{"id":747141,"date":"2026-02-12T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747141\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:08:19","slug":"seahawks-reacts-survey-who-was-the-defensive-mvp-of-super-bowl-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747141\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks Reacts Survey: Who was the defensive MVP of Super Bowl 60?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seahawks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for the final Seahawks Reacts survey for the 2025 NFL season! The Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions once again, having previously lifted the Lombardi Trophy in 2013. Both teams had elite defenses and special teams, along with offenses that could score at a high clip but had occasional issues with consistency. The big thing was that neither Russell Wilson nor Sam Darnold had to engage in weekly hero ball for the team to succeed.<\/p>\n

Our first question is whether or not this year was officially the greatest season in Seahawks history. I did not say that the 2025 team was better than the 2013 one; this is all about the context of the season and how they won it all. The 2013 team will forever be special because it was the first Super Bowl winner in franchise history, plus we saw the Legion of Boom go through some heartbreak the year before in order to finish the job the following season. Only a select few analysts and fans could\u2019ve possibly believed in this year\u2019s Seahawks to be not just a playoff contender, but a Super Bowl champion. This year was also Seattle\u2019s 50th season in existence, adding to the special flavor to this run. There\u2019s certainly no denying that the 2013 Seahawks had a league-wide impact on recognizing Seattle as a force to be reckoned with, and tearing apart the legendary Peyton Manning and the record-setting Denver Broncos offense will live on forever.<\/p>\n

The second question is about defensive MVP. Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl MVP after posting 161 yards from scrimmage, and if not for a marginal Jalen Sundell holding penalty he would\u2019ve cleared 200 yards with an exclamation point of a touchdown. Seattle\u2019s defense was so dominant that it felt like you could\u2019ve awarded a defensive player MVP like we saw in Super Bowl 48.<\/p>\n

Our options listed here are Devon Witherspoon, who had four tackles, three QB hits, a sack, and basically the game-sealing hit that led to Uchenna Nwosu\u2019s pick-six. If it was called a strip-sack fumble I bet that would\u2019ve encouraged some more Witherspoon votes, because it\u2019s not normal for corners to have those type of stat lines. Byron Murphy II was another great shout with his two sacks, excellent run defense, and a fumble recovery off of the Derick Hall strip-sack. Hall also had two sacks, doubling his regular season total, and that forced fumble was the catalyst for the blowout. The last name I have here is actually not Ernest Jones IV, who led the team in tackles, but Josh Jobe. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

There is the \u201cOther\u201d option, too. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve omitted a name or two after a virtuoso showing.<\/p>\n

Vote in the survey below!<\/p>\n

Check back on the weekend for full results!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,84696,103392],"class_list":{"0":"post-747141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seattle-seahawks-discussion","11":"tag-seattle-seahawks-super-bowl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116058056800551069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}