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Get ready to spend the next two weeks talking about whether the Seattle Seahawks should've run the football.
The last time the Seahawks and New England Patriots met in the Super Bowl, Malcolm Butler clinched the win for the Pats with an end-zone interception of Russell Wilson.
The dialogue was never-ending -- should Seattle have handed the ball to Marshawn Lynch?
There were clock management reasons to throw, but in the end, Butler made the play of his life and the choice backfired in a championship way for the Seahawks.
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Now, the rematch is here.
It's totally new, of course.
Drake Maye quarterbacks the Patriots, who have found their way back after a brief downfall when Tom Brady left.
Sam Darnold leads the Seahawks, showing his revival in 2024 with the Vikings wasn't a fluke as he now has Seattle one win from the Lombardi Trophy.
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The rematch, if anything, will be overplayed -- that game doesn't impact at all what will happen in this game.
But it's a cool subplot anyway.
Sports are about history and about how we connect these games through the years.
And when you think of Patriots-Seahawks, you think of Malcolm Butler and a single coaching decision that defined an entire season.
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