Seattle Seahawks followers might look again at 2023-2024 as a uncommon period in franchise historical past, particularly trying on the broad receiver place. The highest three receivers for Seattle throughout these two years are DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Nevertheless, the final one talked about might already be on tempo to be the perfect of the three receivers. Actually, for 2024, Smith-Njigba has a really reasonable shot at breaking each the Seahawks single season receiving yards document and the only season receptions document.
At present, Metcalf holds the only season receiving yards document at 1,303 yards (again in 2020). In the meantime, Smith-Njigba is presently at 994 yards. That’s solely 309 yards shy of the document with three video games to go. Which means, for Smith-Njigba to interrupt this document, he must common 103 yards per sport. Now that’s simpler mentioned than performed, however nonetheless very attainable.
Smith-Njigba could also be even nearer to breaking the only season receptions document. Lockett presently holds this document with 100 receptions, additionally again in 2020. Smith-Njigba presently has 85, solely 16 catches away from breaking the document. Meaning for Smith-Njigba to interrupt the document he must common simply above 5 catches a sport.
To place into perspective how attainable these information are, let’s have a look at what Smith-Njigba is averaging every sport. By 14 video games, Smith-Njigba is averaging 71 yards/sport and 6 receptions/sport. If we break this all the way down to solely since Week 9, Smith Njigba is averaging 101 yards/sport and 7 receptions/sport.
Massive image, if Smith-Njigba maintains his tempo from Week 9 onward, he’ll simply break Lockett’s document, and he’ll get awfully near breaking Metcalf’s receiving yards information. If he can accomplish this within the subsequent three weeks (vs Minnesota Vikings, @ Chicago Bears, and @ Los Angeles Rams) then Smith-Njigba’s 2024 season would go down as the perfect statistical season ever by way of yards and receptions for a Seattle Seahawks broad receiver.
All of this in solely his second yr within the league.
