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SUPER BOWL XLIX CHAMPS

UNDERSIZED DYNAMO

JULIAN EDELMAN

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UNLIKELIEST OF HEROES

MALCOLM BUTLER

P. 41

OUT SIZED OUT RAGE

PETE CARROLL

P. 42

On to Immortality

AFTER A SUPER BOWL WIN FOR THE AGES, THE PATRIOTS CHISELED THEIR PLACE ON THE RUSHMORE OF NFL FRANCHISES—AND THEIR QUARTERBACK STAKED HIS CLAIM AS THE GREATEST EVER

BY GREG BISHOP

P. 28

Against a historically good D (and with a historic comeback), Tom Brady earned his third Super Bowl MVP and his fourth ring, tying him with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana.

SIMON BRUTY/Sports Illustrated

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