Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson celebrates after throwing a pass to setup the game-winning field goal during overtime of an NFL wild-card playoff game against the Bills on Jan. 4, 2020, in Houston. Credit: AP/Eric Christian Smith
At the time, it felt like a singular event, the natural culmination of a spectacular 20-year career in New England followed by a mutual understanding that Tom Brady deserved to call his next — and almost certainly final — move as a six-time Super Bowl champion who had given the Patriots all he had.
Brady got that chance and has made the most of it with a stunning run to Super Bowl LV next Sunday in Tampa, where he will face off against Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the young superstar who has a chance to dominate the NFL as Brady has done for these last two decades-plus.