NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Before Mike Macdonald gave Jaxon Smith-Njigba a game ball Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks coach asked his team what week it was in the NFL schedule. It was Macdonald's way of bringing context to the historically strong season his team's star receiver is putting together.

It continued in the Seahawks' 30-24 win over the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium, as Smith-Njigba caught eight passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns. With his most productive game of the year, Smith-Njigba broke DK Metcalf 's single-season record of 1,303 receiving yards.

Metcalf had topped Steve Largent's old club record in the 16th and final game of the 2020 season. Smith-Njigba, the NFL's leading receiver this season, broke Metcalf's mark before the calendar turned to December.

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