After an amazing NFL regular season, wildcard weekend and divisional round, I was severely disappointed by the result of the championship games.
The NFC championship game wasn’t too bad, as the Seattle Seahawks feel like a worthy team to represent the NFC. The AFC championship game, on the other hand, was one of the biggest disappointments of the year, with the terribly overrated New England Patriots finding a way to make it to the biggest stage.
Pre-Super Bowl
The 2025-26 season was one of the greatest regular seasons in recent memory. It seemed like any team could win any week, outside of some of the usual terrible teams like the New York Jets and Las Vegas Raiders.
The NFC Championship game Jan. 25 lived up to the hype, with the Seahawks taking down the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 at home in a fantastic game between Sam Darnold and this year’s NFL MVP, Matthew Stafford.
My problems with this Super Bowl match-up stem from the AFC championship game, which had the Denver Broncos hosting New England Jan. 25.
In the AFC Divisional game, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix injured his ankle, making an amazing win for Broncos fans feel a little less sweet. The Broncos were forced to bring in backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham to face off against Patriots second-year quarterback Drake Maye in a game that I still believed the Broncos could take.
In a game that could at best be described as a “defensive battle,” New England came into Denver and defeated the Broncos 10-7. Regardless of the win from New England, it was one of the worst postseason performances I have ever seen.
Winner prediction
I expect this Super Bowl match-up to be an absolute blowout, with Seattle taking the win by at least 21 points.
Seattle is better at all three phases of the game, and although Drake Maye is a special quarterback, the Seahawks’ defense is top five in the league. Maye played very subpar against the Denver Broncos, racking up a measly 151 total yards, only scoring one touchdown and taking five sacks.
I expect Seattle’s defense to shut down Maye and take an early lead. With a pretty good offense, I don’t see the Patriots’ defense being able to slow down the Darnold-led Seahawks.
Even though the game will be a terrible one sided blowout, the halftime show should be very memorable.
The halftime show
This year’s halftime show is headlined by Grammy-winner and most-streamed artist of 2025, Bad Bunny. When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show back in September, everybody was losing their minds.
I saw many different takes on the situation. Some people were very excited, and others were very appalled by the idea of a “non-American” being the headliner. This halftime show is going to be very political, but I’m confident that it will still be memorable for its entertainment.
I’m not a fan of Bad Bunny’s music, but he was picked for a reason. He was statistically a huge hit in 2025, so I’m sure that he’ll provide an entertaining halftime show.
Super Bowl commercials
The one thing that can still unite people during a boring game and a controversial halftime show is the amazing Super Bowl commercials. I have absolutely no idea what commercials to expect this year, but there always seems to be a few that are funny.
I’m hoping that this year we can bring back the bizarre, but memorable commercials that we saw in the 2010s. It seems like every year the commercials get less funny and more focused on companies proving that they can make the higher quality commercial.
As funny as commercials are, I am a little bit disappointed that I can expect them to be the highlight of the day. I love watching high-quality football and can’t see that happening this year.
