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From afterthoughts to Super Bowl LX headliners

Back in the summer, the idea that the Patriots and Seahawks would be the last two teams standing felt like a long shot. As PRINCIOTTI put it, the basics at the beginning of the year were that teams like the Patriots and even the Seahawks were not supposed to be here. They were grouped with the “you never know on any given Sunday” crowd, not penciled into February. That is why the framing of Afterthoughts turning into title chasers has stuck so strongly around this game.

Now the 60th iteration of the National Football League’s biggest game has the Seattle Seahawks facing the New England Patriots with the Lombardi Trophy on the line, a pairing that would have sounded nostalgic more than realistic a few months ago. The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots have rebuilt themselves around depth and balance, not just star power, which is why both are described as being built around team efforts in coverage that notes how Maye has already shown poise in clutch situations for the Patriots and how both sides believe that approach can carry them out of California with the Lombardi Trophy, as detailed when Maye was highlighted.