One national media site that moved the Seahawks up was Bleacher Report, who moved Seattle up one spot from 11 to 10 th. In this ranking Bleacher Report noted the Seahawks having a top six scoring offense and defense, however they will need to work on not turning over the ball as they are among the league leaders in giveaways.

Seattle had a few clear standout performers this week, but some of PFF's grades for the Seahawks defense make no sense whatsoever.

The Seattle Seahawks expect to have their two best defensive backs in action in Week 9, and there are more returns likely coming after this weekend's bye.

The aftermath: The Seahawks got a short field and scored six plays later on Zach Charbonnet’s 2-yard touchdown run for a two-score lead that pretty much iced the game with how inefficient the Texans’ offense was.

Monday night featured a pair of men named John Schneider who could directly impact, or already had, the future of Seattle sports. Who could, if the gods of game

JJ Watt took to X to let everyone know that the late start time for the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks game made him sleepy.

Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba was protected by an NFL official after getting caught in a scuffle on the Texans sideline during Monday's game.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/seahawks as Leonard Williams shares strong statement on Seattle Seahawks' defense. With Mike Macdonald as head coach, defensive excellence is the expectation for the Seattle Seahawks.