Patriots Have Nothing to be Ashamed of in Super Bowl 60 Loss to Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks have just won their second Super Bowl title in franchise history besting the New England Patriots 29-13.

The Seahawks won their previous title in Super Bowl XLVIII a dozen years ago when they dominated the Denver Broncos 43-8. The win also avenges their Super Bowl loss to the Pats the following year.

Neither quarterback had a stellar game. Seahawks QB Sam Darnold and Pats QB Drake Maye both had their struggles. The Seahawks did have a 9-0 lead at the half on the strength of 3 field goals by Jason Myers who would add a fourth field goal in the third quarter to extend the Seahawks lead to 12-0.

Darnold would get his only touchdown in the game with 13:29 on the clock in the fourth quarter on a 16-yard pass to tight end AJ Barner to give the Seahawks a 19-0 lead.

The Pats were in serious danger of becoming the first team to ever be shutout in a Super Bowl matchup. But after a streaker momentarily disrupted the game only to be stopped by Pats wide receiver Kyle Williams, Maye would lob a TD pass to wide receiver Mack Hollins to finally get on the board with 12:27 remaining in the game.

With 5:38 left in the game, Myers then kicked a Super Bowl record fifth field goal to give the Seahawks a 22-7 lead. While some thoughts Myers should have won the Super Bowl MVP, this honor went to running back Kenneth Walker III who carried the ball 27 times for 135 rushing yards with 26 additional receiving yards on two catches.

Despite being sacked in the game 7 times, Maye and the Pats were only down by two possessions. However, Maye would fumble the ball leading to a fumble recovery by linebacker Uchenna Nwosu with 4:37 left in the game to score a touchdown and give the Seahawks a commanding 29-7 lead.

Maye did throw his second touchdown pass of the game to running back Rhamondre Stevenson with just over 2 minutes in the game, a two-point conversion was unsuccessful.

While the outcome was disappointing, the New England Patriots have nothing to be ashamed of at all. I can assure you that in August 2025, the Patriots were not expected to be playoff bound let alone Super Bowl bound.

The Pats exceeded all expectations in this NFL season.

I can tell you that at the office, people thought the Pats overcoming the Seahawks defense was a very tall order and they came precariously close to not scoring at all. Although Walker won Super Bowl MVP honors, there is no question a case could be made to have given the award collectively to the Seahawks defense. 

In a championship game, someone wins and someone loses and tonight the Seahawks were simply the better team. 

There is always next year, and the Patriots have a lot to look forward to in 2026.

In the meantime, congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks.