- 1 Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots: the NFL opens with a Super Bowl rematch
- 2 Seattle Seahawks: a champion that has to rebuild its ground game
- 3 New England Patriots: an attack strengthened around Drake Maye
- 4 NFL Prediction Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots
- 5 First, a word on our free picks
- 6 No commitment from us
- 7 Information changes
- 8 Your role
- 9 Responsible gambling first
- 10 Legal age
- 11 About the images…
Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots: the NFL opens with a Super Bowl rematch 
Two 14-3 regular-season records in 2025, a 29-13 Super Bowl win for one side over the other: the 2026 Kickoff Game picks up exactly where the last season left off.
An unusual opener at Lumen Field. The Seahawks and Patriots go at it this Wednesday, 9 September, at 17:20 local time (2:20am in France), under the lights on NBC and Peacock.
Putting the season opener on a Wednesday? That is almost unheard of. It is only the second time in NFL history that the campaign has not kicked off on the traditional Thursday night.
Key things to keep in mind:
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Hostile setting: Lumen Field, the Seahawks’ home, is ready to roar for the opener. The visitors are walking into one of the loudest stadiums in the league for their first game back.
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Unusual format: A chopped-up week of prep for both coaching staffs. Opening on a Wednesday breaks routines and adds another layer of uncertainty.
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Big prime-time stage: The spotlight is on two franchises that need to make an early statement if they want to set the tone for the playoff race.
The Seahawks are defending their title after a 14-win, 3-loss season. The Patriots posted the same record in Mike Vrabel’s first year in charge.
A year on, both rosters have been tweaked in the same area. Offense took most of the attention for both sides over the summer.
The opening-week reset adds another unknown. The squads have just been trimmed to 53 players, and Seattle notably cut cornerback Trevon Diggs just before that deadline.
The total for this game sits at 44.5 points.
That 44.5 is the real headline here, because both teams were among the league’s top three attacks last season and both have strengthened that area since.
Seattle Seahawks: a champion that has to rebuild its ground game 
Seattle finished the 2025 regular season at 14-3 before going on to claim the second title in franchise history. The offense drove that run from start to finish.
But the unit has been reshaped over the summer. The departure of Kenneth Walker III and the injury to Zach Charbonnet leave the run game in the hands of a rookie.
Jadarian Price, selected in the first round of the draft out of Notre Dame, will be handed a heavy workload straight away. That is the big question hanging over this offense.
At receiver, the club locked up its main weapon. Jaxon Smith-Njigba signed a four-year extension worth $168.6 million, or $42.15 million per season, a record for the position.
The home trend is hard to ignore when it comes to totals. When the Seahawks were home favourites last season, the Over landed seven times in nine games, the best mark in the league among teams with at least three such games.
The flip side is what is happening at the back. Rookie safety Bud Clark, out with an ankle injury in preseason, will miss several months, and the franchise also released Trevon Diggs before the 53-man cutdown.
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New England Patriots: an attack strengthened around Drake Maye 
The Patriots are coming off a 14-3 season, Mike Vrabel’s first as head coach. Very few rebuilds look like that in year one.
The 29-13 loss in the final against these same Seahawks left a simple lesson: the offense did not have enough firepower when it mattered most. The summer business addressed exactly that.
A.J. Brown, a three-time All-Pro, joined New England this summer. That is the heaviest offensive addition the club has made in a long time.
The Patriots also used their first draft pick on an offensive tackle, with one clear aim: give Drake Maye better protection. The line was the weak link last season.
The scoring profile points one way. The Over landed in 11 of 17 Patriots regular-season games in 2025, tied for the second-best mark in the league.
Punter saw a late shake-up with Matt Haack signed at the end of August after Bryce Baringer went down injured. That is the only part of this group that looks patched together.
NFL Prediction Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots
Our pick: over 44.5 points in the game
Three angles point to the same outcome: the Over has landed in the last six regular-season meetings between these two teams.
Add in each side’s own trends, 7-2 to the Over when Seattle was a home favourite last season, 11-6 in Patriots regular-season games in 2025, plus two top-three offences that were strengthened again over the summer.
44.5 looks gettable. Take the Over 44.5 with the Seahawks flying at home.
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