Super Bowl 55 features epic QB matchup. Is Aaron Rodgers' time in Green Bay coming to an end?
Jim Reineking
Tom Brady is back in the Super Bowl.
On Sunday, Feb. 7, Brady will play in his 10th Super Bowl and for his seventh Vince Lombardi Trophy. He will do so as a member of the "home" team, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
Standing in Brady's way of even more glory is Patrick Mahomes, a quarterback 18 years Brady's younger. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to become the NFL's first back-to-back Super Bowl winner since Brady's New England Patriots pulled off that feat in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
- It's The GOAT vs. The Kid: As Super Bowl matchups go, it doesn't get much better than Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes, Nancy Armour writes.
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Looking ahead to Super Bowl LV
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (6:30 p.m. ET, CBS)
- Chiefs open as favorites: The defending champions are favored against the Buccaneers, despite Super Bowl 55 being played in Tampa.
- Chiefs D ready for Tom Brady: The Chiefs defense, if Sunday’s championship games were any indication, is ready to face the Bucs QB.
- Early Super Bowl storylines: Brady vs. Mahomes. Brady's quest for seven rings. Tampa Bay playing at home. There will be no shortage of storylines to follow in the next two weeks.
- Romostradamus: CBS TV analyst Tony Romo predicted a Chiefs-Buccaneers Super Bowl matchup weeks ago.
AFC championship: Chiefs return to Super Bowl
- Chiefs 38, Bills 24: Kansas City has a chance to become the NFL's first repeat champion since the Patriots pulled it off in the 2003-04 seasons.
- Plenty of grit to go with the sizzle: One week after concussion and turf toe injury, Patrick Mahomes showed off his grit against the Bills.
- Diggs takes loss hard: Bills WR stayed on the field, in uniform and wearing his helmet, to watch the entire Chiefs celebration.
- After some early drama, Chiefs just toy with the Bills: The Bills took an early lead in AFC title game, but that didn't bother the Chiefs, Jarrett Bell writes.
- Bills get outclassed by Chiefs: This had been a magical year for the Bills in every way, but they aren’t at the Chiefs' level yet, Sal Maiorana writes.
- Chiefs receivers had Bills defenders' heads spinning: Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce were a step ahead of the Bills throughout the AFC championship game.
NFC championship: Bucs will 'host' Super Bowl
- Buccaneers 31, Packers 26: The Buccaneers will be the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
- Even with six rings, Tom Brady had something to prove to himself: No matter how many Super Bowl rings Brady gets, he will never be drawn into a state of complacency, Mike Jones writes.
- Bold play call big reason why Bucs are in Super Bowl: The NFC championship game play call might be remembered as one of the biggest and boldest in the history of the Buccaneers.
- Bucs defense saves the GOAT from being a goat: Three second-half interceptions by Tom Brady could have done in the Bucs, but the defense stifled the Packers' comeback attempt.
- Aaron Rodgers says his future is uncertain: Following the NFC title game, a crushed Rodgers included himself among the Packers players with an uncertain future with the team.
- Packers' late-game regrets: A disputed pass interference penalty and not going on fourth down were key plays down the stretch for Green Bay.
- Offseason mistakes catch up to Packers: The Packers' decisions in late April to use their first three draft picks on another quarterback, a running back and an H-back look so odd now.
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