Seattle Seahawks 2021 Schedule Released

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The 2021 NFL season is officially here. There’s a lot to breakdown with the Seattle Seahawks schedule, before we get to that. Here’s the schedule:

Preseason Schedule

Official Date TBD (Aug. 13-16): @ Las Vegas Raiders

Official Date TBD (Aug. 20-23): vs. Denver Broncos

Aug. 28: vs. Los Angeles Chargers (and Justin Herbert)

Regular Season Schedule

Week 1, Sept. 12: @ Indianapolis Colts

Week 2, Sept. 19: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 3, Sept. 26: @ Minnesota Vikings

Week 4, Oct. 3: @ San Francisco 49ers

Week 5, Oct. 7: (Thursday Night Football) vs. Los Angeles Rams

Week 6, Oct. 17: (Sunday Night Football) @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 7, Oct. 25: (Monday Night Football) vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 8, Oct. 31: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 9: BYE WEEK

Week 10, Nov. 14: @ Green Bay Packers

Week 11, Nov. 21: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 12, Nov. 29: (Monday Night Football) @ Washington Football Team

Week 13, Dec. 5: (Sunday Night Football) vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 14, Dec. 12: @ Houston Texans

Week 15, Dec. 19: @ Los Angeles Rams

Week 16, Dec. 26: vs. Chicago Bears

Week 17, Jan. 2: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 18, Jan. 9: @ Arizona Cardinals

Important Notes

17-game regular season means an unbalanced home and away schedule; Seattle has nine road and eight home games. The Seahawks will be home for two of their three preseason games.
Five Primetime Games: Week 5-7 Seattle is on primetime, and currently Week 12-13. However, the NFL can start flexing games starting with Week 7.
Seattle closes the season with Arizona instead of San Francisco. They had faced the Niners to end the season the last two years.
The Seahawks face (obviously) the NFC West twice and all four teams in the AFC South and NFC North.
Seattle also take on the other three NFC Division Champions including New Orleans (Week 7), Green Bay (Week 10), the Washington Football Team (Week 12).
The Steelers were the 17th team added to Seattle’s schedule when the new regular season format was announced; they battle on Sunday Night Football in Week 6.
Fun Quarterback matchups:
- 2021 first overall pick Trevor Lawrence in Week 8 (Halloween),
- Matthew Stafford as a Ram (Weeks 5 & 15),
- Former divisional foe Jared Goff, but as a Lion (Week 17)
- Potentially Justin Fields in Week 16 when the Bears visit,
- New Orleans (as mentioned) without Drew Brees
710 ESPN Seattle mentions that fans are expected to be allowed “in some capacity in 2021,” but we don’t know when it could happen.