NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the league’s annual meeting that there are no new developments on the sale of the Seattle Seahawks but plenty of potential suitors in the team.
PHOENIX — On the day that Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a high-earners income tax into law, Seahawks general manager John Schneider reiterated that it could make life more difficult for the state’s professional sports teams.
The Rams had initially proposed a 40-second time limit for the initiation of a replay review — it was estimated that roughly 100 seconds lapsed between the end of the play and when the replay was initiated. The Rams also proposed that the deflected backward pass on a two-point play would be treated similarly as a fumble on fourth-down and could only be advanced by the player who fumbled it. That would have negated Zach Charbonnet’s conversion.
There appears to be no question about one issue that had been hovering over the Seahawks the last few months — the status of veteran defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence.
RENTON, Wash. — As Jaxon Smith-Njigba sat at a table at the VMAC Wednesday flanked by Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and general manager John Schneider, he several times looked in the direction of his father, Maada, sitting in the audience.
The Seattle Seahawks are making Jaxon Smith-Njigba the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL on an annual basis after agreeing to a four-year, $168.6 million deal, with $120 million guaranteed, league sources told The Athletic on Monday.
SEATTLE – The Seahawks have exercised the fifth-year options on the rookie contracts of receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and cornerback Devon Witherspoon, the team announced Friday.