As Super Bowl LX concluded in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13. Fans were left disappointed with an amazing defensive performance by Seattle which led to only two offensive touchdowns by both teams.
The Seahawks were the best team throughout the regular season in the NFC with a record of 14-3 and have one of the most stingiest defenses in the league. They have superstar wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba who had the best season of his career, racking up 1,793 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. This was good enough to win AP NFC Offensive Player of the Year. At the helm they have steady journeymen quarterback Sam Darnold.
For the Patriots, a team that went 4-13 a year ago, they brought in new head coach Mike Vrabel, who was a former linebacker for the Patriots and successful head coach for the Tennessee Titans. He turned the team around in one season with a young second-year quarterback in Drake Maye who finished second in the MVP race. This team did a complete turn around going 14-3 and winning the AFC East.
The first quarter started with a Jason Meyers field goal to put the Seahawks up 3-0. The rest of the quarter turned into a punt fest with both teams playing good defense. The Patriots only had three first downs in the entire quarter.
Little changed in the second quarter, however, Seattle picked up two more field goals to make it 9-0. Jason Meyers, a kicker, at that point was looking like the favorite to win Super Bowl MVP. Also, Lake Forest native, Rylie Mills, had a big sack to help the Seahawks get a crucial stop.
After Bad Bunny’s halftime show, the third quarter continued with no touchdowns, but yet another Jason Meyers field goal made it 12-0. A pivotal defensive play happened at the end of the quarter with a strip sack fumble by Seattle’s Derick Hall and the recovery by Byron Murphy.
In the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Seahawks were able to cash in on the turnover with the first touchdown of the game on a pass from Darnold to AJ Barner, making it 19-0. The Patriots finally got on the board with a deep ball from Maye to Mack Hollins for a touchdown making it 19-7. It completely fell off the rails here for the Patriots even though they were showing signs of life. The Seahawks blew it open to a 29-7 lead with only five minutes left highlighted by Uchena Nwosu’s pick six that will go down in Seahawks history. By this point, there was nothing the Patriots could do except score a garbage-time touchdown. Kenneth Walker took home Super Bowl MVP with his 135 rushing yards helping guide the Seahawks to their franchise’s second Super Bowl title.