We are less than a week from kickoff for the 2026 NFL season, and somehow, the Seattle Seahawks are being treated like an afterthought. That’s right, your reigning Super Bowl champions, fresh off bringing the Lombardi Trophy home to the Emerald City, are getting zero love from the national media, and it all boils down to one name: Sam Darnold.
The Rams Are Getting All the Buzz While Your Champs Get Nothing
Listen, I get why the Rams are getting all the shine. They came within a whisker of the Super Bowl last year, and then went out and snagged the literal Defensive Player of the Year, plus a really good cornerback. They barely lost anyone that truly mattered in free agency, and even Jared Verse, their biggest departure, got replaced by that DPOY guy. And oh yeah, Aaron freaking Donald is still playing. So yeah, they are solid Super Bowl favorites this year, no doubt about it.
But where does that leave *your* Seattle Seahawks, the reigning Super Bowl champions? The team that just brought the Lombardi Trophy home to the Emerald City? We’re among the betting favorites to win it again, but somehow, we’re treated like a total afterthought. Have you seen NFL.com’s Super Bowl 61 predictions? The Hawks are nowhere to be found! It’s like the national media is already desperate to rip the crown right off our heads and plant it square on the Rams’ brow before the season even begins. It’s an insult, plain and simple.
It’s All About Sam Darnold, And That’s Just Wild
Why the snub? Is it because we defied every single expectation last year, going from “maybe a playoff berth” to holding up the Lombardi? Or because repeating as champs is one of the toughest feats in sports, making it a “poor gamble”? Those are convenient excuses, sure, but they miss the real story. The real reason, the one everyone’s talking around, is Sam Darnold.
This isn’t just a game anymore, it’s a quarterback-driven league, and QBs generate more ridiculous, obnoxious discourse than any other position in North American sports. You’ve got guys like Ephraim Salaam on 95.7 The Game, outright saying he’d put his money on the Rams to “steamroll everybody” and repeat. Are you kidding me? They’re already anointing someone else before a single snap!
Thankfully, not everyone is buying into the anti-Seahawks narrative. We still have some straight shooters out there. FS1’s Danny Parkins, for example, has the Seahawks as the “forgotten champions” and totally sees us “running it back” to claim that trophy again. And NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt, he’s got that “ball knowledge” and recognizes how “Biblically dominant” our team can be. But make no mistake, the overwhelming public opinion, the one driving the disrespect, points squarely at Sam Darnold. They just don’t believe in him.
So, less than a week out from kick-off, this whole situation just lights a fire under me, and I know it does for every single 12 out there. Let them doubt Sam Darnold. Let them pour all their hype onto the Rams. We’ve got the Super Bowl trophy sitting right here in Seattle, and our team is ready to remind the entire league who the real champions are. Get ready, Emerald City, because this season, we’re out to prove all the doubters wrong, again.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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