Seahawks cornerback Terrion Arnold got some bad news on Monday, when co-defendant Boakai Hilton pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Arnold.
As to the case against Arnold, there’s still no trial date.
Via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times, the matter returns to court on December 15 for a status hearing. It’s highly unlikely that the case will go to trial before the 2026 season ends. Which means it’s highly unlikely that Arnold will play for the Seahawks in 2026.
The only path to playing would consist of a plea deal that results in jail time plus an unpaid suspension of less than 17 games. Arnold would get credit for the games missed on paid leave.
Given that the alleged mastermind of the armed robbery and kidnapping aimed at recovering property stolen from a home Arnold had rented, it’s hard to imagine the prosecution offering a plea bargain with no jail time. That makes it virtually impossible for Arnold to play this season — unless lawyer Harvey Steinberg can somehow secure a My Cousin Vinny-style dismissal of all charges.
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Joe Mixon may not be joining the Seahawks, but the club is still adding a running back.
Seattle announced on Tuesday that Robert Henry has joined the 53-man roster off of Washington’s practice squad.
An undrafted rookie out of UTSA, Henry has not yet appeared in a regular season game.
As a corresponding move, the Seahawks have waived safety AJ Finley.
Additionally, Seattle announced running back Jacardia Wright has been placed on practice squad injured reserve.
The Seahawks needed some more depth at running back with rookie Jadarian Price going on injured reserve.
Joe Mixon’s return to the NFL is back on hold.
The veteran running back worked out for the Seahawks and head coach Mike Macdonald said on Monday that the team was “going through the process” of signing him to their practice squad. They have reportedly changed course before the process reached the finish line, however.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Seahawks opted not to move forward with the deal after Mixon took a physical with the team. There’s no word on what issue led to the change of plans in Seattle.
Mixon missed all of last season with a foot injury. He had five 1,000-yard seasons with the Bengals and Texans over eight years in the league.
Rookie Jadarian Price is on injured reserve, which leaves Emanuel Wilson, George Holani, and Velus Jones as the backs on their 53-man roster. There has also been word that they will sign Robert Henry off of the Commanders’ practice squad, but the deal has not been officially announced.
With the Seahawks thin at running back on Sunday, they deployed receiver Rashid Shaheed in the backfield.
He got two carries for 33 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown run.
It wasn’t something the Seahawks cooked up this week, with Jadarian Price on injured reserve and Zach Charbonnet still not all the way back from a torn ACL suffered in January.
“We’ve had that in all [training] camp,” coach Mike Macdonald told reporters on Monday. “This isn’t a quote from [offensive coordinator Brian] Fleury, but felt like it was appropriate because of [Price] going down, he gave us some speed. That was cool.”
Indeed it was. Shaheed’s scoring play highlighted his speed and agility in the broken field. He’s a player who can make things happen with the ball in his hands. The more the Seahawks can make that happen, the better off they’ll be.
Through four games in 2026, Shaheed has seven catches for 73 yards and three carries for 37 yards, plus Sunday’s touchdown. He has returned nine punts for 79 yards and 10 kickoffs for 273 yards.
That’s fine. But he needs to get the ball more often.
With the Seahawks adding veteran running back Joe Mixon to the practice squad and signing running back Robert Henry Jr. from the Commanders’ practice squad, Shaheed may not be part of the running game on Sunday against the 49ers — even if he should be.
The Seahawks are signing running back Joe Mixon to their practice squad.
Coach Mike Macdonald confirmed the Seahawks worked out Mixon on Monday and are “going through the process” of getting him on the practice squad.
The Seahawks placed Jadarian Price on injured reserve last week, and Zach Charbonnet had his 21-day return-to-practice window opened last week after an ACL tear in the playoffs ended his 2025 season. George Holani, Emanuel Wilson and Velus Jones Jr. are the running backs on the active roster.
Mixon has not played since January 2025, missing all of last season with a foot injury. The Texans released him in March.
In 2024, Mixon rushed for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns, earning Pro Bowl honors in his first season with the Texans.
A second-round pick of the Bengals in 2017, Mixon has 7,428 rushing yards and five 1,000-yard seasons. He spent his first seven seasons with the Bengals.
Seahawks cornerback Terrion Arnold remains on paid leave, as he faces eight felony counts arising from an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. A Monday development won’t make it any easier for Arnold to defeat the charges.
Multiple defendants in the case have previously pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against the remaining defendants. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Boakai Hilton pleaded guilty on Monday.
Under the deal, which results in a 10-year prison term for Hilton, he agreed to testify against Arnold, a first-round pick of the Lions in 2024.
A July article regarding the incident characterized Hilton, 23, as a “childhood friend” of Arnold’s. Hilton also was the alleged mastermind of the effort to confront the men who were suspected of stealing cash and other property from a house that had been rented by Arnold in Florida.
From the moment the news of the initial arrests emerged in February, it seemed obvious that prosecutors would attempt to leverage guilty pleas into evidence against Arnold. With Hilton pleading guilty and agreeing to testify, the prosecution may have everything it needs to make a compelling case against Arnold.
The Seahawks had a 21-point lead over the Chargers in the third quarter on Sunday, but the Chargers had the ball with a chance to tie or win the game with less than two minutes to play.
One of the reasons why the Chargers were able to stick around were the Seahawks’ repeated penalties. They were penalized 14 times for a franchise-record 150 yards and the infractions included seven personal fouls. Many of them extended Chargers drives and gave them a chance to pull off a comeback that seemed impossible earlier in the day.
After the game, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said the win didn’t overshadow those errors.
“To have seven personal foul penalties is unacceptable on any level, however you slice it,” Macdonald said, via the team’s website. “That’s not us, and that’s not going to be how we play football around here.”
Linebacker Ernest Jones agreed with his coach and said the defense is “collectively kind of pissed” about their lack of discipline. Jones said the Seahawks will get things fixed this week because they know that they flirted with disaster on Sunday.
After the Chargers lost their third game of the season in three weeks, coach Jim Harbaugh gave offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel a vote of confidence.
After the Chargers lost for the fourth time, plunging to 0-4 after a 30-23 game at Seattle, Harbaugh was more direct. Harbaugh told reporters on Sunday that McDaniel’s job is not in jeopardy.
The declaration came after Harbaugh glitched in response to the question. When he realized that he hadn’t provided a clear answer, he seemed to be startled.
“No, no, no,” Harbaugh said. “His job is not in jeopardy.”
With two more games to go (against the Broncos and the Chiefs) before a Week 7 bye, someone’s job needs to be in jeopardy if the Chargers don’t win one of them.
Beyond the possibility of going 0-6, the Chargers had high expectations for 2026. Instead, they’re all alone at the bottom of the AFC West, staring up at the 4-0 Chiefs.
The Chargers lost left tackle Rashawn Slater (ankle), right tackle Joe Alt (neck), left guard Trevor Penning (concussion), cornerback Donte Jackson (hamstring) and wide receiver Ladd McConkey (foot) during Sunday’s game. They nearly overcame all of that, but playing with three backup offensive linemen ruined their comeback attempt.
Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu sacked Justin Herbert and forced a fumble that linebacker Derick Hall recovered with 54 seconds remaining. That allowed the Seahawks to escape with a 30-23 victory.
The Seahawks are 3-1, while the Chargers are 0-4.
Seattle led 20-6 at halftime and 30-13 with 1:19 remaining in the third quarter. But the Chargers outgained the Seahawks 138 to 11 and outscored them 10-0 in the fourth quarter to make it a game.
Herbert was 6-of-8 for 80 yards in the final quarter.
Chargers linebacker Troy Dye sacked Sam Darnold on third down with 1:49 left, giving Herbert the ball back at his own 11 with 1:42 left. The Chargers reached their own 29 before Nwosu ended Herbert’s hope of getting his 20th career game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime.
The Chargers outgained the Seahawks 301 to 286, but they killed themselves with four turnovers, including three by Herbert. The Seahawks converted the takeaways into 14 points.
It was a penalty-filled game, with the Seahawks getting 14 accepted penalties for 150 yards and the Chargers 16 for 130.
Darnold was 13-of-22 for 168 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Emanuel Wilson had 21 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown and three catches for 39 yards and a touchdown. Rashid Shaheed had two carries for 33 yards and a touchdown and a catch for 20 yards. Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished with five catches for 76 yards.
Herbert was 19-of-31 for 189 yards with a touchdown, two interceptions and a lost fumble. He also ran six times for 40 yards. Herbert took more than a dozen hits.
Omarion Hampton had nine carries for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey was questionable to play against the Seahawks.
He did play, getting two targets, but McConkey didn’t record a catch, and he won’t finish the game.
The team has ruled out McConkey with his foot injury.
They also have downgraded right tackle Joe Alt to out. He injured his neck late in the first half. Travis Burke has replaced Alt.
The Chargers scored their first touchdown on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Justin Herbert to Kimani Vidal with 4:53 remaining in the third quarter. The Seahawks lead 27-13.
