While the Seattle Seahawks still have a ways to go this winter, they'll enter 2026 not as a team hoping to arrive, but as one that already has.
A 2025 campaign that has seen Seattle claim the No. 1 seed in the NFC has validated a vision years in the making, one shaped by general manager John Schneider’s disciplined roster construction and fully unlocked by head coach Mike Macdonald.
It's a roster built with intention -- fast, physical, versatile, and deep -- and it shows on both sides of the ball. Unlike previous eras, Seattle is no longer leaning on a narrow championship window; the Seahawks are built to contend now, and to stay there.