Seahawks 2020 opponents: Ranking easiest to hardest games

Middle four

8. New England Patriots – Week 2 at CenturyLink

The Patriots are going to be good again this season. Maybe they don’t have Tom Brady but they have someone better, Bill Belichick. Do you remember when Brady was hurt in 2008 and Belichick still found a way for the Patriots to go 11-5 after Brady was hurt in the first game? The reason the Patriots have been as good as they have been isn’t Brady, it’s Belichick. But with the right call at the end of the Seahawks and Patriots Super Bowl (when if Seattle had just given the ball to Marshawn Lynch, Seattle would have scored), Russell Wilson would be 3-0 against the Patriots in his career.

7. Arizona Cardinals – Two games, one away (week 7) and one at CenturyLink (week 11)

I do not think the Cardinals are a better team than the Patriots, but simply put Arizona seems to always beat the Seahawks in Seattle. In four of the last five games Arizona has played the Seahawks in Seattle, the Cardinals have won. Weird, but true. Now the Cardinals have added DeAndre Hopkins. Arizona is an improving team.

6. Minnesota Vikings – Week 5 at CenturyLink

Russell Wilson is 6-0 against the Vikings in his career. Enough said.

5. Philadelphia Eagles – Week 12 in Philadelphia

The Eagles are another team Wilson has had extreme success against as he is 5-0 against Philadelphia. But the Eagles are still a talented bunch, especially their defensive front, and this game is in Philadelphia. These two teams played twice in 2019 (one was technically in 2020 as it was a playoff game) and Seattle won each game by a score of 17-9. But the Eagles were a banged-up group and at some point are due to stay healthy.