GREEN BAY, Wis. — Not once, but twice, Brandon Bostick stood up to an avalanche of criticism and accepted responsibility.

The young Green Bay Packers tight end bravely talked to reporters after the Packers’ stunning 28-22 overtime loss at the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday and also Monday, when the Packers cleaned out their Lambeau Field lockers.

Bostick will be long remembered by Packers fans as the guy who potentially cost the team a berth in the Super Bowl for the first time in four seasons. His muff of an onside kick with a little more than two minutes left in the fourth quarter enabled the Seahawks to pull off their improbable comeback from a double-digit deficit.

“I definitely don’t want to watch (the infamous play) on TV for a while or even watch the (Feb. 1) Super Bowl,” Bostick said forlornly.

His job on the left side of Green Bay’s coverage formation, where Steven Hauschka hit the short kick after the Seahawks pulled within 19-14 with a touchdown, was to block the nearest Seattle pursuer. However, instead of taking out an oncoming Chris Matthews, Bostick leaped for the football on a high bounce in front of Packers receiver Jordy Nelson, who was on the field to secure the ball.

The ball glanced off Bostick’s hands and landed in those of Matthews, giving the Seahawks possession again at the 50.

“I guess I just reacted to it,” Bostick said. “I just saw the ball and went to get the ball, which wasn’t my job. That’s all I can say about that.”

“Yeah, I’m human,” he added. “I made a mistake.”

Bostick, a promising second-year player who fell out of favor with the coaches early in the season and didn’t play much on offense, took the fallout from the miscue hard. Seattle proceeded to get a go-ahead touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch, then won the game with Russell Wilson’s touchdown pass in the first series of overtime after Green Bay’s Mason Crosby made a score-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation.

“If I would’ve done what I was supposed to do, we wouldn’t be here right now talking about it,” Bostick said. “I’m at a low point right now. The whole world is on my back about this thing, but my teammates are here to pick me up. They know it’s just a mistake, and they’ve been by my side. They’ve definitely helped me out a lot.”