The Seahawks Open Their Title Defense with a Rare Week 1 Super Bowl Rematch vs the Patriots
Seattle returns 20 of 22 Super Bowl starters and faces a Patriots team with 24 new players on the roster.
- On Wednesday, the Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots in a rare Week 1 Super Bowl LX rematch, seven months after defeating them 29-13 to claim the title.
- Coach Mike Macdonald rejected the 'running it back' mentality, urging his team to 'run it forward' into 2026. The Patriots roster features 24 new players and six new starters, led by receiver A.J. Brown.
- Retaining core talent, the Seahawks feature reigning AP Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 1,793 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. Cornerback Devon Witherspoon remains the NFL's highest-paid at his position, earning $33 million annually.
- Containing Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, last year's MVP runner-up, remains the primary defensive challenge. The Seahawks, who allowed just 32.1% conversion on third downs last season, aim to replicate their Super Bowl defensive performance.
- Oddsmakers favor the Seahawks by 3 1/2 points as they begin the season under new ownership following the $9.6 billion sale to Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla last month. This marks the 12th time Super Bowl participants have met the following season.
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The Seahawks have gotten an offseason full of congratulations, their Super Bowl rings and now will get the chance to see the banner raised before kicking off this season with hopes of repeating.
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The Seattle Seahawks have gotten an offseason full of congratulations, their Super Bowl rings and now will get the chance to see the banner raised before kicking off this season with hopes of repeating. But the Seahawks know that none of that matters once the [...]
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The Seahawks open their title defense with a rare Week 1 Super Bowl rematch vs the Patriots
The Seattle Seahawks have gotten an offseason full of congratulations, their Super Bowl rings and now will get the chance to see the banner raised before kicking off this season
Seahawks open their title defense with rare Week 1 Super Bowl rematch vs. Patriots
The Seattle Seahawks have gotten an offseason full of congratulations, their Super Bowl rings and now will get the chance to see the banner raised before kicking off this season with hopes of repeating. But the Seahawks know that none…
Super Bowl-Winning HC Reveals Seahawks’ ‘No. 1 Objective’ Before Patriots Rematch
Seven months after the Seattle Seahawks overwhelmed the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, Jon Gruden sees the same starting point for Mike Macdonald’s defense in Wednesday night’s rematch.Gruden, previewing the NFL Kickoff Game, made Seattle’s first priority sound simple.“I think the No. 1 objective is, ‘Let’s stop the run. We did in the […]
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