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Getty Images Some in the league office, if being candid, would say that they’d prefer to play the Super Bowl this Sunday, not next Sunday. With more time between games, players, coaches, and essential staff will have more chances to be exposed to the virus. It becomes more important than ever...

USA TODAY Sports Kevin King did not have his best game Sunday. The Packers cornerback, who played after being questionable with a back injury, gave up a 39-yard touchdown to Scotty Miller on the next-to-last play of the first half and drew a penalty for defensive pass interference on Tyler...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will make his second Super Bowl appearance in four seasons. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will make his tenth. So here’s the question: Will Mahomes catch Brady? Brady also had two Super Bowl appearances in his first four seasons, the first of...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes previously have met four times, splitting the games. The biggest victory in their head-to-head meetings thus far obviously came two years ago when the Patriots beat the Chiefs in overtime in the AFC Championship Game. After that 37-31 Patriots’...

Getty Images When the Chiefs made the Super Bowl last year, they arrived in Miami a week ahead of the game in order to take part in media night and the other availabilities in the days leading up to the game. Things will be different this year. They’ll be traveling as if it were a regular road...

Getty Images Not long ago, Rob Gronkowski created more matchup nightmares than any tight end in football. Now, that title belongs to Travis Kelce of the Chiefs. On Monday, Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians gave some early thoughts on having to deal with Kelce in 13 days. “It’s really hard,”...

Getty Images The Packers are in the same situation on Monday as they were the day after last year’s NFC Championship Game. Instead of getting ready to go to Florida for the Super Bowl, Green Bay players are cleaning out their lockers and doing exit interviews to start the offseason. But after...

Getty Images Tom Brady is the oldest quarterback ever to lead his team to the Super Bowl. And the second-oldest. And the third-oldest. The 43-year-old Brady will start for the Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV, making it the 10th Super Bowl of his career — and the third since turning 40. Brady made...

Getty Images The Chiefs have fought through offensive line issues all season, and will continue to do so in the Super Bowl after left tackle Eric Fisher tore his Achilles during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz hasn’t played since suffering a back injury during...

Getty Images Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said after Sunday’s 38-24 win over the Bills that left tackle Eric Fisher‘s Achilles injury didn’t look good and the team won’t have him on hand for Super Bowl LV. Reid’s comment suggested that Fisher tore his Achilles and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media...

Getty Images No one would be considering the possibility today that Aaron Rodgers has played his final game in a yellow helmet with a G on each side if he hadn’t veered unprompted into a discussion about his uncertain future after Sunday’s season-ending loss to Tom Brady and the Buccaneers...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will be the first team to play a Super Bowl in its own stadium. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. As originally scheduled, Super Bowl LV would have happened at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. However, heavy rains delayed construction of the venue by a year...

Getty Images Running back Leonard Fournette came close to making the Super Bowl during his rookie season, but the Jaguars blew a lead to Tom Brady‘s Patriots and things went downhill fast in Jacksonville. Fournette only played eight games in 2018 and one of the games he missed was the result...

USA TODAY Sports The Green Bay Packers’ 2020 season came down to one decision. And it was the wrong decision. As time passes, more and more people inside and outside the organization will realize how wrong it was. After landing in a 28-10 hole that created a clear sense that the game was over...

USA TODAY Sports Matt LaFleur apparently has his regrets. After the Packers fell to the Buccaneers 31-26 in the NFC Championship Game, LaFleur’s decision to kick a field goal late in the fourth quarter is under the microscope. Green Bay did have three timeouts plus the two-minute warning to...

Getty Images The Chiefs are on their way to Super Bowl LV, but it looks like they’ll be without left tackle Eric Fisher once they get to Tampa. Fisher left the AFC Championship Game in the fourth quarter and the team quickly ruled him out with an Achilles injury. The team didn’t say it was a...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady played in his 44th playoff game on Sunday. For the fourth time, Brady threw three interceptions in a single-elimination setting. He’s 3-1 in those four games. All of Sunday’s picks came after Tampa Bay had built a 28-10 lead, allowing the Packers...

Getty Images Tom Brady was the last quarterback to start in back-to-back Super Bowl wins, but Patrick Mahomes will be trying to change that in Tampa on February 7. Kansas City’s 38-24 win over the Bills put them in the Super Bowl for the second straight season. The Buccaneers and Brady are...

Getty Images Last year, after the Packers lost 37-20 to the 49ers in the NFC Championship, quarterback Aaron Rodgers seemed surprisingly upbeat and optimistic when talking to reporters. On Sunday, after the Packers lost 31-26 to the Buccaneers in the NFC Championship, Rodgers expressed a far...

Getty Images Green Bay was in position to tie the game, but had to settle for three points and cut Tampa Bay’s lead to 14-10 in the NFC Championship Game. The Packers had trouble running the ball on their first two possessions, but got it going on their third. Aaron Jones took three...