Monday night at Lumen Field the Seattle Seahawks upended the Houston Texans to move to 5-2 on the season heading into the bye, with the next game on the schedule being a Sunday Night Football matchup against the Washington Commanders.

During the victory over the Texans, the Seahawks once again used the same five starting offensive linemen they have all season, seemingly giving the team at least some level of the continuity head coach Mike Macdonald has mentioned on multiple occasions.

At wide receiver it was once against the Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp show, with Tory Horton coming in...

The Seattle Seahawks defense dismantled the Houston Texans on Monday night. Things like 31 yards allowed to running backs, 10 tackles for loss, and 12 passes defensed, you know. Just a normal day in Mike Macdonald land.

Anybody who watched the game knows the score and discrepancy should have been an avalanche, had the refs accurately diagnosed a safety, or Klint Kubiak didn’t get so weird. It was, outside of three plays and some dumb play calls, a beatdown. But on Seattle Sports 710 the day after, Macdonald curiously indicated he’s been holding back quite a bit, for the sake...

After beating the Houston Texans in a game with more drama than was necessary, the. Seattle Seahawks have now reached their bye week. So, let’s analyze their chances of winning the NFC West and making the playoffs in the 2025 season.

First, we’re witnessing something almost unique in the NFC. Every team that would qualify for the playoffs TODAY has one more win than the NFC leader, in this case the Packers. The Seahawks are currently sixth in the NFC and, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, seventh in odds to win the NFC (+1300).

Despite being second in the NFC West,...

Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to recognize Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones, who has become the heart of Seattle’s new Legion of Boom-ish defense, and the franchise’s most important player at his position since Bobby Wagner.

The home of the NFL’s best defense may change from week to week in the 2025 season (is it in Jacksonville? Atlanta? Seattle?), but one requirement transcends geography: These great defenses must have tone-setting linebackers....

In Today’s Links: a few more leftover recaps from Monday’s win, how our Seattle Seahawks’ run defense is making it happen, ‘Hawks start getting healthy over the bye, how the defense (as a whole) is dominating, and more. We’ve got several days of this coming, looking back at the season so far, and speculating on its future. A time for reflection and calm. I hope you take advantage. Thanks for being here.

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Macdonald’s run defense miracle – Seaside Joe Seahawks go worst-to-first in run defense, fans love “The Drake”, Uchenna Nwosu must...

It’s safe to say that the Russell Wilson/Sean Payton beef still exists.

The Seattle Seahawks great and former Denver Broncos quarterback left the Broncos on bad terms after he was benched by Sean Payton with two weeks left in the 2023 regular season. Denver wasn’t mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet, but reportedly the Broncos threatened to bench Wilson in October (when they were 1-5) over injury guarantee money. Wilson was released by the Broncos in 2024 and he’s currently with the New York Giants as the backup to Jaxson Dart, who replaced Wilson due to poor performance in Week...

With the bye week coming up for the Seattle Seahawks, head coach Mike Macdonald gave a few injury updates for players, including a few names we have not seen or heard from in a while.

Starting defenders Derick Hall, Devon Witherspoon, and Julian Love all should be back after the bye, according to coach Macdonald. As for the names we have not seen or heard from in a while, let’s start with the not so good news. Macdonald stated that defensive tackle, Johnathan Hankins will not be back after the bye week. Hankins was placed on the non-football injury list...

Last week, after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars, the national media began looking at the Seattle Seahawks as a legitimate playoff team, and perhaps even a Super Bowl contender. However, how will this change after the Seahawks stout victory over the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football?

Well, this week, despite the win, the national media seems to be treading water on the Seahawks. The main media sites polled (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and CBS Sports) all had Seattle lingering in the same area they had them last week. One thing that you quickly notice with power rankings...

We will take it. Ensnared in the spookiest home stretch of their already spooky existence, the Seattle Seahawks exorcised their home demons ahead of Halloween. Lumen Field is a Little Shop of Horrors no more. Indeed, the Scream-ing 68,632 in attendance Saw their favorite defense slowly but surely Chainsaw Massacre the Houston Texans on a pretty Psycho night for Seattle sports fans.

While the team across the street found a new way to torture its pre-tortured fans, and went down meekly in the ninth with the Silence of Lambs, the Seahawks rode their own brand of chaos to a victory...

First things first, I want no part of any of these late kickoff games during the regular season. It’s bad enough that they have them during the preseason, we don’t need them when the games actually count.

The way the Seattle Seahawks played against the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football didn’t help. Yes, Seattle walked away with a 27-19 victory, at home nonetheless to move to 5-2 with a bye week on the horizon. This was a very stupid game that should have been an absolute ass whipping. Instead, here I am with another tension headache from this got...

In Today’s Links: recaps, recallings, retellings, and musings on our Seattle Seahawks’ big win last night. Lots to talk about. Didn’t look pretty, to be frank. Let’s break it down. Easier I’d say than dissecting the M’s game. Where are you at with the ‘Hawks after yesterday’s win? You worried about the O and/or Sam Darnold? Happy to win at home? We’ve got time to look back over the next week or so, as our squad has a bye next weekend. We’ll have time to chat. Thanks for being here with us at Field Gulls. We appreciate you.

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Words cannot really do justice to that Monday Night Football madness.

The Seattle Seahawks suffocated the Houston Texans offense all game, and yet ended up with four turnovers committed and needlessly let Houston have a slim hope of a comeback. After racing out to a 14-0 lead, it looked like it’d be an easy night at the office for the Seahawks.

Not on the Seahawks’ watch.

Some poor execution on offense and missed opportunities for takeaways on defense led to the Texans pulling within 14-6 at the half, then 17-12 following a Sam Darnold fumble in the end zone for...