2023 NFL Predictions: NFC West

Before the start of the season, we will post NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, we've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totaled them up.

The four NFC West teams are projected to win the fewest games combined in our 2023 full-season projections.

See where the Seahawks stand in our 2023 NFC West Predictions

2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Seattle Seahawks

Our Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Seattle Seahawks.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Geno Smith	538.3	366	4010.3	27.45	10.23	65.6	305	1.8	291.05
Drew Lock	34.4	20.5	239.1	1.34	0.88	5.6	19.6	0.11	15.78

Geno Smith: Vastly outperforming his 2022 ADP, Smith led the NFL in completion percentage (69.8%) while throwing for 4,282 yards, 30 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. A repeat top-five fantasy finish may be unlikely, but Smith is a viable QB1 type, especially with the Seahawks drafting Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the first round to complement their dynamic duo of D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. So, in other words, he's undervalued compared his ADP once again.

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Seattle Seahawks: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Seattle Seahawks in 2023.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET) / Tickets
Week 1	Sun., Sep. 10	vs. Los Angeles Rams	L 13-30
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	at Detroit Lions	W 37-31 (OT)
Week 3	Sun., Sep. 24	vs. Carolina Panthers	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 4	Mon., Oct. 2	at New York Giants	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 5		BYE
Week 6	Sun., Oct. 15	at Cincinnati Bengals	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	vs. Arizona Cardinals	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 29	vs. Cleveland Browns	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 5	at Baltimore Ravens	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 10	Sun., Nov. 12	vs. Washington Commanders	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 11	Sun., Nov. 19	at Los Angeles Rams	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 12	Thu., Nov. 23	vs. San Francisco 49ers	8:20 PM / Tickets
Week 13	Thu., Nov. 30	at Dallas Cowboys	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 14	Sun., Dec. 10	at San Francisco 49ers	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 15	Sun., Dec. 17	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	4:25 PM / Tickets
Week 16	Sun., Dec. 24	at Tennessee Titans	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	at Arizona Cardinals	TBD / Tickets

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Seattle Seahawks Mock Draft Roundup 1.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Seattle Seahawks Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Seattle Seahawks from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Seattle Seahawks:

EDSFootball - Kevin Hanson (5/9)

25. Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas

Both Noah Fant and Colby Parkinson are free agents after the 2023 season, and Will Dissly will count $10.1 million against the cap in a 2024 contract season. Sanders was a First-Team All-Big 12 selection in 2022 with 54 receptions for 613 yards and five touchdowns. The former five-star recruit would provide Geno Smith and the offense with an athletic mismatch over the middle of the field.

CBS Sports - Josh Edwards (5/8)

12. Maason Smith, IDL, LSU

Smith missed all of the 2022 season due to injury but he has the athletic profile of an early-round contributor.

ESPN - Todd McShay (5/4)

14. Leonard Taylor III, IDL, Miami (FL)

A former five-star recruit, Taylor flashed during the 2022 season at Miami. Go watch his tape against Virginia to see what he can do -- Taylor had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss in that one. Seattle brought in Derick Hall on Day 2 this year, but it didn't fix the interior, and GM John Schneider will likely keep building up that defensive line. At 6-foot-3 and 305 pounds, Taylor can help. He has 10 or more tackles for loss in each of his two seasons with the Hurricanes.

The Athletic - Dane Brugler (5/2)

12. Donovan Jackson, IOL, Ohio State

Ohio State had three offensive linemen drafted this past weekend, but Jackson returns to Columbus with All-America potential. If he turns his flashes into more consistent high-level play, he has a chance to be a first-round pick.

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Seattle Seahawks - 2023 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2023 NFL Draft picks selected by the Seattle Seahawks.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	5	Devon Witherspoon	CB	Illinois
1	20	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	Ohio State
2	37	Derick Hall	EDGE	Auburn
2	52	Zach Charbonnet	RB	UCLA
4	108	Anthony Bradford	G	LSU
4	123	Cameron Young	DT	Mississippi State
5	151	Mike Morris	EDGE	Michigan
5	154	Olu Oluwatimi	C	Michigan
6	198	Jerrick Reed II	S	New Mexico
7	237	Kenny McIntosh	RB	Georgia

More: 2023 NFL Draft Results - Seattle Seahawks Draft History

2023 NFL Power Rankings: Seattle Seahawks

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 3 roundup for the Seattle Seahawks in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 14

Player: ILB Jordyn Brooks
Current contract situation: Under contract through the 2023 season

The Seahawks declined to pick up Brooks' fifth-year option in May, making this a contract year for the 2020 first-round pick. Exercising the option would have meant a fully guaranteed $12.7 million salary for 2024 and established that as the per-year baseline in negotiations on a long-term deal. The Seahawks didn't want to do that with Brooks coming off a torn ACL in his right knee. He has made a quick recovery from that injury and is back to tackling, ranking seventh in the NFL through two weeks with 23. A big payday awaits -- likely from Seattle -- if he keeps that up. -- Brady Henderson

NFL.com -- Rank: 15

Not only did the Seahawks avoid an 0-2 start, but they also turned in a pretty impressive game on the road against a Lions team coming off its biggest win in forever. This was a giant victory for Seattle. I was prepared to write that critical penalties were the Seahawks' undoing had they lost, but Geno Smith -- outside of that wild sack he took -- and the defense both came up big when they had to. They deserve kudos for defeating that offense without Riq Woolen. Devon Witherspoon had a few big plays (and a few tough moments) in his NFL debut. Tre Brown came out of nowhere to log a career day. Week 1 isn't forgotten, but it's forgiven.

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