NFL groups with younger gamers in key positions dread the surprising. With two weeks of preparation between the convention championship video games and the Tremendous Bowl, veteran teaching staffs just like the one in New England are going to have the ability to break down tape and put together second-year quarterback Drake Maye for every little thing the Seahawks have proven on movie, particularly from their previous few weeks of soccer. I’ve little doubt that Maye and his offensive mind belief had solutions for what they anticipated from the Seahawks on Sunday, however figuring out what the Seahawks are going to do and beating it are two separate issues.
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Simply when Maye thought he had the solutions, Seattle coach Mike Macdonald modified the questions. The Seahawks introduced a devastating wrinkle into their defensive sport plan. And whereas Seattle most likely would have been adequate to win the sport with out it, the surprising look saved for the largest sport of the 12 months tormented the Patriots, producing chaotic moments for New England’s offense earlier than topping issues off with a defensive landing.
A extra skilled quarterback or one with higher safety might need had the wherewithal and time to adapt shortly. Maye didn’t, and the Patriots had been flummoxed by one thing the Seahawks hadn’t proven on tape in almost two months. The tip end result: Seahawks 29, Patriots 13. Let’s make sense of what occurred in Tremendous Bowl LX.
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The Witherspoon stress wrinkle
I’ve no issues with Seattle operating again Kenneth Walker III profitable MVP on this sport, however I might have been happier to see Devon Witherspoon take house the {hardware} for what he did on protection. The Seahawks cornerback was wonderful in protection and made plenty of splash performs, together with the one which helped create Seattle’s game-sealing defensive landing within the second half.
To get there, Macdonald broke with a longtime tendency and confirmed the Patriots one thing they both weren’t anticipating or severely underestimated. Throughout the common season, the Seahawks blitzed solely 20.7% of the time, the fifth-lowest price within the NFL. On Sunday, that quantity really dropped to fifteen.1% — but it surely was closely break up by half. Macdonald blitzed Maye 33.3% of the time within the first half earlier than dialing it again and sending further rushers simply 8% of the time after the break.
What’s extra essential than the overall blitz price, although, is which participant the Seahawks despatched after the quarterback. Witherspoon is a superb blitzer and bodily pressure across the line of scrimmage, however Macdonald had held off on utilizing him to get after the quarterback. The third-year professional had rushed the quarterback simply 33 instances throughout 12 regular-season video games. Extra lately, Witherspoon hadn’t been despatched on a single blitz in Seattle’s previous 4 video games, overlaying the ultimate two regular-season contests and Seattle’s wins over the 49ers and Rams within the postseason.
Within the Tremendous Bowl, although, Witherspoon rushed Maye seven instances, with one being worn out by an offside penalty on a teammate. His different six pass-rush snaps produced one sack and what was actually a strip sack on a second, just for the ball to remain within the air because it flew into the palms of Uchenna Nwosu for what went down as a pick-six. These pressures did not single-handedly win Seattle the sport, however they created large performs and seemingly obtained into Maye’s head for everything of the competition.
Let’s begin with the primary Witherspoon blitz of the sport. The Patriots had been going through a third-and-9 within the first quarter from the Seattle 44-yard line. Even a couple of yards right here may put the Pats in place to try a protracted subject objective. Macdonald was incentivized to provide a unfavourable play or an outright cease to pressure a punt, and the Seattle coach dialed up one of many extra unique pressures the Seahawks have proven all season:
Devon Witherspoon’s blitz on third-and-9 forces a Drake Maye throwaway. The Patriots punt from the Seahawks facet of the sector with 7:23 to go within the first quarter and do not make it again onto Seattle’s facet of the sector till the fourth quarter. pic.twitter.com/VJ5SK6nYiF
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There’s loads taking place right here. Witherspoon (No. 21) appears as if he is overlaying DeMario Douglas (No. 3) within the slot, however because the play clock winds down, he turns right into a blitzer. The Seahawks are exhibiting what appears to be two-deep zone protection, however these two safeties basically find yourself matching to the 2 remaining receivers in man protection. The Seahawks have loaded up the road of scrimmage and coated up the inside linemen, and the Patriots reply by having their 5 linemen block the 5 most harmful rushers. Working again Rhamondre Stevenson can also be in move safety when his man comes, giving the Patriots six blockers for six potential rushers.
Crucially, left deal with Will Campbell (No. 66) is occupied by DeMarcus Lawrence (No. 0), so there’s no person to dam Witherspoon’s blitz off the sting. The Seahawks additionally drop two defensive tackles into protection, leaving the 2 guards with no person to dam and defenders in Maye’s throwing lanes if he needs to eliminate the ball shortly. Maye is sizzling off the left facet, which means he is chargeable for getting the ball out earlier than Witherspoon will get house. He would not have time or anyplace to go together with the soccer, although, so Maye frantically scrambles and throws the ball away. The Patriots punt from inside Seahawks territory; they would not cross midfield once more till the fourth quarter.
Witherspoon would get his sack on the following possession. Going through third-and-15, the Patriots know that the left facet of their line (and Campbell specifically) is weak. The Seahawks deliver three potential rushers to that facet, and the Patriots maintain Stevenson in to assist block. However Seattle brings solely two.
Seahawks dial up a blitz and CB Devon Witherspoon sacks Maye!
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From the opposite facet, although, Macdonald brings 4 rushers for 3 blockers. The Seahawks twist their inside linemen to occupy the middle and proper guard. They’ve Lawrence break up means exterior the tight finish, forcing proper deal with Morgan Moses to get on his horse to get exterior and block him. Witherspoon loops inside, nearly untouched on the overload, for a sack. Maye has Hunter Henry on a checkdown, however even when he will get there, the Seahawks are going to be in place to rally and deal with him in need of the sticks on third-and-forever.
Within the third quarter, the Seahawks introduced Witherspoon on a few sim pressures, the place they rushed solely 4 however introduced a cornerback and dropped a lineman into protection. Maye was immediately reactive to these pressures. On the primary, he took a number of unnatural or atypical steps to his proper and missed what ought to have been a simple slant to receiver Kayshon Boutte from an angle he most likely hasn’t thrown from many instances all season. On the second, he threw shortly into the flat for operating again TreVeyon Henderson. That prevented a sack, however the throw was right into a coated zone and picked up solely 3 yards on second-and-10.
Maye hit a 7-yard out on the following Witherspoon blitz, however the sixth one put your Tremendous Bowl celebration to mattress. With Seattle up 21-7 and 4:37 to go, Macdonald had one other unique name left within the playbook. The Seahawks had been exhibiting a comparatively secure look earlier than the snap, however with the Patriots utilizing tempo to try a fast rating, Maye had time solely to shortly declare a easy safety earlier than the Seahawks had been even totally set, with the Pats sliding 4 linemen to the left.
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After the snap, the Seahawks utterly shifted form. Simply two rushers got here from the left facet, as Boye Mafe dropped into protection on Henry, whereas Nick Emmanwori got here all the best way throughout the formation to basically bracket Stefon Diggs on the opposite facet of the sector, taking away Maye’s learn and a possible fast completion over the center. Each Ernest Jones IV and Witherspoon blitzed from the correct facet, leaving Maye with two blockers for 3 defenders. Stevenson took the one who had the shortest path to the quarterback in Jones, however Witherspoon was free to chase down Maye, who once more needed to get the ball out earlier than he obtained house.
This time, he wasn’t quick sufficient to throw the ball away. Witherspoon missed out on a strip sack, however Nwosu — who beat Moses and was in place to capitalize — was credited for an interception and took it to the home.
Macdonald was repeatedly capable of dictate and predict what the Patriots would do in move safety after which make the most of what they confirmed in response. Doing that with an athlete of Witherspoon’s caliber because the move rusher makes issues infinitely harder for the opposing quarterback. A veteran passer might need been capable of reset the safety shortly, discover that Witherspoon was coming a tick earlier earlier than the snap or do a greater job of getting the ball out shortly afterward. However given how far underneath the radar the potential for stress from Witherspoon flew earlier than the sport, I am unsure the Pats would have had a sensible response even with a extra skilled quarterback.
Amid the blitz-happy first half and deep into the second half, Maye appeared frazzled. His ball placement — which was so spectacular in the course of the common season and even on large performs within the postseason — was inconsistent. He appeared to lock onto receivers and/or rush his passes out of concern that he would not have time to throw.
It did not all the time appear as if the NFL MVP runner-up was on the identical web page along with his receivers as they learn coverages; Maye would anticipate a receiver to settle and he would proceed to run, or vice versa. On one third-and-3 back-shoulder try, Boutte ended up a full yard out of bounds on the sideline earlier than the ball even arrived, rendering a possible completion moot. Mack Hollins slipped out of his break when operating a deep submit, resulting in a Maye throw that was almost intercepted. (Hollins did job of breaking apart the move.) And in a while that very same drive, Maye stepped up and appeared to throw a ball between his two eligible receivers downfield, probably not coming near both. That point, Julian Love picked off Maye.
No blitz, no drawback
The blitz was a enjoyable a part of the sport plan, however even when the Seahawks had adopted within the footsteps of Philadelphia Eagles DC Vic Fangio, who a 12 months in the past went the whole Tremendous Bowl with out sending further males after the quarterback, they might have nonetheless given Maye matches. Per NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, Maye was pressured almost 48% of the time when the Seahawks rushed 4 or fewer. That is the best stress price posted whereas sending 4 or fewer rushers by any crew in any sport this postseason, topping the Texans’ pummeling of Aaron Rodgers within the wild-card spherical.
Everybody on the Pats’ O-line had their tough moments in move safety, however the clear goal for many of the evening was Campbell. The rookie left deal with had endured a brutal stretch of elite move rushers since coming back from a late-season knee harm, permitting 4 sacks and 15 pressures by his first three playoff video games, per NFL Subsequent Gen Stats. There was little doubt that Macdonald was going to do no matter he might to isolate Campbell one-on-one towards Lawrence and Seattle’s different move rushers.
In Sunday’s loss, Campbell was credited with one sack allowed however gave up a whopping 14 pressures, probably the most I’ve seen for any participant all season. 4 of these had been fast pressures, tying him with Seahawks rookie Gray Zabel for the best whole of the sport. A few of Maye’s 28 pressures had been on the quarterback himself, however Campbell merely could not maintain up in move safety and did not have a terrific day run blocking, both.
The Seahawks overpowered him with bull rushes and stronger, longer opponents. Lawrence fended off a Campbell block with one arm whereas stuffing Henderson on the line for no acquire along with his different. Derick Corridor rode Campbell proper again into Maye for the primary sack of the evening. That is a 254-pound edge rusher bullying a 320-pound left deal with. That occurs, however you hardly ever see what got here up within the fourth quarter, when Corridor did the identical factor to Campbell with one arm versus two.
It is doable that Campbell was nonetheless battling the aftereffects of the MCL harm he suffered late within the season throughout what’s going to go down as a dismal postseason. His efficiency on Sunday, although, appeared to affirm the predraft skeptics who prompt that the fourth total decide did not have lengthy sufficient arms to play left deal with on the professional degree. Campbell has been an improve on the opposite left tackles the Patriots ran out final season, however there might be critical questions all offseason about whether or not he ought to be the long-term reply on Maye’s blind facet.
Seattle has a deep, gifted line of defense, however there was no Will Anderson Jr. or Nik Bonitto on this combine, the kind of edge rusher who goes utterly supernova and cannot be blocked at his greatest. Even the backups had been consuming. Rookie Seahawks defensive deal with Rylie Mills missed many of the season with a torn ACL and had performed only one defensive snap throughout Seattle’s first two playoff video games. But he bull-rushed Jared Wilson into Maye for a sack on considered one of his 5 snaps.
There aren’t any nice solutions for coping with a terrific protection when you’ve got a jittery quarterback and an offensive line that may’t reliably cease a four-man rush. One option to alleviate the stress is leaning on the run sport, however the Pats had been capable of get solely 42 yards on 13 carries from Stevenson and Henderson, with no single run of 10 yards or extra. The Seahawks repeatedly used their second-level defenders — most frequently Drake Thomas — to run blitz into the B-gap and pressure the Patriots’ guards to react shortly. The tactic produced an early deal with for loss for Thomas and a few unblocked tackles for Ernest Jones when the Pats struggled to cope with the run blitzes.
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Little changes from New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels labored for a play right here or there. The Patriots pitched the ball exterior to get away from the B-gap run blitzes for a single 9-yard acquire. They ran a jet sweep to Henderson to make the most of an aggressive Seahawks protection and run previous an unblocked defender on the tip of the road. Maye had one fast out for a completion away from the Witherspoon blitz for a 7-yard acquire.
Within the large image, although, the Patriots did not appear to pack the schematic decisions that may have given the Seahawks issues or make many changes to make life simpler for Maye as the sport wore alongside.
Take the jumbo personnel grouping for instance, the place the Patriots used deal with Thayer Munford Jr. as a sixth offensive lineman. I famous in my preview that the Patriots used Munford on about 15 offensive snaps per sport from Week 15 onward, as an additional run blocker and as a option to create explosives within the passing sport. The Seahawks match nearly every little thing with their nickel and dime defensive groupings, and the sixth lineman might need given the Patriots a option to bodily overpower a smaller Seahawks linebacking corps.
Within the first quarter, Munford got here on the sector for his first offensive snap of the sport, and the Patriots went with play-action and hit Boutte for a 21-yard completion. He by no means noticed the sector on offense once more. Munford was battling a knee harm in current weeks, however he was off the harm report and did come again on the sector within the fourth quarter to dam on the lone Pats further level of the day. If Munford was wholesome sufficient to be lively, it is unclear why the Pats did not use that six-lineman grouping extra usually.
The Patriots did not take a single snap all sport out of empty, the place the Seahawks had struggled on protection in the course of the common season. Leaving Campbell one-on-one would have been a scary proposition, however they might have wanted to belief Maye (who was second in QBR out of empty in the course of the common season) to get the ball out shortly, a neater process with 5 eligibles. Transferring the launch level might need made life less complicated, however Maye obtained exterior the deal with field for less than 4 move makes an attempt all sport. There have been additionally no trick performs from a coach who all the time appears to have one or two on his play sheet throughout a sport wherein New England desperately wanted to create one thing out of nothing.
Including an additional down might have helped, and the Pats tried flipping their tendencies in a contemporary means with no success. Within the present-day NFL, third-and-5 could be a run down, given how snug groups have turn into with going for it on fourth-and-2 or much less. So, the Pats checked right into a third-and-5 run on their very own 37-yard line … however then did not block defensive deal with Jarran Reed, who stuffed Stevenson for no acquire. The Pats punted.
Throwing on third-and-1 can also be a option to attempt to create an explosive play in a state of affairs the place the opposing crew is promoting out to cease the run, particularly for those who’re snug going for it on fourth-and-1 after an incompletion. The Pats took a downfield shot on third-and-1 within the third quarter from their very own 41-yard line and had an open receiver, however Maye missed the throw. You may take that shot for those who’re prepared to attempt to convert on fourth down, however Vrabel punted, costing the Patriots 2.3 proportion factors of win likelihood within the course of.
I can perceive why Vrabel did not belief his offense to get a yard, however given what the Seahawks had completed to that time, punting and anticipating his offense to drive the size of the sector for a landing wasn’t going to be a really profitable sport plan, both.
Let’s speak in regards to the MVP. In his last sport earlier than free company, Walker had one thing just like the quintessential model of what his period appeared like in Seattle. I assumed the commentary about what Walker could not do in the course of the sport was a little bit harsh (particularly for a man who was about to win MVP), however to be honest, he did drop a move and got here up quick on a move block try that led to New England’s solely sack of the sport. Simply eight of Walker’s 25 carries had been profitable by EPA (anticipated factors added), producing a 29.6% success price, a determine the Pats’ backs topped whereas averaging 3.2 yards per pop.
None of that mattered, in fact, as a result of Walker was an explosive play machine with the ball in his palms. He had 5 runs of 10 or extra yards, together with 29- and 30-yard runs on the identical drive. He added a 20-yard catch on a display move. The fourth-year professional completed with 135 speeding yards and 26 receiving yards. For many of the day, he carried a Seahawks offense that wasn’t getting a lot from the passing sport.
Walker was capable of create way more than what was blocked on the day. The Patriots helped by struggling to set their edges, permitting Walker to interrupt exterior to get into the open subject. He was capable of decide up 30 yards behind a pulling Zabel within the first quarter; the rookie guard was capable of fend off Okay’Lavon Chaisson, who could not pressure the play again inside. Walker obtained to the nook after which ran by a Marcus Jones ankle deal with on the sideline for 20 further yards.
Later in the identical sequence, Walker ran behind middle Jalen Sundell right into a vacated hole for an enormous acquire. He added extra on the finish of the run by going round Christian Gonzalez, who was caught in no-man’s-land within the open subject. Gonzalez saved a landing, however Walker put the Seahawks in vary for considered one of their many subject targets. We noticed the league’s offensive evolution play out in miniature kind in the course of the second half. The Patriots began to lean right into a 6-1 entrance to attempt to remove the zone runs and dare the Seahawks into passing, simply as they did towards the Rams in Tremendous Bowl LIII, sparking the run-game evolution I wrote about in my preview. On the following sequence after the Pats confirmed that six-man entrance, Seahawks offensive coordinator (and future Raiders head coach) Klint Kubiak ran them out of it by calling one of many ideas that these offenses leaned additional into as a response to six-man fronts: The Seahawks dialed up a pin/pull sweep, and Walker picked up 14 yards. The repeated deal with Walker’s persistence hitting the opening invited comparisons to a different wonderful again of the previous in Le’Veon Bell. A few of that’s schematic versus stylistic; the Steelers’ favourite play with Bell was a counter run that took time to develop. Likewise, the Seahawks run loads of duo with Walker, when he’s basically attempting to get one-on-one with the opposing linebacker and steer him into blocking or make him miss. Zone runs have the operating again on the transfer from the leap and have him make one fast minimize upfield. In fact, Bell’s efficiency after leaving the Steelers is perhaps a cautionary story for groups who eyed what Walker did on this sport. Bell averaged simply 3.3 yards per carry away from Pittsburgh, spending most of that point mired with a moribund Jets offense and a quarterback (Sam Darnold) no person ever heard from once more. It is easy to be affected person when you’ve got run-blocking line and an offense that scares groups with the move. And Bell was a a lot better receiver than Walker. On the similar time, it is a league determined to seek out gamers who can create explosive performs towards defenses which are promoting out to cease them. That is why speedy, underwhelming vast receivers like Dyami Brown and Tutu Atwell landed one-year, $10 million offers in free company final offseason. Walker would most likely be in search of a deal within the $12 million vary, which is actually according to what these replacement-level wideouts had been getting final season. He is a greater participant than both. This was a disjointed Tremendous Bowl on offense, the place neither crew was reliably shifting the ball for regular chunks of yardage. The one option to get in scoring vary earlier than the turnovers got here was by producing explosive performs. By way of three quarters, there have been seven of these performs, and 6 of them had been by Seattle. Walker was chargeable for three of these six. Having a participant like that in your pocket may be actually helpful, even when he is operating a middling success price or dropping the occasional move. Whether or not he re-signs in Seattle or heads some place else, Walker can have a market as a playmaker this offseason. Whereas they weren’t wanted to determine a detailed contest, Seattle’s particular groups confirmed up once more in an enormous sport. Within the NFC West-deciding win over the Rams in December, it was Rashid Shaheed’s punt return landing that helped spur a fourth-quarter comeback. The rematch within the NFC title sport was possible determined by the second muffed punt from Rams returner Xavier Smith, which the Seahawks recovered for a brief subject and a fast landing. The return males on either side had been quiet Sunday, however Seattle’s specialists performed a essential position. Jason Myers did not have any significantly tough kicks, given that every of his seven makes an attempt was inside 41 yards, however the veteran kicker went 5-for-5 on subject objective tries and hit each of his further level makes an attempt. The Seahawks went 1-for-4 within the crimson zone towards one of many league’s worst crimson zone defenses from the common season, so these subject targets had been priceless factors earlier than Seattle broke issues open late. The true star on particular groups was punter Michael Dickson, who most likely belonged proper behind Walker and Witherspoon within the MVP dialogue. Dickson punted seven instances on this sport, and in live performance with a superb Seahawks protection unit, he yielded simply 4 return yards to star Pats returner Marcus Jones. Dickson dropped three punts inside New England’s 6-yard line and averaged 47.3 web yards per punt. Whereas the Seahawks managed this sport, they weren’t all the time in nice form by way of subject place. With the offense struggling for consistency, Seattle had 4 of its first 9 drives stall out inside its personal 30-yard line. Dickson’s punts prevented the Patriots from beginning in a state of affairs the place one explosive play would have been sufficient to get into subject objective vary. And with the Patriots failing to select up greater than two first downs on any of their first 13 possessions, the Seahawks weren’t in peril for many of the day due to Dickson’s fourth-down contributions. Most Tremendous Bowl recaps do not get this far in with out discussing the quarterback of the profitable crew, however Darnold wasn’t the in-game story. The Patriots clearly needed to place the sport on Darnold’s shoulders, as they tried to leap nearly each throw early and blitzed the journeyman quarterback almost 57% of the time. Darnold ought to be credited underneath these circumstances for safeguarding the soccer. He did not flip it over towards a determined Patriots protection — which means he went 4 essential video games (two towards the 49ers, one towards the Rams and right here within the Tremendous Bowl) with none turnovers. It is simply the second time in Darnold’s profession that he has began 4 consecutive video games in a single season with out turning the ball over a minimum of as soon as, and he pulled it off throughout his most essential stretch ever. It is also lifelike to notice that Darnold missed a bunch of throws on this sport, although. He had Jaxon Smith-Njigba for what might have been a protracted landing on a scramble drill within the first quarter, solely to overthrow the star vast receiver by a few yards. And when Smith-Njigba beat Gonzalez for what ought to have been a TD move on a submit on the finish of the primary half, Darnold’s throw was behind him and gave Gonzalez an opportunity to interrupt up the throw. (Gonzalez had a terrific sport, however Darnold let him off the hook right here.) The Patriots confirmed Darnold Cowl 0 (man protection with no security assist) in key spots within the second half and lived to inform the story. Going through a third-and-9 simply exterior the crimson zone, Darnold had Cooper Kupp open on an out towards the blitz for what ought to have been a primary down, however he missed his throw exterior towards a sizzling rusher. Probably the most painful one might need been on the following possession, when Shaheed ran previous Carlton Davis III in Cowl 0 and was open for a possible 59-yard landing. Darnold overthrew him by a yard. As an alternative, Darnold added worth in surprising methods. Maye’s means to influence video games along with his legs was a narrative heading into the Tremendous Bowl, however Darnold was way more priceless within the sport we really noticed. He repeatedly managed to elude Patriots sack makes an attempt, tormenting Milton Williams, who had a superb sport however managed just one QB takedown. Darnold was capable of flip performs that ought to have been sacks into throwaways or quick completions. He almost did a Lamar Jackson impression on that scramble-drill overthrow within the first quarter, and he even added an 11-yard scramble for a primary down after operating away from Williams because the New England defensive deal with rumbled by the A-gap. Darnold completed the day with a 53.0 Complete QBR, which felt about proper to me. And whereas he had lengthy stretches in the course of the common season as each one of the best quarterback in soccer and one of many worst, if we embrace his postseason efficiency, Darnold completed the season thirteenth in Complete QBR. That additionally feels honest. Darnold had a future when he was actually priceless by producing gobs of explosive performs — even whereas racking up turnovers. Within the postseason, he was principally offering worth by defending the soccer. The exception was the NFC Championship Sport towards the Rams, the place the Seahawks wanted an enormous passing day from their quarterback and obtained one. There was loads written about Darnold and every little thing that has occurred to him over the previous 12 months. Like final season with the Vikings, there has most likely been a little bit an excessive amount of of a deal with him because the quarterback of a barely above-average offense when the driving pressure for his groups has been what they’ve completed on protection. On the similar time, properly, ask the Vikings in the event that they miss having Darnold round. The Seahawks did not win the Tremendous Bowl as a result of that they had Darnold. However they would not have been within the Tremendous Bowl if it weren’t for Darnold, who balled out in the course of the first half of the season because the operating sport struggled to get going. He got here by within the fourth quarter and extra time towards the Rams to assist the Seahawks declare the highest spot within the NFC, and he was sensible within the rematch to knock the Rams out within the rubber match two weeks in the past, overcoming the one crew that appeared to resolve Seattle’s dominant protection. Darnold answered the bell when the Seahawks wanted him most. That is teammate and a necessary a part of any Tremendous Bowl crew. For a quarterback who was branded as a bust by hopeless conditions with the Jets and Panthers, Darnold goes to be a generational reminder to not depend quarterbacks out earlier than they find yourself in the correct place. And after Darnold has began video games for 4 organizations in 4 years, I think he has completed sufficient to be again beginning for the Seahawks as they elevate their second Tremendous Bowl banner to the rafters in 2026.
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