Seattle Seahawks (2026) and New England Patriots (2027) on Hard Knocks

[Just Jack]

but it's funny how they ended up being picked...

 

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According to Adam Schefter, the answer is that the NFL finally started taking teams at their word.

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“So what the NFL did this year is when the New England Patriots said, ‘We’ll do it next year,’ they said, ‘You’re in! You’ve got 2027. Congratulations! Next year.’ And so, they’ve taken two Super Bowl participants — the Seahawks this summer in ’26, the Patriots next summer in ’27 — and they held their feet to the fire,” ESPN’s lead NFL insider continued. “And they said, ‘Next year? Next year it is.’ Next year, they will be on Hard Knocks.”

 

 

https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/adam-schefter-seahawks-patriots-hard-knocks-next-year.html

 

 

[Captain Hindsight]

The Pats* going into a Training camp QB competition will be great TV

[BuffaloBillyG]

Both very boring franchises. Not many great personalities between the two teams. I don't think either will be very entertaining TV. 

[Warcodered]

Sounds like they took advantage of a unique situation where both Superbowl teams said they'd do it next year the offseason before their Superbowl runs.

[DJB]

Will they do a full segment on Vrabel and Russini?!?!

[agilen]

On 4/7/2026 at 8:28 AM, BuffaloBillyG said:

Both very boring franchises. Not many great personalities between the two teams. I don't think either will be very entertaining TV. 

I honestly don’t think ours was great TV, I struggled to finish it and I’ll eat up any Bills-related media.

 

its possible the show has run its course….

[Sojourner]

SB Hard Knocks!

 

Will be interesting to see if there’s any changes in Seattle given the team is up for sale. 

[JP51]

On 4/7/2026 at 8:28 AM, BuffaloBillyG said:

Both very boring franchises. Not many great personalities between the two teams. I don't think either will be very entertaining TV. 

Oh, I think Vrable might be the star of this... he can get pretty animated... I assume the Russini thing will have gone away in 2027 though...  but by an large I agree, not a lot of characters like Dion and Josh were.

[BuffaloBillyG]

43 minutes ago, JP51 said:

Oh, I think Vrable might be the star of this... he can get pretty animated... I assume the Russini thing will have gone away in 2027 though...  but by an large I agree, not a lot of characters like Dion and Josh were.

I don't think it matters if the Russini thing goes away. I can't see the NFL allowing it mentioned either way. New England may feature Hollins. Seattle? IDK, maybe they make Sam Darnold dress up like Howdy Doody and chuck stuff at him? I'd be entertained. 

[JP51]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I don't think it matters if the Russini thing goes away. I can't see the NFL allowing it mentioned either way. New England may feature Hollins. Seattle? IDK, maybe they make Sam Darnold dress up like Howdy Doody and chuck stuff at him? I'd be entertained. 

to quote Russell Crowe.... Are you not entertained?  LOL

[machine gun kelly]

TheVradel/ Russini stuff is a soap opera.  Who really cares?  It’s a waste of time.  My family and close friends wouldn’t even think of that behavior, but why should ICare Whats they did or did not.  It’s like someone wants a people magazine.  Unsubstantiated BS.

 

I know I’ll never hurt my wife, previous GFs, or my kids for that matter, but that’s my choice as I have morals. Either of you want to be a bleep bag, you live with it, or you were wronged.  Either way, why should I care even in the slightest.

 

Just my two cents.  Waste not time on gossip.  It’s like the family person trying to spread gossip, when you don’t care at the party.  Waste of noise.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:

TheVradel/ Russini stuff is a soap opera.  Who really cares?  It’s a waste of time.  My family and close friends wouldn’t even think of that behavior, but why should ICare Whats they did or did not.  It’s like someone wants a people magazine.  Unsubstantiated BS.

 

I know I’ll never hurt my wife, previous GFs, or my kids for that matter, but that’s my choice as I have morals. Either of you want to be a bleep bag, you live with it, or you were wronged.  Either way, why should I care even in the slightest.

 

Just my two cents.  Waste not time on gossip.  It’s like the family person trying to spread gossip, when you don’t care at the party.  Waste of noise.

I, personally, find it odd you wrote three paragraphs about not caring.