Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Reacting to Seahawks' 29-13 victory over Patriots in Super Bowl LX (Hour 1)
09 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Seahawks' victory over the Patriots?
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
I say Seahawks, but they don't cover 24-17. Really low scoring, and I don't know why. So that is my prediction. Seahawks beating the Patriots.
I did pick on Take the North, I did pick the New England Patriots to beat the Seattle Seahawks 24-20. Yes, some of it has to do with the fact that Dave the Cat did, without hesitation, choose the New England Patriots.
My East Coast family is not going to like this, but I am picking the Seahawks to win 27-24. Like Grody, I'm a cat guy. So I'm rolling with Dave the Cat, 23-20 Patriots.
There goes May on first and ten, heaving and long, throws, caught, touchdown!
Farside! Grabbed on that far side by Matt Collins. And over the shoulder catch at the pylon far side of the end zone. And the clock is ticking at 4.38. And they trail 22-7. Shotgun snap. 44 Seattle. He's hit as he drops back. The ball free. Picked up by Nozu. Running down the side.
30, 20, 10, 5. Touchdown. In the hands of Trevion Henderson. Right against the sideline. He's rolling for 29. And that will do it. Seattle reigns above them all in the NFL. The Seahawks, Super Bowl champions for the second time.
All my teammates, all my coaches I've ever had, always believing in me. I've always believed in myself because of my family and my friends. So it's as simple as that. As long as you believe in yourself, anything's possible.
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Chapter 2: How did Kenneth Walker III earn the Super Bowl MVP title?
Did you enjoy your life enough to watch the game? And for everybody who loves the Bears defense and old school football and the running game, that was a game for you last night because that was what was working.
Let me tell you something, both of you. I'm just happy I got paid to watch that game. I was at work last night, so I got paid to watch that game. Otherwise, I don't know that I would have watched it and consumed it in the same manner in which I did. I probably would have watched it after the fact, fast-forwarding through everything, because I knew it was going to be a bad game.
I just didn't know how bad of a game it was going to be in terms of competitive. This took me back to being a young Buffalo Bills fan, watching after... The missed field goal, what happened the next three Super Bowls with those same Buffalo Bills? They got absolutely trounced.
I'm thinking about what Layla said, that it might agree, or at least indicating that a game like that, like the old school nature of it, might appeal to some people. And I'm saying no. I'm saying no. I'm saying that I think we're past that. I was at a party with people that you would think would think old school, and there were people drifting off at the gathering. Real football fans, too.
What does that mean, drifting off? Just kind of slouching in their seats, getting a little lower, eating food, and just kind of... Letting the itis take over. Yeah, because... Right. So even people... I think we are officially conditioned for lots of scoring in the NFL for big-time quarterback play, and we didn't have it. And even the people who think they're old school...
They're not old school anymore. We want offense, period.
I don't know. I mean, we do. We knew based on, you know, Olin says this, and it's true, like the tape speaks to you. So if you watch these two teams, if you slogged through the Patriots-Broncos game, if you understood how the Seahawks got to this point, You had a feeling that it was going to be a low-scoring game. But you're right. I don't necessarily know that that's the appetite for everybody.
I don't think so. It took me back to a simpler time. Like, it did take me back. Because the Seahawks, a lot of time, didn't even have exotic blitz packages. Yes, Devin Witherspoon would rush off the edge occasionally. And, well, I might add, he had a tremendous game. I dare to say, he had a great playoffs. So, he was one part of it. But it was just...
It was a lot of simple, you know, four-man rushes out of the Seahawks' defense. They were like, we're going to make it hell for you to run the ball. You knew that on the other side, unfortunately, the Seahawks' full complement of offensive weapons wasn't the same. Jackson Smith and Jigba goes into concussion protocol. He ends up leaving the game.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Seahawks' win for the Bears' offseason?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're texting somebody from another show while we're on the text thread? Will you care to share this? So you're texting with their show?
I feel like this is a safe space.
No, not the whole show. What's going on here? What did you and Tanny talk about? What is that all about?
I like that this is a safe space where she feels comfortable enough and secure enough, and she knows that Mark Grody is secure enough, that she could text other people about the game as well.
Here's a way to really make it hit home.
Tani and I will occasionally just get our own bits off.
Oh, I love texting Tani. I text him all the time. You text Tani? I do. I do. Yes, I do.
Next thing you know, we're going to all say we text Lauren.
He's next. He's next. But with... To really hit it home, Layla, to add to what you're saying, with 12.56 to go in the game, I jotted this one down, even at the gathering that I attended.
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Chapter 4: What were the offensive struggles faced by the Patriots during the game?
I'm not so sure about that. I'm honestly not so sure about that. I thought it was an interesting game in that it became, at some point, probably around halftime when it was 9-0, it was like, okay, is this game more about who's going to win or more about how putrid is this offense from New England going to end up being when it's all said and done?
So I was pleasantly surprised when Mack Hollins gets a couple of catches, including the touchdown. Oh, they are alive over there. It just took them a long time to warm up.
This segment is sponsored by AlmostFreeTeeth.com. Affordable implants, life-changing smiles. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody talking a little Super Bowl on 104.3 The Score. Yeah, they finally get some forward passes going. That's the other part of this. Like, for all the Vrabel talk and the Drake May talk and the Almost MVP talk, Coach of the Year, you know who else should be getting some ire here?
Old Assistant Coach of the Year who always gets the benefit of the doubt at all times, Josh McDaniels. I think there was a really good point that was made by Chris Collinsworth when he talked about how the Patriots were calling the same plays that they did in the snow against the Broncos. Just running up the middle on purpose at times in crucial yardage and crucial downs.
You can do that if you're getting a V-shaped pocket and you get that penetration up front. But you weren't getting that. You were just doing it to be stubborn at that point. And I thought that of all people who was going to adjust, that was going to be the dude, and it didn't happen.
I just... I feel like the Patriots offense... has not been good for a while, right? But it's not just that. The Seattle Seahawks showed you exactly what type of defense you were going to have to be able to beat to win a championship. And for the better part of the season, no one could do enough damage against that specific defense. And it all came to fruition. When you look at
Unfortunately, the Patriots rode to the Super Bowl and how they got there, and it was a lesser road. I think we could say that unequivocally, that their road was lesser to get to the Super Bowl, whether it's the snow game in Denver against a backup quarterback. That's a 50-50 game, too, because of the snow.
Yeah, and it was interesting. In Denver.
It just didn't feel like the Patriots had done this great thing like, oh, look at that dominance to get to the Super Bowl. And you get to the Super Bowl and a team that has been truly dominant, specifically on the defensive side of the ball. And I want to give Mike McDonald some credit here.
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Chapter 5: How did the Seahawks' defense impact the Super Bowl outcome?
They should tighten it up a little bit? We were talking at the gathering I was at. People were joking. When it was fourth and seven on the first drive, there were jokes. Oh, well, Ben Johnson would go for it. That's what it was. But people were joking. Oh, Ben Johnson would totally go for it.
I think Dan Campbell, you can guarantee I don't know that it's his lock with Ben Johnson.
It's getting close, man.
It's getting close. I'm not saying this is an open indictment on Ben Johnson. I'm not saying, oh, look at this. This is how you should do it. It's hard not to think about Ben Johnson, though. But that's the point. I'm watching this going, should I learn from this strategy? Because it was ultimately correct.
But the reason it was ultimately correct was they had a remarkable good defense on the other side.
You could trust your defense.
That's the difference. When your best defense is your offense, like it is for, say, the Bears at times, especially after injuries. it's a different strategy altogether, but there's remained the same because their defense was so good.
Yeah. If Ben Johnson had the Seattle Seahawks defense, he would of course punt more or just kick the field goal. Cause guess what? He remember where we were going into the last game. We were like, how much do you trust the bears defense?
Uh, And I remember Ben Johnson answering those questions because we all assumed he was doing what he was doing, going forward and whatnot, because he didn't trust the defense. And he was like, oh, no, it's the opposite. I do trust this defense. And he tried to defend them. But I don't know, man. There's a little bit of both in that, Marshall.
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Chapter 6: What adjustments did the Patriots fail to make during the Super Bowl?
The punter, the fact that we're talking about the Seahawks punter so glowingly. That's what happens when defense dominates a ballgame.
Yeah, when it was like, was it 12 to nothing at one point in time? Was it that many field goals? I was like, okay, this is what we're doing, huh? It's going to be, there's not going to be explosives and eventually there were.
Do you know how many first downs New England had at the half?
Can I guess? Oh, you got it.
Four.
I would have taken the under, to be honest with you. But fair enough.
No, they had four. And I think there was a point when it was 12-0 and Myers kicked another field goal, right? Where the announcers said, Mike Tirico was like, you get the feeling. Or no, I think it was Chris Collinsworth. He said, you get the feeling. If they get a fifth field goal, the game's basically over. Right? I was saying that's a two touchdown lead with a touchdown was scored.
I was like, oh, yeah, the talk at the gathering was next touchdown wins, whichever team was to get a touchdown, whichever team was able to have the formula to break through against these two very good defense.
Why are you that reluctant to call it a party?
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Chapter 7: What lessons can the Bears learn from the Seahawks' Super Bowl performance?
Yeah, everybody was bright. Next year, the Super Bowl is on Valentine's Day, and a lot of people are going to have to make a choice. Or it's the best excuse ever.
It's the best part about that is, the Monday, the day after the Super Bowl, is an actual holiday President's Day.
I'm already predicting all sorts of pregnancies that will have occurred from Valentine's Day on the Super Bowl. Come on. That ferocious of a holiday is coming together. The drinking, eating holiday.
If this Super Bowl had happened, do you really think anybody got pregnant after watching that Super Bowl?
Well, maybe because it was so boring that it's like, hey, you want to go hang out? Mark makes a good point. Mark makes a good point. Boredom brings that kind of thing on.
People legit got married at the Super Bowl, but that's for a halftime. We're going to talk about halftime at halftime. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We thank you for joining us today. You can text and call us, and we've had some funny lines already. 312-644-6767 is our number. You can also join us on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago.
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People we know from former drafts really made a difference in this. Like people the Bears had their eyes on. And then also just some of the strategy that we talked about as well. So more Super Bowl talk and appreciation for some defense and running game next.
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Chapter 8: How does the Super Bowl impact the future of the Seahawks and Patriots?
They became shootouts. That's what I'm looking for, and that's why I was so disappointed to see just how bad the Patriots looked.
Yeah, I mean, at times, yeah, they look like they didn't belong. Exactly. And that was the part where I was like, oh, wow. Like, there's some embarrassment going on here. But then how much of it is Seattle? And I like what you're saying, too, about, like, if we are applying things to the Bears. Yeah. Some of the ballsy blitzes by both teams, even Rabel, leaving cover zero.
And to Chris Collinsworth's credit, when that blitz happened, he would say, that's going to leave somebody wide open. And in a couple cases it was. Actually, it was a Denver all-out blitz that left somebody open for Seattle. And Darnold, he missed a few passes himself on plays. Oh.
There was enough inconsistent offense to go around. Both sides. But, you know, Ernest Jones had a really good postgame interview on the Four Letter Network postgame show. I was watching it, and he talked about two things that really stuck with me. Number one, he said to Berger McFarlane, the game plan was we were not going to put a spy or put an extra man on Drake May just knowing he could run.
They said, we're going to let him get his yards. We're not going to change our defensive plan just because of Drake Mays running. And I think that what we've seen, even for teams who defended Caleb Williams and the Bears, we saw a lot of teams put a spy on Caleb Williams, notably the Cowboys. You know, Matt Eberflus' defense, they did that because Caleb was running more in that game.
But there are other teams who would commit somebody defensively.
to drake may's legs or have a spy on him or something that would cause somebody else to get open or open up and then that would change the plan so i thought that that was a really sound scouting point that he made when it came to how confident this team is in their personnel and that's why you're able to do that is because you don't necessarily have to have extra resources on somebody because you trust everybody's assignments too i thought that was such a good point that was made
I'm not trying to make excuses for anyone to play in the game. Obviously, you get to the game, you're supposed to do well in the game. Did you feel like Drake May's shoulder injury was a factor here? And if so, how much? That's the question I kept wrestling with watching him play. This guy was the most accurate passer in the regular season. And all of a sudden, he is missing.
Now, some of that was due to pressure, but I saw some of the time... where he looked like he had time and still couldn't hit the guy in the window that he needed to hit the guy.
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