SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 11: Sam Darnold #14 of the Seattle Seahawks raises the Lombardi Trophy during the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX victory celebration and parade at Lumen Field on February 11, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesWhen and where: Week 15 at home at 5pm on SaturdayKey additions: NoneKey subtractions: OC Klint Kubiak, RB Kenneth Walker, S Coby Brant, EDGE Boye Mafe, CB Tariq WoolenLast season: They won the Super Bowl. Pretty good season.The question for this team: How hard will the return to Earth be?Its really hard to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Seattle is a well run team and knows this. They probably also know its going to be really hard for them to repeat because they took a small beating this offseason, losing two starters in the secondary, their top running back, and their offensive play caller. Those must be painful losses for a defensive coach who has a RUN THE DAMN BALL hat. New OC Brian Fleury is a former RB and TE coach, so at least there should be plenty of running of the damn ball. But their RBs are a guy coming off an ACL tear in January and a rookie who was a backup in college. To replace their losses, the Seahawks signed or traded for. no one of consequence. The 2025 Seahawks were a very good team, but they werent we can withstand this level of attrition good.In their favor for 2026 is that Sam Darnold probably wont lead the league in turnovers again, right? Right? Maybe not. Darnolds interception percentage of 2.9% in 2025 was closer to his Jets tenure, where 2.9% was his career best there, than his time as a journeyman, with marks of 3.2, 2,1, 2.2, and 2.2 again with the Panthers, 49ers, and Vikings. Darnold will likely cut down on fumbles, where he led the league with 11, but he might throw a few more interceptions.Seattle has gotten him no help. Throughout the 2025 season the Seahawks lacked a decent WR2 behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and they still dont have one. Rashid Shaheed had just 188 yards in 9 games with Seattle, and his career bests are 59 catches (in 18 games in 2025) and 719 yards (in 2023). Zach Charbonnet, career high 209 touches in 2025 before tearing his ACL, or Jadarian Price, who had 295 career touches in three seasons at Notre Dame behind Jeremiyah Love, are question marks.The Seahawks had the third healthiest team in 2025, behind only the Eagles and Patriots in Adjusted Games Lost. Even just an above average season will test their already weakened depth.Seattles scoring improved by over 6 points per game from 2024 to 2025, going from 18th to 3rd. Thats almost certainly coming back down, and that alone could have them in 3rd place in the NFC West and on the road to start the playoffs. If they even make them. 7 of the past 20 Super Bowl teams did not make the playoffs the following year.Its really hard to make it back to the Super Bowl.