Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba had another night where he stood out for Seattle's offense, a performance that was a positive spot in a 34-17 loss to the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football.

Smith-Njigba finished the game with six receptions for 118 yards and one touchdown, marking his seventh game with 100-plus receiving yards this season. He joins Michael Irvin (1995), Marvin Harrison Sr. (2000) and Adam Thielen (2018) as the only players in the Super Bowl era to have at least 100-plus receiving yards in at least seven of their first eight games in a season, per NFL Research.

The 24-year-old also passed Seahawks Legend Joey Galloway for eighth place on Seattle's all-time receiving yards list with 4,458 career yards.

Smith-Njigba now has 985 receiving yards in 2026 following his 118-yard performance in Week 8, which is the second-most by any player in the Super Bowl era through the first eight games of a season, according to NFL Research, behind Tyreek Hill's 1,014 receiving yards in 2023. Smith-Njigba's season total through Week 8 leads the rest of the NFL by 259 yards.

"Jaxon's a great player. He's going to command targets and he's one of, if not the best, receiver in the league right now. So, that's just going to be part of the deal," receiver Cooper Kupp said. "We all have a part in it. If he's open, the ball's going to go his way. That's just going to be what it is. We have to find ways to continue to compete and know that you've got to compete without the ball as well. When the ball does come your way, you've got to make a play."

Kupp scored a touchdown on his lone catch of the night, a 7-yarder in the fourth quarter as Seattle tried to mount a comeback. Behind Smith-Njigba's 118 yards against the Bears, the next leading receiver for Seattle was Tory Horton with 26 yards on three catches.

Of course, the Seahawks want to see other offensive players be more productive, but head coach Mike Macdonald says the lack of it is a result of Seattle's "inputs."

"We didn't do the things on offense that we need to be able to do to play Seahawk football," he said. "We got similar questions throughout the beginning of the season on where we're falling short, but to me it's inputs. If we're playing the way that we're supposed to and we're running off the rock and targeted right and we're dialed in on what we should be doing, we're way more efficient, and then the ball is distributed more evenly. So that's where we need to put our focus."

The Seahawks found themselves in a handful of third-down situations where they were not able to convert, finishing 1 for 11.

"Way too many three and outs," Kupp said. "Way too many short drives and just put our defense back out on the field. Just not playing, not holding up our end, I guess. We've got to be better than that and find some solutions. The Bears have a very good defense, but we got to be better. We've got to be able to execute better. At the end of the day keep the ball moving forward and make the plays that are there for us."

Smith-Njigba added: "We didn't execute well. Plain and simple. Execution is key in this league, especially starting early. We want to start fast and early and get the ball rolling while executing on third down. We didn't do that tonight."

The 17-point loss was tied for the largest loss by Seattle since 2024, a Week 15 loss to the Packers.

"It is frustrating," Smith-Njigba said. "Usually, we're not on that side of the fence. But you gotta tip your cap to the Bears. They came out ready to play. Offense and defense. So good job by them."

As Seattle has focused on correcting mistakes in past weeks, like too many penalties, allowing too many quarterback hits and playing cleaner football, the Seahawks will hone in on fixing their biggest takeaways from a Week 8 loss to the Bears which dropped their record to 4-4.

"Just get back to work. You got no other option. The show goes on," Kupp said. "We've got to prepare for another team coming into Lumen (Field) and we got to get back to work and back to the grindstone and be able to evaluate these things and on a short week, the best teams have to continue to grow. You have to be able to watch the film and make the corrections and move forward. That's just the name of the game. We can't gloss over this thing and just move on to Arizona. We have to make the corrections so we can grow, so we can challenge ourselves and be able to be a better team next week."