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Bump and Stacy

Hour 1: The Seahawks record breaking contract extension with Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Bump and Stacy

Seattle Sports

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4.5540 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bump and Stacy break down what the Seahawks making Jaxon Smith-Njigba the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history means for the future of the team, they give you their thoughts on the NCAA March Madness tournament and Devon Witherspoon’s future with the Seahawks in Headline Rewrites, they look back on the biggest Mariners stories of the weekend, including the latest on JP Crawford’s status, and they discuss the current state of college athletics. 

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0:00.0

From the Quantum Fiber Studio.

0:03.0

This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports.

0:06.6

Streaming through the Seattle Sports app and at SeattleSports.com.

0:11.1

Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross.

0:15.8

Wake up, guys, JSN is rich.

0:18.1

He got a massive extension this morning.

0:20.2

Four years, $168.6 million. That's $120 million and

0:25.1

guarantee what you guys want to know, though, is the yearly value. 42.15 million per year. The average

0:30.3

annual value of that deal. Does it mean exactly $42 million against the cap every single year? No,

0:35.5

but it does mean bump bump, that building out your

0:39.1

roster and remaining deeply competitive does become trickier. First, your first reaction to this

0:45.0

news. Good for you, Jason. You deserve it. The best receiver in the league last year, and as you

0:50.7

know, this is all about timing, right? When you have a season like this season he had and it's time to get paid, you are going to get paid. So, no, I wasn't surprised. I mean, we knew this was going to happen, right? It was inevitable. But good for him. It does make things a bit tougher when it comes to signing other guys and building your roster. But this is what happens when you have one of the best

1:11.4

at his position, arguably the best at his position. So, no, my first reaction was, good job. Good for you,

1:17.6

Jason. From Spotrack, J.S.N's four-year extension with Seattle makes him the highest average annual

1:23.7

wide receiver in history. But from a percentage of the cap perspective, he's actually

1:29.2

second still to Jamar Chase. Jamar Chase still counts for 14.42% of the cap. JSN at 13.9, Justin

1:37.1

Jefferson there at 13.7. So what does all of this mean for trying to get back to a Super

1:42.1

Bowl? Now, first of all, JSN is probably your most talented player on your roster.

1:46.4

He was a first team all pro, offensive player of the year. You do not get to a Super Bowl without JSN last year. We all know that. I don't want to hear anything about, you know, oh, well, you know, by the end of the season, you were looking at Ken Walker. The defense was so great. JSN had over 1,700 yards for your team.

2:02.0

That is a big part of the reason that you were a Super Bowl winner. However, we all know that paying players makes things a little tough. So the other day, you and I were joined by ESPN's Ben Solac, and we said, hey, Ben, when you write up all these features like grading different, you know, mega deals that are given out, how do you decide when it's worth it or not? Whenever I see teams sign these market setting deals, and in my opinion, you know, it's a mistake or it's not necessarily the move, it's because they're paying elite prices for very good players. And that margin is just a margin that's so thin, you cannot be wasting your time around it. Seattle will be right to extend both of those top players. But, for example, when, you know, the Steelers made DK Metcalf, the fourth highest paid receiver in football, I was like, okay, Mechap's not an elite receiver now. Mecca's a very good receiver. You don't want to be paying top of the market for that second tier of players. So that's kind of where the hair gets split. How are you guys feeling about it? Text in 866-9-7-9-3-776 bump. I'll tell you how another voice in sports is feeling about it. And I want to hear what you think about it. Evan Cohen on a sportsman-like. Are they paying a wide receiver to make a quarterback grade? Does it matter because they won? They're not paying the quarterback,

3:13.5

top of the market money. Exactly. So if I'm not going to pay Sam Donald more money right now,

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