Analyst ‘surprised’ Seahawks didn’t trade for WR at deadline

For the first half of this season, the Seattle Seahawks’ sputtering offense has seemingly been Jaxon Smith-Njigba or bust.

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Smith-Njigba, the 2025 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, is off to another torrid start with a league-leading 1,036 receiving yards. However, Seattle’s next-leading receiver is Cooper Kupp (238 yards), followed by tight end AJ Barner (210 yards), Rashid Shaheed (163 yards) and Tory Horton (115 yards).

Given the Seahawks’ lack of a true No. 2 receiving threat, NFL analyst Brett Kollmann was a bit surprised Seattle didn’t add a wide receiver ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline.

“They don’t have that other guy, so I’m actually kind of surprised they didn’t make a move at the deadline for that,” Kollmann told Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy on Thursday. “And I don’t know if there’s really a fix for it.”

Kollmann isn’t confident there’s a legitimate No. 2 option waiting to emerge.

“If I had to pick (someone), I would probably say either Horton or Barner,” Kollmann said. “But this is not a situation where, OK, we have our Ja’Marr Chase, who is our Tee Higgins in waiting? Like, that’s not there.

“So what you’re really trying to find is, if JSN gets bracketed, who else on the roster can win a one-on-one? … Because, remember, this is a team that faces a lot of man coverage on third down. It sounds counterintuitive, but that man coverage usually comes with a hard double-team on JSN. So if you’re getting man coverage on third down at one of the highest rates in the NFL, you need somebody else to win that one-on-one.

“Who’s going to do that? It’s probably Horton or Barner, but they’re not going to do it at the same rate that a high-end (No. 2 option) somewhere else would.”

Listen to the full Bump and Stacy conversation with NFL analyst Brett Kollmann at this link or in the audio player near the middle of this story.

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