The Seattle Seahawks kicked off the 2026 season with a gritty 13-10 victory over the New England Patriots in Week 1, a win that looks even bigger now. This wasn’t just any win, either: our guys pulled it off even after quarterback Sam Darnold went down early with an injury. Now, that same Patriots team is causing absolute chaos for anyone trying to navigate NFL survivor pools in Week 2, and the Emerald City saw it coming.
New England Is a Trap, And Our Hawks Showed Why
Turns out, beating the Patriots was a bigger deal than some folks thought. The Pats looked rough in that opener, struggling hard on offense without receiver A.J. Brown, who was out with an ankle injury and won’t be back for Week 2 either. They were playing a 1 p.m. ET game at Gillette Stadium against the Steelers, and despite being 4.5-point favorites and a -232 money-line pick, the advanced computer model at SportsLine just isn’t buying it. This model is red-hot, by the way, up well over $7,000 for $100 players on betting sites since it started, and it’s on a 53-39 run on top-rated picks dating back to 2024. If *it* says fade the Pats, you gotta listen!
Week 2 Looks Like a Minefield, 12s
Week 2 is already shaping up to be a total headache across the league after a Week 1 full of upsets and scares. There are a ton of tricky divisional matchups that complicate things: Panthers vs. Falcons (+2.5), Vikings vs. Bears (-5.5), Raiders vs. Chargers (-6.5), and Commanders vs. Cowboys (-4.5). Even our Seahawks have a divisional clash against the Cardinals (+3.5) to look forward to. The biggest spread on the board is Dolphins vs. 49ers (-13.5), after San Francisco stomped the Rams 27-7 in Australia, while Miami opened with a 27-13 loss at Las Vegas. The model is projecting the Patriots-Steelers game to be a tight one, only a 3-point margin, with New England winning just 57% of the time. That makes the Pats a seriously risky survivor pick, and you know why? Because our Hawks already exposed them!
So, while the rest of the league scrambles with their survivor picks, our Seahawks are locked in for that big divisional showdown against the Arizona Cardinals. With Sam Darnold’s injury early in Week 1, how Coach Mike Macdonald and the squad respond on the road this week will be huge for setting our early season tone. Let’s go, 12s, time to show the NFC West what we’re made of!
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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