5 Super Bowl wins for New England are all about Brady

HOUSTON (AP) — With a record five Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady certainly has established himself as the measuring stick for quarterbacks, NFL players and, just maybe, for all team-sport athletes.

Consider that he's won 25 postseason games; there are pro baseball, basketball and hockey players who would take that for a career.

[...] it's educational to look at all seven of his performances in the NFL championship game.

— When the Patriots edged the favored Rams 20-17 in the 2002 Super Bowl, that was Bill Belichick and his staff's most impressive showing.

Spurred on by cornerback Ty Law insisting he could cover St. Louis game-breaking receiver Isaac Bruce alone, New England came up with a super-aggressive, hit-'em-at-all-costs coverage scheme that derailed the Greatest Show on Turf.

Yet, Kurt Warner and the Rams found a way to tie the game in the final minutes.

[...] if not for what many believe is the worst play call in NFL championship game history — no, Marshawn, we're going to throw from the Patriots 1-yard line — Pete Carroll's Seahawks would likely have won a second straight Super Bowl.