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Some precedent here applies to the Mariners playing a home playoff game on the same Sunday the Seahawks are playing next door.
The Seattle Seahawks will celebrate their 50th season at Lumen Field on Sunday against a fellow 1976 expansion NFL franchise.
With the Mariners given a later start by Major League Baseball, the Seahawks are keeping their 1:05 kickoff Sunday afternoon against the Buccaneers at Lumen Field.
With the announcement that the Mariners won't play their playoff game until Sunday evening, the Seahawks won't have to change the starting time for their afternoon game.
The city of Seattle may have a scheduling conflict if MLB gives the Mariners home playoff games during the Seahawks ' next two scheduled games at Lumen Field. The Seahawks may have to change starting kickoff times for at least one or possibly two home games, Seattle officials told ESPN .
All four NFC West teams have winning records after three weeks. Two, the Cardinals and Seahawks, will face off on "Thursday Night Football" in Week 4.
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald isn't too concerned about the possibility of a time change for Sunday's matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, given the potential conflict with a Seattle Mariners' playoff matchup in the American League Division Series.
The Seattle Mariners have made the MLB playoffs. Depending on how things unfold, baseball home games could shift the starting time of multiple Seattle Seahawks regular-season home games. Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald has no problem with it.