Coming into Super Bowl LX, the New England Patriots seemingly faced a narrow path to a win over the Seattle Seahawks.
Every one of which started the same way.
Force the bad Sam Darnold game.
With Seattle’s defensive prowess, and New England’s struggles on offense during the postseason against other elite defenses, it looked as if the only way the Patriots were going to pull off the upset was through their defense. And that idea started with forcing mistakes from Darnold, likely through the use of pressure. As we noted ahead of Super Bowl LX, when pressured this season Darnold threw a league-leading eight interceptions, with six of those coming when he
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