It pits two of the truly iconic men at their profession – legends in the history of professional sports in this country – against one another with everything on the line.
For starters, I can’t see the future, even one week ahead, or else I would have a far better record with my Best Bets .
They had the most productive run together in NFL history at New England, and, eventually, I suggest they will actually come to be at least fairly chummy, sort of like what Belichick and Bill Parcells are like now.
The fact that the teams actually played early this season – in just the second season with these two GOATS roaming apart after two decades together – would make a rematch with all at stake even more juicy.
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, having a pristine season grooming Brady’s long-time replacement, rookie Mac Jones, getting a chance to possibly have the youngster outplay the master as Brady attempts to win another Super Bowl at age 44? Come on, man! As Brady attempts to repeat as Lombardi Trophy winner for the first time since he and the Pats did it in 2004-2005.
For all of the angst two weeks spent talking about this game would create for Brady and Belichick, one suspects that Gronk might actually revel in it.
Yeah, all of that happened, and it would return to the fore in the run-up to this Super Bowl, should it go this way.
With the way these teams are playing, and how they’re constructed, and with there being no apparent super teams in 2021, is this really that far-fetched of a notion? They are balanced between offense and defense, have championship-pedigree coaching staffs, strong offensive lines.
Conspiring to make this the outcome while in opposite conferences wouldn’t even be worth mentioning, except that we are talking Brady and Belichick here.
They try to shake it, not allow it to consume them … but come January, if both teams are doing what they are capable of, I don’t know how they’ll be able to avoid it.
Two weeks of pomp and circumstances leading up to this Super Bowl actually might not be enough.