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The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks are kicking off the 2026 NFL regular season with a rematch of Super Bowl LX.
Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold was injured on his team's opening drive, and was replaced by backup Drew Lock. Follow along below for the latest updates and analysis.
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Sam Darnold was in the medical tent for a while, then came out without his helmet and was limping heavily as he walked to the locker room with team physician Ed Khalfayan. His right leg was injured on the final play of Seattle's opening drive. The limp was significant enough that I would not be confident that he would return to this game. We shall see.
And the Seahawks announce: Hip injury for Darnold, questionable return.
Successive handoffs by Drew Lock to George Holani and Jadarian Price get a first down to start the Seahawks' next drive.
Here's more on how Darnold's injury looked, from Mike Sando at Lumen Field.
For anyone else who took the Seahawks in a pick 'em pool tonight ... I feel your pain.
First game. First drive. First QB injury. Welcome to the 2026 season.
Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold entered the injury tent after Seattle's last drive stalled but came out with a ball cap on. Drew Lock is warming up on the sideline, and it looks like he is going to enter for Darnold.
Darnold, alongside a couple of Seahawks staffers, is headed down the tunnel and back to the locker room.
Just like in the Super Bowl, the Seahawks get to Drake Maye on the blitz and force him to throw the ball out of bounds. The Patriots punt, and the Seahawks offense will come back on the field - but which quarterback will lead them on? Let's go to Andrew Destin for the latest on Sam Darnold's injury ...
Oof. A HUGE unnecessary roughness call on the Seahawks extends the drive as Derrick Hall shoved Drake Maye right after the Patriots quarterback stopped out of bounds.
It's only been three plays, so it's hard to put too much stock into it, but so far the Seahawks are not having star cornerback Devon Witherspoon shadow A.J. Brown around the field.
And the Patriots are moving Brown across the formation. They had him in the boundary on one snap, the other end on the second, and in the slot on one snap.
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