Seahawks announce Rivalries uniforms for Week 16 matchup with Rams, both teams set for Christmas Day

The Seahawks will step into their Rivalries uniforms for their Week 16 game against the Los Angeles Rams, a divisional matchup that takes place on Christmas Day. Seattle’s team announced the jersey plan ahead of the matchup, emphasizing how rare the calendar date is for the franchise and how central the rivalry has been to the teams’ recent meetings.

The Seahawks said this will be the first time Seattle has played on Christmas Day. The matchup, which is set as the first head-to-head Rivalries game of the season between the clubs, also brings a visual twist: Los Angeles will wear its own Rivalries uniforms at the same time. The league’s Rivalries program pairs teams with distinctive alternate looks intended to highlight longstanding matchups and add extra stakes to games that already carry division weight.

While the jerseys add pageantry, the teams’ on-field history in this matchup is the real backdrop. The Seahawks pointed to last season’s results against the Rams, noting that all three head-to-head meetings were decided by four points or less. That detail matters because it frames the rivalry as one that repeatedly comes down to fine margins, where the final possession or key red-zone sequence can separate two teams that know each other well.

Week 16 is typically where the NFL season tightens, not just in the standings but in how teams manage urgency, health, and game planning. A divisional home-and-away swing carries extra playoff implications for NFC West contenders, especially when the league is moving toward late-season positioning. A Rivalries game, with both teams in matching alternate identity, is designed to serve as a spotlight, but for the Seahawks and Rams it also functions as another test of how well each team executes against familiar personnel and tendencies.

The Seahawks’ announcement places the Rivalries matchup directly into the season’s Christmas-Day spotlight, an environment that tends to amplify attention and stakes. For Seattle, the significance is twofold: it is a first for the franchise on the day, and it is also a game against a divisional opponent that has delivered close contests recently. The Rams, for their part, will enter the same Rivalries evening with the same commitment to a rivalry-branded presentation, indicating that both sides are embracing the matchup identity.

For fans, the jersey reveal is a hook, but the competitive storyline remains the closeness of recent games. With the Seahawks emphasizing that last season’s three matchups were all decided by four points or less, the expectation is that this rivalry matchup could again be defined by late-game execution rather than a runaway outcome. What to watch next is how both teams handle a late-season divisional opponent under bright national-game circumstances, and whether the rivalry’s recent tight nature continues into the first Christmas-Day meeting for Seattle.