Giants Nearly Stole the 12s' Super Bowl Rematch and Nobody Is Ready For It
Holy smokes, 12s, you are NOT going to believe this one! We've all been buzzing about kicking off the 2026 NFL season with that epic Super Bowl rematch against the New England Patriots, right? That Wednesday, Sept. 9 game in Seattle? Our chance to hoist that banner again, right there at Lumen Field? Well, get this: the NFL almost pulled a fast one on us. According to a report from SB Nation's Windy City Gridiron, our season opener was nearly against the New York Giants!
The Close Call That Almost Robbed Us
Can you even imagine? We're the defending Super Bowl champions, the absolute kings of the league, and the NFL was seriously considering pitting us against the Giants for our big season debut. Talk about a curveball! The report says the Giants were "under serious consideration" to face our beloved Hawks in that first game. Why? Because the league apparently sees the Giants as "a team on the rise," and they were hyped about John Harbaugh coaching his very first game for New York. The word from Windy City Gridiron was that if the Pats weren't picked for that opener, the Giants would have been "the best option after the Patriots." It just feels weird, like, we deserve that rematch energy!
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Thankfully, the NFL ultimately made the right call and gave us the Super Bowl rematch we deserved. The league decided to open the season with the Seahawks taking on the Patriots, just as it should be. The energy of that game, at home in the Emerald City, defending our title? That's what the 12s live for! So, why did the Giants get sidelined for our opener? It wasn't just about the Patriots. The NFL had plans for the Giants to kick off their own season at home against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 13. That game is two days after the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and the league "felt it was best to have the Giants play at home to open the season to honor that anniversary." A solid reason, sure, but man, for a second there, I thought they were going to deny us that glorious rematch!
We'll Still See the Giants, Just Later
Don't worry, we're not totally skipping out on the Giants this year. Our Hawks will still face them, just a bit later in the schedule. Mark your calendars for Week 14, when we travel across the country to take them on in New York. That game is actually part of a brutal six-week closing stretch for the Giants. They've got home games against San Francisco, the Cleveland Browns, and the Philadelphia Eagles, plus road trips to face the Cowboys and Detroit Lions, on top of playing us. So, they'll still get a taste of the defending champs. But for now, let's keep that Super Bowl rematch hype building. We're kicking off our defense right, at home, against the Patriots. It's going to be electric, and I cannot wait to see Lumen rocking!
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