Ever since their opponents were determined back in January, the Seattle Seahawks’ 2025 schedule looked pretty favorable.
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They play eight of their 17 games against teams from the lowly AFC South and NFC South, which were the two worst divisions in the league last year. They play 10 games against teams that had losing records in 2024. And based on their opponents’ .474 combined win percentage from last season, it adds up to the 11th-easiest schedule in the league, according to the NFL.
But after Wednesday’s NFL schedule release – which unveiled the dates, times, bye weeks and other finer details – Seattle’s 2025 slate looks even more advantageous.
There are no back-to-back games against teams who had winning records last season. There’s no brutal stretch of three games in 11 days, like the Seahawks had early last year. And their Week 8 bye appears to come at a good time – near the midway point of the season and ahead of a big Sunday night showdown against the Washington Commanders.
On Thursday’s edition of Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk, Brock Huard equated the Seahawks’ 2025 slate to a pasta dish where all the ingredients fit together nicely.
“You knew (the opponents) going into it – those ingredients in the recipe,” Huard said. “And you’re like, all right, how do I want to make my best pasta dish tonight? … Well, let’s get that bye right at the midway mark. How many back-to-back-to-back East Coast trips? How many three games in 11 days? None of it. You’ve got four 10 a.m. games, (but) they’re kind of sprinkled all throughout.
“You get to play the Rams after they play Detroit, and you know what happens when teams play Detroit the week after,” he added. “I don’t see a (potential) horrible-weather game. … This is about as ideal as I could put (together) a recipe with those teams.”
Mike Salk agreed with that assessment.
“I do think this is about as good as it could be,” Salk said. “Whether it’s the quarterback index or the rest index or the bye week index, they’re all pretty favorable for the Seahawks in terms of what they’re looking at. … I don’t know what else you could possibly ask for in a schedule other than this.”
Listen to the full Brock and Salk conversation at this link or in the audio player near the middle of this story. Tune in to Brock and Salk weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.
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