Seahawks’ Wilson recalls watching Brady on TV

Associated Press

PHOENIX

Tom Brady began winning Super Bowls when Russell Wilson was still a teenager, tuning in to see the big game on TV.

“Of course I remember watching Brady,” Wilson said Tuesday. “He won some incredible games. Incredible comebacks. Incredible throws. Incredible plays. Hopefully he doesn’t make too many incredible ones this year.”

When Wilson leads the Seattle Seahawks into the Super Bowl against Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday, both quarterbacks know the outcome will affect the way each is viewed for quite a while.

Wilson can become the eighth starting QB to win consecutive Super Bowl championships, and the first since Brady did it 10 years ago.

According to STATS, Wilson also would be the first to claim two in his first three years in the league (as it is, he’s the first starting quarterback to make it to two Super Bowls that quickly).

Brady, meanwhile, won titles in 2002, 2004, and 2005. But since then, he is 0-2 in Super Bowls, with a pair of losses to the New York Giants in 2008 and 2012.

“Look, any time you lose the last game of the year, it’s tough,” said Brady, who sounded stuffed up and coughed a couple of times. “The last two times we’ve been in this game, we haven’t been able to close it out. We’re hoping this is our day.”

A victory over the Seahawks would allow the 37-year-old Brady to match his idol as a kid, Joe Montana, and Terry Bradshaw with four rings.

But a defeat would drop Brady’s career mark on Super Sunday to .500 at 3-3.

“You never get over any of those,” Brady said about the defeats. “As time goes on, you gain perspective and you still had some great years. ... It would be great for this team to try to leave a great legacy.”