Super Bowl LX Rematch Opens NFL Season as Patriots Visit Seahawks Tonight

The 2026 NFL regular season gets underway Wednesday night with an immediate rematch of February’s Super Bowl LX, as the New England Patriots travel to Seattle to face the reigning champion Seahawks at Lumen Field.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. The game will air nationally on NBC, the broadcast property of Comcast Corporation, and will also be available via streaming on Peacock — another Comcast platform — as well as Fubo, NFL+, Sling TV, and YouTube TV.

New England enters the season looking to avenge its Super Bowl loss, and the roster will look largely familiar. Drake Maye returns at quarterback, and cornerback Christian Gonzalez is back in the fold after a contract standoff that stretched into the final days before the opener. According to NFL reporting, Gonzalez signed a four-year, $135 million extension less than 48 hours before kickoff — a deal that makes him the highest-paid cornerback in league history and represents a dramatic jump from the roughly $15 million rookie contract he signed on July 21, 2023.

The matchup carries obvious storylines beyond the championship rerun. Gonzalez is expected to draw the assignment against a familiar foe in the Seattle passing game, per local reporting, giving the newly paid cornerback an early test against the team that ended New England’s title hopes at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026.

For NBC and Peacock, the game is a marquee early-season showcase. Comcast’s media segment spans broadcast and streaming assets, and premium NFL windows like a Super Bowl rematch on opening week are among the highest-profile slots on the calendar. Comcast shares traded at $22.74 in recent action, down 1.22% from a previous close of $23.02, giving the company a market capitalization of roughly $92.5 billion.

Seattle, meanwhile, opens its title defense at home, where the Seahawks will look to start the season the way they ended the last one. The game marks the first test of a New England squad that kept much of its core intact through the offseason despite the turbulence around Gonzalez’s negotiations.

What to watch

• Whether Gonzalez takes the field immediately after signing, and how he performs in his first game since the extension.
• Nielsen viewership figures for the NBC broadcast and Peacock streaming numbers, relevant to Comcast’s media segment.
• Both teams’ next scheduled games and any injury updates following the opener.

Source: original release