No team has EVER played that poorly in a Superbowl

[JonLP24]

54. Aside from the poor defense displayed by Denver

the bad snap & the poor tackling on the kickoff return, I really don't know what they could have done offensively.

The first drive they were drilled three straight times. They weren't just being tackled, they were being laid out, often by multiple defenders. Seattle knows how to exploit gaps better than any team and have the best pass rush despite rarely blitzing so they still have an army of defenders in pass coverage that are big physical players that mug receivers. I never seen a team deliver crushing hits like that the entire game, even on a kickoff return the returner was laid out at the 10-yard line. The speed Seattle has that even when Denver had a positive player multiple Seahawk players closed in quickly. I don't think it had anything do with a disinterest, the defenders were there every time.

I think it is more what Seattle did defensively than anything Denver did. There isn't a single weak link anywhere on that D and every one of them played their A-game. I don't see what they could have done.

Denver actually has a history of playing bad in Super Bowls but I don't think they faced defenses like this or any other team blown out in the Super Bowl has.