Turns out the NFL might have been spoiling the ending months ago.
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Fans are having a field day after an old Super Bowl LX promo graphic resurfaced following the Patriots and Seahawks clinching their spots in the 2026 title game. The image, originally posted back in Week one of the season, shows Sam Darnold and Drake Maye standing front and center among a pack of NFL stars. And now those two just happen to be the quarterbacks headed to Santa Clara.
Naturally, the internet has decided the league wrote the script in advance.
32 teams with February dreams. We’re so back. pic.twitter.com/3myEdLhOG8
— NFL (@NFL) September 4, 2025
"The script writers have done it again," one fan joked. Robert Griffin III noted that the two players closest to the Lombardi Trophy in the graphic ended up being the Super Bowl quarterbacks. Others called it eerie, chilling or proof the NFL lives in a simulation.
The matchup itself brings plenty of real storylines. It is a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX, when New England beat Seattle on Malcolm Butler's iconic goal-line interception.
This time, it is a new era on both sidelines. Coach Mike Vrabel has engineered a rapid Patriots turnaround, with Maye blossoming into an MVP-caliber star in just his second season.
Seattle counters with Darnold, who has revived his career and led the Seahawks to the NFC's top seed under Mike Macdonald.
Darnold is making his first Super Bowl start after bouncing around the league. Maye is doing it in Year Two. The quarterbacks are new. The coaches are new. The conspiracy theories are apparently eternal.
Super Bowl LX kicks off Feb. 8. And yes, fans will be watching for more hidden clues.
