After a dominant 29–13 win, Super Bowl MVP Jaxon Smith-Njigba walks through the confetti to console a tearful Drake Maye — video viral moment honored by the NFL as the most beautiful of Super Bowl LX

Santa Clara, California 

The scoreboard told one story. The tunnel told another.

After a commanding 29–13 victory over the New England Patriots, the Seattle Seahawks officially claimed the Super Bowl LX title. Green-and-blue confetti blanketed Levi’s Stadium, fireworks lit the sky, and cameras chased celebration everywhere. But the moment that silenced the NFL did not happen on the podium.

It happened in the tunnel.

HEARTBREAKING: #Patriots quarterback Drake Maye CHOKED UP talking about how much his head coach Mike Vrabel means to him after losing the Super Bowl.

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Vrabel is like a father to many of his players and truly means the world to his guys.pic.twitter.com/nGmH7k5pgY

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) February 9, 2026

As teammates embraced on the field, Super Bowl MVP Jaxon Smith-Njigba quietly stepped away from the celebration. He did not look for cameras. He did not look for the Lombardi Trophy. He walked straight into the back corridors to find Drake Maye, the Patriots’ young quarterback, who had just endured one of the hardest nights of his career.

Maye collapsed near the concrete tunnel wall as emotions finally poured out after the final whistle. A season’s worth of effort, a lifelong dream, and the weight of Super Bowl expectations crashed down all at once. Television footage captured Smith-Njigba kneeling beside him, placing a hand on his shoulder, speaking softly — no spectacle, no noise, just presence.

There was a moment when I thought everything I’d built my whole life had collapsed — no noise, no light, just emptiness. Then he showed up, quietly, knelt beside me, and said exactly ten words. I’ll never forget that — because in that moment, it kept me here when I thought I’d lost everything.

Those ten words never appeared on a stat sheet. Yet they became the center of what the NFL would later officially honor as “The Most Beautiful Moment of Super Bowl LX.”

“You’re not alone. This loss doesn’t define you. Keep standing.”

Smith-Njigba earned the MVP award with a dominant on-field performance, tearing through New England’s defense and owning the sport’s biggest stage. Still, inside the Seahawks’ locker room, teammates admitted the tunnel moment mattered just as much as anything that showed up in the box score.

Super Bowls are remembered for touchdowns, championship rings, and legacy-defining performances. But sometimes, they are remembered for something rarer — empathy shared under the brightest lights.

On the night Seattle lifted the Lombardi Trophy, Jaxon Smith-Njigba gave something greater than victory. And for Drake Maye, those ten words kept him standing — when everything else felt lost.