What Went Down In Super Bowl LV

A 27-yard punt there is just unacceptable.

Okay, let’s do this two Bradys thing for real. According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, 2001-10 Tom Brady averaged 3,860 yards, 29 touchdowns and 11 picks per 16 games. Plus, six Pro Bowl appearances, two first-team All-Pro nods and three Super Bowl wins in five appearances.

Then, 2011-20 Brady averaged 4,560 yards, 33 touchdowns and 9 interceptions per 16 games, plus eight Pro Bowls, one All-Pro nod and at least three Super Bowl wins in five appearances.

On postseasons alone, Brady A and Brady B are both no-doubt Hall of Famers … and his career’s so long that comparing regular-season stat output runs into era-comparison problems.

Scanning through some Super Bowl score prediction pools, I’m guessing most fans assumed this would be a high-scoring game. Of course it still definitely could be, but if we’re going by the first quarter, this feels like a win for the “defense wins championships” folks.