TAMPA BAY VS. KANSAS CITY NFC BUCCANEERS 14-5 16-2 CHIEFS AFC RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM | TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA FEB. 7, 2021 PRE-GAME: 10:30 A.M. | KICKOFF: 5:30 P.M. CT | CBS

Super Bowl pits legacy of against rising star

TALE OF THE TAPEE 43 AGE 255 6-4 HEIGHT 6-3-3 225 WEIGHT 23030 MMichigan COLLEGE Texass TTechech 66tht Round DRAFTED 1st Roundound 21 YEARS IN NFL 4 4,633 YARDS 4,740740 40 388 102.2 QB RATING 108.28.2 10 SUPER BOWLS 2 6 TITLES 1 3 MVPs 1 14 PRO BOWLS 3 PlayedP & Attendingnding wonwo his first IN 2002 kindergartengarten the SuperSu Bowl at agege 6 the GOAT KID Tom Brady, in some ways, will Down Judge In just his third season as a be looking at his younger self on SUPER BOWL FIRSTS Sarah Thomas starter, there already isn’t much Sunday. Brady will see an Tampa Bay is Super Bowl LV will be the first left for Patrick Mahomes to opposing who is the first team marks the first woman to officiate prove. The Chiefs star afraid of nothing; a guy in his in the Super Bowl time the winning a Super Bowl. quarterback already has one mid-20s, doing things only one era to play in the QBs of the previous Super Bowl title and both an other quarterback has done title game at its two Super Bowls Tom Brady is the first QB to play in the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP before him. Brady won his first home stadium. will face each other. Super Bowl in three different decades. award on his resumé. On Super Bowl at 24. Then he got Sunday, the Chiefs can become better. Patrick Mahomes, the the first repeat champion since guy opposite Brady on Sunday, the New England Patriots in won his first last year at 24, and DIFFERENCE MAKERS REPRESENTING ... 2003-04. That certainly would be he’s better this year, winning 16 With two superstars at quarterback, these another eye-catching line item of the 17 games he played. Sixty-five colleges are represented by on an already impressive players could be the X factor that tilt the the 106 players on both rosters. Here While Brady has faced all the game in favor of their team. resumé, but there could be an great since 2001, is a look at how many players hail even more personal angle. from major conferences: including , Peyton BUCS Super Bowl LV could be a Manning, , Ben CHIEFS SEC: 23 Big Ten: 19 ACC: 9 passing of the torch moment. Roethlisberger and Aaron Big 12, PAC 12, MAC & USA: 6 each Tom Brady has a legacy Rodgers, this is the one guy – unmatched in NFL history. He’s the only one – who isn’t afraid of playing in the NFL’s Brady. But guess what? There is RB WR championship game for the 10th only one QB alive, playing in the FEW FANS ADS & time and looking to earn his NFL, who isn’t afraid of TYREKE HILL seventh ring. The fact he’s doing Mahomes: Tom Brady. If you Super Bowl FADS it at age 43 in his first season Fournette has The most dangerous asked 32 head coaches which attendance will be with the emerged as a playoff target in the NFL is $5.5 million QB they’d want leading their the lowest ever at after 20 years with the Patriots threat, and running averaging 16.6 yards team to win one game, 25 would 22,000, due Cost of a only makes it even more the ball is the key to on 17 receptions this choose Mahomes. You couldn’t to pandemic 30-second ad remarkable. Beating Brady on beating the Chiefs. postseason. fault any of them. But there is restrictions. the game’s greatest stage would something about 2020 Brady. It’s The NFL will For the be the final boss battle for almost as if he has something to provide free first time Mahomes. Win this game and prove. Of course, he does. tickets to in 37 years, the next 15 years become all Entering this week the Bucs DE RB 7,500 health care Budweiser will about chasing history. Mahomes knocked off No. 2 seed in the workers who have not have a would be to Saints and Brees, then No. 1 been vaccinated Super Bowl Brady’s . To be JASON PIERRE-PAUL CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE seed in the Packers and and 14,500 tickets ad, instead fair, the odds are greatly stacked Rodgers. Brady’s 2020 season – He had two sacks Another weapon: It being sold via a opting for a against Mahomes. He’s just 25, 11-5 record, 289 yards passing in the NFC title game looks like the rookie lottery. vaccine PSA. and he’s already proven himself per game and 40 TDs – was but is battling a knee rusher could be at capable of historical feats. But among the elite few NFL injury in preparation full strength for the winning seven Super Bowl rings? throwers. But best of all was the for the Super Bowl. Super Bowl. PLACE YOUR BETS Or making 11 big game long-standing Brady trend. He appearances? Those numbers got better as January rolled Odds What color liquid are mind-boggling even for a around. 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