Sherman played great. I believe he gave up 1 pass for 6 yards. Simon fucking got abused out there. He just doesn't know how to defend smaller receivers yet. Lane going out hurt the defense a lot. Also the pass rush sucked. There were a few good hits early on especially by Bennett (like the Brady INT), but once Avril got hurt and left the game the pass rush was nonexistent. All the Pats had to do was focus on Bennett, which they did. That's the biggest difference between this years team and last years - lack of puss rush. Obviously the two biggest areas of need are WR's and more depth on the d-line. Maybe look to add more depth at CB too, not liking Simon right now, although he his a rookie and does have potential.
Matthews proved how important it is to have a big receiver. He was close to being MVP. Dude was on the practice squad three weeks ago and has four catches all year - each coming on the superbowl - and was the best receiver of the game for Seattle. Makes the game so much easier for Wilson to have a big guy. I'm completely lost as to why they didn't get Luke Willson involved in the game though. Seemed to me with the Pat's great CB's the logical thing to do is get the TE's involved over the middle, or lined up in some one on one mismatches against LB's and whatnot.