{"id":403790,"date":"2026-01-10T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403790\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:18:09","slug":"who-do-seahawks-play-next-explaining-potential-opponents-in-2026-nfl-playoff-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403790\/","title":{"rendered":"Who do Seahawks play next? Explaining potential opponents in 2026 NFL playoff bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"

With their win over the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> didn’t just clinch the NFC West, but the top overall seed as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seattle’s defense shut down the Niners, completely suffocating all options for Brock Purdy. As a result, Seattle will get a bye in the first round of the NFL playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not only does this mean rest, but it also means extra preparation for whoever the Seahawks may face in the divisional round.<\/p>\n

With that being said, here’s a look at the potential opponents for Seattle after their bye in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

MORE 2026 NFL PLAYOFFS:<\/p>\n

NFL playoff bracket 2026\"\"Who do the Seahawks play next?<\/p>\n

With Seattle’s success, they will now reap the reward of the No. 1 seed. The Seahawks will face the lowest remaining NFC seed in the divisional round.<\/p>\n

No. 4 Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

With the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> defeating the New Orleans Saints<\/a>, the Panthers<\/a> were pushed into the playoffs by an NFC South foe. If Carolina were to beat the Rams<\/a> in the wild-card round, and the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and Chicago Bears<\/a> won their matchups, the Panthers would travel to Seattle to play the Seahawks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No. 5 Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

After the 49ers lost on Saturday to the Seahawks, the Rams propelled themselves to the No. 5 seed with a win over the Cardinals<\/a>. This is undoubtedly a favorable matchup with the Panthers. Similarly to Carolina,\u00a0if the Rams win in the wild-card, and the Eagles and Bears win their matchups, the Rams would head to Seattle to face the Seahawks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORE 2026 NFL PLAYOFFS:<\/p>\n

No. 6 San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

If the 49ers\u00a0win in Philadelphia, the only scenario that would prevent San Francisco from facing Seattle is if the Green Bay Packers<\/a> beat the Bears in the wild-card.<\/p>\n

No. 7 Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

No matter what happens in the other matchups, if the Packers beat the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round, they would automatically face the Seahawks because Green Bay is the lowest seed.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With their win over the San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks didn’t just clinch the NFC West, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-403790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}