Enter the 2026 Field Gulls Armchair GM Challenge

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Grey Zabel #76 of the Seattle Seahawks runs onto the field before the NFL 2025 game against the Houston Texans at Lumen Field on October 20, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images) | Getty Images It is almost time for the 2026 NFL Draft to begin, and that means that the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are on the brink of adding young talent to the roster. General manager John Schneider and head coach Mike Macdonald enter the draft with just four selections in their arsenal, however, as only a pair of starters from the roster that won Super Bowl LX by pasting the New England Patriots 29-13 departed in free agency, there may not be a lot of holes that need filled before the start of the season.

With all of that in mind, it is time for the annual event that is the Field Gulls Armchair GM Challenge, and while the methodology is the same this year as it has been in years past, the system used is different and more restrictive. Basically, no more gaming the system by selecting the same player multiple times because the submission system has been greatly tweaked. The scoring system for the challenge will be the same as in years past: each entrant chooses 20 players they believe the Seahawks may select in the draft.

Each of those selections is assigned a point value from 30 points down to 11 points, with the entrant who finishes the contest with the most points declared the winner. The difference this year is that instead of just a simple Google Form, there’s an actual website that handles the submissions, making the process a bit different compared to years past. Specifically, this year entry is a multi-step process.

The first step is to navigate to the 2026 Field Gulls Armchair GM Challenge , where you will be greeted with a page that looks like this: On this page you will be able to add the twenty players you would like on your entry to your board by first selecting a position, and then selecting the desired player from the panel in the middle of the screen. The following image shows what happens when IOL is selected in the left panel. Then it’s simply a matter of clicking on a player’s name to add them to the board on the right.