The 2026 Seahawks will be a poster child for how wacky the NFL schedule has become. With the league scattering games across almost every day of the week, thanks to a record number of international games and trying to fill up every holiday on the calendar, the Hawks will play on every day but Tuesday (which has no games scheduled).

It starts with the opener Wednesday, Sept. 9, against the Patriots — just the second NFL opener featuring the Super Bowl combatants from the previous season (Carolina and Denver kicked off the 2016 season after the Broncos won Super Bowl 50).

The Hawks also will play a Friday night game on Christmas – one of six prime-time games for them. That Week 16 game will come against the Rams, as the NFL anticipates yet another thriller like the three played by the division rivals in 2025. The teams then play again in Week 18, a potential winner-take-the-bye game just ahead of the playoffs.

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