Seahawks facing difficult home schedule
By Bud L. Ellis
There will be some pretty good football teams coming to the Pacific Northwest this season as Pete Carroll returns to the NFL.
The Seattle Seahawks, looking to improve on their 5-11 record in 2009, will welcome in six teams that won eight games or more in 2010, according to the list of home games and road games released by the National Football League. Dates and times will be finalized at a later date.
Seattle plays just two playoff teams at home, NFC West rival and defending division champion Arizona, and AFC West rival San Diego. The rest of the home schedule isn’t easy, though, as the Seahawks face Atlanta, San Francisco, Carolina and the New York Giants, all four who finished at 8-8 or 9-7 last season. The rest of the home schedule is rounded out by St. Louis and Kansas City.
Away from home, Seattle visits Super Bowl champion New Orleans and Arizona. The road schedule is a little softer, though, with visits to San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Denver and Oakland.
Based on opponents’ win percentage in 2009, the Seahawks’ schedule ranks tied for 29th with San Diego out of 32 teams.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:40 pm by bud
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