Seahawks dominate Patriots in 29-13 Super Bowl win⁠66%

By Associated Press⁠60%

2/8/2026, 7:33:19 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Halo Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 73.6% saturation with 517 hits. Analysis detected 1,667 faulty-reasoning hits from 702 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 59.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠66% (7,608 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 65.20% of the article peer group.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Defense won this championship. 
Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. 
Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set a super Bowl record by making all five of his field-goal tries. 
Uchenna Nwosu punctuated a punishing defensive performance by snagging Maye’s pass in the air after Witherspoon hit his arm and ran it back 45 yards for a pick-6. 
Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first quarterback in the 2018 draft class to win a Super Bowl, ahead of Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson. 
Labeled a bust, dumped by two teams and considered expendable by two others, Darnold proved his doubters wrong while helping the Seahawks go 17-3. 
After leading the NFL with 20 turnovers in the regular season, Darnold didn’t have any in three playoff games. 
He wasn’t particularly sharp against a solid Patriots defense but protected the ball and made enough plays, finishing 19 of 38 for 202 yards. 
The Seahawks sacked Maye six times, including two apiece by Hall and Murphy. 
Hall’s strip-sack late in the third quarter set up a short field and Darnold connected with Barner on 16-yard scoring toss to make it 19-0. 
Julian Love’s interception set up another field goal that made it 22-7 with 5:35 left. 
The Patriots (17-4) punted on the first eight drives, excluding a kneel-down to end the first half. 
Down 19-0, Maye and the New England offense finally got going. 
He hit Mack Hollins over the middle in traffic for 24 yards and then lofted a perfect 35-yard TD pass to Hollins down the left side to cut the deficit to 19-7. 
Tom Brady once led Bill Belichick’s Patriots to the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, when New England rallied from a 28-3 deficit against Atlanta for a 34-28 overtime victory. 
But Maye, who was runner-up to Matthew Stafford for the AP NFL MVP award in the closest race in two decades, didn’t come close. 
He had a chance to get it closer, but his ill-advised pass into triple coverage was picked by Love and the Patriots trailed by 15 when they got the ball back with 5:35 left. 
Then came Nwosu’s touchdown, a fitting way to cap an overwhelming effort by the NFL’s stingiest defense. 
Maye’s 7-yard TD pass to Rhamondre Stevenson late in the game only made the margin smaller. 
The Seahawks took a 3-0 lead on Myers’ 33-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive. 
Myers connected from 39 and 41 yards to extend the lead to 9-0 at halftime. 
He was good from 41 on Seattle’s first drive of the third quarter to make it 12-0. 
Patriots player of the game 
Cornerback Christian Gonzalez made two outstanding plays to prevent potential touchdowns in the second quarter. 
He raced back and leaped in the air to slap away a deep pass to Rasheed Shahid that could have been a 76-yard TD. 
On Seattle’s last drive in the first half, Gonzalez knocked down a pass to All-Pro wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba that would have been a 23-yard TD. 
Mills gets a two-for-one sack 
Rylie Mills pushed left guard Jared Wilson into Maye and took both of them down on one of Seattle’s sacks. 
Bad Bunny shines at halftime 
Bad Bunny headlined a visually stunning halftime performance that also featured appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. 
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist entirely in Spanish. 
Patriots denied a record 7th title 
The Patriots failed to win the franchise’s seventh Super Bowl, which would have set an NFL record. 
They’re tied with the Steelers with six championships. 
AP NFL Coach of the Year Mike Vrabel was aiming to become the fifth person to win a Super Bowl as a player and head coach and the first to do both with the same team. 
The 23-year-old Maye was trying to become the youngest QB to win a Lombardi Trophy. 
Ben Roethlisberger still holds that mark. 
By Rob Maaddi, Associated Press 
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