Patriots ‘played young,’ ‘turned into a pumpkin’ in Super Bowl LX loss to Seahawks

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Tom E. Curran, Phil Perry, Brian Hoyer, David Andrews, Ted Johnson and Michael Holley break down the Patriots’ 29-13 Super Bowl loss to the Seahawks. They discuss what went wrong for Drake Maye, the offensive line’s struggles and how the team’s inexperience may have finally caught up to them.

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0:00.0	The last time the Patriots lost the game.
0:13.6	It was actually December 14, 2025.
0:17.3	Haven't lost this year, haven't lost in 56 days until tonight.
0:21.6	They lose Super Bowl 60, and let's get some thoughts from our crew.
0:24.6	Our crew is here around the table.
0:26.0	We got Phil Perry.
0:26.8	We've got Tommy Curran.
0:28.4	We've got a couple of Super Bowl champions.
0:30.8	Ted Johnson and Brian Hoyer.
0:32.9	Phil, I'll start with you.
0:33.8	Thoughts?
0:34.1	That's an old-fashioned butt whipping.
0:35.7	You just got handled in the trenches
0:37.8	and the quarterbacks play eventually dipped and melted completely by the end of this thing.
0:44.1	So that's to me where it starts. It's on the offensive line. Couldn't run the ball effectively.
0:48.1	Couldn't pass, protect. Everything devolves from there. They played young. They turned into a pumpkin in the biggest game and you know,
0:55.7	you look at it and you say you wondered if at some point during the year they would lay an egg and
1:00.6	I never expected them to get blown out in the Super Bowl, but I didn't expect them to play young
1:04.7	because they have played so maturely and decisively all season long that this was wholly
1:09.3	unexpected, Ted. It's shocking to see the offense.
1:11.8	Just really didn't really come to a play today.
1:14.7	It felt like I was shocked.
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