With Seattle winning the Super Bowl, they obviously have the distinct honor of hosting the NFL opener, which is the next day. We're all going to be really excited about football again. I understand that there's a game in Australia, so there's that possibility the NFL may actually open with another game. But if they do play an Australian game before the Thursday night opener, I think it's almost going to be looked at as the Japanese games when the Dodgers play

the Padres on March 18th.

Yeah, I think you're right.

It's the opener, but we're not going to celebrate it necessarily as the opener.

So I still think that that Thursday nighter is going to be the one that we're all pumped up

about the real opener of the season.

And so here is the list of options for who Seattle could host to begin the 2026 season.

And you tell me, Tiki and Sean, which one jumps out of you?

You guys ready?

You obviously have the division rivals.

So could you go Rams?

Absolutely.

Could you go San Francisco?

Absolutely.

Could go Arizona, but you're not.

So you got your three division rivals. Then you've got the Kansas City Chiefs. But we don't know if Mahomes is ready yet. But that's the beauty of it. The Mahomes return game? But you've got to make the schedule in May. You can't bank on Mahomes. When did he tear his ACL? December. Yeah, he's not going to be ready. You have said that you don't think he's going to be ready for the start of the year. I think he will, but I understand the fears of... It's just really cutting it close. And you're asking them to make that call in May. Yeah. So you say no to Kansas City. Yeah. All right. The Los Angeles Chargers. That's an interesting one. How bad.

It's possible.

Not bad.

The Chicago Bears.

Very sexy.

I mean, look, I think you better get the Bears early next year because they're probably going to suck.

They're not going to be nearly as good as they were this year.

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