During their Super Bowl championship season of 2025, the Seattle Seahawks played in a total of 20 games and lost just three times. Their three setbacks were by a total of nine points, and each were decided by four points or less. Mike Macdonald’s club opened with a 3-2 mark, then lost just once more, closing with 10 consecutive wins. And that includes the team’s impressive three-game postseason run that resulted in a Lombardi Trophy.

It’s suddenly been a different story in ’26. The ‘Hawks have dropped three of their last four games after a 2-0 start. Once again, those losses have been by narrow margins—each by three points or less. However, Macdonald’s club has dropped consecutive outings to the San Francisco 49ers (32-29) and Denver Broncos (17-14) —the latter in overtime.

Now the defending champions face an extremely big challenge i n the 5-0 Kansas City Chiefs. And to make matters even trickier, Andy Reid’s team has the NFL’s current rushing leader at his disposal in Kenneth Walker III.…