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SEATTLE — Tight end AJ Barner downed two beers as he made his way from the tunnel in the southwest corner of Lumen Field to the stage in the north end zone Wednesday morning. The Seattle Seahawks' championship parade was about to begin with a trophy celebration in front of fans, but the party was already on.

Seventeen days earlier, moments after his team won the NFC Championship Game, coach Mike Macdonald stood on a stage in nearly the same spot and delivered a now-famous line when asked about how the Seahawks began the season as afterthoughts in their own division: «We did not care.»

That response would be printed on T-shirts that Barner and other players wore on the team's flight to the Bay Area for Super Bowl LX, a week before they beat the New England Patriots 29-13 to claim the franchise's second Lombardi Trophy.

So, when Barner took his turn on the microphone — wearing a fur coat, cowboy hat and sunglasses, surrounded by imbibing teammates as well as Macdonald and general manager John Schneider — he repeated his coach's message.

«I've got a few things for y'all,» Barner said after telling the crowd that he loved Seattle. «First, we did not care. Second, we still don't care.»

The sentiment behind those words was rooted in a mentality the Seahawks adopted in 2025. «M.O.B. Ties» — as in, «Mission Over Bulls---» — was their rallying cry, alluding to both their connectedness and commitment to avoiding drama that might get in the way of winning a championship.

Mission accomplished.

But Super Bowl champions don't get to celebrate for long. With the page turning to 2026 and a pivotal offseason already underway, can the Seahawks do it again? They have plenty of key players from what was one of the NFL's youngest rosters