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The game inactives list has been announced for the NFC Divisional Round matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. By far the best news is quarterback Sam Darnold is available to play despite his mid-week oblique injury. Will he actually start? Most likely, but he was not part of pre-game warm-ups. Drew Lock […]
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After a week of swirling njury news, the Seattle Seahawks only elevated one player from their practice squad ahead of their NFC Divisional Round matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks called up running back Velus Jones Jr. to be the third running back behind Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet. Jones signed with the […]
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Remember in Terminator 2 when Arnold Schwarzenegger faces a brutal, shape-shifting antagonist who won’t die? He goes through hell to stave off the enemy and tells him *spoiler alert* “hasta la vista.” Stay with me, because this applies to the Seattle Seahawks hopefully sending their foes to Cancun. Arnold’s T-800 Terminator character was involved in […]
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It’s time. Playoff football is here in Seattle! The last time coach Mike Macdonald’s defense saw this San Francisco 49ers team, it beat the breaks off of them. The Seattle Seahawks held their rivals to the fewest points (3) a Kyle Shanahan offense has ever put up in San Francisco. Having that been said, coach […]
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Mike Macdonald has the Seattle Seahawks right where fans dreamed they would be when he was hired two years ago, and that is playing at home in the postseason. However, in spite of what is all but certain to be an absolutely insane atmosphere at Lumen Field on Saturday when the San Francisco 49ers come […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seattle Seahawks fans and fans across the country. It’s time for the Seahawks Reacts results! We skipped the confidence polling for a week and focused strictly on the Seattle Seahawks’ NFC Divisional Round showdown […]
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We are hours away from Round 3 between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. Round 1 was narrowly San Francisco’s, while Round 2 was clearly Seattle’s. What do we have in store for Round 3? I don’t care if it’s narrow or emphatic, it just needs to be a win, because whoever loses this […]
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In Today’s News: injury updates, the difference in the Seattle Seahawks from the 1st game of the 2025 season, the last game, and today’s game against the San Francisco 49ers; numbers of note, game previews, how the ‘Hawks are feeling going into their first game of the playoffs, more on the Riq Woolen transformation, things […]
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It’s time for the third and final round between the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The Seattle Seahawks started the year with a Week 1 loss at Lumen Field to the 49ers and ended the regular season with an NFC West title in Santa Clara. They’ve set a franchise record with […]
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The last time the Seattle Seahawks made the playoffs, they lost heavily to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round. In their NFL postseason debut under head coach Mike Macdonald, their first opponent of the NFC Divisional Round is none other than the 49ers, only this time the Seahawks are the top seed […]
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The Seattle Seahawks are two wins away from reaching Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara. One of the teams in their way are the San Francisco 49ers, whose home stadium could soon be where the Seahawks play on Feb. 8 if Seattle takes care of business over the next two weeks. Throughout the season, the […]
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On Friday, the Seattle Seahawks announced their selection of game captains ahead of Saturday’s divisional playoff matchup vs. the San Francisco 49ers. This week’s captains are wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, cornerback Devon Witherspoon, and fullback Brady Russell. Smith-Njigba and Russell will both be wearing the “C” for the fourth time this season, while Witherspoon has […]
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It’s the postseason, and the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers will face off Saturday night at Lumen Field with a trip to the NFC Championship Game on the line. The two teams split the pair of contests they played during the regular season, with the road team winning each matchup, but Seahawks fans are […]
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The Senior Bowl is an event frequented by the Seattle Seahawks over the years, and the 2026 game will feature a former Seahawks defensive coordinator in a head coach role. Clint Hurtt, currently with the Philadelphia Eagles as a senior defensive assistant/defensive line coach, was announced as the National Team head coach at the Panini […]
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The Seattle Seahawks are fresh off of a playoff bye, looking to enter the fray and bully a division rival on the way to an NFC Championship Game appearance. They just might have the hogs to get that rodeo rocking. Take your gleeful eyes off of the San Francisco 49ers matchup for one second to […]
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The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers rivalry has never needed extra fuel, but as the Divisional Round arrives, this matchup feels different — not because of the past, but because of everything both teams have navigated to get here. Seattle enters the postseason playing its best football of the year. The offense has found […]
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In Today’s Links: the importance of every other player besides Sam Darnold, the Seattle Seahawks run game and how it wears down the San Francisco 49ers, special is the Dark Side Defense, how the ‘Hawks roster was rebuilt in 3 short years, injury updates from both the Seahawks and the 49ers, the Seahawks Syndicate, and […]
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Not all heroes wear capes. Some of them wear a Chet’s sweatshirt and carry a microphone and a full-size printout of the Seattle Seahawks head coach. Yes, Kyle Brandt of Good Morning Football has fallen in love with the Seahawks, and hit the streets of New York to test a growing theory: That nobody knows […]
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Good news! The Seattle Seahawks only have two players on the active roster with a game designation status for Saturday’s NFC Divisional Round battle with the San Francisco 49ers. Bad news! Starting quarterback Sam Darnold is one of those two players. Yes, out of nowhere there is some doubt that Darnold will be able to […]
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Now that we’re full-on into the playoffs, it’s time to stop looking in the rearview with our Secret Superstars series, and start looking forward to the next game with Postseason X-Factors. The principle is the same — using game tape and metrics to uncover those hidden gems for every team who are primed to bring […]
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Well, one of the nearly endless head coach opportunities is reportedly off the books. Adam Schefter is reporting that though ink has not not been put to paper, the New York Giants and John Harbaugh are in agreement. All expectations are that the Man Without A Job for roughly 192 hours has found a new […]
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The Seattle Seahawks’ 2025 season has reached the point where national conversation and local belief finally meet. What began as a year filled with uncertainty has turned into a playoff run that demands real analysis — not just from a Seahawks-centric lens, but from a league-wide perspective. That’s exactly why I’m welcoming Garret Greenlee of […]
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The Seattle Seahawks are in the postseason and set to face off against the division rival San Francisco 49ers in primetime on Saturday for the second time in January. The first time the two teams met up, the winner got the NFC West title and top seed in the NFC while the loser would go […]
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In Today’s Links: things that analysts get wrong about our squad, how the Seattle Seahawks D makes life hard for opposing QBs, Riq Woolen has changed for the better, the Seahawks and their notable RB tandem, the Sam Darnold story continues, multiple previews of Saturday’s home game against the San Francisco 49ers, and much more. […]
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The Seattle Seahawks completed their second of three practices this week for their NFC Divisional Round clash with the San Francisco 49ers, and there’s one bit of injury news worth monitoring before Thursday’s game designations are announced. Left tackle Charles Cross, who missed the last three regular season games with a hamstring injury, was a […]
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