The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks are the final two teams standing in the 2025 NFL season, set to face off at Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 8 to determine who will lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl LX champions. As the discussions begin about who has the X-factor, and who will win the Super Bowl, “NFL RedZone” host Scott Hanson can’t help but take a step back and look at what this matchup really signifies for the league.
In fact, Hanson has another title for this year’s final game of the season. “I’m gonna tell you what: Super Bowl LX is the ‘Hope Bowl,'” he told Fox News Digital while also discussing his enthusiasm for Lowe’s “Earn Your Sunday Bucket Belt”. “The Super Bowl this year is the ‘Hope Bowl,’ and it might sound unusual“.
A Vision of Hope for 30 Fan Bases
It may sound strange at first, but when you really look at these two teams set to play in Santa Clara, California, Hanson’s vision comes to life. “The Seahawks fans are ecstatic, the Patriots fans are ecstatic. I’m not even speaking to them right now,” he continued. “I’m speaking to the other 30 NFL fan bases whose season ended in heartbreak in the playoffs, or disappointment in the last week of the regular season, or by Thanksgiving their team was out of it”.
“There is hope, my friends, because we’re about to watch, on Super Bowl Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks, a non-playoff squad from a year ago. The Seattle Seahawks, a team that was in the quarterback market a year ago. The Seattle Seahawks who have a second-year head coach who had never been a head coach before — they’re playing in the most significant game in American sport”.
The Seattle Seahawks’ Rapid Rebuild
When the Seahawks recruited Mike Macdonald two years ago, he hadn’t been a head coach in the NFL despite his defensive skill under John Harbaugh with the Baltimore Ravens. But there was hope for Seattle when they went 10-7 in his debut season, though they missed the playoffs. To build off that season, the Seahawks were quick to make trades, including a major one to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Geno Smith, the veteran quarterback, reunited with Pete Carroll in Sin City, while the Seahawks set their sights on the free agent market and Sam Darnold. Hanson called Darnold the best “human interest story” in this game given his road to this point two weeks from now. But Darnold was clearly the right call by Macdonald, GM John Schneider and the rest of the staff, leading Seattle to a 14-win season after doing the same thing with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024. Unlike that season, which ended against the Los Angeles Rams in the wild-card round, Darnold got some redemption with a three-touchdown game to win the NFC conference and secure a spot in the “Big Game”.
New England’s Total Reset
On the other sideline, Hanson sees even more hope for those fan bases perhaps at the bottom of the standings this year. “Taking on the New England Patriots, who were a four-win team a year ago. A four-win team two years ago,” he added. “They completely pressed the reset button at head coach, at quarterback, at so many other vital positions, and they’re playing in the biggest game in American sport”.
Head coach Mike Vrabel went back to the franchise he once played for and helped turn things around immediately. Second-year quarterback Drake Maye became an MVP finalist with his output throughout the season, while Vrabel’s aggressive defensive nature spread throughout this unit all season long. While some say they had an easy road to the Super Bowl, the Patriots faced three of the league’s top-five defenses, two in games where snow was a large factor. The schedule may have been lighter than others, but the Patriots beat who they were supposed to, reaching this peak for the first time since the Tom Brady days in Foxborough.
“Whatever team you root for in the NFL, Super Bowl LX gives you hope that 365 days from now you and me, Scott, will be talking here on Fox about, ‘So-and-so versus so-and-so in the Super Bowl. Can you imagine it?’” Hanson said. “I think it’s a wonderful, inspirational Super Bowl matchup”.
Earning Super Bowl Sunday with Lowe’s
As you sit and watch Super Bowl LX, listen to Hanson’s words – there is hope for your favorite team. The Patriots and Seahawks are proof. All season long, Lowe’s has been finding ways to help NFL fans “Earn Their Sundays,” and their best method for Super Bowl LX is something Hanson is very excited about.
The “Earn Your Sunday Bucket Belt” looks like a regular tool belt that would go around a five-gallon Lowe’s bucket, but Hanson wants to see snacks, drinks, grilling tools and more on it for the Big Game. Gameday necessities are reimagined, and Hanson believes everyone should have one for Feb. 8.
“Theoretically, it’s for all your tools. But on Super Bowl Sunday, it’s drinks, it’s snacks. The only tools are grilling tools that we want to see in there,” Hanson said. “Straps on top of the bucket here, and you can fill it up with ice for your favorite beverages. There’s some football treats and you will earn your Super Bowl Sunday and enjoy Super Bowl LX in Lowe’s style”. The bucket belt can be purchased now exclusively for MyLowe’s Rewards and MyLowe’s Pro Rewards participants.
