Seahawks need to find a solution to this massive Jaxon Smith-Njigba problem

Seattle Seahawks v Tennessee Titans - NFL 2025 | Logan Bowles/GettyImagesThrough 12 games, the Seattle Seahawks have crafted one of the league’s most balanced, tough-minded résumés in 2025.

Sam Darnold has played the cleanest, most composed football of his career. The ground game, with Zach Charbonnet’s bruising style and Kenneth Walker’s explosive change-ups, has the flexibility to adapt to any environment, especially as winter sets in. And defensively, Seattle has bullied opponents at all three levels, leaning into a young, violent core that rarely loses the line of scrimmage.

But if Mike Macdonald's group is going to push into January and survive there, the defining factor won’t be…