It’s going to be a long week of debate about what exactly ails the Seattle Seahawks after the team was dismantled on both sides of the ball against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football.
On offense, Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price returned to action, while Quenton Nelson took the field in a Seahawks uniform for the first time since arriving from the Indianapolis Colts. None of that means anything, and the offense continues to look like garbage under first-year offensive coordinator Brian Fleury.
At receiver Tory Horton set a career high by playing 43 snaps, but with the offense ineffective for most of the game, he didn’t have much of an impact as he had just three receptions for 26 yards on a half-dozen targets.
On defense, both Mike Morris and Rylie Mills set or tied their personal career highs in defensive snaps played. Morris did so by playing 26 defensive snaps, matching the number of snaps he played against the Los Angeles Rams 30-13 to open the 2023 season in his regular season NFL debut. Meanwhile, the 23 snaps Mills played marked the most of his career, topping the 20 snaps of action he saw in the Week 4 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Drake Thomas also returned to the field for the first time since the Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, playing 59 snaps, and Dante Fowler continued his incredible 2026 performance with just eight defensive snaps.
On special teams, Morris once again led the way with 23 snaps, with Brady Russell and Rodney Thomas at 22. Meanwhile, former starters Emanuel Wilson and Anthony Bradford saw their only action of the night on special teams, as Wilson logged seven snaps and Bradford just three.
And now it’s on to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9, with last place in the NFC West possibly on the line.