Seahawks BREAKING: Jaxon Smith-Njigba OUT with Surgery

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the Seahawks rookie playmaker from Ohio State, is undergoing wrist surgery.

The good news about Jaxon Smith-Njigba? He was among the four receivers taken in the first round in the recent NFL Draft …  and the Seattle Seahawks think he might be the best of the bunch.

The bad news? “JSN,” the rookie playmaker from Ohio State, might have his joining of one of the league's most potent offenses delayed as on Tuesday it is being revealed that he is undergoing wrist surgery.

Even though he has yet to take a single snap at the professional level, the excitement around Smith-Njigba is understandably high. With three other talented receivers drafted in the first round, Sports Illustrated raised the question - which one will have the biggest impact this season?

“Smith-Njigba will have both D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett with whom to share targets," Sports Illustrated writes, "while (the Chargers' Quentin) Johnston will have a similar situation with entrenched veterans Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.""(Zay) Flowers will have Odell Beckham Jr. and Rashod Bateman to compete with, and (Minnesota's Jordan) Addison will be a distant second fiddle to perhaps the best receiver in the league in Justin Jefferson."

For Smith-Njigba, sharing the field with one of the NFL's best receiver duos in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett could limit his production. … and so could surgery on the wrist, which he injured last week in the preseason win over his hometown Dallas Cowboys.

Seattle isn’t ruling out JSN for Week 1, and of course there is reason for patience. Last season, the Seahawks’ vet pair combined for 2,081 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns on 174 receptions. … so the production in the Geno Smith-led offense should be there even without Smith-Njigba getting early opportunities, if indeed that is the Ohio State star’s early fate.

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