One of the most highly anticipated games of the season will take place in Week 7, according to Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report.
That’s when the Seahawks will host Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
Mahomes is expected to be back by then after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee on Dec. 15.
The Seahawks are the defending Super Bowl champions, but Mahomes has won three titles.
The Seahawks last faced the Chiefs in 2022 at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City last traveled to Seattle in 2018 for a game the Seahawks won 38-31 on Sunday Night Football.
The reigning champions have made a few roster moves on Thursday.
Seattle announced the club has signed undrafted rookie receivers Rashad Rochelle and Trayvon Rudolph.
Rochelle started his college career at Rutgers before finishing at Indiana State. Rudolph spent four seasons at Northern Illinois before playing at Toledo in 2025.
To make room on the roster, the Seahawks waived undrafted rookie linebacker Devean Deal.
Seventeen weeks from tonight, the 2026 NFL season will begin. It will reportedly begin the same way the 2025 NFL season ended.
Jordan Schultz reports that the Seahawks will host the Patriots on Wednesday, September 9. It will be the first game of the next regular season.
If the report is accurate, it’ll be the first Week 1 Super Bowl rematch in a decade. The 2016 season began with an immediate rematch of Super Bowl 50, which the Broncos won over the Panthers. Denver won the second game, 21-20, thanks to a missed 50-yard field goal from Carolina kicker Graham Gano in the final 10 seconds of the game.
Seattle won Super Bowl LX. The game didn’t seem nearly as close as the 29-13 final score would suggest. It felt, frankly, like a 1970s-style Super Bowl suffocation; if they had played 10 times, the Patriots likely wouldn’t have won once.
Now, the Patriots will reportedly get an immediate chance to do it again. And not at a neutral site, but in Seattle. On the night the Seahawks hang a banner, a ritual the Patriots know very well.
Given that five of Seattle’s nine home opponents for 2026 have already been committed elsewhere for Week 1 (49ers, Rams, Giants, Cowboys, Chiefs), only four options remain for Week 1: the Cardinals, Chargers, Bears, and Patriots. The official announcement of the opening game will come by 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday night.
The Seahawks signed second-round safety Bud Clark to his rookie contract on Wednesday, the team announced.
His signing leaves only first-round running back Jadarian Price unsigned.
The Seahawks made Clark the 64th overall pick.
He was a three-time team captain at TCU and a two-time second-team All-Big 12 selection. Clark totaled 15 interceptions the past four seasons, including four last season with one pick-six.
He has played both safety and nickel corner.
“I’m versatile, and I’m a ballhawk,” Clark said, via John Boyle of the team website. “I’m getting to the ball every chance I get. I compete; I’m a competitor always.”
Charlie Young, a first-round pick of the Eagles in 1973, has died. He was 75.
Young was the sixth overall selection out of USC. After three years with the Eagles, Young played three years with the Rams, three years with the 49ers, and three years with the Seahawks.
In Philadelphia, Young was a Pro Bowler all three years. He also was a first-team All-Pro as a rookie, and a second-team All-Pro in 1974 and 1975.
He played in 187 regular-season games, with 142 starts. He caught 418 passes for 5,106 yards and 27 touchdowns. Young also appeared in 13 postseason games.
Young appeared in two Super Bowls. With the Rams, he appeared in Super Bowl XIV. He started Super Bowl XVI with the 49ers, which San Francisco won over Cincinnati.
In 2004, Young was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
We extend our condolences to Young’s family, friends, teammates, and colleagues.
