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The entire season for the Seattle Seahawks flashed before all of our eyes just five plays into the 2026 season opener against the New England Patriots. As most fans were still looking up and admiring the new Super Bowl 60 championship banner, Sam Darnold was sacked to stall the opening drive. It seemed like a normal play at the time, but Darnold was shown to limp a bit coming off the field. He was even reported to not be entering the blue medical tent for treatment. Fast forward a few minutes, and Darnold was indeed heading into the tent. Worse than that, he went right into the locker room and was quickly ruled out. Seahawks opens Khosla era with patented ‘Seahawks Primetime BS’ game Seahawks overcome multiple obstacles in comeback win to open 2026. By God, that’s Drew Lock’s music! Lock entered the game in an extremely adverse situation and the offense sputtered early on. After the Seahawks went down 10-0, the defense started to come alive. That momentum transferred to the offense as new offensive coordinator Brian Fleury made some damn fine adjustments to score 13 unanswered points. The defense bent to the very edge, but slammed the door once again at the end, picking off Drake Maye for the third time to end the game to cap off a frankly ridiculous comeback that I am SO here for. Seahawks Droppings - Mike Macdonald said in his postgame presser that the early news on Darnold is encouraging in that there isn’t a fracture. If Darnold avoided serious injury, we should all feel very fortunate. There’s extra rest until the second game, so we’ll have to see when (hopefully) Darnold can make it back on the field. - Drew Lock has some “Seattle Primetime Magic”. Flash back to the game against the Philadelphia Eagles in the rain with the game-winning TD pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Tonight, Lock was thrown into the fire and struggled at the beginning, then put together some fantastic play down the stretch. His stat line won’t wow you, going 16/22 for 187 yards and 1 TD, but he outpassed last year’s No. 2 in the MVP race, Drake Maye. Most importantly, Lock took care of the ball. There were some procedural errors on the final scoring drive which was likely the difference between coming away with a FG instead of a TD, making the defense’s last stand even more ulcer-inducing. Overall, Lock stepped up in a big way and might be counted on for the next few weeks. - Kudos to Brian Fleury. I’m sure having his starting QB knocked out of the game on the first drive wasn’t on his bingo card, Yet, Fleury was able to make the necessary adjustments to move the ball with Lock under center. His ability to adjust on the fly and overcome adversity is a great sign. - Guys, I think Jadarian Price might be pretty good. He only had 10 carries, but turned that into 52 yards. Price showcased his vision running both inside and outside. He also caught both of his targets. As Price’s role expands, he could be an extremely dangerous weapon. - Jaxon Smith-Njigba had one of the sneakiest 122-yard games I can remember. His long TD catch-and-run brought the Seahawks back from the dead, and he was always open when they needed him. It’s such a luxury to have him on our team. - The whole secondary was awesome tonight with three huge interceptions. Julian Love was all over the field laying the wood along with picking off the ball. Nehemiah Pritchett played a hell of a game with his own INT and another huge pass breakup. He even made a great tackle, something he’s not known for. Josh Jobe is known for his tackling which showed up tonight. Oh, and he iced the game with his own INT. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Rodney Thomas II, starting in place of Ty Okada. Thomas tipped the ball that Pritchett caught and was in the general vicinity of Romeo Doubs when he dropped that wide open pass so I’ll give him credit for the intimidation. Devon Witherspoon was his usual self flying around the field and being a disruptor. They stepped up with Okada and Nick Emmanwori down with injury. - The defensive line turned it up at the end of the game when it was needed most. I could call out most of the guys here, but the main one I want to single out is Uchenna Nwosu. He was a got-danged demon out there against New England. Chenna lived in the backfield all game and shut down plays all by himself. With the rest of the firepower along the line, he doesn’t get the credit that he deserves. That dude is a stud. - Jason Myers made all of his kicks. That’s all I have to say about that. - The Khosla family was baptized into the Seahawks fire in the most perfect way possible. It never ceases to amaze me how many times per year this team attempts to shorten my lifespan. Seriously, the Seahawks are mayhem incarnate. I’m fully convinced that I will die by the time I’m 40 just by watching Seattle play football games, particularly those in Primetime. I hope the Khosla’s have good medical insurance! This game was essentially “New year, same Seahawks Primetime Bullshit.” Mike Macdonald’s team showed grit, never wavered, and found a way to make it happen in the end. It definitely wasn’t always pretty, but I’ll take a win every time. They give me a tension headache nearly every game, and I’m sure our new owners will find that out very soon. I can’t wait until next season when we get some ridiculous game with those sublime white throwbacks! Time to end it here because I think I need a cigarette…and I don’t even smoke.