Answering the most basic Super Bowl 55 question: Who will win Sunday, Chiefs or Buccaneers?
Jim Reineking
If you've been following the NFL for at least the last 20 years, then Super Sunday will have a familiar feel to it as Tom Brady will be appearing in his 10th Super Bowl.
Though, this will be Brady's first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who -- in case you haven't already heard -- will be the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
With his 10th championship appearance, Brady matches LeBron James for most such appearances among active U.S. major sports athletes. How does four more Super Bowl appearances for Brady sound? That's what he'd need to match Yogi Berra's 14 World Series appearances.
On the opposite sideline from the 43-year-old Brady is the 25-year-old Patrick Mahomes, the likely heir apparent to Brady's QB throne. Or perhaps, Mahomes is already bigger than the NFL -- with much more to come. The young gunslinger and the Chiefs are looking to become the NFL's first repeat champion since Brady's Patriots pulled off that feat in the 2003-04 seasons.
Super Bowl 55: Chiefs vs. Buccaneers
- Super Bowl picks: Five of seven USA TODAY Sports NFL experts agree that this team will win on Sunday.
- Lorenzo's Locks: Lorenzo Reyes is here to remind you that for Super Sunday it's time to go big or go home.
- Patrick Mahomes is already bigger than the NFL, and there's more to come: Chiefs QB is the star of the league, looking for his second consecutive Super Bowl title. But he's only cracking the surface.
- Tom Brady can join another elite Super Bowl club: Brady is one of four quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl for multiple teams. A win Sunday would put him at another level.
- 'Shocked the world': Super Bowl week is filled with inspirational stories. Few can touch Jason Pierre-Paul's journey to Super Bowl 55, Mike Jones writes.
- Get used to it: Three women with prominent roles in Super Bowl 55 say this is only the start of something bigger.
- Redemption for Antonio Brown? After years of troubling on- and off-field behavior, the receiver wants to repair his legacy.
- 'Smoked Sausage': Andy Reid and Eric Bieniemy enjoy getting exotic play ideas from players.
- Chiefs had COVID scare due to barber's positive: Center Daniel Kilgore had a funny response to being a high-risk close contact to the team barber.
- They opted out of the season. So what'd they do?: Checking in with three NFL players who decided against playing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
- CBS has responsibility to set a progressive tone: The Super Bowl 55 broadcaster will include social justice issues in its game coverage, Jarrett Bell writes.
Super Sunday FAQs
Super Bowl 55: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (6:30 p.m. ET, CBS)
- Odds: Point spread, money line, over/under
- National anthem: Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church
- Halftime show: The Weeknd
- Super Bowl records: Tom Brady owns a bunch
- Puppy Bowl: How to watch Team Ruff vs. Team Fluff | Meet the puppies
Super Bowl lists: Big game rankings
USA TODAY Sports' Nate Davis has done football fans a great service by providing some must-read Super Bowl rankings.
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- 55 greatest players: How high do Patriots legends rank?
- 55 greatest moments: From Max McGee to 2-3 Jet Chip Wasp
- 12 for TB12: Tom Brady's most memorable moments and records
- Ranking every game: Tom Brady involved in a number of Super Bowl classics
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- Watch: These Super Bowl commercials have been released early
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- 'Walking the tightrope': Advertisers try to strike right tone after tumultuous 2020
- Our picks for the most inspirational Super Bowl ads
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