The Super Bowl Tom Brady Knew Opposing Defense 'Better Than They Knew Themselves'

Tom Brady is set to call a game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears for the second time in three weeks on Saturday, with the two rivals battling at Soldier Field following a close tilt at Lambeau Field. As the Packers and Bears meet again in such a short span, it reminded Brady of how he won one of the biggest games of his career.

In the latest edition of "Story Time with Tom," Brady shared how his familiarity with the Kansas City Chiefs' led to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' victory over them in Super Bowl LV. 

"One instance where I thought I knew a defense really well was in Super Bowl LV, Bucs-Chiefs," Brady said. "I studied for two weeks. We played the Chiefs earlier that year and I kinda saw the trend of how they continued to play, and I just locked in like I never had before on film study for those two weeks. I knew the rotation of the safety so well — [Daniel] Sorenson and Tyrann Mathieu. I had such a good feel when they were going to blitz and the ball always came out of my hand very quick. 

"I always said I knew them better than they knew themselves. I was a veteran player at the time, so all my film study was so efficient and it was such a huge advantage for us in that game."

If you recall, that Super Bowl was the most decisive of Brady's seven Super Bowl wins. The Buccaneers took down the Chiefs, 31-9, with Brady leading Tampa Bay to a scoring drive on five of its six possessions from late in the first quarter through the end of the third quarter.

Super Bowl LV played out much differently than the Chiefs-Buccaneers matchup in November of that season, which Kansas City won, 27-24. In that game, the Chiefs actually got out to a 17-0 lead before the Buccaneers came back late to pull within three and nearly