The Chargers had three turnovers in the first half, including two Justin Herbert interceptions. The Seahawks converted them into 14 points.
Seattle leads Los Angeles 20-6 at halftime.
The Seahawks rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns despite placing first-round running back Jadarian Price on injured reserve Saturday. They also still have Zach Charbonnet on reserve/PUP.
Emanuel Wilson scored on a catch-and-run of 23 yards and ran for an 8-yard touchdown, and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed had a 28-yard run.
Jason Myers missed one of his three PATs.
The Seahawks outgained the Chargers 190 to 92 yards, and might have had a bigger lead if not for Sam Darnold’s interception and the team’s nine penalties for 85 yards.
Darnold is 9-of-14 for 116 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Wilson had 10 carries for 44 yards and a touchdown, along with two catches for 26 yards and a touchdown. Jaxon Smith-Njigba has four catches for 56 yards.
Herbert is 5-of-14 for 36 yards with two picks. He also has two carries for 27 yards.
Chargers returner Derius Davis muffed a Michael Dickson punt that Connor O’Toole recovered for the Seahawks at the Chargers 23.
The Chargers lost right tackle Joe Alt late in the first half. He is questionable to return with a neck injury. Travis Burke has replaced Alt.
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Justin Herbert threw an interception to Drake Thomas on the first play from scrimmage. Sam Darnold then threw an interception to Tuli Tuipulotu on the next play.
The Chargers took advantage with a 40-yard Cameron Dicker field goal to end an eight-play, 30-yard drive.
The Chargers weren’t as fortunate on their second turnover.
Derius Davis muffed a Michael Dickson punt that Connor O’Toole recovered for the Seahawks at the Chargers 23. Running back Emanuel Wilson caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Darnold.
It was Wilson’s first touchdown as a Seahawk.
The Seahawks lead 7-3.
Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba has increased his production to more than justify his market-leading contract.
Through three games, Smith-Njigba has 27 catches for 405 yards and six touchdowns. Entering Sunday, he led the league in all three categories.
He also has at least 100 yards receiving and a touchdown in each game. With 100 or more yards and another touchdown catch against the Chargers, Smith-Njigba will match Randy Moss as the only players in NFL history to ever do that, via NBC Sports research.
Moss accomplished it in 2007, his epic first season with the Patriots. If he keeps it up, he could be the first back-to-back NFL Offensive Player of the Year since Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk won it three times in a row, from 1999 through 2001.
If Smith-Njigba wins it again, hopefully the trophy won’t have a typo.
The Chargers will not have safety Derwin James today against the Seahawks.
James is inactive with his hamstring injury after being listed as questionable.
The other four players the Chargers listed as questionable are dressed. Backup quarterback Trey Lance (groin), wide receiver Ladd McConkey (foot), safety Elijah Molden (hamstring) and cornerback Donte Jackson (concussion) are active.
The team’s other inactives are quarterback Dj Uiagalelei, offensive lineman Alex Harkey, offensive lineman Kayode Awosika (fibula), tight end Charlie Kolar (forearm), wide receiver Brenen Thompson (quadriceps) and defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson (hamstring). Uiagalelei will serve as the emergency third quarterback.
The Seahawks will not have safety Ty Okada for a fourth consecutive game due to a hamstring injury. The team listed him as questionable.
Rodney Thomas II will start for Okada again.
Cornerback Avery Smith, linebacker Chazz Surratt (calf), wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr., tight end Nick Kallerup, nose tackle Brandon Pili and quarterback Jalen Milroe are the other inactives. Milroe will serve as the emergency third quarterback.
Running back Joe Mixon last played in January 2025. He could be inching toward a return.
The tailback-needy Seahawks are bringing Mixon in for a visit, reports Jay Glazer of Fox Sports.
As we understand it, Mixon is traveling to Seattle today and will work out for the Seahawks on Monday.
Mixon dropped a hint on Saturday, with a Twitter post that included a video and a couple of emojis — one of which was an hourglass.
A second-round pick of the Bengals in 2017, Mixon spent seven years with the Bengals and one with the Texans. He spent all of 2025 on the non-football injury list. The Texans released him in the offseason.
Mixon has 7,428 rushing yards and five 1,000-yard seasons. In his only year with the Texans, Mixon rushed for 1,016 yards.
With rookie first-rounder Jadarian Price on IR and Zach Charbonnet not yet back from a January torn ACL (his three-week practice window has opened), the Seahawks have Emmanuel Wilson, George Holani, and Velus Jones Jr. at tailback on Sunday vs. the Chargers.
Seahawks running back Jadarian Price not only will miss Sunday’s game but at least the three games after that.
On Saturday, the Seahawks announced they placed Price on injured reserve with a chest injury.
Price initially injured his chest in Week 2 before aggravating it in Wednesday’s practice.
The final pick of the first round started each of the team’s first three games but has only 119 yards on 28 carries with two lost fumbles. He played 35.8 percent of offensive snaps while splitting time with Emanuel Wilson and George Holani.
The Seahawks will get Zach Charbonnet back at some point, having opened his 21-day practice window this week.
Seattle signed running back Velus Jones Jr. off the practice squad on Saturday.
The Seahawks also elevated cornerback Trevon Diggs and safety Maxen Hook from the practice squad for Sunday’s game.
It’s time for another cleanup on Aisle 12.
New Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla, who previously complained about the media focusing on his claim at his first press conference in August that he was and is a Steelers fan (and still watches all of their games), now takes issue with the reasonable reaction to on-the-record quotes he recently gave to Axios.
“To all @Seahawks fans and @12s,” Khosla said on Twitter, “we have no plans to move the team, have never discussed it, haven’t even thought about it. End of story. I’ve said repeatedly we have no plans to change anything. Feel sad for the reporters looking for views and clicks who distort my answer out of context and sent an entire city into a spiral for no reason.”
Where’s the distortion? He gave a quote. The quote was noticed, given its obvious implication. And the quote was repeated. That’s how this entire business works.
Here’s the question that Khosla was asked by Axios: “You’ve talked about being a steward of the Seahawks and preserving what Paul Allen built. But I don’t think you’ve formally committed to keeping the team in Seattle long-term. Will you make that commitment?”
Here’s his response: “I will never say never. Will this team be in Seattle 500 years from now? But I have no current plans to change anything about the team, including the coach, president, operation or Lumen Field. It all functions well.”
Khosla chose the words he uttered. He could have said, “The team will never move as long as I own it.”
He’s smart enough to know that would have harmed his leverage to get as much free money as possible when it’s time to renovate or to replace Lumen Field. And that’s fine. Still, he can’t have it both ways.
But it’s not his fault for saying it. It’s our fault for saying that he said it.
On top of all of that, he had yet another chance to say, “The team will never move as long as I own it.” Instead, he said in his tweet, “We have no plans to move the team.”
Plans change, all the time. Hiding behind the phrase “no plans” creates flexibility to devise a different plan later.
Frankly, the city was “sent into a spiral” because Khosla missed the layup. And then went back to the line, dribbled to the hoop, and missed it again.
Khosla also told Axios that “he know[s] very little about running a team.”
We’ll add this, with all due deference and respect: And it shows.
It’s the year of the backup quarterback, so far.
Through three weeks, six quarterbacks who didn’t start in Week 1 have since started six games. They’re collectively 6-0.
Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz started and won at Chicago in Week 2. Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock started and won at Arizona in Week 2. Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. started and won at Green Bay in Week 3. Giants quarterback Jameis Winston started and won vs. the Titans in Week 3. Washington quarterback Marcus Mariota started and won vs. the Seahawks in Week 6. And Bears quarterback Case Keenum started and won vs. the Eagles in Week 3.
In Week 4, two more quarterbacks who didn’t start in Week 1 are expected to start their first games of the season: Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent vs. the Jets and Buccaneers quarterback Jalon Daniels vs. the Packers.
The situation shows the importance of having two, if not three, quarterbacks who can be counted on to play, and play well. A game here or a game there in the absence of the starting quarterback could eventually make the difference between making the playoffs or missing the bus.
Q: What’s the best way to get the Seahawks’ fan base to forget that the new owner is a Steelers fan who still watches all of their games?
A: Fail to unequivocally rule out the possibility of moving the team to a new city.
“I will never say never,” new owner Vinod Khosla told Dan Primack of Axios. “Will this team be in Seattle 500 years from now? But I have no current plans to change anything about the team, including the coach, president, operation or Lumen Field. It all functions well.”
The 500-year question is far less relevant than the six-year question. The team’s lease at Lumen Field expires in 2032.
Khosla may simply be playing the game of stadium politics. In order to get someone else to pay for major renovations or a new stadium, leverage must exist. If nothing else, “never say never” helps set the stage for an infusion of significant taxpayer money.
Besides, Khosla is still learning the ropes of being an owner.
“Three months ago I wasn’t even thinking about buying an NFL team,” Khosla said. “Now I ended up with a Super Bowl-winning team with one of the most amazing fan bases. But I know very little about running a team. I don’t think I’ll do anything but learn for a while.”
One thing Khosla may realize the hard way is a lesson that plenty of other anonymous billionaires turned NFL owners have learned: The only thing better than being rich and famous is being rich.
Khosla’s comments will make the fan base leery about the future. How can they not be? But they don’t deserve to be caught in the crossfire of the billion-dollar gamesmanship over who’ll pay for the next Seahawks stadium.
The Chargers have ruled out four players and list five others as questionable.
Safety Derwin James Jr. (hamstring), quarterback Trey Lance (groin), wide receiver Ladd McConkey (foot), safety Elijah Molden (hamstring) and cornerback Donte Jackson (concussion) are questionable.
Lance was active for the Week 3 game after being questionable. The Chargers have DJ Uiagalelei behind Lance on the depth chart.
Lance, James, Molden and McConkey were limited participants Friday. Jackson was a full participant.
The Chargers ruled out left guard Kayode Awosika (fibula), tight end Charlie Kolar (forearm), wide receiver Brenen Thompson (quadriceps) and defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson (hamstring).
Running back Keaton Mitchell, who wore a walking boot this week, was a full participant Friday and has no injury designation.
