Overview
- Smith-Njigba posted eight catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in Seattle’s 27-19 win over Houston, giving him an NFL-best 819 receiving yards through seven games.
- He became the first Seahawk with three straight games of 100 yards and a touchdown, and his five 100-yard outings already tie for the second-most in a Seattle season.
- After his first-quarter score, he dunked the ball through the goalposts and was assessed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty under Rule 12, Section 3, with a league fine possible but not announced.
- In the fourth quarter, Derek Stingley Jr. stiff-armed Smith-Njigba’s helmet off following an interception, prompting a sideline scrum in which Stingley was penalized for unnecessary roughness.
- Field judge Nate Jones, a former NFL defensive back, stepped between Texans players and the helmetless receiver to shield him, a move widely praised after broadcast replays circulated.