Macdonald: JSN deal rewards ‘foundational’ player

Brady HendersonMar 25, 2026, 07:18 PM ET

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RENTON, Wash. — During a news conference Wednesday to discuss Jaxon Smith-Njigba‘s record-setting contract extension, Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider remembered the disappointment he felt while leaving the star wide receiver’s Ohio State pro day almost exactly three years earlier.

Smith-Njigba wasn’t expected to run a 40-yard dash that day while still recovering from the hamstring injury that cut short his

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