What can we learn from Super Bowl LX?

The NFL is officially wrapped up until August, as the Seattle Seahawks took down the New England to claim the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl LX. The race is now on for 31 other teams to have the same level of success, and that includes the Washington Commanders.

There's no set path for a team to follow get to and win the Super Bowl, but that doesn't mean teams like the Commanders are unable to learn something from the Seahawks formula. Commanders analysts Logan Paulsen, Santana Moss and Fred Smoot addressed the question on this week's episode of the "Command Center" podcast, and they came up with two common themes: Super Bowl teams need a good defense and equal talent levels throughout the roster.

Here's a full breakdown of what they had to say:

Paulsen: "To me, one thing kind of comes to the forefront. You need a dominant subpackage defender. Like a nickel defender or a dime defender. I think about Philly from last year with Cooper DeJean. That guy's on the field so much. They need to be able to fit the run. They need to be able to play man coverage. They need to be good blitzers. They're like a linebacker. They're on the field that often. So, if you don't have that guy, you need to find that guy."

Smoot: "I think every position is starting to be even now. You know how it used to be that the quarterback is up here, and then we need this wideout? It's leveling out to now you're saying, 'You need an entire roster.' We gotta have a kicker; we gotta have a punter; we gotta have it all. I think it isn't to the point that you're so good in one room that it covers up deficiencies in another. They all have to be evened out. I'm not saying I need a Pro Bowl talent in each room. What I'm saying is that I need my talent to be right around each other to know my roster is even.

Moss: "I need a team. I think what I've learn just watching them [Seattle] defensively is one, I want a defense that hunts. Two, I want a team of guys that are 'one band, one sound.' It ain't no, 'You got 10 sacks and I'm just here.' No, it's, 'You get some, you get you some.' In the backend, we all shut things down. We might have one or two guys whose name is bigger than everybody just because of who they are, but collectively, we're all eating together. That's what I saw defensively from these guys. It didn't drop off offensively, either. They protected the quarterback well. They ran the football well ... That was a Super Bowl team, from coaches to players."