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YDS TD INT RATING Super Bowl LI

Feb. 5, 2017 • W 34-28 (OT), MVP a regular-season game vs. the Denver Broncos in 2013.

By winning his fifth Super Bowl title since the 2001 season, Brady also completes his Deflategate Revenge Tour. And what sweet revenge it is.

Not only did the Patriots win the NFL’s biggest prize, Commissioner Roger Goodell also will have to make good on his promise to visit Foxborough, Mass., next season. Goodell hasn’t been back to a beaming Brady.

“It’s been a long season for everyone with a lot of emotion for everyone,” said Brady, suspended for the first four games.

Brady has had plenty of accomplishments in his 17-year career — two NFL MVPs, countless records, a spot near the top of every all-time list that matters. But nothing compares to this game.

Atlanta had heard all week how great the Patriots defense was and how it was the weak link for Matt Ryan and his high-flying offense. That kind of snub tends to stick with you, and the Falcons came out flying, the chips on their shoulders more like gouges.

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New England since the AFC title game in 2015, an absence not lost on the Patriots or their fans.

As time wound down in the AFC Championship Game two weeks ago, fans chanted, “Where is Roger? Where is Roger?” Sunday night, he was on the podium, handing the Lombardi Trophy to owner Robert Kraft and shaking hands with

Brady flat-out missed receivers, repeatedly, and never seemed in sync with his go-to guy, Julian Edelman. But the biggest shock came in the second quarter, when Robert Alford picked off Brady and ran 82 yards for a score.

But Brady has a way of making magic when the Patriots need it most, and this game was no different.