TAMPA, Fla. – Nine years and a pair of career-threatening injuries later, Jason Pierre-Paul is back in the Super Bowl and ready to wreak havoc.
The relentless pass rusher helped the 2011 New York Giants beat Tom Brady in the NFL title game. This time, he’s trying to help the six-time champion win a record seventh ring in the 43-year-old quarterback’s first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Pierre-Paul, traded from the Giants to the Bucs three years ago, is one of just six players on Tampa Bay’s roster with previous experience on football’s biggest stage, where the Bucs will face the Kansas City Chiefs.
He wants his young teammates to embrace the moment and understand that regardless of how talented they are, the road back to another