The Seattle Seahawks will look to do what the Kansas City Chiefs did over the 2022 and 2023 seasons: Win back-to-back Super Bowls. After winning Super Bowl LX, the Seahawks lost key players, including Kenneth Walker III and Coby Bryant, in free agency.
As a result, there will be questions about whether Seattle can overcome those losses to defend its championship, given that it is also in arguably the toughest division in the NFC West, with the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers.
If the Seahawks slip, it opens the door for the Rams or Niners to take the division. Despite the concern over Seattle’s losses, former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is confident in the team’s chances of repeating as champions.
“Nothing this offseason has led me to believe the Seattle Seahawks are not going to be the favorites going into this season,” Sherman said on the April 10 edition of “The Richard Sherman Podcast.“ “‘ Oh man, they’ve lost so many pieces,’ I’m not under that same impression.
“They have lost pieces that they feel like they can replace, and I can agree with that. I think the same thing. I think Kenneth Walker is a guy that had an incredible run through the playoffs, an incredible end of the season, and made a lot of plays, including the Super Bowl MVP.
“I don’t think they saw him as an irreplaceable piece to this team. Obviously, he split time with Zach Charbonnet throughout most of the season. I think Coby Bryant, they feel like Taya Carter did a great job throughout the season.“
Seahawks QB Sam Darnold Can Still Get Better
Moreover, Sherman believes that current Seahawks players, such as Sam Darnold, can further elevate their games to help the team improve its chances of repeating in the 2026 NFL season.
“Sam Darnold had a really good season, but he’s going to be better in his second year,“ Sherman added. “He’s going to have fewer than 20 turnovers, I would believe. Don’t quote me, or quote me. The video is there forever. But throughout the playoffs, he showed that he could play mistake-free football.
“I think that’s a big reason they went on to win the Super Bowl, because he played mistake-free football. He had 20 turnovers throughout the season and zero in the playoffs. And if he can play like that for a majority of the season next year, they’ll win more games than they won this year, or as many games as they won this year, and be an even stronger team.”
Rams’ Jared Verse Doesn’t Hold Back on Seattle
During that run to winning a Super Bowl, the Seahawks beat the Rams in the NFC title game. Moreover, Los Angeles star Jared Verse didn’t hold back regarding his thoughts on losing to Seattle and falling short of reaching the Super Bowl.
“[The NFC title game loss to] Seattle bothered me just because I can say I don’t like them and all that stuff,“ Verse said on the April 10 edition of “The Jim Rome Show.” “They’re not my favorite team in the world, period. It bothered me a little bit. I think if it would have been the Eagles or Seattle, either one, it would have bothered me a lot.”
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