Russell Wilson reflects on infamous goal-line interception as Seahawks, Patriots ready for Super Bowl rematch

The past clip the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots played successful the Super Bowl, it was defined by 1 of the NFL's astir infamous mistakes. 

At the extremity of Super Bowl XLIX successful 2015, Russell Wilson's interception astatine the extremity enactment changed the people of sports history, reigniting the Patriots dynasty and costing Seattle a accidental astatine back-to-back championships. Seattle didn't person to pass. It was 2nd down with 53 seconds left, and Seattle had Marshawn Lynch successful the backfield. 

But Wilson attempted a slant walk to Ricardo Lockett, and Patriots rookie Malcom Butler jumped successful beforehand of it for the pick, clinching the crippled for New England. 

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Super Bowl XLIX astatine University of Phoenix Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2015 successful Glendale, Arizona. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Wilson reflected connected the infamous infinitesimal successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital anterior to the commencement of the 2025 season.

"I look astatine each the postulation of large moments and pugnacious moments on the way. But I've had a batch of large moments," Wilson recalled. "I ever look guardant to the adjacent moment. I deliberation that's ever been my mentality of being capable to look guardant to the adjacent play, the adjacent moment… I deliberation it's the shot successful me… each transportation is simply a caller pitch, a caller day." 

Fox News Digital asked Wilson if helium shared the acquisition of the mistake with his existent New York Giants teammates, which included rookie backmost Jaxson Dart.

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Russell Wilson has a walk intercepted by Malcolm Butler precocious successful the 4th fourth during Super Bowl XLIX astatine University of Phoenix Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2015 successful Glendale, Arizona.  (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

"They've asked maine a batch astir my experiences successful presumption of each the highs and each the astonishing moments, and truly our enactment habits daily," Wilson answered. 

Former Seahawks caput manager Pete Carroll took the blasted for making the determination to walk the shot connected the infamous play. Wilson stood by the decision.  

"I had nary uncertainty successful the play call,'" Wilson said astatine the time. "It looked unfastened enough… When I threw it, it was, 'Touchdown. Second Super Bowl ring. Here we go.'"

The play has go a constituent of statement implicit the years, with immoderate pundits arguing that the determination to walk successful that concern was the amended decision. 

But the humanities interaction of the play inactive lingers for the players, coaches and fans involved. 

Wilson and Carroll ne'er went backmost to the Super Bowl, and faced uncertainty successful their shot futures. Carroll was fired arsenic caput manager of the Las Vegas Raiders past month, and Wilson, present 37, spent the 2025 play mostly arsenic a backup aft Dart took implicit arsenic the Giants starting quarterback.

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For the Patriots, it was conscionable the archetypal of 3 Super Bowls they won successful the decennary of the 2000s. 

Now, the existent iteration of the Seahawks volition beryllium looking for revenge against New England connected behalf of their fans. 

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