A touchdown has taken place a week out from Super Bowl LX.
The New England Patriots landed at San José Mineta International Airport on Sunday at 3:51 p.m. ET, back in the big game for the first time in their post-Tom Brady era. The Seattle Seahawks are expected to arrive a couple hours after New England as both teams prepare for a whirlwind week leading up to a Super Bowl rematch 11 years in the making.
The last time these two clubs faced off with a Lombardi Trophy on the line to conclude the 2014 season, the Patriots emerged victorious on Malcolm Butler’s iconic goal-line interception, but that was long ago. Both clubs have transformed multiple since since. New England now hopes to lay the foundation for a brand new dynasty with second-year quarterback Drake Maye, and Seattle has traded in the “Legion of Boom” moniker for the “Dark Side” defense.
Should the journeys traveled over the past decade and change produce a different result this time around, it will mean a second Super Bowl triumph for the Seahawks franchise. Otherwise, a new generation of Pats will take home a record seventh Lombardi Trophy to New England.
The Seahawks and Patriots kick off Super Bowl LX at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 8.