2011 Seattle Seahawks Schedule

Written by Jack Jones

The Seattle Seahawks are coming off a 7-9 season which was good enough to win the putrid NFC West division. Seattle had to beat the St. Louis Rams in Week 17 just to get in, but they took care of business behind a tremendous defensive effort. A week later they upset the New Orleans Saints in a shootout 41-36 in the Wild Card round as a 10-point underdog. The Seahawks would go on to lose to the Chicago Bears in the Divisional Round, but this young team gained some valuable experience last year.

Now I take a look at their 2011-12 schedule to see if they can make any progress this year. First and foremost, they must decide what they are going to do with Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback. Back injuries have forced him to miss a plethora of games over the past few seasons and he may be on his last legs. The defense certainly must get better after giving up 25.4 points and 368.6 yards per game last year. Nonetheless, Pete Carroll has already won over the respect of his players in only one year on the job.

Seattle managed to go 4-2 in the NFC West which certainly helped them win it after going only 3-7 in non-divisional games. The Seahawks will play the 49ers, Rams and Cardinals twice just as they do every season. They are also set to take on the first-place finishers in the NFC South and the NFC North divisions which would be the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears, respectively. That means they are going to have a tougher schedule than the other teams in their division.

The Seahawks are set to take on the entire AFC North division in 2011. They get to host the Cincinnati Bengals and the Baltimore Ravens, but will have to travel to face the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. The only game they should be favored in is against the Bengals at home. My guess is that they will get through that division with a 1-3 record.

It doesn’t get any easier against the NFC East which legitimately has three playoff contenders, provided the Washington Redskins are as bad as they were a year ago. They host Washington and the Philadelphia Eagles in back-to-back weeks. Seattle will hit the road to face the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, two games where they will be a huge underdog. They should be Washington at home, but that’s not a guarantee. I’m seeing a 1-3 record against the East as well.

This team will have a hard time getting back into the playoffs in 2011 with the daunting schedule in front of them. Their only chance is to dominate the NFC West once again and finish with a 4-2 record or better. Outside of their division, there really isn’t a lot of winnable games on their schedule. Carroll did a masterful job getting his team to seven wins last year, but I don’t see them exceeding that win total this season.

2011 Preseason Schedule
Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
1	Thursday, August 11	@ San Diego Chargers	8:00 PM
2	Saturday, August 20	Minnesota Vikings	10:00 PM
3	Saturday, August 27	@ Denver Broncos	TBD
4	Friday, September 2	Oakland Raiders	10:30 PM
2011 Regular Season Schedule
Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
1	Sunday, September 11	@ San Francisco 49ers	4:15 PM
2	Sunday, September 18	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	1:00 PM
3	Sunday, September 25	Arizona Cardinals	4:15 PM
4	Sunday, October 2	Atlanta Falcons	4:05 PM
5	Sunday, October 9	@ New York Giants	1:00 PM
6	BYE WEEK
7	Sunday, October 23	@ Cleveland Browns	1:00 PM
8	Sunday, October 30	Cincinnati Bengals	4:15 PM
9	Sunday, November 6	@ Dallas Cowboys	1:00 PM
10	Sunday, November 13	Baltimore Ravens	4:05 PM
11	Sunday, November 20	@ St. Louis Rams	4:05 PM
12	Sunday, November 27	Washington Redskins	4:05 PM
13	Thursday, December 1	Philadelphia Eagles	8:20 PM
14	Monday, December 12	St. Louis Rams	8:30 PM
15	Sunday, December 18	@ Chicago Bears	1:00 PM
16	Saturday, December 24	San Francisco 49ers	4:15 PM
17	Sunday, January 1	@ Arizona Cardinals	4:15 PM

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AFC
AFC West	AFC North	AFC South	AFC East
Kansas City Chiefs Schedule	Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule	Indianapolis Colts Schedule	New England Patriots Schedule
San Diego Chargers Schedule	Baltimore Ravens Schedule	Jacksonville Jaguars Schedule	New York Jets Schedule
Oakland Raiders Schedule	Cleveland Browns Schedule	Houston Texans Schedule	Miami Dolphins Schedule
Denver Broncos Schedule	Cincinnati Bengals Schedule	Tennessee Titans Schedule	Buffalo Bills Schedule
NFC
NFC West	NFC North	NFC South	NFC East
Seattle Seahawks Schedule	Chicago Bears Schedule	Atlanta Falcons Schedule	Philadelphia Eagles Schedule
St. Louis Rams Schedule	Green Bay Packers Schedule	New Orleans Saints Schedule	New York Giants Schedule
San Francisco 49ers Schedule	Detroit Lions Schedule	Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule	Dallas Cowboys Schedule
Arizona Cardinals Schedule	Minnesota Vikings Schedule	Carolina Panthers Schedule	Washington Redskins Schedule

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