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The Wall Street Journal reports the league is going to have the Super Bowl champions kick off next season on a special day. Here’s why:
Looks like the Seahawks’ defense of their Super Bowl title will begin with a unique opener. That is, on a day they’ve never played. The NFL is expected to schedule the Seahawks’ first game of the 2026 league for Wednesday, Sept.
9, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Joe Flint of The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning. The league, through a spokesman, did not respond to The News Tribune’s request for confirmation Tuesday. A Wednesday game would mean the Seahawks will have played at least one regular-season game on every day of the week in its history.
Seattle’s opponent for the opener is still to be determined. With the Rams and 49ers playing each other in week one (more on that below), the Seahawks have seven possible 2026 home opponents for their opener: a Super Bowl-rematch against the Patriots, plus against the Bears, Cowboys, Giants, Chargers, Chiefs or Cardinals. The league is expected to announce its 2026 schedule in mid-May.
As defending champions, the Seahawks are likely to have several showcase games next season, including in prime time and potentially Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. So why Wednesday for the Seahawks to kickoff the 2026 NFL season? The league traditionally gives the first game of the season to the team that won the previous season’s Super Bowl, as a Thursday night primetime home game on NBC television.
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