What Went Down In Super Bowl LV

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.

Not too surprised at the score. Kansas City played poorly on offense for most of last year’s Super Bowl before turning it on late.