That means that Jayden Daniels, returning from a hamstring injury of his own, is set to be without his top receiver. That could put Deebo Samuel Sr. in for more work, as well as a continued role for second-year WR Luke McCaffrey — brother of star running back Christian McCaffrey — who has been coming on as of late.

Washington, on a three-game losing streak, has a crucial matchup against the NFC West leaders in Seattle. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels is back after missing last week with a hamstring injury. The Commanders have dropped three straight. Seattle leads the NFC West division and has won five of its last six matchups.

Quarterback Sam Darnold tossed his 13th touchdown of the season, giving the Seahawks a 7-0 lead. Darnold’s 4-yard touchdown to rookie Tory Horton capped a 10-play, 90-yard drive that took 8:07 off the clock.

The Seahawks are going to be very thin at wide receiver for tonight's road game against Dan Quinn and the Commanders.

On tonight's edition of Sunday Night Football, Sam Darnold and the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks visit the Washington Commanders led by quarterback Jayden Daniels who is finally making his return from injury in Week 9.

Sunday Night Football schedule, TV channel, time, streaming information for Seattle Seahawks vs Washington Commanders NFL Week 9 game on Nov. 2, 2025.

Through seven games, Smith-Njigba leads the NFL in yards (819), 20-plus-yard receptions (14) and first downs (36) while also posting top-10 numbers in receptions (50), targets (70) and yards per catch (16.4). In each of Seattle’s past three contests, Smith-Njigba has notched eight catches and a touchdown for 132, 162 and 123 yards, respectively.

Hunt's dedication to analysis of all levels of college and professional football helped go 88-67-2 (+1474) on all NFL picks over the past two years. He is also 25-14 (+957) on his last 39 against-the-spread picks in Seattle Seahawks games. Anyone who has followed him could be way up.

Productive but tough to plan on, the Seahawks' rotation of Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet has Fantasy Football owners staying away.