The 2025 season of football has officially come to an end with Super Bowl 60, and the last team standing to hoist the Lombardi Trophy to sky on Sunday night were the NFC Champions, the Seattle Seahawks defeating the AFC Champions, the New England Patriots, in a lopsided contest, 29-13. This win marks Seattle’s second Super Bowl victory since Super Bowl XLVIII when the Seahawk’s Legion of Boom pulverized a Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos.

This wasn’t the first time both Seattle and New England went toe to toe with each other in the biggest game of all. In 2015, the two teams collided in Super Bowl XLIX—highly regarded as one of the greatest games ever played—with New England escaping the jaws of defeat winning 28-24 due to an iconic game-sealing interception by Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler.

Now, these two franchises have come back to clash once more. Seattle wanting redemption for their decade-long loss and New England with the hopes of reviving their accomplished franchise with MVP runner-up, quarterback Drake Maye.

For the first drive, the Seahawks got thing into a rhythm. Quarterback Sam Darnold made some solid throws to tight-end AJ Barner, wide-receiver Cooper Kupp with some effective rushing attempts from running back Kenneth Walker III. However, the Seahawks came away with a field goal in the red zone, leading 3-0.

And after that drive was finished, the rest of the first three quarters of the Super Bowl what many call a snooze fest. Drake Maye and the New England offense failed to find rhythm due to a dominate defensive peformance by the Seahawks, and Sam Darnold got inaccurate with the football and his offense came away with nothing but field goals by kicker Jason Myers.

It isn’t until the fourth quarter that fans finally got to see highlights. Seahawks Quarterback Sam Darnold throws a 16-yard touchdown lob to Barner extending the lead 19-0. But, Maye shows off his arm talent as well with a 35-yard touchdown throw to wide-receiver Mack Hollins. The Seattle defense ultimately sealed the deal with an interception return touchdown by linebacker Uchenna Nwosu.

Maye threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to running back Rhamondre Stevenson, but it wasn’t enough. Seattle Seahawks claimed victory and won their second Super Bowl, 29-13.

Kenneth Walker III was named Super Bowl MVP for carrying the offense with his running game going for 135 yards on 27 attempts and two receptions for 26 yards.

The standout in Seattle’s redemption game was their dangerous defense. Aside from allowing 295 yards from Maye, their defense held the line enough to stop the run, cause three turnovers (one strip sack, two interceptions) and sacking Drake Maye six times. Maye was sacked a total of 21 times in the post season, making him the most sacked quarterback in the post-season beating Joe Burrow in the 2021 NFL post-season.

With the 2025 Season coming to a close, who knows what next year has in store for the football world.

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