CHANDLER, Ariz. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is in the fourth or fifth day fighting a flu bug that first infected his children and has waylaid his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

“I’ll be good, I’m not worried about it at all,” Brady said Wednesday morning at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass through clogged sinuses.

Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said Brady’s illness is not a serious concern and is not impacting preparation. It was unclear if Brady would be listed on the injury report but he expects to practice when the team takes the field in Tempe at the Arizona Cardinals facility Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET.

The quarterback said he has watched more film on the Seahawks than he can tabulate.

“Probably more than I’ve ever watched in my life,” Brady said.

Other news and notes from the Patriots:

–Although Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch doesn’t have much to say about himself, or anything, this week, there are plenty of other players speaking for him or about him.

New England Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork, who figures as the key man up front to help stop Lynch Sunday, has only good things to say about his adversary.

“I think you give credit where credit is due,” Wilfork offered on Lynch. “He’s a complete back in this football (league) and I’ve said many times I think he’s the best back in the game. With the ball in his hands, catching the ball, running the ball, blocking, yards after contact, you name it.

“All those areas he leads. He’s amazing when he gets the ball in his hands. It’s almost like having a quarterback that throws for 300 yards per game. And when you have a guy that special and he plays better in the fourth quarter … the bulk of his load. The only reason the quarterback has it more than him is because the quarterback has to get it from the center. So that’s how especially dominant he is at that position. I don’t think anybody out there does it any better than him.”

–Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower is quick to remind that the Seahawks do have another dangerous runner in quarterback Russell Wilson

“He’s a dual-threat quarterback,” Hightower said. “He does a really good job as far as extending plays outside of the pocket. Not always looking to run the ball, but more or less looking downfield.

“His skill players do a great job as far as working with him, seeing whenever he’s in trouble and breaking off routes and getting open. I mean, whether it’s (Seattle wide receiver Jermaine) Kearse or (Seattle tight end) Luke Willson or (Seattle wide receiver Ricardo) Lockette or (Seattle wide receiver Kevin) Norwood or anybody I feel like they do a really good job as far as their operation as to getting open.”

Hightower was asked what the Patriots will do to contain Russell.

“Doing your job,” he answered. “The reason why I say that is because someone might look, but it’s not necessarily the same. There’s going to be plays when he extends where he’s not looking to run the ball.

“There’s going to be that point where he can possibly change the line of scrimmage and get 10 yards or you could evade your man and try to press up and then there’s 50 or 60 yards right over the top of your head. Definitely, just got to be guys doing their job whether it’s the run game or the pass game.”

Hightower said that “doing your job” for him entails a mixture of discipline and instinct.

“I guess this is probably the best way to put it as far as instincts go: You’re not planning on this time on third down if he (Wilson) takes off running, I’m just going to go get him.’ It’s not something like that.

“It’s kind of feeling within the game, which I feel we do a really good job as pushing that brink to doing your job and as far as actually letting instincts step back in. I feel like we’ve done a really good job so far this year doing that.”

–Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski feels his manner of life may mislead people into thinking he is not serious about football.

“I feel like they underestimate the hard work and dedication behind the scenes for everyone,” he said Wednesday. “Just going in the weight room when it’s your time to work out, the meetings behind the scenes, the practicing during the week.

“I mean, I feel like some people just look at it like you go out there on game day and play, but that’s not really the case. You always have to be taking care of your body throughout the whole week, in the morning and all the way through nighttime, getting sleep. So, people kind of underestimate the hard work and dedication that goes into the week to get prepared for the games on Sunday.”

Because he has a persona almost bigger than life, especially among Patriots fans, he gets more than his share of stories via social media, but he takes those Tales of Gronk in good spirit.

“It’s cool,” he said. “You can laugh about it, but at the same time you can’t really get caught up in it because you’re here for a job and it’s to win football games. Being on this team, being with the head coach here and the quarterback we have keeps you humble. It keeps you hard working. You can laugh and giggle about stuff, but then at the same time you’ve got to make sure you’re prepared and practicing hard still.”

As for this Super Bowl, Gronkowski sees Seattle as a team that will meet him on his own terms — tough.

“They definitely have an image of being physical,” he acknowledged. “They’ve got an image of coming out and being ready to dominate. We have to set the tone, too … You can’t just be laid back and let them push us around.”

Still, with all the talk about Seattle’s toughness on defense, Gronkowski feels that most know that the Patriots are hardly softies — or they should know.

“I’ve never really heard anyone say that we’re not physical, and I’ve never really heard anyone say that we’re super physical,” he said. “At the same time, no one’s like, ‘They’re a super physical team,’ so we just have to keep doing what we’re doing and make sure we are physical out there and bring it to them.”

–While the Seahawks’ running game centers around Lynch and Beast Mode, the Patriots, who lost Stevan Ridley to injury, come into this game with a platoon of running backs with 60 or more carries. One of them, Shane Vereen, feels it is a matter of strength in numbers.

“I guess you can say we’re a strong family, tight-knit group,” Vereen said. “I think our biggest thing is we don’t really care who gets it done, just as long as the job gets done. As long as at the end of the game we’re victorious, I think that’s the biggest goal for everyone in the room.

“You never really know until the game gets going and until the kind of unveils itself as to what type of game it’s going to be with what’s working for us and not working for us. It kind of evolves itself during the game.”

Before the 12th game of the season, running back LeGarrette Blount, who jumped to Pittsburgh in free agency last spring, returned after being cut by the Steelers. Blount was a major force late last season for the Patriots and his return was welcomed even by the other running backs.

“I remember walking into the locker room early and seeing him sitting there and I was pretty excited,” Ridley said. “It felt like it was almost like he never left once we got going.”

–Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty on the Seattle Seahawks swagger:

“They are who they are. We are who we are. I don’t care. I think that’s the key to this game: just be who you are. If that’s who they are then that’s good. I think who we are works for us.”

–Wide receiver Danny Amendola, who is sharing his experience as a division rival of the Seahawks with teammates this week, said the personality of both teams will come out Sunday.

“We felt like, you know, we beat them a couple times, they beat us a couple times. It was hard to play at their place, but it was a battle,” said Amendola, who played with the Rams before joining the Patriots in 2013. “It was going to be a street fight every time you played them, and that’s the way I see it going this week. They’re physical, we’re physical — it’s going to be a street fight, for sure.”