Tom Brady, the best quarterback in the history of the NFL, will be the great absentee in the conference finals, this Sunday.
the title of the American Conference they will dispute it Kansas City Chiefs, field marshal Patrick Mahomes, who played the Super Bowl LIV, and the Cincinnati Bengals, from Joe Burrow.
at the end of the NFC San Francisco 49ers, with Jimmy Garoppolo at the controls, who was a substitute for Brady in the New England Patriots, will be measured with Los Angeles Rams, from Matthew Stafford.
Brady and its Buccaneers, champions of the NFC Y NFL in 2021, they were eeliminated on Sunday by the Rams, who prevailed 30-27 in the duel of the divisional round of the National Conference.
The number 12 of the Bucs, winner of seventh Super Bowls, was a wild card in nine of the recent 11 conference finals: eight in the definition of the AFC and one in the NFC.
He played all eight of his AL championship games between 2011 and 2019 when he played for the Patriots. In 2020 he had his first and only final of the National with the Buccaneers.
Total, Tom Brady, 33, considered the best player in the history of the league, has been in 14 games in this instance, 13 with the Pats in the American, of which he won 9, and one that he won in the National with the Bucs .
A record of the NFL who left far behind the mark of his childhood idol, Joe Montana, legend of San Francisco, today second place with seven Conference finals in which he added four wins and two falls with the 49ers, and a defeat in his stage with the Chiefs.
Among the four quarterbacks who will fight for the AFC and NFC title this season, the one with the most experience in finals is Patrick Mahomes.
At 26 years old, the passer of Kansas Citand will face next Sunday his fourth game in a row for the supremacy of the American Conference.
Until now, his mark is two wins that he obtained against the Titans in 2020 and the Bills in 2021, and a loss to the Pats he led Brady in 2019.
Next in experience is the quarterback of the 49ers Gimmy Jimmy Garoppolo, who will have his second participation in the fight for the NFC trophy. In his appearance in 2020 he emerged victorious against the Packers.
Both the young Joe Burrow 25 years old, like the veteran Matthew Stafford 33, will experience their first conference final in 2022.
When and where to watch the NFL Conference Finals?
Cincinnati Bengals vs Kansas City Chiefs
American League Conference Finals
DATE: Sunday February 6
HOUR: Starting at 2:00 p.m. Central Mexico
SITE: Arrowhead Stadium de Kansas
CANAL: Channel 5 of Televisa, ESPN
San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams
National League Conference Finals
DATE: Sunday February 6
HOUR: Starting at 5:30 p.m. Central Mexico
SITE: SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles
CANAL: Canal 5 de Televisa, Fox Sports