Pre-snap Reads: Seahawks Still Waiting For 2026 Players To Breakout

In Today’s Links: whether injury or ineffectiveness from the Brian Fleury offense is to blame, our Seattle Seahawks have yet to see some of their proposed future come to fruition. AJ Barner, for example, was supposed to explode this season in an O that was presumed to lean towards heavy personnel. Tory Horton was going to get a load of targets, until injuries slowed his progress; then, bad quarterbacking. Jadarian Price has had to battle both injuries and a case of the fumbles. Looking much better now, will Price pick up the pace through the season and finish strong? Will Fleury and his beloved TEs finally get on the same page? Will a victory Sunday, and a bye week, put our squad in a well-enough mood to overcome their early season struggles? Can we still make the playoffs? If so, we need several of these talented young men to both perform and be utilized properly to take the ‘Hawks places they deserve to be. Read the links. Let us know how you feel about all this. Happy Friday! Thanks for being here. Go, ‘Hawks!

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Seattle Seahawks News

Is Fernando Mendoza a bigger problem for Seahawks than Kirk Cousins would have been? – Seaside Joe
Is not having film on Mendoza harder than Mendoza not having experience that could prepare him for the speed of an NFL defense?

Stacy: Where is this year’s breakout Seahawks player? – Seattle Sports
We spent months this offseason wondering who the next Seahawks breakout star would be. While one has yet to emerge, that might change this week.

Seahawks Prepare For Raiders Opponent With Familiar Play-Caller Debuting QB Fernando Mendoza – Seahawks.com
Sunday’s game in Las Vegas features a matchup with former Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, as well as the debut of No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza.

Seahawks QB Drew Lock battling through injuries, ready for Raiders – The Seattle Times
Drew Lock is getting more work in practice this week getting ready to be the Seahawks starting quarterback for the second straight game despite being more injured.

How Seahawks answer these 5 questions will determine 2026 | Analysis – The Spokesman-Review
The 2026 Seattle Seahawks will remain mostly as you see them.

Live with Jeff Simmons at 12:30pm PT – Seahawks Draft Blog
Jeff Simmons Show: Can Seahawks get back to the playoffs?

5 Burning Questions Ahead of Seahawks vs. Raiders – si.com
The Seattle Seahawks are traveling to Sin City to face Fernando Mendoza and the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10.

How the Seahawks are preparing for old friend Klint Kubiak (and the Raiders’ new QB) – The Athletic
Eric Saubert’s familiarity with Las Vegas Raiders head coach — and former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator — Klint Kubiak dates to long before their respective Emerald City tenures.

False Sense of Security? Are the Seahawks Really Improving? | Seahawks Syndicate – The Hawks Eye Podcast
The Seattle Seahawks are back in the win column, but is this team actually getting better, or are the victories masking some serious problems?

NFC West News

The one thing the Cardinals and Rams have that no other NFL clubs hold – Revenge of the Birds
The National Football League is a collection of sorts. It is comprised of two charter members, nine expansion clubs, and 14 franchises that started in another pro football league, while the remaining teams joined at various intervals or took over an existing franchise.

Why it’ll be tough for the 49ers to take Jordan Watkins off the field – Niners Nation
The second-year wide receiver on the 49ers is responding to coaching.

Byron Young’s ‘breakout season’ is breaking down – Turf Show Times
Rams won’t re-sign free agent Young unless he picks it up considerably

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