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Seahawks undrafted duo are best ‘next men up’ in the NFL

When the 2025 season began, Drake Thomas and Ty Okada were not core pieces of the Seattle Seahawks defensive plan. In fact they played only 15 and 6 snaps in Week 1, respectively. Eight weeks later, that has changed in a big way. Okada has now played 367 defensive snaps, and 74 on special teams. […]

Pre-Snap Reads 11/4: Grey Zabel looking ‘real’ for Seahawks in rookie campaign

In Today’s Links: Coach Macdonald’s Monday morning presser, numbers of note from our Seattle Seahawks’ huge win on SNF against the Commanders, injury updates, special players from Jay’s Jiants, trade deadline speculation, and much much more! Thanks for being here. We need you. We need each other. Love y’all. #np Double Destiny by Elitechnique Seahawks […]

Enemy Reaction 2025: Washington Commanders

The Seattle Seahawks’ lone appearance (barring any flexing for the rest of the season) on Sunday Night Football was loud and eye-opening for much of America. If most of the country was asleep for the Monday night win over the Houston Texans, millions were wide awake to see Seattle destroy the Washington Commanders in their […]

Why Monday is important to the NFL’s Tuesday trade deadline

The NFL season has effectively reached the midway point, with Week 9 action wrapping up Monday evening when the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys face off on Monday Night Football. Once the Cardinals and Cowboys wrap up their game, there won’t be a shortage of content in the NFL news cycle, though, as even in […]

Snap Reactions: Seahawks dominate as rookies shine

The Seattle Seahawks slipped out of first place for a few hours on Sunday afternoon, after the Los Angeles Rams waylaid the New Orleans Saints. However, a dominating victory over the Washington Commanders on Sunday Night Football put Seattle back atop the NFC West by way of tiebreaker, with divisional matchups against the Arizona Cardinals […]

Words of Prey, Seahawks vs. Commanders: Ten for the road

There are a lot of ways to break down a game, unless one team is so thoroughly outclassed that one inescapable conclusion remains: this was a nationally televised whoopin’ of other people’s bottoms. The type we used to see with the [redacted] Seattle Seahawks. You know, the brand of defensive suffocate-o-fest that temporarily got Seattle […]

Ted’s Talk: Injuries mar Seattle’s ‘commanding’ win in Washington

Those throwback jerseys just make everything better!  In another S-tier jersey matchup with double throwbacks, the Seahawks came out on top of the Commanders in a 38-14 beatdown on national television. Sam Darnold was perfect in the first half, and the defense clamped down on an already depleted Washington offense, rendering them toothless. The only […]

Seahawks rule out Ernest Jones vs. Commanders

The Seattle Seahawks completely dominated the first half of the Week 9 Sunday Night Football matchup against the Washington Commanders, with almost everything going their way. Of the things that did not go their way, injuries to a pair of key members of the starting defense perhaps the most easy to point to. Specifically, cornerback […]

Seahawks Josh Jobe ruled out vs Commanders

The Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders are facing off on Sunday Night Football, and through the early part of the game, it’s been almost all Seattle. Specifically, the Seahawks forced a punt on the first Washington possession, before Ty Okada recorded an interception off Jayden Daniels the second time the Commanders had the ball. However, […]

Field Gulls predicts the second half of the 2025 Seahawks season

Normally in this spot we do five predictions for an upcoming Seattle Seahawks game. Today, as the Seahawks prepare for their Sunday night game against the Washington Commanders, we’re doing something different and looking bigger picture. Besides, my in-game predictions have been a disaster. If you remember at the start of the season, the Field […]

How to watch Seahawks vs. Commanders on ‘Sunday Night Football’

The Seattle Seahawks (5-2) are back from their bye week and on the road for a prime time matchup with the Washington Commanders (3-5). Seattle is undefeated away from Lumen Field and looking to continue the incredible road success under Mike Macdonald. The Commanders are in desperation mode, as 3-6 would be almost impossible to […]