{"id":899504,"date":"2026-05-24T00:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/899504\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:24:21","slug":"will-seahawks-face-toughest-stretch-of-2026-season-from-weeks-15-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/899504\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Seahawks face toughest stretch of 2026 season from Weeks 15-18?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/Seahawkswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Seahawks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seattle Seahawks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> will face the most trying part of their schedule next season in the last four games of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/toughest-stretch-every-team-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:According to Sports Illustrated\u2019s Eva Geitheim,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;According to Sports Illustrated\u2019s Eva Geitheim,&quot;}\" class=\"link \">According to Sports Illustrated\u2019s Eva Geitheim,<\/a> the toughest stretch of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seahawks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seahawks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seahawks<\/a>\u2019 schedule in 2026 will be from Weeks 15-18 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/philadelphia-eagles\/354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Eagles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Philadelphia Eagles&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Rams&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> twice, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Carolina Panthers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The time at which this four-game stretch comes in the season makes it perhaps the most difficult stretch for Seattle. Three of the four games are on the road, against the Eagles in Week 15, the Panthers in Week 17, and the Rams in Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty is perhaps on par with the Seahawks\u2019 four-game stretch against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco 49ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Francisco 49ers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Denver Broncos&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Chiefs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chicago Bears&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears<\/a> from Weeks 5-8, though three of those four matchups will be played at home.<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks will also face great challenges in the three games before their final four-game stretch of the year against the 49ers, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/dallas-cowboys\/331\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dallas Cowboys&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a> that will perhaps factor into the team\u2019s performance to end the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles have it all on offense and defense, and will be a tough opponent to face on the road. Seattle\u2019s receiving corps will be tested by first-team All-Pro cornerbacks <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/40898\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Quinyon Mitchell;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Quinyon Mitchell&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinyon Mitchell<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/40934\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cooper DeJean;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cooper DeJean&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper DeJean<\/a>, and the Seahawks\u2019 defense will need to contain the potent attack of <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/32723\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jalen Hurts;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jalen Hurts&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Hurts<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/30972\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saquon Barkley;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Saquon Barkley&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saquon Barkley<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/33398\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:DeVonta Smith;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;DeVonta Smith&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeVonta Smith<\/a>, and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/31883\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:A.J. Brown;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;A.J. Brown&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Brown<\/a> (if he\u2019s not traded).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks split their season series against the Rams in 2025. However, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/la-rams\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> got stronger in the offseason, adding two-time All-Pro CB <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/33976\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trent McDuffie;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Trent McDuffie&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent McDuffie<\/a> to their secondary. Seattle will play Los Angeles at home, giving them a chance to pick up the first victory over the Rams in this year\u2019s season series.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers made the playoffs last season, but will be the easiest matchup for the Seahawks in this final stretch of the year. Carolina no longer has 1,000-yard rusher <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/33100\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rico Dowdle;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rico Dowdle&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rico Dowdle<\/a> but Seattle\u2019s secondary will have to deal with a Panthers receiving corp led by <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/41793\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tetairoa McMillan;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tetairoa McMillan&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tetairoa McMillan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/seahawkswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/seahawks\/2026\/05\/23\/seahawks-2026-schedule-seattle-faces-tough-stretch-weeks-15-18\/90191998007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seahawks 2026 schedule: Seattle faces tough stretch Weeks 15-18;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seahawks 2026 schedule&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seahawks 2026 schedule: Seattle faces tough stretch Weeks 15-18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks will face the most trying part of their schedule next season in the last four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[8694,235,260,2567,391,1171,257,258,5640,7,492,110,1014,58,56,14747,6,236,109,2024,7152,252,894,261,1453,425,4223],"class_list":["post-899504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-a-j-brown","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cooper-dejean","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-denver-broncos","tag-devonta-smith","tag-football","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-new-york-giants","tag-next-season","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-quinyon-mitchell","tag-rico-dowdle","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-saquon-barkley","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan","tag-the-eagles","tag-trent-mcduffie"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}