Every single year we get a new Super Bowl to add to this list. But every single year, it seems, we get a new Super Bowl to add to the top of this list. Such is the nature of the modern NFL championship game: the league's on-field and roster-construction rules and have resulted in close games and increasing parity.

Tom Brady met with reporters over a conference call this week to talk about calling his first Super Bowl. Asked about Patrick Mahomes chasing him for greatest-ever status, Brady answered, “We all have our own individual journeys.

From Brady to the future of pregame shows to predicting the ratings, The Athletic's media columnists analyze the big game.