New England Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner didn’t get his Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks last season, but now he’ll get one against them.

Browner played with the Seahawks from 2011-13. However, he was suspended late last season for violation of the league’s drug rules and didn’t play in Seattle’s, 43-8, Super Bowl win over Denver.

In March, he signed with the Patriots as an unrestricted free agent, although still ineligible for the first four games of this season. Once free to play, he moved into the New England lineup and ended the season with nine starts, 25 tackles, six passes defended and one interception.

On Sunday, after watching the Seahawks rallied past Green Bay for the NFC championship, Browner started at right corner as the Patriots took the AFC championship with a 45-7 pounding of the Indianapolis Colts.

The winners will meet in Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1 at Glendale, Arizona.

“It means a lot,” Browner said. “I missed the one last year. I’m fortunate to be back in that thing the following year with a good football team. And the bond that I’ve built with these guys is like the bond that I built with them guys (in Seattle) for the last three years. It’s a good feeling.”

“Whoever win that game,” he said. “Right or wrong? What you think? Whoever win that game, we have bragging rights.”

via Don Ruiz of The News Tribune.