Why defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks could struggle to match last season's 14-3 record

When shot play started, I went in-depth connected each azygous shot squad earlier Opening Day. I gave a betting preview and discussed the additions for each team. Believe it oregon not, we are astir 2 months distant from the opening of the shot season. So, I americium going to bash that for each 1 of the NFL teams. I’ll commencement based connected records from past year, and we volition statesman with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.

Last Year

The treatment astir Sam Darnold’s vocation wholly shifted. Two years ago, helium was looked astatine arsenic a bust. Now helium volition everlastingly unrecorded arsenic a Super Bowl champion. Seattle bushed the Patriots 29-13 successful 1 of the much boring Super Bowl games successful caller memory. Getting to the Super Bowl was a hard way – astatine slightest successful the NFC Championship Game. The Seahawks had to past a back-and-forth conflict against the Rams and won the crippled 31-27. They destroyed the 49ers successful a comical game. Basically, from kickoff on, they embarrassed San Francisco, winning 41-6. Overall, the squad went 14-3 and looked similar the champion squad successful football.

Sam Darnold of the Seattle Seahawks walks onto the tract aft the Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 31-27, successful the NFC Championship NFL shot crippled successful Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Seahawks precocious to the Super Bowl. Jan. 25, 2026, successful Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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Offseason Additions and Subtractions

One of the bigger subtractions was Kenneth Walker III going to the Chiefs. Walker was the Super Bowl MVP, but determination are different bully moving backs disposable successful their room. They did suffer immoderate cardinal pieces of their defence arsenic well. Perhaps the 1 that volition beryllium the hardest to regenerate is Klint Kubiak, who is present the Raiders' caput coach. They did widen immoderate cardinal pieces, though. They extended Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Charles Cross, and Derick Hall.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba responds to questions during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Houston Texans Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, successful Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Roster

I deliberation it is hard to number retired a squad that has Sam Darnold and Smith-Njigba. Zach Charbonnet, who was injured successful the playoffs, is present the superior backmost for the Seahawks. Even without Kubiak, they should inactive person a coagulated discourtesy with their wide receiver corps. Smith-Njigba could beryllium a top-three wide receiver (again), Cooper Kupp is 1 of the champion veterans available, and Shaheed is simply a precise beardown 3rd receiver. AJ Barner is besides a coagulated choky extremity option, adjacent though helium is not 1 of the apical options successful the league. This defence was stronger than expected past season. They mislaid immoderate pieces, truthful I bash deliberation they volition beryllium a spot worse, but inactive person galore of their cardinal players.

Seattle Seahawks backmost Sam Darnold (14) calls a play astatine the enactment of scrimmage against the San Francisco 49ers during the archetypal fractional successful an NFC Divisional Round crippled astatine Lumen Field connected Jan. 17, 2026. (Steven Bisig/Imagn Images)

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Betting Outlook

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The enactment connected the Seahawks has dropped them from 14 wins to conscionable 10.5 arsenic their squad total. I wouldn’t beryllium overly amazed if the Seahawks bash instrumentality a measurement back. Winning again aft the Super Bowl is tough. The Rams are better, the 49ers are astir apt better, and adjacent the Cardinals should beryllium better. So, naturally, the Rams volition instrumentality a measurement back. I don’t emotion the nether 10.5, but I surely won’t play the over. At -225, the Seahawks to marque the playoffs person besides mislaid value. If I had to play something, I would spell nether 10.5 arsenic I person them astatine 10 wins, but this is 1 I’d enactment disconnected of.

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