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The Pittsburgh Steelers have six Super Bowl wins, as do the New England Patriots.
All six were won by the team from Foxborough, Massachusetts in the Tom Brady era.
The 199th pick in the 2000 draft.
The NFL's most successful quarterback now has seven titles after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City (31: 9).
An achievement that is incredible in itself.
Brady's work is even more historic when you consider the circumstances of his recent success.
"We're world champions forever, nobody can take that away from us," said an overjoyed Brady after receiving his fifth MVP award in a Super Bowl.
A record, of course.
"We knew it would be the same tonight."
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By "we" the 43 year old quarterback meant the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The team that had the worst win rate in National Football League history prior to arriving last summer.
The Florida franchise's last title to date was dated January 2003.
Brady brings winning gene to Tampa
The year before, Brady had won the first of his seven titles with New England.
In the following years he shaped an era that lasted two decades together with the odd and ingenious coach Bill Belichick.
But the successful relationship ended in 2020.
At 42, Brady wanted to try something new again - and went to Tampa.
Tom Brady (r.) With his congenial partner Rob Gronkowski
Source: AFP / Mike Ehrmann
A team that had finished the preseason with 7: 9 wins and whose quarterback Jameis Winston threw bad pass after bad pass until he finally came up with the idea of repairing his poor eyesight with a laser treatment.
But by then Brady had already taken over in Tampa.
And the winning gene is planted in the minds of the players.
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When, after the victory in the semifinals against the Green Bay Packers, a sob of joy could be heard in Tampa's cabin, Brady is said to have only uttered incomprehension: “What the hell.
We're still missing a victory for the Super Bowl. ”A sentence that says much more about the person who gave the quote than any arias of praise could do.
Mahomes ennobles Brady on the lawn
"You're a legend," said Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, 18 years younger than Brady, while still on the field, full of appreciation, joining the line of well-wishers.
Before the final, the two protagonists of the Super Bowl showered each other with praise in a joint video interview with the NFL.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs had no chance against old master Brady in the final
Source: dpa / Ben Liebenberg
Instead of answering questions, Brady praised the virtues of his counterpart so much that it almost seemed uncomfortable to the promised.
Brady said of himself, "You don't teach an old dog new tricks." And he doesn't have to.
In the final against Kansas City, Brady could rely on his well-known strengths.
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Although he had new players and new coaches around him after 20 years, although he had not been able to complete serious preparation with his new team due to the corona pandemic, although he is older than some coaches in the league, he was in the 55th Super Bowl Can not be defeated at any time.
And that was less due to the weak performance of the defending champion from Kansas City, but rather to Brady's routine brilliance.
Brady beckons million dollar bonus
In the first two touchdowns he found his buddy from Patriots days, Rob Gronkowski.
The tight end, who had actually ended his career, and Brady get along blindly.
Again and again he operated his receivers and skillfully checked the music box when necessary.
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But after the game Brady showed once more what a team player he is.
“I'm so proud of the boys,” he said during the award ceremony.
Then he passed his MVP trophy on to his teammates.
Brady is said to be financially rewarded for his win against Kansas City.
As "ESPN" had reported in advance, the most successful quarterback of all time beckons a contractually guaranteed bonus of $ 500,000.
The 43-year-old had already won a total of 1.75 million dollars in bonuses thanks to three wins in the play-offs in Washington, New Orleans and Green Bay.
But money does not drive the multi-millionaire.
It is the mixture of almost pathological perfectionism, which only lets him eat avocado ice cream to keep his body competitive even when he is over 40, and the pure joy of football.
End of career?
Hardly likely
While his coach Bruce Arians, 68, is retiring after winning his first title as head coach, according to "CBSSports", his quarterback is not thinking of ending his hunt for records and titles.
"It will be hard to say goodbye whenever I choose, because it has been an important part of my life for a long time," Brady said before his tenth Super Bowl.
But apparently the superstar plans to play until 45.
At least.
"We'll be back," said Brady on stage at the presentation of the trophy.
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“The best part about winning is enjoying it with the people who have helped and supported you.
Some of the best memories of my life so far are having fun with my children right after the Super Bowl, ”said the father of three.
Even after the new triumph - as the first quarterback in front of a home crowd - Brady hugged his loved ones.
Wife Giselle Bündchen, who has long wanted to convince her husband to retire, and the children Vivian, John and Edward.
Tom Brady with daughter Vivian after winning his seventh NFL title
Source: REUTERS
Anyone who saw Brady smiling happily during the game on Monday night and enjoying the joint victory with his teammates could hardly imagine seeing the NFL in the future without the man with the jersey number 12.
The question is: why should it?