The Seahawks rolled to a 29-13 win over Patriots in Super Bowl LX
“The smart take from the strong.”
— Pete Carill, former Princeton Basketball coach
“Know thyself.”
— Delphic Maxim
The one thing the Seattle Seahawks knew long before they got to Super Bowl LX was exactly who they were. And the smartest thing they could do when they got there was to play that way. It was a special day with a special goal, but it didn’t require trick plays, stunting linemen and wild gambles.
The Vegas odds, which unbelievably barely budged through two weeks of hype and dreams and expectations, spoke eloquently to the futility of long-shot bets and fear of the unknown. Rather, they spoke volumes to the veracity of the twin quotes listed above:
“If you know what you can do, then stop thinking about it and go out and do it.”
And the Seattle Seahawks did.
They played like the best team in football because they are. A team with a ferocious defense and a self-confirming awareness. Like a team that lived with the knowledge that if you play your game, let the other side do the worrying.
They knew that they had played their way through the toughest schedule of the 2025 season. They also knew that the Pats got there with the easiest NFL schedule inthe past half-century, and it wasn’t about the overrated sacks they recorded. In the end, it was about who those sacks were recorded against.
The Vegas sports books, in highly untypical fashion, sowed the seeds of their own embarrassment. Pats bettors were seduced by the oldest of gambling adages: “Figures do not lie but sometimes liars’ figure.”
In any event, we can all be thankful that for one of the rare times in recent Super Bowl history, this one was totally different. This one did not belong to the parade of quarterbacks that annually monopolize the MVP voting.
That went to Kenneth Walker, who ran for 163 yards on 27 carries. If that doesn’t sound historic, then consider that no running back has won it since the Broncos’ Terrell Davis in 1998. If nothing else, for one day, Walker put the “foot” back in Super Bowl football. And speaking of football, there is another foot that will be too often overlooked in analyzing this game. It belongs to a fellow named Jason Myers who kicked a record-breaking five field goals on Sunday.
It is worth remembering that he was the one who changed the landscape of the entire game. He changed the topography of the entire game by creating a hill that morphed into a mountain that the Patriots simply could not find a way to climb.
The game was not as close as the 29-13 score indicates. Consider that in the first half, the Pats had just four first downs and 51 yards against the Seattle Seahawks’ stifling defense. The Seahawks led 9-0 at the half, but the low score once again proved the Seahawks know who they are and what they can do. Buoyed by their tremendous defense, they took no risks, played for field position and waited. Their touchdowns would come later, and they knew it. The well-worn adage that he who settles for field goals loses the game meant nothing on this day. It was overridden by a far more important 100-yard proverb:
“Offense wins games, but in the end, defense wins championships.”
Cooper Kupp, the “extra” receiver who always gets open, was in his first year with the Seahawks
“I get to camp and looked around and introduced myself,” said Kupp, now a two-time Super Bowl winner. “Then we practiced, and I looked around and the thought went on like a light bulb. I thought, ‘I really want to be here. Hey, these guys can really play.’”
Yes, they can. Yes, they could. But they knew that all along. It didn’t even take the start of the season to convince me.
To a lot of folks back then, that was a great secret, but even then, they knew it.
So, on Sunday, they just went out and convinced everybody else.
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