{"id":73726,"date":"2026-05-19T11:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/seahawks-receiver-smith-njigba-miffed-at-receiving-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-trophy-just-keep-it\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:02:38","slug":"seahawks-receiver-smith-njigba-miffed-at-receiving-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-trophy-just-keep-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/seahawks-receiver-smith-njigba-miffed-at-receiving-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-trophy-just-keep-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks receiver Smith-Njigba miffed at receiving NFL defensive player of year trophy: \u2018Just keep it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Player was actually NFL offensive player of the year<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Receiver made a total of three tackles last season<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jaxon Smith-Njigba has built a justified reputation as one of the most electrifying receivers in the NFL. So it was understandable that the Seahawks star was surprised when he received a trophy for the league\u2019s defensive player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Smith-Njigba actually won the NFL\u2019s offensive player of the year after setting franchise records with 119 receptions and 1,793 receiving yards last season. But when he received his trophy the engraving read \u201cDefensive Player of TheYear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/may\/19\/seahawks-receiver-smith-njigba-miffed-at-receiving-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-trophy-just-keep-it\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Player was actually NFL offensive player of the year Receiver made a total of three tackles last season Jaxon Smith-Njigba has built a justified reputation as one of the most electrifying receivers in the NFL. So it was understandable that the Seahawks star was surprised when he received a trophy for the league\u2019s defensive player &#8230; <a title=\"Seahawks receiver Smith-Njigba miffed at receiving NFL defensive player of year trophy: \u2018Just keep it\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/seahawks-receiver-smith-njigba-miffed-at-receiving-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-trophy-just-keep-it\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seahawks receiver Smith-Njigba miffed at receiving NFL defensive player of year trophy: \u2018Just keep it\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}