Sam Darnold isn’t exactly hiding how he felt about Super Bowl LX, and his latest remarks land like another reminder of how the Patriots were viewed before kickoff.
The Seahawks quarterback, who led Seattle to the Lombardi Trophy over New England, said he came into the game wanting a much bigger offensive night. Instead, he came away frustrated with his own play, even though the Seahawks still handled business and got the win.
“I didn’t play great in the Super Bowl. I missed way too many throws.
We still won, our defense balled out, and I didn’t turn the ball over, which helped. But dude, to win the Super Bowl that way, I was kind of bummed.
I want to freaking score like 40 points, you know what I mean? I want to go out there and ball out, and it’s just, ‘Dang, I didn’t play my best football in the Super Bowl?
That sucks.’”
The comments don’t amount to a direct shot at the Patriots, but they do reinforce the idea that Seattle walked into the game expecting to put up points. That was the vibe around the matchup for the two weeks leading up to it, with New England widely seen as the underdog.
That backdrop makes Darnold’s disappointment stand out a little more. He didn’t say the Patriots were easy, but his goal was clearly to light them up and deliver a dominant performance on the sport’s biggest stage.
For New England, it’s another uncomfortable note from a Super Bowl that already exposed some obvious flaws. The offense couldn’t keep up with Seattle, Drake Maye was forced into a tough spot and played some of his worst football of the season, and the game only underlined how far ahead the Seahawks’ defense was that night.
Still, the Patriots did reach the Super Bowl, and that alone gives them something to build on heading into 2026. The sting is real, but so is the opportunity to turn that run into something they can repeat this fall.
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