Super Bowl Showdown: Can the Underdog Seahawks Dethrone the Patriots’ Reign?
The Patriots ranked sixth in rushing defense in the regular season (101.7 yards per game) and have been even better in the postseason, yielding an average of 71.3 rushing yards and 3.15 yards per carry in three playoff games.
Can New England keep it going and shut down Walker and the run game and force Darnold to replicate his performance from Championship Sunday?
It might sound like a good plan, but in that NFC title game, Seattle unveiled a bit different offensive attack with Darnold’s arm.
In 18 games through the divisional round, the Seahawks called for Darnold to drop back on just 28.7% of pass plays. However, 52.5% of their passes were drop backs against LA. Darnold attempted a season-high 18 drop-back passes in the conference championship game after having just five such throws the previous weekend. During the regular season, he averaged just over seven throws out of a drop back per game.


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