Title To Seattle

What we saw in Santa Clara yesterday was a big deal. To say that the performance put on by the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX was outstanding would be a major understatement. Moreover, the play of the Seattle defense is what really stands out here. In a battle of 14-3 teams for the greatest prize in all of professional football, it was the Defense, and running game as well, that lead the Seahawks to their second title, a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots to claim the second title in franchise history.

It was a great way for Seattle to cap off the best season in team history. Winning fourteen games during the regular season was the most that Seattle had in their 50-year history. This coming after narrowly missing the playoffs the two seasons prior. This also turned into the deepest playoff run Seattle had since their other title win in 2013.

As for the game itself, let’s be realistic here. There were two major reasons why Seattle was able to walk away with the Lombardi trophy in their hands. One was the outstanding running performance of MVP Kenneth Walker III. The other was that smothering defense. From that side of the football, what Seattle’s Defense did was one of the more dominating performances that has been seen on this stage. They picked off Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye twice, caused him to fumble once and managed to sack him six times. Those six sacks are the 2nd most in a single game, behind seven (which has been done four times).

Drake Maye, for as good a year as he had, had no time whatsoever to try and even remotely make plays. Sure, he threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns. But the six sacks where a killer as were being forced to throw the ball 45 times. The run game was nonexistent on the day, which forced Maye to have to make plays with his arm more than he wanted to or was able to get done effectively.

That ties into the other key for Seattle, the running game. Walker rushed the ball 27 times for 135 yards. Sure he wasn’t able to get into the endzone, which is the only knock that was on him for the day. But because of his outstanding play, he was able to open up a little more of an effective pass game for Sam Darnold. Sure Darnold wasn’t perfect either, but because of the play of Walker, he didn’t have to try and be as on point as Maye did. It was an all around dominating performance.

Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks on their Super Bowl victory!