On paper, the New York Jets made a low-risk, low-reward trade at today's trade deadline. What you may not know is that Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a life-saver.
On paper, the New York Jets made a low-risk, low-reward trade at today's trade deadline. What you may not know is that Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a life-saver.
Feb 16, 2021
When you re an NFL franchise like the Detroit Lions known for much more losing than winning over the years you need to be willing to take as many lessons as possible from the league s winning organizations.
With Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers having been crowned Super Bowl champs at the end of the 2020 season, Detroit should first take a deep dive at what the Buccaneers organization did right this past year.
We re going to do that now for the Lions here at SI All Lions, and specifically give you three lessons Detroit should take away from Tampa Bay s Super Bowl-winning campaign.
Kansas City Chiefs dynasty delayed by Super Bowl 2021 loss
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Even after an out-of-nowhere and crushing defeat in Super Bowl LV, it s difficult to believe quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won t soon get another chance.
But Mahomes probably won t get another Super Bowl shot at quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That might make the Chiefs 31-9 loss to Brady and the Bucs on Sunday night in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, sting all the more.
If this was the last chapter of the Mahomes-Brady rivalry, the Chiefs quarterback will finish with a 2-3 record. Brady will have both of the big prizes, with wins in the 2018 AFC Championship Game when he played for the New England Patriots and in Super Bowl LV.
Brady was already in rare company prior to Sunday, with his six championship rings tying him with Michael Jordan, one of his idols. But on Sunday night, he surpassed Jordan and Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant. Now, he is tied with Nick Saban, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth, to name a few.
The sports figures who have won more? Bill Russell won 11 NBA titles and Sam Jones won 10. In baseball, Yogi Berra won 10 World Series rings, Joe DiMaggio won nine and Phil Rizzuto, Frankie Crosetti, Bill Dickey and Lou Gehrig each won eight the same number of titles that Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Tom Satch Sanders and John Havlicek claimed in the NBA. And don t forget about Brady s former coach Bill Belichick, who has eight Super Bowl rings two with the New York Giants and six with the New England Patriots.