Super Bowl 60 Showdown: Patriots and Seahawks Battle for Redemption and Glory in a Clash That Could Change Everything
Even their trip to the Denver Broncos for the AFC championship game was a little less daunting because their top-seeded opponent was without starting quarterback Bo Nix.
Among Super Bowl teams since 1991, only the 1999 Rams faced an easier combined regular-season and postseason path.
Easiest TRACR Faced (Super Bowl Outcome)
- 1999 St. Louis Rams: -3.32 (win)
- 2025 New England Patriots: -3.02 (Sunday vs. Seahawks)
- 1991 Buffalo Bills: -2.91 (loss)
- 2000 New York Giants: -2.19 (loss)
- 2006 Chicago Bears: -2.10 (loss)
This isn’t meant as an indictment of the Patriots’ resume.  They capitalized fully on their opponents, which is exactly what good teams are supposed to do when handed a last-place division schedule. First-year head coach Mike Vrabel leaned into that advantage, riding his young quarterback, Drake Maye, all the way to the franchise’s record 12th Super Bowl appearance.



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