Tampa Bay won their conference championship on Sunday beating Green Bay and will play in Super Bowl 55 on February 7. It will be the very first time the Super Bowl will be played in one of the teams home stadium. The Bucs won the right to Super Bowl 55 the hard way, as a wild card that played and won all three play off games on the road. And they deserved to be there finishing the season strong winning their last 8 straight road games.
Brady, playing for the first time on a new team proved he can still get the job done even though retirement is closing in on his long and successful career. The Bucs came together, especially on defense and in their last two play off games handled the Saints and Packers offense in a dominate way. But this Tampa Bay team is a complete team and it showed down the stretch.
The Super Bowl between the Bucs and the Chiefs should be a good one as both teams match up well. Both teams also have LSU players in key positions. And both head coaches take chances with plays considered out side the box. It will be a game this writer believes the fans will not enjoy seeing either of the teams lose because both teams are very popular. But there is a story line to the game. The Chiefs will be trying to repeat its world championship, something few teams have accomplished. And the Bucs will be playing in their first Super Bowl since their win in 2002, 19 years ago, a long dry spell.
What the sports media should take and understand from the Bucs successful season is it was never about Brees vs. Brady like they promote every time the two compete against each other. Its a no brainer because Brees will never accomplish for the Saints what Brady has accomplished for his teams over their careers. Not even close.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
