The Seattle Seahawks’ upcoming home game might have to be rescheduled due to the Mariners’ American League West title game. The two teams’ stadiums, T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field, are located just a short walk apart in the SoDo neighborhood. If the Mariners host playoff games at the same time as the Seahawks’ games on October 5 and October 20, it could create major traffic and crowd issues. To prevent this, city officials and team management are planning for potential schedule adjustments as per Adam Schefter’s report.

The Seahawks will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 5. For this game, the MLB hasn’t made a decision yet, but they are expected to share on Friday (October 3). Now, as per reports, if the time for the games were to clash, Seattle might have to delay their games by 90 to 150 minutes.

A similar conflict could happen on Oct. 20, too. This is when Game 7 of the AL Championship Series is set. That same night, the Seahawks are scheduled to play the Texans at 7 p.m. However, for this conflict, the Mariners would have to make it to Game 7.

The Seahawks will meet the Houston Texans on that day. This isn’t new. Both teams faced a scheduling conflict back in 2022. This was related to a potential Game 4 in the Mariners’ playoff series against the Houston Astros. However, the Mariners never reached Game 4, so a clash with the Seahawks’ game against the Arizona Cardinals, scheduled for 1:05 p.m. local time, was avoided.

Even back then, the teams took steps to prevent chaos, preparing to push back the Seahawks’ kickoff by 85 minutes to a 2:30 p.m. While the Seahawks may have avoided a delay last time, the Ravens couldn’t back in 2013.

The Baltimore Ravens had to start their season on the road because the Orioles refused to move the start time of their September 5 home game against the White Sox. This broke a long-standing tradition where defending Super Bowl champions opened at home on Thursday nights. While there were negotiations between the Orioles, MLB, the NFL, and the Ravens, traffic issues, parking, and fan safety made it impossible

While such schedule overlaps are uncommon, both teams and city officials are taking necessary precautions to make sure that safety isn’t compromised. However, things look difficult in Week 5 for the Seahawks as they face one of the toughest teams in the league.

This is a developing story…