Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald revealed he waited over a month to rewatch his team's Super Bowl LX victory. He only viewed the tape five days ago during an appearance on 'Up & Adams.' Macdonald avoided an immediate review to preserve his firsthand experience of the game.
Mike Macdonald, the mastermind behind the Seahawks' No. 1 scoring defense, led Seattle to a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX on February 8. The victory capped a dominant 2025 NFL season for Seattle, marked by the best point differential (+246) for a Super Bowl champion since the 1999 Rams. Jaxon Smith-Njigba earned Offensive Player of the Year honors, with new quarterback Sam Darnold contributing to the success. Macdonald became the third-youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl, following Sean McVay and Mike Tomlin. Macdonald shared that he delayed rewatching the game to avoid critiquing it too harshly. > Full disclosure, I've only watched it once. Like five days ago. > It took me that long to watch the tape. He preferred reliving the game from a fan's first-person perspective rather than donning his coach's hat. > Because I'm weird and I loved the idea of how we played from, like, first-person watching the game, but when I watch it from the coach's perspective I inevitably put my coach's hat on and I critique it probably too hard. Upon review, Macdonald noted areas for improvement, such as better coverage on the back to the flat and the two touchdown passes allowed. The Seahawks entered the fourth quarter with a 12-0 lead, becoming the first team since the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers to hold opponents scoreless through three quarters in a Super Bowl. The final quarter saw 30 points, including a 16-yard touchdown pass from Darnold to AJ Barner, a 35-yard score from Patriots quarterback Drake Maye to Mack Hollins, a Jason Myers field goal, Uchenna Nwosu's 45-yard touchdown return off a Maye turnover, and Rhamondre Stevenson's 7-yard touchdown catch.
