The Seattle Seahawks’ 2025 schedule was unveiled on Wednesday evening. And as always, there are plenty of details to unravel.

Seahawks’ 2025 NFL schedule revealed – see it here

Seattle’s opponents have been set in stone since January, but now we can see how all the finer details fit together – the sequencing of matchups, which games were selected for primetime, the short turnarounds, the bye week positioning and more.

What stands out the most? Here are six observations.

Bookend rivalry games against the 49ers

The Seahawks open and close the season against their most bitter rival, as they host the San Francisco 49ers in Week 1 and travel to the Bay Area for a Week 18 rematch. Seattle snapped a six-game losing skid to the 49ers last November, when it rallied for a dramatic last-second comeback win in Santa Clara. Prior to that, the 49ers had won the teams’ previous six meetings by a combined 184-96 margin.

Facing a division rival at home in Week 1 will be a rarity for Seattle. This will be just the fourth time the Seahawks have done so since moving to the NFC West in 2002. The other three instances occurred in 2023 against the Los Angeles Rams, in 2010 against the 49ers and in 2009 against the St. Louis Rams.

Can they recapture their primetime magic?

The Seahawks received four primetime games, which has been a pretty standard number for them over the past decade or so. They have a Thursday night road game against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 4, a Monday night home game against the Houston Texans in Week 7, a Sunday night road game against the Washington Commanders in Week 9 and a Thursday night home game against the Rams in Week 16.

Seattle went 1-3 in primetime games under head coach Mike Macdonald last season, losing to the 49ers, Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers before eking out a 6-3 win over the Chicago Bears in Week 17. In Year 2 under Macdonald, the Seahawks will look to recapture some of the primetime magic they had under Pete Carroll, who held a 35-16-1 regular-season primetime record as Seattle’s head coach.

A manageable 10 a.m. kickoff slate

The Seahawks have four 10 a.m. Pacific kickoffs: at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 2, at the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 6, at the Tennessee Titans in Week 12 and at the Atlanta Falcons in Week 14.

In terms of opponent quality, none of those four games figure to be daunting matchups. Jacksonville and Tennessee were two of the worst teams in the NFL last year. The Seahawks beat the Falcons by 20 points in Atlanta last October. And while the Steelers are coming off a 10-win season, they have major questions at quarterback.

Early kickoffs on the East Coast used to be a major problem for the Seahawks back in the day, but they remedied the issue under Carroll. And in Year 1 under Macdonald, they went 3-0 in 10 a.m. starts, with victories over the New England Patriots, the Falcons and the New York Jets.

No back-to-back short turnarounds

Last year, the Seahawks had a brutal early-season stretch of three games in 11 days. They faced the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football in Week 4, then turned around to face the New York Giants the following Sunday and the 49ers just a few days after that on Thursday Night Football. The Seahawks lost all three games, which quickly dropped them to .500 after a promising 3-0 start.

This year, the Seahawks won’t have any back-to-back short turnarounds. Seattle twice plays on short rest, with both instances consisting of a Sunday afternoon game followed by a Thursday night contest. But in both cases, the Seahawks will have at least nine days after that Thursday night game before they take the field again.

Any tough stretches?

Overall, the Seahawks appear to have a pretty favorable slate. According to a social media post from the NFL, their schedule is tied for the 11th-easiest in the league, based on their opponents’ combined .474 win percentage last season. That’s largely due to the Seahawks – and the rest of the NFC West – playing eight of their 17 games against the lowly AFC South and NFC South, which were the two worst divisions in the league last year.

Furthermore, the Seahawks’ toughest games are spaced out. They face seven teams that had winning records last season, and none of those seven games come in back-to-back weeks. As a result, it’s difficult to find any grueling stretches in Seattle’s schedule.

A well-timed bye

The Seahawks’ bye lands near the middle of the season in Week 8. That’s generally a pretty good time for a bye week, as it’s when injuries often begin to accumulate.

It’s also particularly good timing for the Seahawks this year, as it comes ahead of potentially their toughest game of the season – a Week 9 primetime showdown on the road against the high-flying Commanders. Washington is coming off a trip to the NFC championship game and features one of the game’s brightest young stars in dual-threat quarterback Jayden Daniels, the reigning AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Macdonald and the Seahawks surely will welcome the extra week to fine-tune their game plan and prepare for one of the league’s most explosive offenses.

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