Pylon Tape · 2026-08-28
Week 1 is a Super Bowl rematch. Lock it on the machine.
Patriots at Seahawks, Wednesday night in Seattle. The 2026 board starts there.
The league opened the 2026 season with the Super Bowl LX rematch: New England at Seattle, Wednesday, Sept. 9. Thursday is Rams–49ers in Melbourne. Then the rest of the country gets Sunday.
That is the point of a playoff machine in August. You do not wait until December to have an opinion. You pick the kickoff game, fill a week, and watch the 1-seed jump.
Follow one team. Click helmets. Share the URL — every pick is in the link, so the reply guy sees the same board you see.
Tiebreakers are record, then division, then conference. We are not pretending this is the full NFL memo. We are pretending you already know who wins Week 1.