Tom Brady’s season started with a four-game suspension and ended, in dramatic fashion, with his fifth championship after the Patriots overcame the largest deficit in Super Bowl history. G.O.A.T? No doubt about it
HOUSTON — The ball hung in the air for less than a second, mere inches off the ground, lost in a mess of arms and legs belonging to four different players. The Patriots trailed by eight, with about 2:30 left in Super Bowl 51, when Tom Brady threw a prayer into triple coverage. Robert Alford, the Falcons’ cornerback who’d already returned a pick-six in this game, tipped it into the air.