HOUSTON – Howie Long won a Super Bowl with the Raiders.
Now his son Chris has won one with the Patriots.
“I think it’s one of those feelings, it feels amazing right now, but it’s going to feel better as a memory,’’ Chris Long said after the Patriots used a historic comeback to beat the Falcons 34-28 in Super Bowl LI. “The memory is never going to leave me. You feel like you’re kind of immortal. You can’t kill that memory. The biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, right?’’
Right.
Long, 31, will have plenty of Super Bowl memories to share with his famous father, who won Super Bowl XVIII. Long never came close to a Super Bowl in his eight years with the Rams, who decided to part ways with their former first-round pick one year ago. The Patriots signed the defensive end, and now he’s a champion.
Long was part of a second-half defensive surge that limited the Falcons to a mere seven points in the half and overtime. Long finished with one quarterback hit on Matt Ryan.
“We have a lot of guys who took different routes,’’ Long said. “Mine certainly took a while and had its ups and downs. It just shows you, if you keep getting back up, you never know when the last time, you get back up one more time, and it might be the time you could be on top of the world.’’
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