In a game where many New England Patriot fans expected their team to have success against one of the league’s nastiest defenses, the obvious truth was apparent to just about every other NFL fan across the league but them. 

That truth, they weren’t even in the same league as Seattle emphasizing a critical point that only Patriot fans couldn’t see. The only saving grace for New England was the play of their top defender Christian Gonzalez who defended several passes that would have made this Super Bowl a blowout for Seattle. 

The question lingers, were the Patriots the better team to move on from the AFC Championship? Denver would likely have lost to Seattle also without Bo Nix; however, it goes without saying that Denver’s defense might have held Seattle’s offense to much lower totals.  A Denver win?

The Patriots offense was terrible lead by the previous MVP candidate, Drake Maye who was 27 of 43 attempts for 295 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions and was sacked 6 times ending the game with a quarterback rating of 79.1. Maye was New England’s leading rusher with 37 yards on 5 carries, mostly from being flushed out of a collapsing pocket. 

Seattle’s offense on the other hand was much more affective with running back Kenneth Walker III winning the game MVP on a performance that got him 135 yards on the ground on 27 carries with his longest being 30 yards. Seattle’s defense held the Patriots to a shutout for three quarters before the Patriots were even able to get into the end zone in the fourth quarter. 

The Seahawks relied on kicker Jason Myers who was perfect five for five on field goals with his longest at 41-yards out. Myers was responsible for 17 of Seattle’s 29 points. 

In other sports the Winter Olympics kicked off in Milano Cortina over the weekend. Norway currently is leading the pack with 6 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver and two bronze while the United States is in fifth place with two golds.

The United States first gold was won by Wyoming based skier Breezy Johnson who posted a 1:36:10 time in the Women’s Alpine Downhill. Ilia Malini won the U.S.’s second medal in the free skate performance while Japan secured the Silver and Italy took Bronze. 

The Denver Nuggets have won one of their last four with losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks, winning their only game against the Bulls on Saturday over the weekend. 

This week the Nuggets are at home to face the Memphis Grizzlies before heading to L.A. to play the Clippers.