The expectations were that Mahomes would beat Brady, win back-to-back titles and begin his run towards one day eclipsing his rival in the NFL record books.
What Brady did at the Super BowlĪll week the talk had been about Kansas City's star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes - who last year led the Chiefs to Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers, becoming the youngest Super Bowl MVP winner at 24. He made use of wide receivers Mike Evans (13 TD receptions) and Chase Godwin (7 TD receptions), and his old Patriots teammate Rob Gronkowski (7 TDs).īrady then led Tampa Bay to a Wild Card game playoff win over the Washington Football Team, before overcoming rival veteran Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints on the road in the last head-to-head match between the two quarterbacks (Brees retired after the game).īrady and the Buccaneers qualified for the Super Bowl by beating the Green Bay Packers on the road in the NFC Championship game, throwing three touchdowns and three interceptions at Lambeau Field. It was enough to end the Buccaneers' 13-year absence from the playoffs. Super Bowl LV: Buccaneers 31 def Chiefs 9*īut he showed enough of his best - or close to it - for a regular season of 4,633 passing yards, 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Super Bowl LIII: Patriots 13 def Rams 3.Super Bowl LI: Patriots 34 def Falcons 28*.Super Bowl XLIX: Patriots 28 def Seahawks 24*.Super Bowl XXXIX: Patriots 24 def Eagles 21.Super Bowl XXXVIII: Patriots 32 def Panthers 29*.Super Bowl XXXVI: Patriots 20 def Rams 17* The 2021 Super Bowl is happening today and this year’s game will feature a match up between the Kansas City Chiefslast year’s Super Bowl championsand the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who have.
He appeared to lose count of the downs when throwing an incomplete pass on fourth down with seconds to go against the Chicago Bears in a 20-19 loss in week five of the season.
This was partly because many could not believe he chose the Buccaneers franchise to continue his career - a team with just one Super Bowl win (SB XXXVII against the Oakland Raiders) - and partly because plenty of people were waiting for him to fail or be ordinary, to push the case that the Patriots' juggernaut was one of the main reasons for his stellar record.īrady didn't get it right all the time at his new team. The focus on Brady at Tampa Bay was intense. For sports fans, it has been a shock to see Tom Brady wearing colours other than the Patriots' blue, red and silver.
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