The Seahawks are playing what may be their most-anticipated game of the year this week. They’ll be facing Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in the NFL’s first game ever in Germany. The interest in this matchup is off the charts in a country where Seattle is the second-most popular team in the league. (Brady’s former team is first).
Needless to say, this history-making matchup is a pretty big deal. In an appearance on the Let’s Go! podcast on Monday, Brady said he’s super excited to face the Seahawks in what he expects to be an epic game, per NFL.com.
“We’re playing a great team in Seattle… They’re first place in their division. We’re tied for first place in ours and it’s a big challenge because, you know, to fly across the ocean like that, new time zone, it’s a 9:30 [a.m.] eastern kickoff… And look, I mean the chance to go across to another country, play a sport that I love, I have heard there’s 3 million ticket requests for 67,000 seats. So the place is gonna be rocking and if it’s anything like what I see in those German Bundesliga games this is gonna be one of the epic games that we’ve ever played in. So I’m super excited.”
Seattle is the only NFL team with a winning record (2-1) against Brady in his career. Odds are they would trade that in for Brady’s victory with the Patriots in Super Bowl 49, though.
Despite having a 4-5 record, Tampa is favored over Seattle by 2.5 points.
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