The Seahawks entered the 2025 campaign with 60-to-1 odds, hardly on anyone’s radar to win the Super Bowl, the conference or even the NFC West. That will not be the case in 2026.
Seattle put on an all-time show in Super Bowl LX, shutting out the Patriots for the first 47 minutes of the game and ousting six-time MVP runner-up Drake Maye with a stellar performance.
“It’s funny, I said to the team, on Saturday night, you know, I’ve had a bad habit of hammering and hammering in my office, and with the rest of our coaching staff, thinking about plays and what we’re going to run, and how it’s going to go,” Macdonald said Monday, “and then you get around the guys, and you see them, and all of that magical worry just goes away.
“I think that speaks to the way they played. It became clear very early on that they were a certain group that was going to play our style of football last night. At that point, you know, the place became irrelevant. It was really the style of the way the guys played, just playing that nonstop all game was really impressive and really proud of those guys. It was a great game for us.”
Macdonald and the Seahawks brass will take some time before turning the page on the 2026 season. Sam Darnold and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III need to return from Disneyland. The team needs to have its well-deserved parade, Wednesday in Seattle.
But with the NFL Scouting Combine two weeks away and Seattle on the offensive — Klint Kubiak confirmed Sunday he’s joining the Raiders as their next head coach — Macdonald and Co.’s next title quest will be will start shortly.
“We’re going to enjoy this, I can promise you that,” Macdonald told NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. “We’ve got to hire a manager, so that’s a process we’re probably going to start as soon as tomorrow, but we’re going to enjoy it in the meantime.
“If you’re not having fun, I mean, what are you doing? What are you doing all this for?”