UNUSUAL HEROES
The Seattle Seahawks leaned on precision kicking, field position and a dominant postseason run from Kenneth Walker III to secure a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday night.
In a defensive, grind-it-out first half, kicker Jason Myers provided Seattle with both consistency and separation, drilling a Super Bowl-record five field goals—from 33, 39, 41, 41 and 26 yards—and accounting for the Seahawks’ first 12 points and helping them seize control.
“He’s elite,” holder and punter Michael Dickson said. “The attention to detail with him, it pays off. He’s got that mentality and it’s really cool to share this experience with him.”
Myers finished the season with 206 points, including the playoffs, becoming the first player to reach 200 points in a single season and breaking the NFL record of 198 set by LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006.
Dickson also played a pivotal role, pinning the Patriots deep with three punts inside the 6-yard line to give Seattle’s defense favorable field position throughout the night.
“I always want to give my defense the best field position,” Dickson said. “Hitting it inside a few times and getting the guys around me was special.”
While special teams set the tone early, Walker was the engine of Seattle’s offense and capped his prolific postseason by earning Super Bowl MVP honors. The 25-year-old rushed for 135 yards and added 26 receiving, recording his third straight playoff game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage.
Since 1997
Walker became the first running back since Terrell Davis in 1997 to win Super Bowl MVP and the first since Davis to top 100 yards from scrimmage in every playoff game for a Super Bowl champion. He totaled 413 yards from scrimmage in Seattle’s three postseason victories.
Walker set the tone immediately with a 10-yard run on the game’s opening snap and later piled up 55 rushing yards on a single first-half field-goal drive—the most by any player on one Super Bowl drive in the past 20 years.
With backfield partner Zach Charbonnet sidelined by a season-ending knee injury, Walker assumed a heavier workload at the most critical point of the season. After averaging fewer than 15 touches per game during the regular season, Walker handled nearly 25 touches per game in the playoffs.
“We need multiple MVPs,” Dickson said. “K9, he went off. He’s incredible.”
The performance came at a pivotal moment for Walker, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is slated for free agency in 2026. After delivering his first 1,000-yard rushing season since his rookie year and elevating his play in the postseason, Walker is positioned for a significant payday.
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