{"id":670604,"date":"2026-03-21T03:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:35:12","slug":"seahawks-exercise-fifth-year-options-on-wr-jaxon-smith-njigba-cb-devon-witherspoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670604\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks exercise fifth-year options on WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, CB Devon Witherspoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smith-Njigba, 24, was instrumental in Seattle&#8217;s quest to <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/seahawks-at-patriots-2025-post-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LX<\/a>. The 20th overall pick of 2023 has developed into one of the league&#8217;s best receivers with his quick burst of speed. The two-time Pro Bowler had a career-year with 119 receptions, 1,793 receiving yards (league leading) and 10 touchdowns, including a First-Team All-Pro honor and winning Offensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the Lombardi Trophy, JSN made it known that he was not &#8220;<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/seahawks-jaxon-smith-njigba-not-pressed-but-believes-he-deserves-to-be-highest-paid-wr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pressed<\/a>&#8221; into getting a new contract extension but believes he deserves to be the highest-paid WR in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Before selecting JSN in 2023, the Seahawks selected Witherspoon with the No. 5 overall pick. The 25-year-old has been one of the best corners with his ability to blitz and wreak havoc for Mike Macdonald&#8217;s defense. Witherspoon has made the three consecutive Pro Bowls since he entered the league.<\/p>\n<p>Despite seeing key contributors sign elsewhere in free agency, the Seahawks are making sure their homegrown talented duo stay in Seattle for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith-Njigba, 24, was instrumental in Seattle&#8217;s quest to Super Bowl LX. The 20th overall pick of 2023 has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":670605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[43574,143883,122850,50,1232,530,255805,7149,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-670604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-devon-witherspoon","tag-jaxon-smith-njigba","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116265073102272059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}