SUPER BOWL HANGOVER: New England Patriots & Seattle Seahawks SET FOR DROPOFF in 2026

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The NFL always throws us curveballs and usually there are teams who impressed in one season only for them to regress the next season and both Super Bowl teams, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, are set to drop off a little in 2026. With a much more difficult schedule for the Pats and the loss of Klint Kubiak for the Hawks, neither team will reach the heights we just saw. The Jacksonville Jaguars were one of the big surprises in 2025, but are set for regression in 2026. Although the drop should not look as bad as the Travis Hunter trade looks now with reports he will focus on cornerback full-time going forward. The Philadelphia Eagles needed big change this offseason, but the change they are going to see, offensive coordinator and a potential AJ Brown trade, aren't the right kinds of change to fix their issues. Finally, the Pittsburgh Steelers are set to bring Aaron Rodgers back, but they maxxed out in 2025 with that plan and 2026 will bring less wins. Same for the Indianapolis Colts, who had a great start in 2025 before collapsing in 2026 and with Daniel Jones coming off a major injury, the Colts are not in line to improve next season.

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0:00.0	The New England Patriots in the Seattle Seahawks both made the Super Bowl,
0:04.8	but I don't think either are going to have as good of a season in 2026.
0:08.5	We'll break it down on today's edition of Locked-on NFL.
0:11.3	The new Locked-on NFL.
0:13.6	The madman Tyler Rowland is your double shot of NFL espresso.
0:17.8	With the locked-on local experts on every major story.
0:21.5	Get ready.
0:22.5	Roland is revving up.
0:24.2	The new locked on NFL starts now.
0:27.7	Locked on podcast network.
0:30.1	Your team every day.
0:32.5	Football fans, welcome in to the locked on NFL podcast, bringing you a double dose of the NFL's biggest stories with help from our local experts that know your favorite teams like no one else.
0:43.6	I am your host, The Madman. Tyler Rowland, joined today by Locked-on NFL expert, The Legacy, Louis DiBiase.
0:50.4	On today's show, we are going to go through teams we think will have a worse regular season record in 2026 than they did in
0:59.3	2025. We're going to talk about two teams in the AFC that are going to take a step back
1:04.3	We're also going to talk about the two teams that were in the Super Bowl who we both think may take a little bit of a step back as well.
1:11.2	Before we dive into it, I do want to thank you for making Locked-on NFL your first listen
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