the past few weeks, the NFL has had fans vote for the players they felt were deserving of the Pro Bowl honor. However, fan voting only accounts for one-third of the total vote, with NFL coaches and fellow players also accounting for the other two-thirds of the vote.

With all of that said, along with the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, and San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks led the NFL in 2025...

The Seattle Seahawks have officially punched their ticket to the 2025 postseason. We don’t know yet what seed, and likely won’t know until the final game of the season. But they are going, with as good a chance of making some noise as we’ve seen in some time.

The NFC itself has taken some shape this weekend as well, with the Dallas Cowboys being eliminated from The Dance. There will be minimal shakeup over the next two weeks, so it’s time to rank the Seahawks potential playoff opponents. First up: desirability

Playoff matchups ranked by most favorable matchup

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