{"id":929495,"date":"2026-06-26T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/929495\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:21:16","slug":"espn-ranks-seattle-seahawks-offensive-playmakers-worst-in-nfc-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/929495\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN ranks Seattle Seahawks \u2018offensive playmakers\u2019 worst in NFC West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Well, we won\u2019t have to worry about the members of the Seattle Seahawks reading the press clippings and getting a big head this offseason. In what has been a continuing trend this offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldgulls.com\/seattle-seahawks-super-bowl\/162494\/super-bowl-2026-score-seahawks-defense-dominates-lombardi-trophy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the defending Super Bowl champions<\/a> are being pushed aside for other, shiny toys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49154825\/ranking-nfl-teams-offensive-groups-wr-rb-te-2026-season-best-playmakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This time, it\u2019s Bill Barnwell from ESPN<\/a> back at it again with his skill position group (running backs, wide receivers, tight ends) rankings, and wouldn\u2019t you know it, he has the Seahawks dead last in the NFC West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">You read that right, he has the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, and Arizona Cardinals (are you freakin\u2019 kidding me??) ALL ahead of the Seahawks who ranked 11th overall. The funny thing is that Barnwell\u2019s introduction included this gem:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cYou don\u2019t need a dominant set of playmakers to win the Super Bowl, but it sure helps to have a few along the way. Ask the Seahawks, who had Jaxon Smith-Njigba put the finishing touches on a career season by going for 153 yards and a touchdown in the NFC Championship Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">He also outlines his criteria which includes wide receivers being weighted more heavily, injury history being considered, and elite players being a focus. Barnwell then goes on to discount the injuries for Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, and George Kittle for the 49ers. Ditto for Davante Adams. As for the Cardinals, Barnwell actually said that if everyone in their lineup meets expectations, they could be No. 1 next year\u2026while hedging his bets by saying that Trey McBride is the only sure thing they have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Distilling down the Seahawks \u201canalysis\u201d, Barnwell believes in Jaxon Smith-Njigba and that\u2019s about it, referring to AJ Barner as \u201ca nice pair of hands.\u201d He also (fairly) talks about Zach Charbonnet\u2019s injury and the question of whether Jadarian Price can shoulder the load.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Overall, it\u2019s a pretty dismissive take on the defending champs. Add it to the old chip-on-the-shoulder pile that\u2019s been building all offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, we won\u2019t have to worry about the members of the Seattle Seahawks reading the press clippings and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,718],"class_list":["post-929495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-seattle-seahawks-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116817565096866750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929495","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=929495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}