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.

At this stage, with four Super Bowl appearances under his belt in just eight seasons in the NFL --with No. 5 coming on Sunday in New Orleans against the Eagles --there probably is not much advice that is going to ring true for Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes .

From the regular season to the Super Bowl, its difficult to tell the difference between Tom Brady's and Patrick Mahomes' statistics.