Seahawks wide receiver Chris Matthews understands if you weren’t expecting him to become a playmaker in the Super Bowl.
He wasn’t really expecting it, either.
Matthews admitted that his first catch, a 44-yard bomb in the biggest game of the year, wasn’t even drawn up for him.
“It surprised me because the route I ran was a decoy route for the other guys underneath,’’ Matthews said via ESPN 710 in Seattle. “I look up, and go, ‘The ball’s really coming at me.’ I was like, ‘OK, let me just put my hands up for it.