The Seattle Seahawks' running back room has underperformed during the 2026 season. There has not been power in numbers for the 12s. That was never more evident than during a 32-29 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5.
Seattle fell two games behind San Francisco in the NFC West, and four trade candidates plus one veteran free agent could add help. The Seattle Seahawks are 3-2 through the first five weeks of the season.
Nehemiah Pritchett made one of the biggest defensive plays of Sunday’s 32-29 loss to the 49ers, picking off Brock Purdy in the third quarter to set up a Seattle touchdown in front of the home crowd at Lumen Field.
In NFL history, a quarterback has rushed for eight or more touchdowns in a season 38 times. How many of the 38 can you name in five minutes?
Nobody in the Pacific Northwest gets much time to stew over Sunday. The Seattle Seahawks lost 32-29 to the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field, fell two games behind in the NFC West and play again Thursday night in Denver.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
There's no sugarcoating it: the Seattle Seahawks (3-2) have a problem. Seattle had a problem last year with turnovers that cost victories. Turnovers plagued the Seahawks in the 17-13 Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers and the 19-17 Week 11 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was known for his fearlessness on the field, but he was also a big trash talker. However, the five-time Pro Bowler wished he had done Evans’ viral jersey move himself.
With under a minute left in regulation of Sunday's game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba had an opportunity to put the Seattle offense inside the 49ers' 20-yard line but failed to haul in the pass.
The San Francisco 49ers exacted revenge on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, escaping with a nail-biting victory, 32-29, at Lumen Field. The Seahawks eliminated the 49ers in the divisional round in last season’s playoffs en route to winning the Super Bowl.
The Seattle Seahawks had the defending-champion pedigree and the home crowd. They also had a third-quarter surge that looked ready to deliver a defining NFC West victory.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Lumen Field got the NFC West game it wanted on Sunday and a result it didn’t. The Seattle Seahawks lost 32-29 to the San Francisco 49ers, and the line between who helped and who hurt was easy to draw.
Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet is not expected to return for Thursday night’s road game against the Denver Broncos, according to head coach Mike Macdonald.
SEATTLE — The Sam Darnold of old — the third overall pick in the 2018 draft out of USC who looked to be a considerable bust early in his career with the New York Jets and the Carolina Panthers?
Start with the part nobody in Seattle will argue. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who came into Sunday first in touchdown catches and third in the NFL in receiving yards, should have caught it.
If not for a Jaxon Smith-Njigba drop on third down, the Seattle Seahawks wouldn’t have had to rely on a miracle fourth-down conversion to Cooper Kupp to try and save their eventual 32-29 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Dealing with doubters throughout his whole career, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy continues to prove himself as a worthy franchise leader.
Seattle had the NFC West lead within reach, and the defense gave the team a real chance. The offense is where the afternoon fell apart. The Seattle Seahawks had first place in the NFC West right in front of them.
It was a sloppy game on Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers combined for seven turnovers. Each team continually capitalized on those mistakes, with 35 points being scored on those takeaways.
Week 5 of the 2026 NFL season was full of chaos. Including the first three ejections of the season, two of which happened at the same time.
The rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks took a new, heated turn Sunday. But for Dre Greenlaw, he delivers a new tense moment following his brief exchange last week with coach Sean Payton of the Denver Broncos.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba was a full participant in practice on Thursday. The star wide receiver sat out practice on Wednesday, though just for a rest, according to the team's official report.
Change of plans for the Seattle Seahawks.
Joe Mixon hasn't taken a snap in an NFL game since January 18, 2025, when he rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown in the postseason. Injuries caused him to miss the entire 2025 season, and it was unclear whether he'd ever play another down in the NFL.
The Los Angeles Chargers entered the season expecting Herbert to thrive in a new offense. Four games later, almost everything has gone in the opposite direction.
There's no slowing Kenneth Walker III down, as the Kansas City Chiefs running back put up another monster performance on Sunday. He ran for 177 yards on just 22 carries, averaging 8.0 yards per rushing attempt and scoring two touchdowns in the Chiefs' 30-27 win over the previously unbeaten Las Vegas Raiders.
According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, Price is being placed on injured reserve, meaning he'll be out for at least the next four games.
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