Will Brady Bring His Magic to Tampa?

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The illustrious career of NFL quarterback Tom Brady has been directly tied to the success of the New England Patriots longstanding dynasty since they drafted him in 2000. Now, the former Michigan quarterback is now a former New England quarterback, who will be bringing his all-time Super Bowl experience to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In 20 seasons with the Patriots, Brady was in the Super Bowl for nearly half of them. Nine appearances for Brady and the Patriots over the years turned into six Super Bowl wins, which are both all-time records for quarterbacks by a wide margin. The next quarterback on the list is John Elway, who appeared in five Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and managed to win two. Two other quarterback greats – Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana – are undefeated in their four Super Bowl appearances and are tied for second-most wins behind Brady.

Many questions surround why Brady decided to leave the Patriots. Some believe he wasn’t offered an optimal new contract by the organization due to the quarterback’s rising age (42) and potentially declining abilities. Regardless, Brady has an enormous chance to prove his skill wasn’t entirely aided by the Patriots organization during all those Super Bowl victories. He will now be leading a team known to be near the bottom of the league year after year.

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Patriots Top List for Most Super Bowl Appearances

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After beating the Kansas City Chiefs 37:31 the New England Patriots will be competing in the Super Bowl against the Los Angeles Rams this year. It will be the third year in a row that the team reached the NFL championship game – and it also tops the list for most appearances in the Super Bowl. Including the upcoming game on Feb 3, the Patriots will have played 11 Super Bowl games in total.

The New England team has won five out of the ten championship games already played, according to statistics published by ESPN. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a better games to wins ratio. They competed in only eight games, but won six out of those. This year, the Patriots have the chance to tie with the Steelers for most Super Bowls won.

Yet, the Patriots are not the team with the worst wins to participations ratio. The Denver Broncos competed eight times and won only three of those Super Bowls. The San Francisco 49ers made the most of their appearances in the championship game winning five out of six Super Bowls played. The most unlucky team among the Super Bowl participants are the Minnesota Vikings. They played in the Super Bowl in 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977 but failed to win any of those competitions.

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