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On March 31, the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> announced they will be featured on HBO\u2019s Hard Knocks during training camp<\/a> as they prepare for the 2026 NFL season.<\/p>\n This marks the Seahawks\u2019 first appearance in the series. Moreover, for the first time since its 2001 debut, the show will spotlight a reigning Super Bowl champion. The five-episode series premieres Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max.<\/p>\n On April 2, Seahawks general manager and president of football operations John Schneider weighed in on the team\u2019s pick during an appearance on Seattle Sports\u2019 Wyman and Bob<\/a>. Despite the rest of the league getting a peek behind Seattle\u2019s success, Schneider remained positive about being featured. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be great\u2026 We\u2019re gonna work with the National Football League and the teams that have been through it before to help us just make it a positive for the organization and have it not be as much of a distraction,\u201d Schneider said. <\/p>\n \u201cI talked to [Chicago Bears<\/a> general manager] Ryan Poles about it down there and a couple other people just about what it looks like, and we\u2019ll have plenty of advice by the time we get there. But I think it\u2019s going to be\u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s a great deal. When the commissioner called me about it, it made sense.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreover, Schneider understood why the Seahawks were picked to be in the series, given the storylines that some of their players, like quarterback Sam Darnold<\/a>, can provide.<\/p>\n \u201cSam Darnold, [Devon Witherspoon], [Jaxon Smith-Njigba], [Leonard Williams], [Byron Murphy II], we got some cool characters on this team that are great stories,\u201d Schneider added.<\/p>\n Seahawks GM Still Cautious About Hard Knocks Appearance<\/p>\n While there\u2019s excitement about the team being featured, the series usually leans into personal stories and the human side of the game. As a result, Schneider is cautious about how many behind-the-scenes details of the team will end up on display.<\/p>\n \u201cI just always worried about telling our story, but I get it from a from a PR standpoint, a marketing standpoint,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cWe\u2019re just very protective of, like, how we do things, what our culture looks like\u2026 We\u2019re gonna make it as positive as we possibly can without sharing as much information as we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n Outside of the football aspect, Schneider noted he will be happy to showcase the city of Seattle and its surrounding areas to those unfamiliar with it. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re so sheltered up here. It will allow people to see you know how beautiful that the city is and where we are (at) the (Virginia Mason Athletic Center),\u201d Schneider said, referring to the team\u2019s practice facility in Renton. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd I\u2019m just excited for people\u2026 to get to know people like Patrick [Ward] and [Erik Kennedy] and Nolan [Teasley] and Trent [Kirchner]\u2026 for people to understand all the people that have supported this organization for a long, long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Philip Rivers Doesn\u2019t Hold Back on Seattle Defense<\/p>\n As Schneider mentioned, Hard Knocks will put the spotlight on several players, and it\u2019s likely to focus on Seattle\u2019s defense, which was the engine behind their Super Bowl LX run. Philip Rivers<\/a>, who came out of retirement to play for the Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, shared his thoughts on having to face that unit.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got to make sure I know where [Nick Emmanwori] is all the time,\u201d\u00a0Rivers said on April 1<\/a> on Seattle Sports. \u201cThen here\u2019s [Devon] Witherspoon, that obviously is a heck of a blitzer as well and a great DB. And then there\u2019s the defensive front, and how do we want to handle Leonard Williams<\/a>? And what about [DeMarcus] Lawrence and Uchenna [Nwosu] and these guys rushing on the outside?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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