Jaxon Smith-Njigba

The Seahawks fired OC Ryan Grubb. This one catches us by surprise. Seattle finished 14th in total yards and 18th in points in Grubb's lone season at the helm. He was one of the pass-heavier play callers in the league, with the Seahawks ranking seventh in pass attempts and eighth in yards. QB Geno Smith completed 70.4% of his passes at 7.5 yards per attempt, and WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba broke out for a 100-1,130-6 receiving line. We'll see who defensive-minded HC Mike Macdonald tabs as his next OC.

Lockett in 2024 faded into the distant WR3 background this season behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba and DK Metcalf. The 32-year-old wideout had just three games with more than four receptions and five games with more than 60 yards. He saw a meager 13 percent target share and was a distant third in air yards behind Metcalf and JSN. Sunday's win against the Rams may have been Lockett's last game with the Seahawks. The veteran has said he wants to continue his NFL career, but could be released by Seattle in a cap-saving move before June 1. Wherever he ends up in 2025, Lockett's fantasy-relevant days are likely in the rearview.

Metcalf reeled in his fifth touchdown of the season, and his third of the past four games. After a red hot start to the 2024 campaign -- he had more than 100 receiving yards in three of the first four games -- Metcalf cooled off considerably while the Seahawks shifted away from a pass-first offense into more of a balanced approach. Second-year WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba took over as the team's unquestioned No. 1 wideout in October and never looked back. It was a deeply inefficient season for Metcalf. He posted the second lowest yards per route run of his NFL career and scored just one touchdown over a nine-game stretch. Metcalf, 28, is signed through next season. He should be a decent WR2 option in fantasy leagues -- with room for upside if he sees some well-earned TD regression.

Smith-Njigba corralled four of five targets for nine yards while taking his only carry for four yards in Sunday's 30-25 win over the Rams.

JSN saved his worst game for last in an otherwise excellent sophomore campaign. After major struggles as a rookie, Smith-Njigba took over as Seattle's clear-cut No. 1 receiver and caught 100 of 137 targets for 1,130 yards and six touchdowns in a Seahawks offense that was among the NFL's pass heaviest for most of the year. After playing from the slot on 69 percent of his routes in 2023, Smith-Njigba operated from the slot on 84 percent of his routes in 2024. His average depth of target jumped from 6.4 in 2023 to 9.2 this season. He earned Geno Smith's trust early on and overtook DK Metcalf as the top target in the Seattle offense while the aged Tyler Lockett became totally irrelevant both in real and fantasy football. No matter who the Seahawks QB is in 2025, JSN should be considered a top-20 fantasy option at worst.