The NFL is on the cusp of a truly rare moment heading into Week 7, with three teams still carrying perfect records. But for the Emerald City, all eyes are on Lumen Field where our Seattle Seahawks get a shot at history themselves by hosting the 5-0 Kansas City Chiefs.
History on the Line at Lumen
History is knocking, 12s, and it is not just about a single game. Entering Week 7, we have three teams still perfect: the 49ers at 6-0 heading to Atlanta, the Vikings at 5-0 playing the Colts, and then there is our own battle, with the 5-0 Chiefs coming to Seattle. If all three of those squads walk out of Week 7 still unbeaten? That is a serious rarity in NFL history.
NBC Sports research tells us this has only happened twice since the merger, outside of that weird 1982 strike year. We are talking 2009, when the Saints, Colts, and Broncos were all perfect through seven weeks, and 2015, where a crazy five teams hit that mark: the Panthers, Packers, Broncos, Patriots, and Bengals. And get this, both times, two of those unbeaten teams ended up playing in the Super Bowl. That is big-time stuff. The Colts and Saints went in 2009, and the Panthers and Broncos faced off in 2015.
Can the Hawks Dethrone the Juggernaut?
So, what does this mean for our Hawks? We are the ones standing in the way of the Chiefs keeping their perfect season alive. Kansas City last hit 6-0 back in 2024, a year they went all the way to their third straight Super Bowl, though they ultimately lost to the Eagles. The 49ers, another team gunning for 7-0, hit that mark in 2019 and made it to the Super Bowl, losing to those same Chiefs. The Vikings, who were 6-0 in 2009, got stopped in the NFC Championship by the Saints. There is a real pattern here: teams that start this hot often go deep. For our Seahawks, this is not just a regular season game, it is a chance to stop a potential Super Bowl bound team dead in its tracks and carve out our own piece of this rare NFL history.
This weekend, the spotlight is on Lumen Field, and the 12s know what is up. The opportunity to knock off an undefeated squad, break up a historic NFL trend, and show the league what Mike Macdonald’s Seahawks are made of? That is the kind of Sunday football we live for. Let us get loud, Seattle, and remind those Chiefs what it means to play in the Emerald City!
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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