Carolina Panthers cornerback James Bradberry was in third grade when Tom Brady and the Patriots won their first Super Bowl, in 2001.
Adam Vinatieri’s last-second field goal lifted the Patriots over the St. Louis Rams, who were Bradberry’s favorite team after he’d latched on to the “Greatest Show on Turf” playmakers on the NFL Blitz video game.
Bradberry took the Rams’ Super Bowl loss hard.
“I didn’t like Tom Brady. Didn’t like Adam Viniateri. Didn’t like Bill Belichick,” Bradberry said. “Didn’t like none of them.”
Sixteen years later, Viniateri is still kicking for the Colts at 45 and Brady and Belichick are still winning Super Bowls in New England.