The Seattle Seahawks are entering 2026 with the kind of roster that makes people around the league do a double take.
Fresh off their surprise run to the title in Super Bowl LX, Seattle is being talked about as a team that could get right back there - and maybe even do it again. That buzz makes sense when you look at how much of last year’s group is still intact.
On offense, 10 of the 11 starters from a season ago are back. On defense, the Seahawks only lost a couple of key contributors, and those departures came at spots where the roster has plenty of depth.
That blend of continuity and talent is what caught Albert Breer’s attention when he visited Seahawks training camp. The NFL insider came away raving about what he saw in the Pacific Northwest.
“The Seahawks’ roster is outrageous,” Breer wrote. “Maybe I’ll wind up with egg on my face for writing this.
Maybe I was a prisoner of the moment on my first training camp stop. But my lord.”
Breer was especially struck by the defensive line depth, including the edge group even without Boye Mafe. That area helped fuel one of the best defenses in recent memory last season, and it looks set up to be a problem again.
The biggest change Seattle faces may come on the sideline rather than on the field. Offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is gone, and Brian Fleury is taking over. Fleury is a first-time play-caller, which makes the early part of the season worth watching closely as he settles into the role.
Even with that question hanging over the offense, Seattle still appears to have a huge safety net. The defense brings back its top names, including Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy II, Nick Emmanwori, Ernest Jones IV and Devon Witherspoon. Mike Macdonald’s track record as a play-caller only adds to the optimism, giving the Seahawks a very high floor heading into the season.
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