Seth Meyers recaps Super Bowl XLIX in 4 minutes, with perfect Seahawks analogy

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published 3 February 2015

In case you weren't one of the 114.4 million people who watched the Super Bowl on Sunday — or you want to relive the event (likely meaning you're not a Seahawks fan) — Seth Meyers had a Super Bowl round-up on Monday night's Late Night. In a little over 4 minutes, Meyers captures the entire experience, from pregame silliness to that depressing Nationwide ad to Katy Perry's halftime show. He also gets in a few words about the actual game, including a spot-on recap of Seattle coach Pete Carroll's internal monolog before calling his terrible, game-losing final play — and this perfect description of said final play: "Passing from the 1-yard line when you have Marshawn Lynch is like trying to kill someone with a gun by throwing it at them." Yeah. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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