The season opens Wednesday night in Seattle, with the Super Bowl LX champion Seahawks raising their banner against the Patriots on NBC. The shirt: Champions' banner night is the NFL's single biggest jersey-sales spike outside the Super Bowl itself.

The Seahawks host the Patriots at Lumen Field to open the 2026 NFL season, a rare Wednesday-night kickoff staged ahead of the league's first international game in Melbourne the following day. NFL.com and ESPN list the game as the Sept. 9 season opener on NBC; the matchup is a rematch of Super Bowl 60. The shirt: A prime-time season opener puts Seattle's Action Green and New England's navy and silver in front of the year's first full NFL audience.