{"id":739422,"date":"2026-02-09T04:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739422\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:15:58","slug":"seahawks-jaxon-smith-njigba-eyed-for-concussion-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739422\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba eyed for concussion, returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brady HendersonFeb 8, 2026, 09:40 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.<\/p>\n

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Seattle Seahawks<\/a> wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a> was evaluated for a possible concussion before returning to Super Bowl LX on Sunday night against the New England Patriots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Smith-Njigba appeared to be shaken up after catching a pass for 4 yards with 6:50 left in the third quarter. He spent several minutes in the medical tent before jogging inside.<\/p>\n

He was officially deemed questionable to return before returning to the field early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

The NFL’s leading receiver during the regular season and the AP Offensive Player of the Year, Smith-Njigba had been held to three catches on nine targets for 24 yards before exiting. He got open behind New England’s defense in the first quarter on a play that Sam Darnold<\/a> extended, but the quarterback overthrew him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady HendersonFeb 8, 2026, 09:40 PM ET CloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-739422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116038740183236006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}