President Biden chooses Patrick Mahomes over Tom Brady

“Clearly Brady is a good quarterback,” he mentioned. “Mahomes looks as if he’s received a whole lot of potential so I’d most likely take a shot with the younger man [we] don’t anticipate as a lot from.”

However that’s to not say Biden is predicting the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when the sport kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on CBS.

“I don’t know who’s going to win,” he mentioned. “I believe they’re each nice quarterbacks — one is only a youthful model, doubtlessly, of an important previous quarterback.”

Then he needed to make clear. “Not previous,” he mentioned with fun. “In NFL phrases, previous.”

Brady, 43, is certainly previous in NFL phrases. Simply by enjoying in Sunday’s recreation, he’ll change into the oldest participant to look in a Tremendous Bowl.

And if he can lead the Bucs to only their second Lombardi Trophy in franchise historical past, Brady will prolong his personal streak because the oldest participant to win a Tremendous Bowl whereas selecting up a seventh ring.

Biden himself was a soccer participant, he mentioned. His “wild desires,” once they weren’t about changing into president, concerned making it to the NFL.

As an alternative, he’s main the nation via a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic and grappling with a rocky rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, amongst different points.

“One of many disappointments once we got here to workplace is the circumstance regarding how the administration was dealing with COVID. [It] was much more dire than we thought,” he mentioned.

“We thought it indicated there was at the very least extra vaccine accessible, and that didn’t change into the case.”

Within the interview, Biden mentioned he hopes that his administration can “make up for all of the misplaced time combating COVID” shortly sufficient to permit for the standard Tremendous Bowl festivities in 2022.

“God prepared, we’re going to have the ability to have a good time all of it as standard a yr from now,” he informed O’Donnell.

Solely 22,000 followers will probably be in attendance at Sunday’s recreation at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, a far cry from the almost 66,000 the stadium can maintain.

However Biden had a phrase of warning for folk as they have a good time Tremendous Bowl Sunday.

“I do know it’s arduous, I do know it was a tough Christmas, Thanksgiving, New 12 months’s,” Biden mentioned. “I hope, individuals, should you’re watching, watch out. Watch out.”