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The Seattle Seahawks beat New England Patriots 13-10 in the first game of the NFL season. Starting Seahawks’ quarterback Sam Darnold went down with an injury in the first quarter and the Patriots had a 10-point lead late in the third quarter, but Drake Maye threw three interceptions in the fourth quarter. Maye completed 23-of-33 passes for 178 yards and was sacked three times as the Patriots started the season with a loss.

The Seattle Seahawks and their fans were holding their breath for quarterback Sam Darnold right out of the gate after he suffered an injury on the first drive of the Week 1 game against the New England Patriots. Darnold suffered a hip injury on the opening drive and after limping off the field, he was eventually ruled out for the contest. Thankfully, we have an injury update following the game that leads to hope he has avoided a significant injury.

The New England Patriots kicked off the 2026-27 NFL regular season with an epic collapse, including an AJ Brown injury and three second-half interceptions from Drake Maye. Ultimately, the Patriots fell to the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, 13-10. Seattle used a strong defensive effort to spark the comeback, which was led by backup quarterback Drew Lock, who entered the game after starting signal-caller Sam Darnold was injured on the sixth play of the game.

The New England Patriots started off their NFL season in the worst way possible with a Week 1 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that left Barstool Sports founder and notorious Patriots fan Dave Portnoy disgusted. The Patriots had a 10-0 lead in the third quarter as the Seahawks struggled to find their way without quarterback Sam Darnold, who left the game for good after the very first drive because of a hip injury.

In what was a rematch of Super Bowl LX, the Seattle Seahawks topped the New England Patriots in Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season, 13-10. It was not a pretty game by any stretch. Both offenses struggled and it became a battle of attrition over four quarters that the Seahawks ended up winning. While the Seahawks will still feel good about this game because they won, they have a major concern with quarterback Sam Darnold, who exited the contest early with an injury.

The NFL season kicked off in Seattle on Wednesday with a Super Bowl rematch between the Seahawks and New England Patriots. Since the game was in Seattle, the NBC broadcast had to show the fishmongers at Pike Place Market throwing fish. Those are just the rules. It happens whenever there’s a game on national television. Except this time was different. NBC had a special surprise for viewers.

PlayStation will no longer be partnering with Kojima Productions on the upcoming action-espionage game Physint, with Xbox now set to take over publishing duties for the game. The bombshell announcement was first made by PlayStation on X, where the company revealed that it had “made the difficult decision to step away” from collaborating with Hideo Kojima’s studio on the game.

The 2026 NFL season opened with a Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots on NBC Wednesday night. The broadcast also marked former Pittsburgh Steelers’ coach Mike Tomlin’s regular season broadcast debut. Previewing the game on the “Football Night in America” pregame show, Tomlin made a rookie mistake as he mixed up the order of wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and called him “JNS” multiple times. Host Maria Taylor had to step in an correct him. “JSN.

The NFL season is underway, and the New England Patriots are battling the Seattle Seahawks in the season opener. Seattle lifted its Super Bowl banner and officially began its title defense Wednesday night. However, after Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold suffered a hip injury five plays into the game, another big injury has emerged. Darnold is out for the game, while Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown was banged up early in the second half.

Barry Melrose, the former hockey player, coach and colorful ESPN analysts has passed away at 70 according to ESPN. As a coach Melrose guided the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final. A year later he started working for ESPN. Melrose retired from broadcasting in 2023 to spend more time with his family after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. ESPN put together a tribute to Melrose when he retired.