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 Super Bowl LX: Seahawks-Patriots matchup preview, prediction….grab a cup of Coffee, super long article but very good…
02/08/26 06:40 AM
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On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet in Super Bowl LX. But we might as well call it the Explosive Play Bowl.
The big play has always mattered, but in the past few years, NFL games have become battlefields between teams trying to create and prevent explosive plays.
Defenses, tormented by quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, have leaned into Vic Fangio-style philosophies and continued to raise their rates of two-high safety looks, funneling teams toward the run and short passes. Teams played two-deep shells more than 45% of the time on early downs in 2025, up from 38% in 2020 and 35% in 2017.
Offenses have evolved too. They've taken what the defense has given, running the ball more often and with more efficiency than in past years. Quarterbacks have been forced to make small profits and take the safer pass.
With a leaguewide increase in willingness to go for it on fourth down, third-and-short has become an opportunity to hit those explosives, while third-and-medium has become a situation where the run is still in play.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47808453/super-bowl-lx-2026-seahawks-patriots-preview-prediction-maye-darnold-barnwell
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