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Although hard to believe, given the record seven Super Bowl rings Tom Brady has since retired with, he was enduring somewhat of a drought in the years between his third in 2005 and this one a decade later - and it looked for all the world as though Super Bowl XLIX was to be a third to slip through his grasp in that time.
A circus catch from Jermaine Kearse had helped set the Seattle Seahawks up at the goal line, trailing by four but with 26 seconds to spare - more than enough time to hand the ball off to 'Beast Mode' running back Marshawn Lynch for the game-winning score, right? Wrong.
In one of the craziest play-calls in football history, Seattle opted to pass, and quarterback Russell Wilson was picked off by rookie Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler in this truly incredible finish.