2. With DK Metcalf out, rookie receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jake Bobo came through in a big way.
Thanks to a hip injury suffered in last week’s game, DK Metcalf, Seattle’s leading receiver through five games, was inactive, the first game he has missed in his five-year career.
But even with Metcalf out, Geno Smith still had plenty of capable weapons to target, including a pair of rookies who made big contributions for the second straight week.
After catching four 48 yards last week, at the time his best game, first-round pick Jaxon Smith-Njigba was even better this week, catching four passes for 63 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown, his first NFL score. Jake Bobo, the undrafted rookie who has quickly become a fan favorite, also saw his role increase with Metcalf out, and he had four catches for 61 yards including a spectacular toe-tapping touchdown grab in the end zone that was initially ruled incomplete before Pete Carroll threw a challenge flag, leading to a review that overturned the call.
It was the first time the Seahawks have had two rookies with touchdown catches in a game since Tyler Lockett and Thomas Rawls both did it in 2015, and the first time two rookie receivers have scored in the same game in franchise history.