497: Breaking Down the Seahawks Super Bowl Victory

Sea Hawkers Podcast: for Seattle Seahawks fans

Brandan Schulze

Sports, Football

4.7 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2026

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

The Seattle Seahawks are now two-time Super Bowl Champions and it still feels surreal. We're continuing the celebration with a full walkthrough of the win over New England and a preview of some of the major offseason topics. Seattle set the tone early, flipped field position through elite special teams, and leaned on a dominant defense that consistently harassed Drake Maye. Kenneth Walker kicked off his campaign for MVP early and the offensive line established their physicality on the first play of the game. Some outstanding plays by the Patriots defense kept Seattle out of the end zone in the first half, but Jason Myers was still able to help build a two-score cushion going into the half.

The defense continued to overwhelm New England in the third quarter and held them scoreless. The contributions throughout the game included sacks by Devon Witherspoon, Byron Murphy, Derick Hall and rookie Rylie Mills. As Maye continued to get rattled, it led to key turnovers. Julian Love called his own interception as we saw in the mid'd up version of the Super Bowl. Byron Murphy recovered a fumble that led to the Seahawks only offensive touchdown by AJ Barner, and a Witherspoon pressure gave Uchenna Nwosu a score to match the Seahawks offensive touchdown output. We tackle the debate around Sam Darnold's performance—praised for poise against pressure and also criticized for a missed end-zone throw and a completion percentage that was among his lowest of the season.

Offseason questions emerge along the way. How does Seattle sustain a title run? How should they handle some key free agents like Josh Jobe and Tariq Woolen? Do they need to approaches their big-money extensions for JSN and Witherspoon before making some of the more difficult decisions. Coaching and organizational themes surface too, from Mike McDonald's game planning and halftime adjustments to the team's continuity of culture. The episode closes with shout-outs to our members of the flock, listener emails, parade moments, and a nod to Jody Allen as the steady hand atop a championship organization.

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0:00.0	This is the Seahawkers podcast.
0:09.2	Episode 497.
0:11.4	I'm Brandon Shultz of the military Seahawkers,
0:13.6	and I am joined by my good buddy in Montana Seahawker,
0:17.6	Adam, Emmerit, Adam,
0:19.5	as we are celebrating our Seahawks and their second Super Bowl championship.
0:26.7	It's been a few days.
0:28.3	How are you feeling a few days out of the big win?
0:32.9	Is it appropriate to just feel like you're on top of the world for like, I don't know, about four months?
0:39.2	Because I think that's where I'm at, man.
0:40.6	Current champions.
0:41.5	We are current champions.
0:43.4	And it really like every day it kind of sinks it a little different like here and there,
0:48.3	whether it's like new gear coming out or, you know, other people.
0:52.2	The parade and seeing the things from that and all of that.
0:56.7	Just every day it feels like there's like another little realization of like, this is real.
1:02.0	This happened.
1:03.0	And we are current champions.
1:05.0	And that is freaking awesome, man.
1:07.3	It has been one of the bonuses that I've also kind of forgotten about a little bit because
1:12.3	after you win the Super Bowl, there's so many other shows where you're getting interviews with
1:18.5	Ernest Jones. You're getting interviews with Nicky and Morrie. You're getting, you know,
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