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usually worth the wait, and no more than on this day, his final one speaking
about the game before he actually plays The Game. Peyton Manning is supposed to
be the star of this Super Bowl, but a minor league second baseman who refused to
listen to those who said he was too small to play quarterback in the NFL may
have something to say about that. Proving people wrong is almost as fun for
Wilson as winning football games, and hes done both with great regularity since
being drafted with the 75th overall pick two years ago by the Seattle Seahawks.
"For all the kids that have been told, no, that they cant do it, or all the kids
that will be told no," Wilson said. "Thats one of the reasons that I left
playing baseball, to be honest with you. I had this urge to play the game of
football, because so many people — I shouldnt say so many, a handful of people —
said I couldnt do it. Richard Sherman will be the player most remembered from
the win that got Seattle here. But if not for a gutsy play on an equally gutsy
call, the Seahawks would not be in position to win their first Super Bowl title.
Wilson found Jermaine Kearse in the end zone for the touchdown on a fourth down
against San Francisco in the NFC championship game, giving the Seahawks the lead
for the first time. It was the kind of play a veteran star like Manning might
make when it counts most. The kind of play Wilson prepared for meticulously
every day for the past two years. The kind of play that can win a Super Bowl. "I
dont think Ive seen too many people have the knack to want be great. He wants to
be a great quarterback," receiver Percy Harvin said. "He just doesnt want to be
average or All-Pro. He wants to be talked about as a great quarterback and I
dont think hes going to stop until he does." By now, Wilsons story is fairly
well known. The son of the late Harrison Wilson III — a star athlete at
Dartmouth who became a lawyer after briefly thinking of trying out for the NFL
in 1977 — he lost a job as starting quarterback at North Carolina State while
playing second base in the Colorado Rockies organization. Wilson would give up
baseball to star as a graduate student at Wisconsin, leading the Badgers to the
Big 10 title and a spot in the Rose Bowl. But he was undersized at 5-foot-11 and
languished in the NFL draft before Pete Carroll and the Seahawks took a chance
on him for what was expected to be a backup quarterback position. Instead,
Carroll called him to the basketball court at the teams complex prior to his
rookie season, where Wilson watched him shoot jumpers. "I go outside and he
said, You want to shoot? " Wilson said. "Then he said, We want you to know youre
going to be the starting quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, hopefully for a
long time. "That put a huge smile on my face. I immediately thought of my mom
and dad and all the things theyve done for me and all the discipline they gave
me." That discipline is evident in the way Wilson approaches his job as both the
quarterback and leader of his team. Like all quarterbacks he watches film, but
Wilson is constantly studying situations and is relentless about fixing
mistakes. "He makes everyone around him almost a perfectionist because we pick
up off that and the habits that he has," said receiver Ricardo Lockette. "He is
always the first one there in the morning and the last one to leave." Those
habits helped propel the Seahawks to an 11-5 record last season behind their
rookie QB. They beat the Washington Redskins in the first round of the playoffs,
then lost a shootout to Atlanta that had Wilson down in the dumps — if only for
a moment. By the time he was in the tunnel going back to the locker room he had
already begun thinking what he had to do in the off-season to get the Seahawks
over the hump this year. "I want to change the game and theres a difference
between being good and being great and changing the game," Wilson said. "Guys
like Peyton Manning change the game in terms of the way he thinks and in terms
of the way he processes things. Tom Brady is the same way, hes so clutch that
people fear him. One day I want to evolve to that." Wilson can take a big step
in that direction should he join an elite group of quarterbacks (Brady,
Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger) who have won a Super Bowl in just their
second year. Hes certainly not overwhelmed by the moment, and seems to embrace
the challenge, even when it comes to answering the same questions over and over
during the pregame buildup. A great believer in visualization, he already sees
himself on the field at the Meadowlands, is already trying to figure out how to
feel when the national anthem is sung and the stadium erupts in flashes for the
kickoff. "Then it will be, OK, Im ready to go," Wilson said. If he is, there may
be more than one quarterback star in this Super Bowl.
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he can run free and easy for the San Francisco 49ers. CLEVELAND -- Anthony
Bennetts rough rookie season hit a new bump. The Cavaliers first-year forward
will miss at least three weeks with a strained left knee, the latest setback for
the No. 1 overall pick who has been a major disappointment for Cleveland.
Bennett underwent an MRI on Sunday that showed a strain to his left patellar
tendon. He played eight minutes in Saturdays home loss to the New York Knicks.
The injury is another obstacle for Bennett, who has shown some improvement
lately and signs of developing into a rotational player. "Hes been coming
along," Cavs coach Mike Brown said following practice at Cleveland Clinic
Courts. "Hes had some pretty good games for us on both ends of the floor. So its
tough with the amount of time left in the season, but its part of this." The
Cavs expected to endure some growing pains with Bennett, who played just one
season at UNLV. The Canadian came into training camp overweight after undergoing
surgery on his left shoulder and then it was learned he suffers from asthma,
seasonal allergies and sleep apnea. Bennett has appeared lost at times on the
floor, and it hasnt helped that hes put added pressure on himself trying to live
up to being the top pick. Through it all, Bennett has continued to work hard and
there have been flashes of the 6-foot-8, 260-pounders immense talent and
potential. The Cavs will likely take a cautious approach with Bennett, and
unless they move themselves into playoff position, its possible his season could
be over. Bennetts aaveraging only 4.
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Irving was sick and missed practice Monday. Hes not expected to miss any time
and should be able to travel with the team, which begins a crucial three-game
road trip on Wednesday in Phoenix. The Cavs are running out of time to get back
into the playoff mix. They enter the week tied with the Knicks in 10th place in
the Eastern Conference, 3 1-2 games behind Atlanta for the eighth post-season
spot. After facing the Suns, the Cavs will visit Golden State and the Los
Angeles Clippers. Next week, the Cavs travel to Miami, Oklahoma City and
Houston. The good news is that theyre getting healthier. Centre Anderson Varejao
returned to the lineup Saturday after missing 12 games with a back issue and his
minutes will likely increase over the next few games, Brown said. The Cavs will
also have swingman C.J. Miles back in their rotation after he missed nine games
with a sprained ankle. Owner Dan Gilbert vowed his team would be back in the
playoffs for the first time since 2010, but that pledge wont happen if the Cavs
dont start stringing wins together. On their last West Coast trip, they went 3-2
and played with confidence that carried them for several weeks. "We need to play
well, obviously with where were sitting," Brown said. "Im looking forward to it
and I think the guys are, too. Hopefully well do what were capable of and come
back feeling good about ourselves."
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