Seattle Seahawks’ Schedule 2024-2025: Dates, Times, TV Channels, Strength of Schedule, and More

For the first time in 15 years, the Seattle Seahawks will prepare for the upcoming season without Pete Carroll as head coach. Mike Macdonald gets the task of building on the foundation the Super Bowl-winning leader leaves behind in the Pacific Northwest.

Is Macdonald getting presented with a tough slate of games ahead? Let’s take a closer look at the Seahawks’ 2024 schedule. We’re including the strength of schedule (SOS) ranking, our record prediction, and the biggest games on deck for the new regime and new era of Seahawks football.

Seattle Seahawks’ Schedule and Opponents

The complete 2024 NFL schedule was released on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, and we have it in the table below (which is best viewed in landscape mode).

Seahawks’ Strength of Schedule

Will the Seahawks and their new coaching staff have one of the league’s hardest schedules?

Seattle finds itself somewhere near the middle. Using PFN’s in-house metric, the Seahawks have the NFL’s 14th-easiest schedule for 2024.

Fortunately for Macdonald, he won’t have to deal with many 2023 playoff opponents on the road outside of the Rams and 49ers.

Seattle will face three different 7-10 teams from a year ago in the Bears, Jets, and Falcons — the latter team also going through a head-coaching change with Raheem Morris. However, all three teams could be significantly better next season.

Seahawks Record Prediction: 8-9

The Seahawks’ projected win total for 2024 is set at 7.5 victories by DraftKings Sportsbook. However, the over/under for Seattle is set at -110 for both categories.

This record projection likely points to the uncertainty involving how Seahawks players will adjust to Macdonald — especially after being so used to Carroll. Macdonald will likely infuse more youthful energy into the franchise while establishing a blueprint for his area of expertise: the defense. Seattle’s unit fell to 30th in yards allowed, sparking the call for Macdonald, who produced top-five defenses with the Baltimore Ravens.

However, Macdonald isn’t just coming over as the defensive coordinator from the AFC title game runner-up. He’s inheriting a veteran-heavy roster filled with Pro Bowlers and intriguing young talent.

Macdonald already has his Pro Bowl quarterback in place in Geno Smith. He then has one of the deepest receiving units in the league with DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba — all three combining for 17 receiving touchdowns. Macdonald hired Ryan Grubb from the nearby University of Washington to run this offense. During his final season with the Huskies, Grubb had his own embarrassment of riches at WR with Rome Odunze, Jalen McMillan, and Ja’Lynn Polk.

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During the 2024 NFL Draft, the Seahawks prioritized their trenches in the early rounds, adding DT Byron Murphy II and Christian Haynes with their first two picks.

If Seattle can improve its rushing attack and defense, the Seahawks will position themselves to win more than their predicted ceiling — plus challenge the Rams and 49ers for NFC West supremacy.

Prime-Time Games

• Week 4: Seahawks at Lions (MNF)
• Week 6: 49ers at Seahawks (TNF)
• Week 15: Packers at Seahawks (SNF)
• Week 17: Seahawks at Bears (TNF)

This season, the Seahawks will have four prime-time games — up from three in 2023.

When Is Seattle’s Bye Week?

The Seahawks’ bye is in Week 10. They will have two weeks to prepare for their Week 11 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.

Biggest Matchups of the Year

The NFC West slate of games always presents the most intrigue for members of the “12th Man” fanbase. However, Macdonald and the Seahawks can use two huge home interconference showdowns to get this new era off and rolling in a big way.

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The two best from the AFC East — the champion Bills and second-place Dolphins — head to Lumen Field this fall. Macdonald helped embarrass the latter team last year with Baltimore’s 56-19 trouncing on New Year’s Eve in 2023, so they’ll want revenge.

Meanwhile, on the conference side, the Lions represent the lone road non-division contest that pits Seattle against a 2023 playoff team. The Seahawks happened to stun the NFC’s second-best team 37-31 in overtime in Week 2 of 2023.

Check out PFN’s coverage of the NFL schedule release, including the full week-by-week schedule, a breakdown of how the NFL schedule is made, top revenge games of 2024, strength of schedule rankings, our ranking of this year’s international games, and more!