After spending time away from the national spotlight, the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will cap off a dream season this Sunday at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, a heavyweight NFL showdown that pits the league’s best defense against the second‑best offense and will crown a new king of American football.

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For the first time in four years, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are absent from the NFL’s grand finale, but the Seahawks and Patriots have fully earned their shot at the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Santa Clara thanks to ferocious defenses and two quarterbacks, Sam Darnold and Drake Maye, determined to carve out their place in football’s Olympus.

Few in New England imagined the team would return this quickly to the Super Bowl stage after the massive void left by Tom Brady’s departure in 2020 and Bill Belichick’s exit in 2024.​

Last season, the Patriots won just four of their 17 games and finished at the bottom of their division. Now they arrive at the Super Bowl riding a stunning run of 16 wins in their last 17 outings.​

That remarkable turnaround helped head coach Mike Vrabel, a three‑time NFL champion as a Patriots player, earn recognition as Coach of the Year.

On his roster, one name stands out with historic weight: kicker Andy Borregales, the first Venezuelan ever to set foot on a Super Bowl field.

“Pride—so much pride in him, in the team, in everything they’ve accomplished this year. We just got here; the nerves are really intense, but we’re moving forward and hoping everything goes well,” Andy’s mother, Vivian Martínez, told EFE Agency.

“It’s a source of pride that he can represent the country. Back in Venezuela, everyone is going crazy. It’s the first time there’s been a Venezuelan in the NFL, and to have him playing in a Super Bowl makes it all feel completely new,” she added.

At Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Borregales will feel the backing of his parents, his brother, his wife, and many friends in the stands, along with the affection from afar of an entire nation.

“Of course, the whole family will be watching the game on television, without a doubt. I imagine that, for the first time, all of Venezuela will be watching an American football game,” Vivian said.

Leading the Patriots will be quarterback Drake Maye, another of the team’s most visible faces under Mike Vrabel and a young star intent on shocking the league.

At 23, Maye will try to guide the Patriots to the seventh Super Bowl title in franchise history.

Across the field await the Seattle Seahawks of head coach Mike Macdonald, a second‑year sideline boss who has transformed his squad into a relentless winning machine.

The Seahawks head into the Super Bowl as clear favorites, having won 13 of their last 14 games, including a nine‑game winning streak that has stamped them as the hottest team in the league.

History is also on their side: on eight of the last nine occasions when the league’s top defense faced one of the two best offenses in the Super Bowl, it was the defense that ended up hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Quarterback Sam Darnold arrives at this Super Bowl with a hunger for redemption, after bouncing through five teams and being moved on from by both the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings, only to finally find his stage with Seattle.

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Noé Yactayo

Noé Yactayo es un periodista todoterreno y SEO del diario El Comercio desde mayo del 2022. Tiene 12 años de experiencia en investigación, análisis y coberturas en vivo sobre noticias de deportes, espectáculos, política, ciencia y tecnología para audiencias hispanas en EE.UU., México y España. Trabajó en Mi Bundesliga, La República y Líbero.

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