NEW ORLEANS — It is a common trivia query, with a solution most individuals can cause their method into: Which participant has made essentially the most Tremendous Bowl appearances?
The reply, for these with quick consideration spans, is former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who performed in an astonishing 10 Tremendous Bowls.
You could be unsurprised to study that certainly one of Brady’s former teammates is tied for second place with six appearances. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski participated in six of the 9 Tremendous Bowls Brady piloted in New England.
The participant tied with Gostkowski is a barely deeper pull, former Buffalo Payments and Denver Broncos defensive lineman Mike Lodish. Lodish performed in and misplaced 4 straight Tremendous Bowls to start his profession with the Payments earlier than breaking by with wins with the Broncos in 1997-98.
These are the highest three, however they’re set to welcome one other member to the six-timers membership Sunday when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tackle the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Chiefs offensive lineman Joe Thuney, who started his profession with three straight Tremendous Bowl appearances in New England taking part in with Brady, has now appeared in 5, thanks to a different two with Kansas Metropolis the final two years.
Sunday will make six.
“I really feel very lucky being on the groups I have been on, and taking part in with the gamers I’ve performed with,” Thuney stated. “I’ve simply tried to do my half in these conditions on these groups.”
Thuney, 32, is listed as a guard, however he has seen vital time at left sort out of late, sliding into the spot in Week 15 to solidify an space that had change into a hassle spot for the Chiefs.
Rookie Kingsley Suamataia and second-year sort out Wanya Morris have been charged with manning the position in the course of the offseason, however neither distinguished themselves by a mixed 13 begins.
Enter the three-time Professional Bowler, who regardless of the change has surrendered only a single sack (common season and playoffs) in 2024-25.
“I feel all O-linemen need to have the ability to play wherever,” he stated. “It is completely different. It is only a completely different place, and there are completely different gamers you are coping with, attempting to dam. I am attempting to benefit from it.”
As for the non-public achievement he is set to achieve on Sunday? He is in pursuit of one thing even larger: a win.
“You positively wish to take pleasure in it, however on the similar time hold your priorities straight,” he stated. “Sunday is the rationale we’re right here. It is nice to take pleasure in it, soak all this in, however nonetheless attempt to hold that concentrate on Sunday.”
–David Gladow, Discipline Degree Media
