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My favorite moment of Brady's career was the SB loss to the Giants ending their shot at a perfect season.

Good news, bad news on this. First, the good news: every single all-time, career, and single season record will be broken by this new crop of QBs, especially since there are 17 games now to pile up stats. Bad news... I can't see anyone getting to 7 Super Bowl wins. You have to play until you're 44-45 to do that, because the competition is just too good to get there enough times otherwise. Like I said, if Josh Allen played in 10 Super Bowls I think we'd almost be a little disappointed with "just" 5 wins. I'll still say that IMO Peyton Manning was the GOAT. Best QB ever. He still owns the single season passing yards and TD records. But he only has 2 rings, so that detracts from his GOAT argument. Super Bowl wins are a team accomplishment (is Trent Dilfer better than Dan Marino?) but it's hoe you're judged as a QB.

Brady had 3 SB wins at age 37. That's what blows my mind. MOST of his SB wins came after age 37, which is why his SB rings probably will never be surpassed. As great as KC has been, for example, they have 1 ring to show for it. That's normal. What NE did was insane! As amazing as NE was in their prime, as seemingly unbeatable, they only netted 3 SB rings by the time Brady was 37. If he had a typical QB career he would play at 38 and 39, maybe 40, have a few moments but noticeably decline and retire at age 40 or 41 with 3 SB titles and nowhere near any of the all time passing records. Totally different career, although still all-time great with 3 rings. It took the tuck rule, Lee Evans dropping an easy TD pass, Marshawn Lynch not getting a goal line handoff, Atlanta blowing a 25 point lead, a kicker nailing 3 last minute FGs, and so much more that had to go right. Brady was great, had an all-time great HC, some HOF level teammates, AND some amazing luck as well. You need all that. You have to get to a ton of Super Bowls to win them. Anything can happen in a single game. Just get to the big show. If Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes played in 10 super Bowls I'll bet they win 5 for sure. But you need to get there first.

Mike McDaniel? Really? Poor Eric Bienemy is never getting a HC job... Florio's going to be smashing those keys once this cycle ends and no HC job for EB.

I think he knew better than anyone that he was going to have a Big Ben final year type of season at some point, maybe even next year. This year Tampa had a cupcake of a schedule, but next year their schedule is brutal, at least on paper. Add in a 17 game season and I think he knew to go out while he could still play well and before he looked like he could barely function or take a brutal hit that causes a major injury.

Glad to see it! Today football just becomes fun from here on out! I can't imagine disliking (we'll put it kindly given the levity of the occasion) any player or team as much as those NE/Brady teams or the Bucs teams either. No more stomach churning weeks of agony hoping someone can stop Brady from getting to or winning the Super Bowl! "Yeah it would be cool to see ____ win but can they beat Brady in the AFC or NFC Championship game? This team really seems to match up better, but if they lose he basically gets a bye next week if he wins this week... " He was worn out? Try being me! LOL Best of all? New England fans are angry and feel slighted. So many of them cheered for Brady against their supposed team this year on SNF! LOL

Allen is great and will rise to the occasion when it really matters. Will our investment in defense ever pay off? That's the question.

I realized watching the post game of the AFC title game that I don't think I've ever seen Mike Brown or heard him speak before.

Minnesota is where he should go. These guys need to think strategically. If you want to win go to the NFC.

LOL It's true... this certainly didn't age well! When it was 21-3 KC I was like "I'm glad I didn't watch this mess!"

Oppsies! Lol

Of course Mahomes makes mistakes this week... Congratulations to the Bengals though!

I want an LA KC insanely dramatic super bowl with all sorts of craziness, twists and turns, with an insane finish that I can just watch with no drama and enjoy! With no Brady it's just fun... Lots of good food, enjoy the spectacle of it all and hope for a great game. Any of the remaining 4 teams is about I same for me but I want the most entertaining Super Bowl

Just such terrible coaching on defense for those 13 seconds... inexcusable

YES! What we're missing is a big target at WR, plus this guy is an athletic freak

I had no idea that a Bill was anywhere near any part of either of those plays. This is brutal. Rams could easily win it all, no matter who they play. that D is totally legit.

Watching this makes my blood boil... Coaches screwed up so epically... I think they choked. Panicked. Around 17 minutes in they discuss McD's obsession with detail. I want to scream.

Agreed... something went wrong at the end. That wasn't the plan.

At first glance, schedule doesn't look bad. NFC North is terrible, and if Rodgers leaves GB they will be lucky to win 5 games. If I need my taxes done or need to renegotiate an employment contract I'll call Kirk Cousins, otherwise Vikings are mediocre to bad. The Lions and Bears are both LOL AFC North is a bit tougher, though, but we should continue to own the AFC East, which gets you in the tournament no matter what.

Not for me, I enjoy the sport and the league too much. I'll be watching these games and of course the Super Bowl, which could shape up to be a great game.

I love NFL football, so I'll be watching, but I don't expect either championship game to be that interesting or exciting. 49ers games are like playing football in 18 inches of mud. Nothing happens in their games for 55 minutes of clock and then they recover a timely fumble or block a FG or punt (or both) to win. Then it's like "how the hell did they win AGAIN?" 49ers are a better version of the Titans. Physical team that seems to be awful but somehow always wins. KC will blow out the Bengals. Bengals feel like a team that's missing something, or a lot of something. A KC/LA Super Bowl would be a lot of fun to watch, though. I would root for Stafford, McVay and Donald to win a ring and take away Tampa's "only team to win a SB at home" as well.

Allen is unconventional, so a lot of the stat geeks and "guys who TRULY understand football" and aren't fooled by 9 TD, 0 INT and 12 incomplete passes TOTAL in 2 playoff games against Belichick and Reid will just never really accept him until he wins a Super Bowl, and even then it'll be "but he's only won 1" That's fine! Allen is truly special, but he does need to take fewer hits, especially early in the season. Beane is right about that. Allen is now good enough throwing the ball that he's as good or better than 85-90% of NFL QB at just throwing of the ball and getting it to playmakers. But once the playoffs start the cape can go on, because it's for all the marbles. But let's not call too many Allen runs in September and October.

Chiefs Rams would be an amazing game, and could go either way. Others have said it, but the NFC could be 2-0 in the last 2 years, oddly both at home.

Rodgers, who already can't win playoff games, wants to go from the NFC cupcake division to the AFC West to face the Chargers and Chiefs, with the Raiders even spunky... OK! Rodgers on the Steelers would be a lot more interesting to watch as an NFL fan... Imagine being Cleveland... Your QB is already #3 in the division, now he's suddenly #4 by a LARGE margin. Rodgers Burrow Lamar Baker

That should be Madden this year!