"In his second season, head coach Mike Macdonald turned a promising 10-7 debut into full control of the NFC West, earning the No. 1 seed and guiding Seattle back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2014. It happened the way Macdonald prefers: through defense, discipline, and suffocating physicality. Seattle finished the regular season with the NFL's top scoring defense, allowing just 16.4 points per game. But the numbers barely capture how oppressive this unit has been."
"Teams simply don't run on the Seahawks - not efficiently, not successfully, not at all. Over the course of the season, opponents posted the lowest run success rate in the league, the worst EPA per rush, and an astonishing minus-34 first downs over expectation when trying to move the ball on the ground. This isn't just a good defense. It's a defense that tells you what you can't do, and dares you to try anyway."
Super Bowl LX matches the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium with a 5:30 p.m. CT kickoff. The matchup echoes Super Bowl XLIX, when Malcolm Butler intercepted a goal-line pass to seal a 28-24 New England win. Super Bowl LX is the 10th different Super Bowl rematch, and the Patriots have been involved in four. New England returns after a six-year absence following the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era. Seattle makes its fourth Super Bowl appearance under second-year head coach Mike Macdonald. Seattle led the NFL in scoring defense (16.4 points per game), dominated opposing ground games, and imposed rare defensive discipline. And yet, Seattle isn't one-dimensional.
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