Patriots quarterback Drake Maye remained a full participant in Thursday’s practice.
“I’m not trying to lie to you guys when I say I’m feeling great,” Maye said earlier in the day. “I’m feeling great, and looking forward to getting out there today. Another day of practice, we got one tomorrow, and feeling pretty good.”
has pronounced his right shoulder as “good” all week. The team’s injury report confirms that.
Maye was limited on two reports last week, one of which was an estimate, and then sat out Friday with an illness. That led the Patriots to list him as questionable to play in a hypothetical game over the off weekend.
Linebacker Harold Landry (knee) was downgraded to a non-participant on Thursday after being limited on Wednesday.
But linebacker Robert Spillane (ankle) returned to practice as a limited participant after sitting out on Wednesday.
Offensive tackle Thayer Munford Jr. (knee) remained limited.
Defensive lineman Joshua Farmer (hamstring) was a full participant again.
Offensive tackle Morgan Moses had a load management day.
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Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori injured his ankle in Wednesday’s practice. He said during his media availability that he would participate only in the walkthrough on Thursday but will be good to go for Super Bowl LX.
Emmanwori, indeed, did not practice on Thursday.
He was the only Seahawks player not to participate.
Quarterback Sam Darnold had his first full practice since injuring his left oblique on Jan. 15. He had been limited in the seven practices since, including on Wednesday.
Offensive tackle Josh Jones (ankle/knee), linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence (rest), wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (rest) and defensive end Leonard Williams (rest) also returned to full participation after limited work on Wednesday.
Left tackle Charles Cross (foot) and fullback Robbie Ouzts (neck) were limited for a second consecutive day.
Wide receiver Jake Bobo (hand), linebacker Ernest Jones (chest), safety Julian Love (shoulder), fullback Brady Russell (hand), tight end Eric Saubert (hamstring) and linebacker Drake Thomas (shoulder) again were full participants.
There was no controversy during Bad Bunny’s Thursday media session as the Puerto Rican artist gets set to perform the halftime show of Super Bowl LX.
Fresh off of winning the Grammy for Album of the Year on Sunday, Bad Bunny told reporters — and undoubtedly some fans in the Thursday morning crowd gathered at the Moscone Center in San Francisco — that he’s looking forward to putting on an enjoyable show on Sunday afternoon.
“I’m trying to enjoy it. I know that I’m going to have fun. All the crew, all the people — they’re going to have fun that day,” he said. “That’s what I’m trying to focus [on], enjoy the moment, enjoy what is happening, what I’m doing. Trying to not put pressure on [it].”
This will not be Bad Bunny’s first time on the Super Bowl halftime stage, as he performed with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira in Miami during Super Bowl LIV. But given the magnitude of his latest album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny feels like this is a particularly special moment.
“The opportunity to bring that feeling that I put on that album to one of the biggest stages in the world is something that I never thought,” he said. “So, definitely this album is my most special because as I said, I was trying to connect with myself and my roots, who I am. And that tells you something that I already knew from before, but now it’s confirmed. You always have to be proud of who you are and feel comfortable being yourself, feel [proud] of your history and where you’re from. But don’t let that limit yourself. I know where I come from, but I also know where I can go. So, definitely, this is an album that’s going to be in my heart for my whole life.”
As for the halftime show itself, Bad Bunny did not reveal if he would be bringing out anyone else for the performance. But he did promise that folks will be pleased by what transpires.
“Well, you know that’s something I’m not going to tell you. I don’t know why you asked that,” he said with a laugh when the moderators asked if there will be any surprises guests. “I think I have a lot of guests — it’s going to be my family, my friends, all the Latino community around the world that’s supporting me. The whole country, there’s a lot of people that love me around the world — not just the Latinos, you just said I’m No. 1 in China so Chinese people love me also. So, there’s a lot of people that stop me in the street or the airport, people from Americas, from United States, Mexico, French, and say, ‘I know you’re going to do a great performance at the Super Bowl.’
“I know the world is going to be happy this Sunday. They’re going to have fun, they’re going to dance, and they’re going to have a good time.”
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald says his team’s success on defense stems from hard work at the most fundamental part of playing defense: Making tackles.
Macdonald said at a pre-Super Bowl LX press conference that everything the Seahawks do is predicated on being sound when tackling the ball carrier.
“We drill the fundamentals of tackling and finishing every day,” Macdonald said. “We do it as a team, we do it in our warmup before games. It’s part of our DNA and the guys take a lot of pride in it.”
Macdonald, who was a defensive coordinator before he became a head coach, said Seahawks outside linebackers coach Chris Partridge is the key to the emphasis on tackling. Partridge reminds players of the acronym EAT for “effort, angle and tackle.”
“I have to give just about all the credit to Chris Partridge,” Macdonald said.
For all the complex offensive and defensive schemes that NFL teams have, there’s nothing more fundamental to football than blocking and tackling. Macdonald knows that’s how championships are won.
Tom Brady’s feelings about Super Bowl LX didn’t sit well with his former Patriots teammate Vince Wilfork and a current member of the team had a similar feeling about Brady’s take.
Brady said this week that “I don’t have a dog in the fight” when asked about who is pulling for in the matchup between the Patriots and Seahawks, which came as a surprise to many people given Brady’s long history with New England. Patriots linebacker Robert Spillane had an even stronger reaction when asked about it on Thursday.
Spillane said, via Karen Guregian of MassLive.com, that “personally it makes me sick” to hear Brady say that he’s not partial to his former team. One of Spillane’s former teams is likely the main reason why Brady is taking that stance.
Brady is now a minority owner of the Raiders and his current club is expected to hire Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak as their new head coach once the Super Bowl is over. Given those circumstances, it’s not hard to understand why Brady would not want to be seen waving the flag for the Patriots this week but that doesn’t make it any easier for Spillane to swallow.
Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori injured his ankle at practice on Wednesday, but he downplayed any concern about it impacting his availability for Super Bowl LX when he spoke to reporters on Thursday.
Emmanwori said he rolled his ankle near the end of the team’s practice session and evaluations by the team’s medical staff did not turn up any serious issue. He said he expects to limit his participation on Thursday to the walkthrough portion of practice, but is confident that the “training staff’s got a good plan” heading into the weekend.
“Once I’m out there, my adrenaline will be pumping. Last game of the season, so I’ll be good to go,” Emmanwori said, via Tim Booth of the Seattle Times.
Emmanwori was a second-round pick last year and he had 81 tackles, 2.5 sacks, and an interception in 14 regular season games. He has eight tackles and a fumble recovery in the postseason.
The state of Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s right shoulder may have created some concern in the aftermath of New England’s AFC Championship Game win over the Broncos, but there’s been little reason for it this week.
Maye said on Monday night that he’ll be fine for Super Bowl LX and he was listed as a full participant on the team’s first practice report of the week. At a press conference on Thursday morning, Maye insisted that there’s no gamesmanship taking place when it comes to how he’s feeling.
“I’m not trying to lie to you guys when I say I’m feeling great,” Maye said. “I’m feeling great, and looking forward to getting out there today. Another day of practice, we got one tomorrow, and feeling pretty good.”
The Patriots will issue another practice report on Thursday and Friday will bring their injury designations for the matchup with the Seahawks, but it doesn’t look like there will be anything on either to contradict the message that Maye has been sending all week.
When it comes to ready-made storylines for Super Bowl LX, it’s hard to resist the one attached to Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold’s career arc.
Darnold was the third overall pick in 2018, but the Jets moved on from him after three seasons and his future as an NFL starter was in doubt after an unsuccessful two-year run with the Panthers. Darnold spent a year as a backup with the 49ers and seemed destined to remain in that role with the Vikings until J.J. McCarthy suffered a season-ending knee injury ahead of the 2024 season.
The Vikings won 14 games with Darnold as their quarterback, but he didn’t play well when the team lost in both Week 18 and the wild card round of the playoffs. The Seahawks signed him as a free agent, but there were plenty of people who questioned the move and misgivings about Darnold’s ability to rise to the occasion remained throughout the 2025 season. They’ve gradually slipped away during Seattle’s run to the Super Bowl, but Darnold said he’s not drawing motivation from the chance to prove anyone wrong.
“It doesn’t really come down to that for me,” Darnold said in his Wednesday press conference. “It’s always just been about putting in hard work, every single day. Hard work and all the dedication and hours I put in in the offseason, during the season, it leads to this moment. That’s the mindset I have, and really the mindset I’ve had my entire career.”
Darnold may not be interested in playing the vindication card, but others will be more than happy to do it for him if he’s holding the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night.
On Monday, former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said of the Seahawks-Patriots matchup in Super Bowl LX: “I don’t have a dog in the fight.”
That left Brady’s former New England teammate Vince Wilfork with a bone to pick regarding Brady’s unwillingness to pick a winner for Sunday.
“That’s bullcrap, Tom,” Wilfork said in an appearance on WEEI. “All that political — this ain’t political. It ain’t political, what it is. Raiders ain’t in it. Say what it is, what you see. . . . At the end of the day, if you’re a Patriot for life, you know what it is. Don’t give me that political bullcrap. That just what it is. If you don’t think we’re gonna win, just pick Seattle then. Don’t straddle the fence. Don’t straddle the fence.”
It really is strange to see Brady not supporting the Patriots. Yes, he now owns a piece of the Raiders. But he has a statue outside Gillette Stadium.
As one former Patriots player who won multiple Super Bowls recently acknowledged, some guys from great teams of the past don’t want to be supplanted by another run of champions. For instance, unless and until the Patriots win another Super Bowl, Brady will be the only quarterback to ever win one in New England.
Once a new dynasty emerges, the last dynasty loses significance. Which means that the players who were part of it lose significance, too. Which means that some former Patriots players may be secretly hoping that this fresh crop of Patriots doesn’t win their seventh Super Bowl.
The Seahawks listed rookie safety Nick Emmanwori as limited in Wednesday’s practice with an ankle injury. The pool report revealed the reason.
Emmanwori was injured while defending a pass late in Wednesday’s padded practice, according to pool reporter Kalyn Kahler of ESPN. He walked off the field on his own, with several players attempting to comfort Emmanwori before he left.
The severity of the injury is unknown.
“He had an ankle today,” coach Mike Macdonald told Kahler. “We brought him in to look at it, and we’ll kind of go from here and figure out what are the next steps.”
The Seahawks drafted Emmanwori in the second round, and he is a finalist for defensive rookie of the year. He had three pass breakups in the NFC Championship Game.
Macdonald said in the pool report that Sam Darnold’s limited participation in practice was a part of the plan as he continues to work his way back from an left oblique injury. The quarterback has not had a full practice since injuring his side in a Jan. 15 practice.
“Sam’s right on schedule,” Macdonald told Kahler. “So we’ve had this plan here over the last X amount of weeks, and it varies every day. And today he had a great day, so we’re right on schedule.”
