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Coming off a magical 2025 season, where the Seattle Seahawks dominantly won Super Bowl 60, the defending champions face the New England Patriots in Week 1 of 2026 for a Super Bowl rematch.
It's a fun way to begin the season, though they are playing on a Wednesday for a slightly odd start to the 2026 season.
ESPN's Brady Henderson is predicting that the Seahawks' start to the 2026 season will be a great one, as their Week 1 matchup against the Patriots is another two-plus-score game.
"Seattle will beat New England by at least two scores again," Henderson predicts. "… It's a new season, of course, but what makes anyone believe this game will be any more competitive at Lumen Field, where the Seahawks have rediscovered their home-field advantage?
The Seahawks beating the Patriots in Week 1 with a two-score blowout would be a brutally embarrassing result for New England coming into the 2026 season. And yet, it's a very realistic outcome for Game 1 of the 2026 NFL season.
Seahawks predicted to embarrass Patriots in Week 1
With the Patriots making the trip over to Seattle for Week 1 in a Super Bowl 60 rematch, there will be plenty of anticipation for how this matchup will go.
For the Patriots, there will be a few significant changes. They signed Romeo Doubs in free agency, AJ Brown is likely to come over in a trade from the Philadelphia Eagles, Alijah Vera-Tucker is an upgrade at left guard, and Jared Wilson moves to center.
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The offense for New England struggled against the Seahawks' elite defense, and while Boye Mafe, Coby Bryant, and Riq Woolen are gone, the current Seahawks defense is still more than good enough to dominate the Patriots' offense.
Henderson is predicting the Patriots will get blown out again, which would not be a huge surprise. The rosters are fairly similar, and the Seahawks get home-field advantage.
Add in the massive vibes difference since the Super Bowl between the two franchises, and this prediction, which would be an embarrassing result for New England, doesn't seem that far-fetched.
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