Seattle Seahawks to play New England Patriots in Week 1, per report
The Brief
The Seahawks are set to host the New England Patriots in Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season on September 9 in a rematch of Super Bowl LX, in accordance to a report from NFL reporter Jordan Schultz.
The Seahawks battered the Patriots in a 29-13 victory in February in Santa Clara, California to declare their second Lombardi Trophy.
The entirety of the NFL schedule is about to be launched at 5 pm PT Thursday night time.
The final sport of the 2025 NFL season will reportedly even be the primary considered one of 2026.
The Seattle Seahawks are set to host the New England Patriots in Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season on September 9 in a rematch of Super Bowl LX, in accordance to a report from NFL reporter Jordan Schultz.
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The Seahawks battered the Patriots in a 29-13 victory in February in Santa Clara, California to declare their second Lombardi Trophy.
Due to different video games which have already been scheduled, the out there choices for Week 1 for the Seahawks had dwindled to simply 4: the Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears and Patriots. Neither the Cardinals nor Chargers felt like viable choices for the kickoff sport of the season, leaving the Bears and Patriots as the one cheap picks.
Given the continuing controversy surrounding the Patriots and head coach Mike Vrabel and an allegedly inappropriate relationship with reporter Dianna Russini, it definitely would have made sense if the NFL did not need that storyline to grasp over the beginning of the 2026 common season. They may keep away from that state of affairs by having the NFC North champion Bears come to Seattle for Week 1 as a substitute.
But apparently it is not sufficient of a priority for the league to fear about.
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If the report is correct, will probably be the primary time a Super Bowl rematch has been scheduled for Week 1 because the Denver Broncos hosted the Carolina Panthers to open the 2016 season. Denver beat the Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50 in a sport additionally held at Levi’s Stadium.
When the Seahawks gained Super Bowl XLVIII towards the Broncos, they opened the next 12 months towards the Green Bay Packers in Seattle. The Seahawks beat the Packers 36-16 in the opener and finally confronted them once more in the NFC Championship sport 4 months later to earn a return journey to the Super Bowl towards the Patriots.
It will probably be simply the fifth NFL sport to be performed on a Wednesday since 1950, and the primary regular-season opener on a Wednesday since 2012, when the New York Giants hosted the Dallas Cowboys. That sport was moved as not to battle with President Barack Obama’s speech on the Democratic National Convention.
The entirety of the NFL schedule is about to be launched at 5 pm PT Thursday night time.
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The Source
Information in this story got here from Jordan Schultz and FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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