Alright, you sitting down, Emerald City? Because the defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks just pulled off something wild, something we haven’t seen in the Mike Macdonald era. On Saturday, after all the veterans reported for training camp, the NFL transaction wire hit, and guess what? ZERO. That’s right, zero players landed on the nonfootball injury list. Not a single one. This is massive news for our boys in green and blue.
The Curse of the NFI List Is Officially Broken
Man, under Coach Macdonald, training camp always kicked off with a laundry list of guys hitting the NFI. Remember 2024? Anthony Bradford, Easton Gibbs, D.J. James, Nehemiah Pritchett, and Dee Williams all started camp on NFI. Last year in 2025? It was Rylie Mills, Zy Alexanders, Tyrone Broden, Montorie Foster, D’Eryk Jackson, and Isas Waxter. It was practically an annual tradition of guys not being ready to roll. Rookies this year reported earlier, and yeah, we had rookie Deven Eastern on the PUP list, but no rookies landed on NFI. Then, after the injured players reported, Nick Emmanwori, Kenny McIntosh, Tyrone Broden, and Zach Charbonnet were on the PUP list. But the big takeaway from Saturday’s transaction wire? Absolutely no one got added to the PUP list, and more importantly, NOT A SINGLE PLAYER hit the NFI list.
Why This Means Everything For The Champs
Okay, so what’s the difference between PUP and NFI, and why is this NFI list news so huge? The PUP list is for guys who got banged up either in a game last season or during offseason workouts. Totally understandable. The NFI list, though? That’s for injuries from college, or training on their own, or failing a physical for reasons other than a game or practice injury. And here’s the kicker: in the Macdonald era, the most common reason for a player to land on NFI is flat-out failing that brutal conditioning test he brought over from his Baltimore Ravens days. It’s infamous, it’s tough, and it means you didn’t come to camp ready. So when the league transaction wire came out for Saturday and said “no one” on NFI, it wasn’t just good news; it meant every single player, veteran and rookie alike, passed their physicals. Every. Single. One. That’s a first under Macdonald.
Bringing the Super Bowl Energy from Day One
Think about it. We just thumped the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX, and you know what that can do? Make guys a little complacent, a little fat and happy over the offseason. But our Seahawks? Nah. This tells you everything. They came back hungry, fit, and ready to defend that title. No NFI means no excuses, no slow starts from guys not being in shape. This team is already showing they’re locked in, ready to build on that Super Bowl energy from day one of camp. Watch out, NFL, the champs are coming, and they’re bringing that Macdonald standard.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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