The Seattle Seahawks, your reigning Super Bowl Champions, just kicked off their 2026 season with a hard-fought 13-10 victory over the New England Patriots! Seriously, how good does it feel to see our Hawks, the champions of the entire league, go out and immediately defend their crown? That Week 1 win wasn’t just a W, it was a statement that this team is for real, they’ve got that championship swagger, and they showed it right out of the gate.
Beyond the Emerald City Buzz
While we’re all still buzzing from that awesome opener at Lumen Field, there’s a ton of other Week 1 action shaking up the NFL. We already saw some early fireworks with the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers battling it out on Thursday night. And for primetime? The league served up two juicy divisional games. On Sunday night, the new-look New York Giants hosted the Dallas Cowboys, always a classic NFC East brawl. Then on Monday evening, it was a Rocky Mountain showdown as the Denver Broncos visited the Kansas City Chiefs. These are the games that give us a real taste of what’s to come, right?
Early Season Showdowns You Can’t Miss
The rest of Sunday was packed with incredible matchups too. Our Detroit Lions hosted the New Orleans Saints at 1 p.m. ET, looking to start strong in front of their home crowd. That same early window also gave us a look at two AFC heavyweights slugging it out when the Buffalo Bills took on the Houston Texans. Later in the 4:25 p.m. ET slate, NFC North rivals Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings kicked off the first of their two annual brawls. But if you’re asking me for one more game that had my attention, it’s gotta be the Chicago Bears taking on the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte. Both those squads are coming off division titles, so you know the expectations are sky-high, and it’s always fun to see how teams handle that kind of spotlight early on.
What a Week 1, huh? Our Hawks are 1-0, champions doing champion things. This season is gonna be something special, Emerald City. Let’s keep this momentum rolling!
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Originally reported by Pride of Detroit.
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