{"id":811846,"date":"2026-07-19T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811846\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:58:07","slug":"seahawks-wr-jsn-no-11-in-bleacher-reports-franchise-player-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811846\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks WR JSN No. 11 in Bleacher Report\u2019s franchise player ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m. PT<\/p>\n

Jaxon Smith-Njigba makes the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> go, but is he the best franchise player in the NFL today?<\/p>\n

According to Bleacher Report\u2019s Brad Gagnon<\/a> in the network\u2019s assessment of the best true franchise players in the NFL for teams to build around, Smith-Njigba was ranked No. 11 overall.<\/p>\n

\u201dHe has to be considered the hottest offensive star in football entering his fourth pro campaign with the defending champions,\u201d Gagnon said of the reigning AP Offensive Player of the Year Smith-Njigba.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks<\/a>\u2019 passing attack was largely predicated around getting Smith-Njigba the ball down the field last season. He had a historic year in 2025, having led the league in receiving yards with 1,793, which was also the eighth-most by a wide receiver in a single-season in NFL history.<\/p>\n

Though quarterbacks are favored over all other positions in the NFL as leaders of franchises, Smith-Njigba is that special of a player to not only be considered the franchise player for the Seahawks over QB Sam Darnold, but also favorably among his peers in the league.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m. PT Jaxon Smith-Njigba makes the Seattle Seahawks go, but is he the best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[159202,49,48,514,267726,82,208836,208837,160670,190551,159798,160668,160683,159095,270916,160679,159090,159089,159085],"class_list":["post-811846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sourceseahawks-wire","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflseahawks","tag-sstsnseahawks","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagjaxon-smith-njigba","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsam-darnold","tag-tagseattle-seahawks","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}