Tony Romo: Super Bowl LV is a legacy game for Tom Brady

Tom Brady’s place in NFL history is plenty secure.

But according to Tony Romo, with another Super Bowl win, Brady could cement it forever.

Speaking with reporters Thursday via conference call, Romo said if the Buccaneers beat Kansas City on Feb. 7, Brady will end the conversation of greatest quarterback to ever play for good. Brady’s six Super Bowl rings already stand as an NFL record. According to Romo, by winning a seventh title, the 43-year-old Brady would permanently hold off Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, his only potential challenger for the crown.

“(Mahomes) is the only kid that is going to be in the discussion,” said Romo, who will be calling Super Bowl LV for CBS. “This is the matchup people will be talking about 25 to 50 years from now. As a football fan, this is as good as it gets. This one is really special.”

Mahomes has led Kansas City back to the Super Bowl after winning his first championship last year. In 2018, his first year as a starter, Mahomes was named MVP following a record-setting regular season. He later lost to Brady and the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, before they went on to hoist their sixth Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl LIII.

Mahomes is expected to finish second in MVP voting this year behind Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers. In Romo’s view, Mahomes must beat Brady to continue on a path to potentially becoming the greatest quarterback of all time.

“The fact that Patrick Mahomes is somehow in this discussion shows you how amazing this guy is,” Romo said. “There’s a chance for Patrick Mahomes playing this game, to climb the ladder. If Mahomes wins, he keeps that door open. If Brady wins, I don’t know how anyone can top him.”

Romo later summarized the matchup by calling a “legacy game.”

“This is going to be one of the great matchups in sports history,” he said. “This is what you talk about with your friends. Could you imagine if Michael Jordan got his team to the Finals against LeBron — who is becoming the face of the league? We’re getting that in this Super Bowl.”

Brady and Mahomes have split their head-to-head matchups 2-2. Mahomes and the Chiefs took the last meeting, edging Brady’s Bucs 27-24 in late November, Tampa Bay’s last loss before reaching the Super Bowl.

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3ot3NVJ