The GOAT played against plenty of great defenders in his 10 Super Bowl appearances, but one player stood out from the rest.

Brady has shown all the signs of a guy who was handed a plum job without having paid his dues first, and it’ll be a minor miracle if he doesn’t mar Sunday's game with a blunder at a critical moment.

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.