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IMG CBS SPORTS By Bo Crouch ~ Axess Sports RENTON, Wash. —  The Seattle Seahawks didn’t wait for the market to catch up—they set it. In a franchise-defining move, Seattle signed star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a four-year, $168.6 million contract extension, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history, sources confirmed Monday. The deal averages just over $42 million per season and includes $120 million in guaranteed money. The extension keeps Smith-Njigb

By Bo Crouch Axess Sports For decades, the Pro Bowl was supposed to be the NFL’s celebration of greatness — a warm-weather gathering of the league’s brightest stars just one week after the biggest game in football. But somewhere between half-speed tackles, player opt-outs, and falling television ratings, the Pro Bowl slowly lost its place in the American sports calendar. Today, the once-prestigious showcase has largely been reduced to a rebranded exhibition, its former identi

This season has been up and down for the Huskies mounting some impressive wins and a few surprising losses. Although the 2025 campaign will keep them out of the CFB Playoffs they were still good enough to get into a Bowl Game. This year they will head to the LA Bowl facing the Mountain West Conference Champion Boise State. Washington is 4-2 all time but 1-1 in bowl games and haven't faced each other since 2023 when the Huskies dominated 56-19 behind Penix Jr. and company. Bot

The right guard position has been a weak link for the Seahawks all season with Anthony Bradford ranking near the bottom of the league at the position (PFF75 of 79). Pass blocking has been his biggest issue at times completely missing his assignment with just a 29.6 pass blocking grade. This has been allowing free rushers and leaving Sam Darnold scrambling to stay upright contributing to costly mistakes and turnovers. Bradford's penalties have dropped this year but are still a

The Washington Wolfpack have had an up and down season but the road trip to wrap up the season has been a tough out to finish strong. With four of the last five offensive performances producing ten or fewer points and all resorting in losses they look to square off in the season finale against the Albany Firebirds that are undefeated and lead the league in points per game. The Wolfpack will need everyone at their peak to upset what might be the league champions this season. C

Bo Crouch 8-26-24 Daniel Jones presents an interesting problem heading into the 2024 season as he's slated to hit the salary cap for 47.8 million dollars but may not be the best quarterback in the room. Last season was underwhelming after his 2022 season where the Giants found their way to the playoffs, a season that Jones land his current contract. After a lot of movement on the roster last season and the notable exit of Saquon Barkley there have been a lot questions as New

Bo Crouch 8-25-24 There has been a lot of change heading into this season and that is one of the main reasons Vegas has Seattle's line set at 7.5 wins. A number I would bet the over on and although I still believe they are only a nine-win playoff bubble team there is a lot to like about what this version of the Seahawks are capable of. Let's start with the side of the ball that they didn't need to overhaul all that much because on offense they are dynamic. Despite numbers tha

Bo Crouch ~ Host Football Talk The rumors of a merger have been going around since the conclusions of their respective 2023 seasons and the official announcement came out on New Year's Day as we look to the future of spring football. The questions were really surrounding what platform to they look to keep and are any teams getting left behind and those answers came out with a little bit of a surprise. They will be using the XFL platform but rebranding as the UFL (United Footb

12-13-2023 Bo Crouch ~ Host FootballTalk The Hawks headed south to take on the 49ers for the second time in three weeks to not only try to end a 3 game slide on the season but also to stop the losing streak against the 9ers to three as well. After one lapse on defense CMC scampered for a 72 yard gain on his first carry and then Jordan Mason capped the drive off in the endzone on a 3 yard run. You could feel the tension from Hawks fans on if this game was going to get out of h

11-20-23 Bo Crouch ~ Host Football Talk With another 2nd half letdown the Seahawks drop both games to the Rams this Season in similar fashion. The Rams always play them tough but have given them more problems than expected this season. In one of the most penalized games all season they combined for 222 yards in accepted penalties. 130 of which belonged to the most penalized team in the league through 11 weeks in the Seahawks. it was also another day in struggles on 3rd down.

7-24-23 Bo Host of Football Talk With Bryce Young already injured the verteran Andy Dalton got the start against the Seahawks. This actually seemed like an upgrade under center and may make this game a little more interesting. This game really came down to the runing game with the Panthers only managing 44 total rush yards on the day. Seattle set the tone with 146. Despite the fact the Hawks only managed 3 of 13 on third down the Defense was able to shut Carolina out in the t

9-17-23 Bo Crouch ~ Host of Football Talk In an exciting overtime victory, the Hawks showed creativity on offense to mask the deficiency at the tackle position. Bringing in an occasional 3 tight end set and spreading the ball out to 9 different targets throughout the game. After a nice opening drive that landed them in the endzone, you could tell the team had a lot more energy than what they exhibited in week 1 against the Rams. DK getting hurt on that drive was a bit of a sc

I mage Courtesy of Yahoo Sports Bo Crouch ~ Host Football Talk Seattle met an all too familiar opponent in the Los Angelos Rams. A team that regardless of the roster or coaching configuration has given the Seahawks trouble since joining the NFC West. THis weekend was no exception with the Rams coming to Seattle in a game that most people outside of the Rams organization had penciled in as a loss. The lack off pass rush from the Seahawks was a driving force in allowing Staffor

8-22-23 Bo ~ Host of Football Talk Over the last few years, we have watched players force their way out of teams similar to what has happened in the NBA for a long time, however it is a new situation for the NFL. So far it hasn't worked out particularly great for the ones that have demanded the trade. Whether it was Leveon Bell forcing his way out of Pittsburg, missing a year and going to the Jets. He was just never the same back. Russell Wilson also comes to mind with his so

8-6-23, Bo ~ Host of Football Talk Early on in the off season there were reports of sports gambling and subsequent suspensions looming. The bets that were on NFL games made sense for there to be suspensions as it threatens the integrity of the game although the suspensions for betting on other sports seems a bit out of the line for a league that is sponsored by numerous sports books such as Draft Kings, Fan Dual and Cesars to name a few. Now these suspensions were because the

8-5-23 Bo ~ Host of Football Talk The beginning of the end started last year when USC and UCLA decided to take their programs out of the Pac 12 and head to the Big Ten. A move that takes place at the end of this season to avoid any TV contract refund requirements. This was not enough to kill the conference but with the Pac 12 being the only conference that doesn't have a TV contract after next season and a resolution doesn't look to be on the horizon those schools decided to

8-2-23 Bo ~ Host of Football Talk We finally get the return of the NFL with the Hall of Fame game kicking off tomorrow night August 3rd at 5pm PT. There's a lot of history in this game, first getting played back in 1962 and although the way teams have been selected for this game has changed over the years all 32 teams have at least 1 appearance and they have generally been a pretty close game. It may only be the preseason but after what felt like a long off season it's nice t

8-1-23 Bo ~ Host Football Talk We are a few days away from the first preseason game of the year in the Hall of Fame game on the 4th and there are still some running backs that still aren't on rosters. Zeke is not the athlete that he once was when he signed his big contract with Dallas years ago however there are still teams out there that I believe could use his talents as an inexpensive situational back or as a placeholder for the return of injured featured backs. He did vi

7-27-23 Bo Couch ~ Host of Football Talk Aaron Rodgers taking a pay cut is something we haven't seen before from the 4 time MVP and it is something that I'm sure Packers fans are going to be upset about. During his time with the Packers, Rodgers signed a couple of contracts that made him the highest paid quarterback at the time of signing. Even when asked to restructure in the past he declined. But in moving to a new team and adjusting his contract when he arrived the Jets w

7-26-2023 Bo Crouch ~ Host of Football Talk IMG. TMZ / Jalen Ramsey at Jaguars Facility With Aaron Rodgers being the last "old guy" in the league, you are looking at a new era of the NFL. You are also now seeing some unprecedented contract numbers that have all stemmed from the Browns giving Deshaun Watson a fully guaranteed 230 million dollar contract.