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Seattle Seahawks Fantasy Football Preview 2026: Rankings, Sleepers & Outlook

Seattle Seahawks Fantasy Football Preview 2026: Rankings, Sleepers & Outlook

Head Coach: Mike McDonaldKey Offensive Statistics:PPG: 28.4 (3rd in NFL)Plays Per Game: 59.7 (21st in NFL)Run/Pass %: 50-50Pass TD’s: 25 (T-16th in NFL)Rush TDs: 19 (T-9th in NFL)Projected Offensive Depth Chart:QB1: Sam Darnold QB2: Drew Lock QB3: Jalen MilroeRB1: Zach Charbonnet* RB2: Jadarian Price (R) RB3: Emmanuel WilsonWR1: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2: Cooper Kupp WR3: Rashid Shaheed WR4: Tory HortonTE1: AJ Barner TE2: Elijah Arroyo

Wow. What a difference a year makes. Year two of the Mike McDonald era in Seattle was more successful beyond anyone’s dreams. The Seahawks went from an upstart 10-7 in 2024 with questions at the quarterback position to the most dominant team in the league in 2025 with very few holes to fill.  The Seahawks may have had a dominant defense to rely on, but make no mistake, their offense did more than its share as well. They finished inside the top 10 in three of the four major per game team statistical categories (total yards, passing yards, and points), while finishing 11th in rushing yards per game.  At the start of the year, the Seahawks had decided to move on from Geno Smith and give the reigns to Sam Darnold coming off a career year in Minnesota. While Darnold didn’t entirely match it, he turned in a 4000 yard passing season with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions and for a while was one of the better quarterbacks in fantasy football until his play from a fantasy perspective tapered off late in the season. Darnold returns again though and the Seahawks also return reigning Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who followed up his breakout 2024 season with an even more monstrous 2025 season. JSN’s 2025 was historically good. He was held to single digit fantasy points once all season, and it was in a blowout win where the defense scored five touchdowns. Outside of that, he was held to under 15 fantasy points just two other times in half PPR formats. JSN will likely again be the focal point of the Seahawks’ offense in 2026. The Seahawks will also return Cooper Kupp and Rashid Shaheed. Kupp had a disappointing statistical year by his standards and he will hope to rebound. Shaheed was a major trade deadline acquisition whose production also fell by the wayside once he came to the Seahawks. They will need all three as well as tight end AJ Barner as they search for what to do in the running game.

 


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