The Seahawks have almost never been in this spot.

Yet they should be against the 49ers.

The Seahawks are home underdogs for the opening game of their 50th NFL season, Sunday against San Francisco. Oddsmakers have the 49ers as 2-1/2-point favorites for the 1 p.m. game at Lumen Field (FOX 13 Seattle television locally).

This is just the second time in 15 openers Seattle has been a home underdog in Week 1.

The other time: Sept. 12, 2022, the Russell Wilson return game. That was the night the Seahawks were 6-1/2-point underdogs yet beat Wilson’s Denver Broncos — and victorious quarterback Geno Smith uttered to a national TV audience, “They wrote me off, but I ain’t write back.

Sunday against the 49ers is only the seventh time in Seahawks history Seattle is not favored at home in Week 1. F

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