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Tampa, Florida – Super Bowl LV is set: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s a home game for buccaneers – as if their legendary defender Tom Brady needed an advantage.
Brady, a six-time Super Bowl champion, has now done the impossible, leading another team to the Super Bowl in just his first year with the franchise.
In his way is the superstar Patrick Mahomes, who has established himself as the face and future of the NFL. This dynamic highlighting machine leads the bosses to the second consecutive Super Bowl. It’s not an easy task – the last defender to win the Super Bowls back was Brady in 2004 and 2005.
Brady, old enough to be Muhammad’s father, won his first Super Bowl when Muhammad was in kindergarten. This is a generational confrontation. The old guard taking over the new guard. History vs. future. The 43-year-old legend against the 25-year-old.
The game on February 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa will be Brady’s 10th appearance in the Super Bowl. He already has more Super Bowl victories than any player in league history. Another victory would give him more victories than any other franchise.
The Buccaneers defeated the Green Bay Packers in first place on Sunday, 31-26, to win the NFC and a place in the Super Bowl. The Buccaneers will be the first team in Super Bowl history to play the championship at their home stadium.
“The belief he gave this organization that it can be done,” head coach Bruce Arians said when asked what Brady brought to the team. – It took one man.
Brady was with the New England Patriots for 20 years before moving to Tampa.
On Sunday, Muhammad said the fight against Brady would be “an extraordinary experience.”
“To get out there and have a chance to repeat and do this against the best, I want to say it’s something special and I’m thrilled,” after the Chiefs defeated Buffalo Bills, 38-24.
Mahomes will be the first defender to start more Super Bowls until the age of 25 or less. Not even Brady has those praise rights.
November 29 was the last time both defenders competed against each other. Muhammad and the leaders came out on 27-24.
Jeff Kerr and Tyler Sullivan of CBS Sports contributed to this report.