NFL Open Thread: The Battle of Los Angeles Edition
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R.I.P. to The Enforcer:
Kenny Easley, whose hard hitting and playmaking earned him the nickname “The Enforcer” and defined the first great era of Seahawks football in the 1980s, died Friday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced.
Easley was 66.
The cause of death was not immediately announced.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Seahawks Legend Kenny Easley,” the Seahawks said in a statement Saturday. “Kenny embodied what it meant to be a Seahawk through his leadership, intensity, and fearlessness. His intimidating nature and athletic grace made him one of the best players of all-time.”
The Seahawks further honored Easley by lowering the 12 flags at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton.
Easley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and had his No. 45 retired by the Seahawks that fall. It commemorated a career in which he earned five Pro Bowl bids, was named first-team All-Pro three times, was named to the Hall of Fame’s All-Decade team for the 1980s and was the 1984 Defensive Player of the Year when he led the Seahawks to a 12-4 record, the best for the team until 2005.
It’s appropriate that the week’s best game is Seahawks at Rams, the top two teams in the league by DVOA. I can see a case that the Seahawks are good value at +3, but between 1)the expected points added metrics being less high on Seattle, 2)the more established track record of LA’s QB and coach, and 3)the endless recent Seahawks history of derpy losses against top divisional rivals that continued in Week 1, I would take the Rams and since I’m in Vegas this weekend this is actual rather than the usual theoretical. PROVE ME WRONG AND DO IT FOR KENNY BOYS!
However the game turns out, though, one thing we can definitely say is that Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a stone cold motherfucker.
…I mean:
There is nothing left to say about these dudes (please give us something more to say, dudes)
[image or embed]— John Fraley (@johndavidfraley.bsky.social) Nov 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM