Macdonald's defense will attempt to put pressure on Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who's expected to enter his first season as a starter in 2025. The Seahawks already ranked No. 10 in the NFL with 45 sacks last season and signed four-time Pro Bowl defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence in free agency.

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have finally released their 50th season schedule for the upcoming 2025 NFL season! The schedule features four primetime games for the third consecutive season, two on Thursday, one each on Sunday and Monday, and four 10 a.m. starts.

The NFL released the 2025 schedule, and the Seahawks will start the season at home against the 49ers and will play four prime-time games.

Looking at the 2025 schedule, the Seahawks have a similar stretch that could be decisive. It occurs much later in the season however. Assuming the Seahawks stay within striking distance of the NFC West division title, the Week 16 and 18 showdowns with the San Francisco and Los Angeles Rams could determine the division.

It's not enough anymore for NFL teams to simply release a schedule of who they'll be playing in the upcoming season — the hype

Now that we know the Seahawks' 2025 schedule, it’s time for our annual ranking of the matchups. Some loom as “must-see TV" while others are more “wait-and-see.”

Like everything in life, there were winners and there were losers during the NFL's schedule release on Wednesday. Tyler Sullivan sifted through all 272 games on the schedule to try and figure out who came out of the schedule release as a winner and who came out as a loser, and here's what he came up with:

The NFL released the full schedule for the upcoming season on Wednesday and with it came the teams' schedule release videos. Here were the best of 2025.