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Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, final!
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NO GOOD! Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:21 4th quarter
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TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:21 4th quarter
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TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 29-7 Patriots, 4:27 4th quarter
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FIELD GOAL! Seahawks 22-7 Patriots, 5:35 4th quarter
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INTERCEPTION! Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 8:09 4th quarter
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TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 12:27 4th quarter
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TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 19-0 Patriots, 13:24 4th quarter
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TURNOVER! Seahawks 12-0 Patriots, 0:10 3rd quarter
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FIELD GOAL! Seahawks 12-0 Patriots, 9:12 3rd quarter
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We’re back!
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Seahawks 9-0 Patriots, end of half
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FIELD GOAL Seahawks 9-0 Patriots, 0:11 2nd quarter
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FIELD GOAL! Seahawks 6-0 Patriots, 11:16 2nd quarter
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FIELD GOAL! Seahawks 3-0 Patriots, 11:58 1st quarter
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Kick-off!
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Coin Flip
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That will do it for our live coverage of the 60th NFL Super Bowl. Another season is all over, but don’t worry fans, soon it will be draft time, then free agency, training camp, and before you know it, they’ll be right back at it, beating the living crap out of each other in the heat of September and in the chill of November. We can’t wait! From all of us at the Guardian, thanks for sticking with us, emailing in and following along. And wherever you are, good morning, good afternoon and good night.
Updated at 23.41 EST
MVP
Kenneth Walker III is the MVP! It’s always a bit surprising when the QB doesn’t get it, but it’s deserving. Walker was a steady source of output when this game was super tight and nobody could do anything. He kept the lights on and had a great night.
Now Darnold, who could have also been the MVP for gluing it all together, speaks. “My teammates and my coaches. They believed in me…our defense man, hey 12s – make some noise for our defense!”
Yes, Darnold plays it straight. He doesn’t cry for Adrian. Pretty basic from the QB., but it’s his world and we’re just living in it.
Updated at 22.57 EST
The Vince Lombardi Trophy
The world’s most beloved commissioner, Mr Big Check, hands off the silver to the brass- Jody Allen lifts it, as you do. “It’s truly been a magical season…I have to thank all the 12s.” The 12s are of course, the 12th man, whose energy helped propel the Seahawks to another title.
Now it’s Mike Macdonald’s turn – he was an intern 12 years ago – not bad. “I had 100% confidence. We have the best team”. I guess he’s right!
Meanwhile the green and blue confetti continues to be sprayed. How do they afford all that confetti?
Updated at 22.58 EST
Postgame
If you’re not a Seahawks fan it feels anticlimactic, especially as another season is in the books. It’s always the journey anyway, isn’t it? There’s going to be a lot of pixels about Sam Darnold’s worst-to-first story, and why not? The former Jets first-round draft pick, once haunted by ghosts, was steady as she goes against a better than solid New England defense. Congratulations to him for sticking with it when virtually nobody believed in him. The next leap for him will be to become a franchise quarterback, the kind of player a team couldn’t think of not signing – I’m looking at you, Minnesota!
So, who will be MVP? I am guessing it will be Sam, who is now the man.
Updated at 22.34 EST
Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, final!
And the Seattle Seahawks have won their second Super Bowl title after rolling the New England Patriots behind a superior defensive performance, and error-free offense! Parade in the rain, anyone?
Updated at 22.34 EST
Maye, ouch!
He’s sacked again, but there’s an offside flag on the play, so statistically that sack won’t count. The total stands at six: a great night for the D!
Updated at 07.45 EST
Michael Dickson says g’day!
The Hawks’ Aussie parks a punt inside the Patriots 5-yard line! That will brighten afternoons down under! The clock is ticking…we’re under a minute here.
Updated at 22.34 EST
Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 1:57 4th quarter
And just as I write that, Walker runs for a 70-yard TD, but it’s called back for a holding flag! Surely that would have changed my view, but alas…
Two minute warning.
MVP?
Aside from Myers, I guess it’s between Walker and Darnold. When this was a defensive game, Walker was the only one gaining yards, and he has 134 – not bad. But Darnold somehow got to 200 yards with a touchdown pass, and most importantly, he played mistake-free football. That’s got to make him MVP, no?
Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:20 4th quarter
George Holani makes the catch, securing the football and the title! Yet still more gar-bage time to come.
Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:21 4th quarter
Seattle calls their third timeout after having a look at the New England’s kick setup. Thanks.
ShareNO GOOD! Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:21 4th quarter
New England can’t convert! So here comes an onside kick.
ShareTOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 29-13 Patriots, 2:21 4th quarter
Maye is about to run, but he’s not! He flips it to Stevenson, who barely makes the catch and scores!
Seahawks 29-7 Patriots, 2:28 4th quarter
John Schneider, who heads up the Seahawks’ football operations is about to win a second title with a different coach, and that doesn’t happen all that often. He’s in the gig 16 years, which is a lifetime in the NFL.
Meanwhile, Maye has New England to the Seattle 7 after Diggs (remember him) makes a catch.
Seattle calls time.
Updated at 22.12 EST
Garbage time
OK, here comes extended garbage time and Maye tries to get out of this thing alive. There’s 3:36 left and the QB’s run was just cancelled out by a holding call. Can we speed this thing up?
Nwosu gets famous.
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Updated at 22.09 EST
TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 29-7 Patriots, 4:27 4th quarter
Maye is hit by Witherspoon! Maye drops the ball! Nwosu has it and is running to the end zone! And now he’s in the end zone! The Hawks’ seventh sack ensures a second Super Bowl title for Seattle! Wow!
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Updated at 22.05 EST
Seahawks 22-7 Patriots, 4:40 4th quarter
Sweet Caroline playing? Does Seattle sing that song or is that elite trolling?
Anyway, Maye is sacked. It’s the sixth of the game, with a four-man rush, and now Maye has been sacked 21 times in these playoffs. That’s kind of a lot!
It’s 3rd & 8. Four down territory here of course, but they don’t need it. Maye hits Henry for 16 yards over the middle. First down!
The Seahawks have pummeled Drake Maye. Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersShare
Updated at 22.06 EST
FIELD GOAL! Seahawks 22-7 Patriots, 5:35 4th quarter
It’s good and we have a new Super Bowl record – Myers’ five field goals! It’s not sexy, but it’s effective. MVP! MVP!
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 5:38 4th quarter
The Patriots hold, and the Seahawks’ Myers comes out for a chance at a fifth field goal.
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 6:40 4th quarter
Walker is rumbling and stumbling, patiently waiting for the hole to appear, and he does eventually find it! Now Walker has 24 yards on this drive as Seattle inch closer to the endzone. They’re on the Pats 12-yard line.
Updated at 21.52 EST
INTERCEPTION! Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 8:09 4th quarter
All the momentum for New England and then Maye throws it right into coverage and it’s an easy catch for Love, who plays for the other team! He returns it 35 yards and just like that, all this Patriot progress is done and dusted. Wow!
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 9:05 4th quarter
Now NE are at the 20 after a short reception and Maye is scrambling up the middle! It’s a 20-yard run to the 40! NE on the move!
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 10:02 4th quarter
Maye misses a WIDE OPEN Hooper – that would have been a touchdown for sure! Seattle blew the coverage!
So 2nd down – Stevenson has a catch and a first down on the far sideline to the 17!
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 10:55 4th quarter
Seattle on their 41, and there’s pressure on Darnold who chucks it into the turf. And here’s an absolutely huge 3rd & 11.
Darnold is going for it all! He throws the ball way WAY downfield to Shaheed who is open! But the ball is too long – incomplete!
The Pats force a three-and-out. The punt isn’t caught so the ball rolls to the four.
Gulp. Long field for NE, but they have a chance!
Updated at 21.50 EST
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 11:41 4th quarter
Darnold rolls right and fires, complete, to Shaheed! First down! And now Smith-Njiba is out of concussion protocol and into the lineup – a huge plus for Seattle as momentum was turning some.
Updated at 21.49 EST
Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 12:24 4th quarter
Well now Drake Maye and company have forced us to re-calibrate some. How much? That depends if NE’s defense can make a play. Can they make a play? Come on, make a play!
Christopher Lee says:
“It felt like there would always be a ‘but’ that followed Darnold around if he managed to win a Superbowl without scoring a touchdown, so you have to be happy for him. An amazing turnaround, you would have got huge odds on him throwing a touchdown in the Owl. If things stay the same, no idea who wins MVP – split if 4 ways for the Seattle D-Line? Kicker MVP?
Probably jinxed it now Seahawk fans, sorry!”
Well wait just a second Mr Lee!
This is not AI either! What is going on?
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Updated at 21.48 EST
TOUCHDOWN! Seahawks 19-7 Patriots, 12:27 4th quarter
What? Two completed passes and a touchdown? Maye hits Hollins on the far side of the field for a touchdown! Holly Molly! Is this football?
Mack Hollins celebrates his touchdown. Photograph: Chris Torres/EPAShare
Updated at 21.47 EST