The Seattle Seahawks are hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Lumen Field in Sunday’s Week 16 showdown. It qualifies as Seattle’s final regular-season game at home. Mike Macdonald’s club won’t play another contest at Lumen Field during the 2024 campaign unless they win the NFC West division. They currently trail the Los Angeles Rams for that crown.
In Week 15, Lumen Field was infested with Green Bay Packers fans. The Seahawks were dominated by the Packers, losing 30-13 in non-competitive fashion. That setback may encourage The 12’s to continue selling their season tickets to the visiting fan-base. It’s been a recurring issue this season, with a similar outcome versus the Buffalo Bills earlier in the schedule. Superstar wide receiver DK Metcalf hopes that isn’t the case on Sunday.
“We still need them to come out and be supportive,” Seattle receiver DK Metcalf told reporters on Wednesday regarding the home fans. “I know in the first quarter, second or third play of the game, it got crazy loud in there. I looked around and there were a lot of Green Bay fans. They did a great job traveling, but just wishing us 12s didn’t sell as many tickets as they did to make sure we kept the home-field advantage. But yeah, man, it would mean a lot just to take this last one home and finish off the season strong so we can play again in front of them in the playoffs.”
Seahawks WR DK Metcalf urges 12s to not sell their tickets to Vikings fans for Sunday’s regular-season home finale. https://t.co/8WKXwcjQiS
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 19, 2024
The Seahawks will visit the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Week 17 on a Boxing Day edition of Thursday Night Football. In Week 18, they’ll visit the Rams in a potential NFC West-deciding divisional showdown. Hopefully Metcalf and his teammates feel The 12th Man offers them a proper sending-off en route to their playoff-deciding contests in Chicago and Los Angeles. It could be our final opportunity to watch our beloved Seahawks at home until next September.
