Twice in one year, the Patriots and Seahawks meet on the same field — first for a championship, now for a beginning. Seattle, still wearing the crown from February's 29-13 Super Bowl victory, opens the 2026 NFL season at home tonight in only the third such rematch in league history to fall on opening week. For New England, the arrival of receiver A.J. Brown signals a franchise's quiet reckoning with defeat and its determination to rewrite the story.