The Seattle Seahawks fell short in their Week 1 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks’ 17-13 loss to their divisional rivals was not the way they wanted to start their 2025 season. However, a trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers awaits next Sunday. Seattle will look to escape Acrisure Field with their first win of the campaign. That task did get a bit tougher on Friday, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported via X (formerly Twitter) that rookie safety Nick Emmanwori is officially out for Sunday’s tilt.
#Seahawks sign CB Shaquill Griffin to 53-man roster from the practice squad. Released WR Cody White then immediately signed the former Steeler to the practice squad.
More roster roulette from GM John Schneider.
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Subjectively ranking every Week 2 matchup from an entertainment perspective:
1. Chiefs-Eagles: Super Bowl rematch. Enough said.
2. Packers-Commanders: This Thursday night matchup is almost too good. I miss the days of Jaguars-Titans color rush. But yeah: This game should f*ck.
3. Bengals-Jaguars: Tied for the highest game total of the week (48.5) with GB-WSH. Here's to hoping both of these probably bad defenses bring out better performances from these probably good offenses.
4. Vikings-Falcons: A QB rematch from the 2023-2024 college football national championship game will have us waiting all day for Sunday night. Here's to hoping Michael Penix's receivers are healthy and that JJ McCarthy can start this game like he finished his last one.
5. Raiders-Chargers: The late Monday night game has the ingredients of a fun aerial shootout between Justin Herbert and Geno Smith, who both go about their business honorably by constantly testing defenses downfield–these are two of only five QBs to post a double-digit average target depth in Week 1.
6. Ravens-Browns: These AFC North rivals seemingly put together at least one classic per season. This is also Joe Flacco's first time starting IN Baltimore while not wearing purple. The outcome shouldn't ever be in doubt–the Ravens are a week-high 11.5-point favorites–but I'm still hoping for fun Lamar Jackson/Derrick Henry fireworks combined with plenty of dropbacks for Mr. Elite.
7. Lions-Bears: Ben Johnson must have been saving all his razzle-dazzle bullshit for this one, right? RIGHT? This ranking honestly might be low–CHI-DET has the week's third-highest game total (47)--although neither offense exactly looked, what's the word, good in Week 1.
8. Jets-Bills: It's tough to ever rank Josh Allen too low here. I'm also optimistic about the future of the Jets following Justin Fields' VERY fun and good debut, but then again, we probably shouldn't assume the rest of the dual-threat maven's season will mirror those (again: GOOD) 60 minutes as opposed to the previous four years.
9. Dolphins-Patriots: Drake Maye combines an early-career Josh Allen-mindset with Justin Herbert's arm and mobility. It's accordingly a lot of fun to watch for better or worse. Meanwhile, the Dolphins are basically a car crash at the moment: I can't look away despite their horrific tragedy of an on-field product.
10. Cowboys-Giants: NFC East showdown that features plenty of fantasy star power at WR. Here's to hoping the G-Men look more competent on offense and can turn this one into a fun shootout.
11. Texans-Buccaneers: Worried that the Texans are simultaneously good enough on defense and bad enough on offense to turn every game into a low-scoring rock fight. My big question for this one: Could the Bucs line up Vita Vea as their only down lineman and hold the Texans to like 3.4 yards per carry? I feel like they could.
12. Colts-Broncos: Similar to the Texans: The Broncos' elite defense looks capable of slowing down pretty much anyone, while we also don't exactly have a ton of faith in their offense making things fun after seeing what went down in Week 1.
13. Titans-Rams: The Cam Ward film was a combination of fun and "oh my god why doesn't he have any help." Ideally we at least get multiple trick shot moments from both talented QBs, but I have my doubts with the Titans keeping this one overly competitive.
14. Steelers-Seahawks: At the risk of looking like a big, fat phony for (again) ranking the Steelers so low following their electric Week 1 matchup with the Jets: This combination of good defense and bad offensive lines unsurprisingly boasts the week's single-lowest game total (40 points).
15. Cardinals-Panthers: Must be the shortest combined QB matchup in NFL history, right?
16. Saints-49ers: We could see Mac Jones vs. Spencer Rattler in this one. The top storylines otherwise are uncs Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara continuing to put up fantasy points, and Chris Olave's never-ending battle with the Injury Gods. Not great!