The Seattle Seahawks are back in the preseason spotlight with a very familiar objective: go win another Super Bowl.
The defending champions will open their 2026 preseason next Saturday, August 15, when they host the Dallas Cowboys. Before that, the league is already getting a reminder of how hard it is to stay on top, with the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals kicking off the preseason in Canton, Ohio, where Carolina edged Arizona 33-30 in the Hall of Fame Game.
For Seattle, the mission is straightforward even if the road is not. The Seahawks already know what it looks like to reach the summit, after rolling past the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They also know how quickly a repeat bid can slip away, having held a 10-point fourth-quarter lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX before falling behind 28-24 and then going to some funky play-calling at the Pats’ one-yard-line in the final minute.
That kind of history is part of why repeating has become such a rare club in the modern NFL. In the first 10 years of the Super Bowl era, three teams did it: the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowls I and II, the Miami Dolphins in VII and VIII, and the Pittsburgh Steelers in IX and X.
After that, the list stays short. The Steelers did it again in Super Bowls XIII and XIV, followed by the San Francisco 49ers in XXIII and XXIV, the Dallas Cowboys in XXVII and XXVIII, and the Denver Broncos in XXXII and XXXIII. More recently, only the 2003 and ’04 New England Patriots and the 2022 and ’23 Kansas City Chiefs have gone back-to-back.
So where do the Seahawks stand now? Mike Macdonald’s group enters its Week 1 Super Bowl LX rematch with the Patriots riding a 10-game overall winning streak, and Alex Kay of Bleacher Report believes the foundation is still strong enough to make another run.
“The most notable departures,” explained Kay, “were running back Kenneth Walker III-the Super Bowl LX MVP-edge rusher Boye Mafe and a pair of defensive backs in Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen. While these losses will sting, the Seahawks did well patching the holes in free agency and the draft.”
Seattle’s front office kept working after the season, too. General manager John Schneider selected eight players in the draft and also brought in a veteran pass rusher from the Dallas Cowboys for the second straight offseason.
“The influx of new talent,” added Kay, “includes first-round running back Jadarian Price, third-round corner Julian Neal and veteran edge Dante Fowler Jr…Seattle may not be as loaded on paper as it was a few months ago, but this group could end up being even better in 2026 if some of the less-heralded players on the roster step up and deliver.”
The Seahawks have already shown they can stack wins. In 2025, Mike McDonald’s team tied for the best record in the league at 14-3, then handled the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, and New England Patriots in the postseason. Now they head into another season in the NFC West, where every week figures to be a test.
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