“Clash of the Titans”: Mahomes and Brady before the Super Bowl spectacle

Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes made history before the Super Bowl. With six championships, Brady is the most successful quarterback in the NFL. With last year's win, Mahomes became the first quarterback to both win the Super Bowl and be named the league's most valuable player before his 25th birthday. What gives the meeting between the sports legend Brady from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the exceptional talent Mahomes from the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night (0.30:XNUMX a.m. CET) an additional kick: The quarterbacks have never played against each other in a Super Bowl had won in the two previous finals.

In February 2019, Brady (43) won his sixth ring with the New England Patriots against the Los Angeles Rams, and now he is immediately back in the finals in his first year with his new club - for the tenth time in his career. This is also a record in NFL history. The ultimate goal in this sport “We are one game away from the ultimate goal in this sport,” said Brady before the game at Raymond James Stadium. This has never happened before: a home game in the Super Bowl. Because of Corona, it is only roughly a third full with 22.000 fans, but even that is a success at the end of a pandemic season, for which a cancellation after Corona fires on several teams now seemed much more likely than the meeting of the quarterback giants in Florida.

Patrick Mahomes is Tom Brady's challenger. © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JAMIE SQUIRE

“It’s going to be a big experience for me,” Mahomes said. “To have the chance to repeat that and compete against the best, I think that’s something special. And I'm excited about this opportunity." Brady has a lot of respect for Mahomes. “None of these moments are too big for him. He's a great player," said the 43-year-old and emphasized before what could be the last direct duel between the two: "We have maybe 70 moves left this season. They all have to be very good.” So far, after victories between teams led by Brady and Mahomes, the score is 2-2. Loudspeakers during training The Chiefs and Buccaneers each had fans at their home games this season. Still, Bucs coach Bruce Arians had speakers simulating Sunday's noise during the final full practice on Thursday.

More than 100 million people in the US and more than 800 million worldwide will watch the game live, and most of them are likely to have a similar level of anticipation as TV pundit Patrick Esume. “This is the perfect matchup. The two big faces at the quarterback position in the NFL in a final – it couldn’t be better,” said the ran football commentator for the German Press Agency. “You have the old man who is still getting it done and the next potential successor to Tom Brady who already won last year. This is the Clash of the Titans everyone wanted.” Show must go on Country star Eric Church and soul diva Jazmine Sullivan sing the US anthem, The Weeknd appears in the halftime show - from a German perspective, there have been more illustrious names on stage. But in terms of sport, this last football game of the season promises to be an absolute treat. Because Mahomes and Brady are surrounded by the highest brutal quality in their teams - and are led by coaches who would rather be 5:3 than 1:0 in football. In other words: offensive spectacle is desired, many touchdowns are likely.

With an expected 30 percent chance of rain on Sunday evening (local time), the chances of at least predominantly dry weather and therefore good conditions for long passes are good. The super sprinter Tyreek Hill (Chiefs) or the Bucs trio of Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Antonio Brown like that. But every point is hard earned against very good defenses on both sides. “Above all, we want to have fun,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said of the creative approaches and courage for which he is extremely respected around the league.

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“Clash of the Titans”: Mahomes and Brady before the Super Bowl spectacle

In the past, Super Bowls were often rather boring games because the teams were afraid of taking risks and using tactics. The duel between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and defending champion Kansas City Chiefs promises to be a spectacle – also because of Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.

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