Seven months after Seattle claimed Super Bowl LX with a commanding 29-13 victory, the Seahawks and Patriots reconvene at Lumen Field to open the 2026 NFL season — not merely as opponents, but as two franchises bound by unfinished business. Before a single play is run, Seattle will raise a championship banner, a ceremony that simultaneously honors the past and issues a challenge to the present. In the long arc of professional sport, tonight's game reminds us that outcomes are never truly settled; they simply become the foundation upon which the next chapter is built.