It wasn’t just that Steelers’ nemesis Tom Brady single-handedly bested the entire Pittsburgh football franchise by achieving his seventh Super Bowl win. The Steelers have just six Lombardis. And it wasn’t watching Brady’s been-there, done-that cool, as the 43-year-old quarterback played the Kansas City Chief defense like a fiddle in his 10th Super Bowl appearance. It wasn’t even witnessing Brady connect with one of the greatest Steelers receivers -- and one of the most troubled -- for a touchdown in the Super Bowl to none other than nincompoop Antonio Brown. What really sent all that Steelers’ envy of Tom Terrific into overdrive all across the 412 area code was watching Brady operate out of play action and hit passes deep down the field. All of it, en route to one of the biggest Super Bowl blowouts ever – the Buc’s 31-9 laugher at home in Tampa. It brought about a big reckoning in Steelers Nation. After decades of denial, Steelers fans were coming around to the unthinkable but inescapable realization of how truly terrific Tom really is. There was a Brady conversion occurring all across western Pennsylvania Sunday night. Steelers fans are in full submission. They’re on bended knee to Brady. Tom has finally done it. He’s broken them. We recount all the surprising Brady praise from Steelers Nation and look ahead to the Steelers’ 2021 campaign, even though we still don’t know what the team will look like (but we have plenty of good takes) -- all in this edition of the Steelers update Podcast. And be sure to check out the PennLive column on Thursday. It’s packed with plenty of Twitter memes to put a face on all the Brady envy emanating from the 412 area code. At the very least, we all need a laugh right about now in Steelers Country. 

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