CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) – The road to perfection reached a dead end in the Arizona desert. Now the New England Patriots are back where a Super Bowl championship – and an unbeaten record – barely eluded them seven years ago.
Not that they dwell on their return to the place where the best season in NFL history slipped from their grasp.
“It’s not where we play, it’s how we play,” Tom Brady said Wednesday, “and I’m glad we’re here with the opportunity to do something really special.”
A win Sunday night against the Seattle Seahawks would even the Patriots record in Super Bowls at University of Phoenix Stadium at 1-1. New England is seeking a championship, not closure for its 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in 2008.
“I’m sure it will be a cool story if we win, saying we came back to the same place,” kicker Stephen Gostkowski said, “but I don’t think about that stuff. I’m just looking to make the first kick that they send me out for.”