The New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX when Malcolm Butler intercepted a Russell Wilson pass at the goal line. Seattle got some revenge Sunday at Gillette Stadium with a 31-24 victory that featured an eerily similar ending.
The Patriots had 4th-and-goal from Seattle's 1-yard line in the final seconds with a chance to potentially force overtime, but Kam Chancellor hung tough in man-to-man coverage against Rob Gronkowski and forced the incompletion on a play with plenty of contact.
The NFL shared the deciding play on Twitter:
Many questioned Seattle when it didn't run the ball at the end of the Super Bowl, and Mina Kimes of ESPN The Magazine didn't miss the chance to flip the script Sunday:
guess they should've
*puts on sunglasses*
run the ball— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 14, 2016Seattle is now 6-2-1 and in first place in the NFC West, while New England dropped to 7-2.