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New England Patriots Win Super Bowl LIII For 6th Title
New England Patriots players give head coach Bill Be- lichick a Gatorade shower after winning the Super Bowl LIII.
Tom Brady Passes Peyton Manning As Oldest QB To Ever Win A Super Bowl
TOM BRADY
Another Super Bowl, an- other record-setting night for New England Patriots quar- terback Tom Brady.
With a 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, Brady (41 years, six months) became the oldest quarter- back to win a Super Bowl in NFL history. Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (39 years, 10 months, 14 days) previously held the record after winning Super Bowl 50 back in 2016.
Brady and Bill Be- lichick (66 years old) became the oldest quarterback-coach combination in Super Bowl history. Belichick also be- came the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl.
Florida State Dismisses QB Deondre Francois From Team
DEONDRE FRANCOIS
Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois has been dismissed from the team, coach Willie Taggart announced Sunday.
Taggart said in a state- ment that he told Francois on Saturday night he is no longer a part of the program. Tag- gart's decision to drop Fran- cois came the same day the quarterback's girlfriend posted a video to Instagram alleging abuse by Francois.
Francois hasn't been charged with a crime.
Francois was involved in a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend in January 2018, but no arrests were made, nor charges filed in that incident.
In April 2018, Francois was cited for misdemeanor possession of marijuana after police raided his apartment.
Rams' Aaron Donald
The dynasty lives on.
Once again, the New Eng- land Patriots are Super Bowl champions, grinding to win Super Bowl LIII 13-3 at Mer- cedes-Benz Stadium in At- lanta -- and launching Tom Brady and Bill Belichick into a different stratosphere.
They have now won six Super Bowls together, ex- tending their record for the most by a head coach and starting quarterback combi- nation. With the win, the Pa- triots are tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl titles in NFL history.
Brady now has won more Super Bowls than any other player in history, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Haley (five).
"It probably won't sink in for a very, very long time," Brady said. "I'm just so blessed to play with the best teammates through the years from our '01 team and all the way through now. I love all those guys. That's what makes this special, man. It's a brotherhood. All these rela- tionship are so important in my life, and I can't cherish it enough. It's going to be a cel- ebration tonight."
At 41 years old, Brady also is the oldest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl, eclipsing Peyton Manning, who was 39 when he won Super Bowl 50.
Belichick is the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl at age 66, and no head coach has won more Super Bowls than him. Now, he joins George Halas and Curly Lambeau as the only NFL coaches with six cham- pionships since the league began postseason play in 1933.
Belichick called this one "sweet."
This was the pair's ninth Super Bowl appearance to- gether, the most title games for any head coach and start- ing quarterback duo in NFL history.
Edelman Named Super Bowl MVP
Julian Edelman, the Pa- triots' do-it-all player, wins Super Bowl MVP Super Bowl MVP.
Brady was 21-for-35 passing for 262 yards, and most of those yards went to wide receiver Julian Edel- man, who is boosting his hall-of-fame resume. Edel- man -- who was named the game's MVP -- had 10 catches for 141 yards. In ad- dition to already having the second-most receptions in postseason history, he's now second all time in postseason receiving yards. He trails just the legendary Jerry Rice in both categories.
Edelman, who in his col- lege days was a quarterback at Kent State, was drafted by New England in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft. He is the seventh wide re- ceiver to be named Super Bowl MVP.
"It just matters that we won, man," Edelman said. "It was a crazy year. We had a resilient bunch of guys. It was unreal, man."
It comes as no surprise that Los Angeles Rams defen- sive tackle Aaron Donald has been named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year for a second consecutive sea- son Saturday night. A fifth- year pro, Donald also was voted to the Pro Bowl for a fifth consecutive season.
Despite dealing with an in- ordinate number of double- teams, the 6-foot-1, 280-pound Donald recorded 20.5 sacks to set an NFL sin- gle-season record for a defen- sive tackle dating to when sacks became an official indi- vidual stat in 1982. His sack total also set a Rams franchise record, as the organization won back-to-back division ti- tles for the first time since 1979 and advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time in 17 seasons.
“I’ve had some pretty good players," Rams defensive co- ordinator Wade Philips said. “But he’s certainly right up there equal or better.”
Donald had a pass-rush win rate of 46 percent during
Aaron Donald led the NFL with 20.5 sacks this season, and he's up to 59.5 in his five- year career.
the regular season, the high- est in the NFL, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. He also was doubled teamed on 61 percent of his pass rushes, ac- cording to ESPN Stats & In- formation.
After holding out of train- ing camp for two consecutive seasons, Donald, 27, signed a six-year, $135 million exten- sion, including $87 million guaranteed, 10 days before the season opener to become the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history. The fol- lowing day, Bears defensive end Khalil Mack signed a deal worth more.
Wins Second Straight
Defensive Player Of Year
Former Patriot Ty Law
Among Eight Elected To
Pro Football Hall Of Fame
Ty Law is packing his bags for Canton, Ohio, and he’ll leave with a gold jacket.
The former New England Patriots cornerback was among eight “Heroes of the Game” elected to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame on Saturday when voters cast their ballots in Atlanta on the eve of Super Bowl LIII.
And it’s fitting that Law be chosen the day before the Patriots take on the Los An- geles Rams in the big game. Law helped kick off the Pa- triots’ dynasty in 2002 when he returned an interception for a touchdown en route to New England’s first Super Bowl victory, over the then- St. Louis Rams.
Law played 10 seasons with the Patriots, two with the New York Jets, two with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with the Denver Broncos. He made five Pro Bowls and finished his career with 53 in- terceptions. He will be the
TY LAW AND ED REED
fifth former Patriots player to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
Champ Bailey, Tony Gonzalez, Ed Reed and Kevin Mawae rounded out the five modern-era finalists to be elected. Gil Brandt and Pat Bowlen were added as contributors while Johnny Robinson was added as a member of the Senior Committee.
Former Patriots defensive end Richard Seymour also was up for induction, but he was not elected.
The group will be honored in Canton in August.
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