Seahawks’ Dark Side all set for sequels after overpowering their familar foe
SCOTT STRAZZANTE/AP Byron Murphy II (No 91) and Devon Witherspoon (No 21) helped Seattle complete one of the NFL’s all-time team renovation Seattle’s Dark Side reduced yet another politically charged edition of the spectacle to a blowout 10 Feb 2026 - The Guardian Andrew Lawrence Super Bowl LX was a two-score game with less than five minutes remaining. New England had the ball on the Seahawks’ 44-yard line and – after reaching the end zone in the fourth quarter, finally – that familiar sense of possibility. But that quickly vaporised when Devon Witherspoon knifed in on a blitz and jarred the ball loose from the Patriots quarterback, Drake Maye, mid-throw. Uchenna Nwosu snatched it in stride and rumbled 45 yards to the end zone, sealing Seattle’s 29-13 victory. That the league’s top defence was able to punctuate this moment, more than a decade in the making, with an interception as the Super Bowl XLIX hero Malcolm Butler looked on made the Seahawks’ revenge all the sweeter. “They l...